The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-07-26

assertions to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
Taylor County Democratic Conven.
ton.
Pursuant to the notice given by the
County Executive Committee, meeting
of the Democrats Of said county assem-
bled at Grafton, or Saturday, July %,
1876, for the purpose of appointing del
egates to attend the Senatorial and Con-
gressional Conventions for the district of
which Taylor county forms part. The
meeting was called to order by Charles
w. Newton, Esq. Col. James A. vii.
son was elected chairman, and j. Balls
Ward, secretary. The chair thon briefly
stated the object of the meeting. On
motion of &. w. Newton, a committee of
two from each magesterial district OF
said county was appointed for the pur-
pose of selecting five delegates from each
of the said districts TO The Senatorial and
Congressional Conventions. The COM
mittee consisted of the follow
ing gentlemen: Court House Dis.
trict-Henry Warder and j. NJ.
Lake; Flcmington-Captain John Dill
worth; Fetterman- James NJ. Scrogin
and John Barton Payne; Grafton
Charles w. Newton and Leonard NAL
lonee. Booths Creek not being repre-
sentei in the convention, the Chair ap-
pointed NJ. II. Dent and j. NJ. Rogers to
represent that district. The report of the
committee was as follows:
To the Senatorial Convention, which
will meet at Phllippi on the Sd day Of
August next For Remington district
John Dillworth, Ethan Allen. NJ. WEIGH,
Michael Moran and William A. Sinsel;
Court Householder DAWSON, George
w. Reynolds, John w. Bartlett. John
M. Mayer and William K. Coplin;
Booths Creek-James Burnsides, Samuel
X. Powell, Y. Nj. Cochran, Washington
f.. Smith and John w. Newton; Fetter-
man-Jamcs NJ. Scrogin, John Barton
Pavne, Francls NJ. Poe, John X. Knots
and Horace Noyse; Gratton-H. 5. Viii.
son, Charles w. Newton, Stephen &.
Mason, John f. McGrsw and John
Evans. On motion the names OF the
chairman and secretary were added to
the above list of delegates.
To the Congressional Convention to be
held Mt Keyser City: Booths Creek
district-James Burnsides, James Clel-
land, Lemuel f. Tucker, Perry CAV
thop, &. NJ. Cochran. Pennington
Hiram Winters. VIM. Hustcad, VIM. A.
Sipsel, Zadock NJ. Frum, John Dllworth.
CssFt Houses. NJ. Heironimus, Hugh
Evans. Reuben DAVIDSON, George w. Rey.
nolds, Lemuel +. Warder. Fetterman-
James X. Smith, James NJ. Scrogin,
Isaac Evans, Francis Lucas, John Bar
ton PAYNE. Grafton-James A. Wilson,
George w. Ward, John Evans, Robert
Nj. Hanshaw, George H. Shatier.
The committee further recommended
the following gentlemen as delegates at
large to the Congressional Convention:
j. NJ. Thayer, G. +. Jarvis, A. ID. Casteel,
II. S. Wilson, T. Smouse, j. T. McGraw,
G. w. Newton, l.. K. Cofran, l.. s. john
son. Alfred Cochran, +. NJ. Kemple, A.
Bruce Garnet, Leonard Mallonie, David
Ii. Lilly, +. NJ. Durbin. Horace Noyce,
James A. Poe, j. Z. Currp, james w.
Finley, John l.. Hechmer, John NJ,
Rogers, Aaron Luzadar. Michael Dona-
hue.
On motion the report was adopted.
Mr.. Payne offered the following reso-
luton, which was adopted:
Resolred, That tho delegates appointed
by this convention to the Senatorial and
Congressional Conventions DO instructed
To cast their votes as q unit.
On motion of Mr.. Newton, a county
executive committee was appointed, con-
sisting of ten members, two from
each msgisterial district.
The committee is as follows:
Grafton District John Doonan
ana NJ. II. Dent. Fetterman-
James NJ. Scrogin and A. F. Wes-
termsn. Booths Creek-David Wood.
yard and Allen B. Gswthorp. Elem.
mington-Jas. Dillworth and VIM. A.
Sinsel Court House-WaIdo T. Bartlett
and John N. Thsyer. -,
On motion OF Mr. Dent it was ordered
that the proceedings of this convention
be published in the Wheeling REGISTER
and Grafton Sentinel
No further business requiring attention,
the meeting adjourned sine d,e.
JAMES A. WILSON, Chairman.
] Balls WARD, Secretary.
WIDE AWAKE for August sets forth
tempting repsst for folks little and big
two serials, four short stories, several DO.
Guns, paper of the "Poets' Homes ser.
les, relstive to j. T. Trowbridgo, an eti-
quette paper, an article relative to 1sav-
ing Life BY the Rocket Apparatus" an
other, rscily written, about the "Bam-
bino" at Rome, while the departments
are we'll filled, all prodigally illustrated.
The opening short story, "Jenny's Lark"
is BY Nora Perry. "How Lidie had her
Picture Taken" is well told both by pen
and pencil. In the serials, in Good fer.
Nothing Polly" Polly is genuine boy.
,,h;lA in the .Nev-Fa nioped Girl" Nan