The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-03-10
BELMONT COUNTY ITEMS.


The rumor that Miss Mary Z. Hoover
late OF the Bellaire Commercial, was mar
ried recently, turns out to be a mistake
The Cambrige Js6ersonian says:
"Adieul Campbell and goodbye bus line
A. o. Long, OF this place, is the successful
bidder for carrying the mails on the
Wheeling, w. Va. route after the first OF
July
The Democrats ofSt. Clairsville will
meet in Convention at the Court Hous e
on Saturday afternoon, March 18th 1876,
| for the purpose of nominating a corpor-
alton ticket, as follows: Mayor, Mar
shal, Clerk, Treasurer and three Council
men. This meeting will be held imme-
dia;ely after the adjournment of the
Democratic Township Convention.
WHAT might be called marriage in
"high life occurred a. the Probate
Judges Office in this place last Thursday.
The groom was George Iaus, prisoner
in the county Jail then awaiting sentence
and transportation TO the penitentIary
for stabbing with intent to kill. The
bride was Miss Sarah Z. Chandler, of
Louisville. She is rather good looking
prcpossessing young woman. What
brought about the marriage I'M
der such unfavorabIe circumstances
may be imagined. 1t ia limited
that they may have "loved not wisely
| but too well" \ aus was escorted from
the Jail to Judge CAROLS Office by
Deputy Sheriff Rice, who, we presume,
acted as first groomsman. Major Neis-
wanger WAS called in 10 officiate on the
happy occasion, and it is needless to say
that lie performed the ceremony in the
most approved style. THE Major al
ways does that Only one mishsp oc.
Cured during the proceedings-tne ring
was forgotten until after the ceremony
was concluded, then it was brought
forth and placed on the finger of thu
blushng bride. After the matrimonial
knot was securely tied and all was over
George was taken back to jail and the
newly made wife returned to the hotel
The bride paid all expenses. The mar
rage took place at | o'clock, and at 4
clock the same day, the happy husband
was brought into court and sentenced to
five years imprisonment in the penten-
tiary On Thursday he was taken to Co
lumbus.
WE are afraid that the friends of the
National road, by contentious among
themselves rs to the best course to pur-
sue, will fail to accomplish the object for
which they are strivlng-the improve
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secure any action by the Legislature, il
seems to us that there should be more
unity Of sentiment and action on the part
Of those who are interested in the road
and its preservation, Senator Knox
states that upon investigation he finds
that the State of Ohio is under nc
legal obligations to the United States or
to any body else to keep the National
Road in repair, unless it may be, pre-.
! chance, to the extent that the tolls col.
lected may accomplish that end" Tn.
der all the circumstances we think the
best thing to be done would be TO enacl
law requiring the tolls collected in
each county to be expended for tine re.
pair and improvement of that portion
of the road which lies within the
county where such tolls are collected !;
also TO require the towns and cities
through which the road passes to keep up
such portions Of the road as lie within
their corporate limits. We think il
probable that by united action we might
secure the passage Of an act embodying
these provisions; while TO expect an APP
preparation by the State is simply useless,
and as for the plan of ceding the road to
the counties through which il passes, SO
much opposition to that has already been
developed that it is extremely doubtful
whether the passage OF such an act could
be secured at Columbus.
Os last Thursday afternoon the pris-
oncrs convicted.ot peniteHtiary ofcnses at
the term of Court just closed, were brought
into Court for sentence. There were
eleven Of them and their names, crimes
and sentences are as follows:
Martha hayanaugh, burglary Of rail
road car, 1 years; James Mabra, (colored)
burglary of store house, years; Jesse b.
Ellis, burglary Of store house, years
Mensnder Colvin, burglary of store
house, years; Jack Jones, stabbing with
intent 10 wound, years; VIM. HARDY.
manslsug hter, ) years; Robert Gardner,
arson OF barn, years; George Yaus
stsbbng with intent TO kill, 3 years;
Henry Besil, aiding and abetting Geo
Yaus of stabbng with. intent to xii, 3
years and 3 months; James Williams,
aiding and abetting Geo. Yaus of stab
biEg with intent to kill, years and G
months; Charles Iaus, aiding and abet-
ting Geo. Isus Of stabbing with intent 10
Kill, years at Reform Farm.
Charles Yaus, being less than l6 years
Of age, was sentenced until he becomes
81 years Of sge, but by good conduct
ne may be able 10 secure a discharge
before ne arrives al that age. Never
before in the history OF Belmont county
has there been such large numb Of
criminals from here sent to the peniten-
tlary at one time. AL OF them with the
exception Of Jones, are young men, sew
a OF whom are under q years of age.
Nine ofthe eleven committed the crimes
tor which they were convicted while
they were' intoxicated. Ksyanough,
Jones and Hardy are from Beiliare.
Msbrs, Ellis and Coivin from Barnes
vile. George Yaus, Henry Besll aud
Charles Iaus from Loydsville or vIcinl-
". Gardner from the vicinity OF Hendrys-
burgh, and Williams belongs to St. Glars
VILE.