The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-11-24
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We regret to state that diptheria is
prevailing to some extent in this vi
entity.
We are informed that Mr.. Thomas
II. Watson, of Monongalia county, is
contemplating the erection of extern
sive steam mills on his premises.
We are told that Messrs. VIM. f.
Watson and A. f. Harris have a boat
load of green and dried apples, &C.,
lying at Newport, awaiting rise for
the Pittsburgh market. Their extern
sive orchards have some of the finest
fruit this year in the country.
Some of our good hearted town
ladies having read the Scripture, II
was in prison and We came unto me"
took it into their heads and hearts to
visit the prisoners in Jail few days
ago. In their round they came to John
Maxwell, Jr for whom they expressed
great sorrow, but John relieved them
by saying he chad one thing to console
him, and that was that John Of old
was, once in prison" The query
among the good ladies now is, what
John was imprisoned, and where?
Our John must explain at the next
visit.
From the Index.l
On Wednesday morning, Sallie,
daughter of Mr. Samsell of this place,
died of diptheria, aged about seven
years. We sympathize with the be-
reaved parents.
DIR. j. G Blair, has commenced the
erection of new frame dwelling
house on the corner of Washington
and Jefferson streets, and is rapidly
pushing the work forward.
| A young lady in town, who does
not pride herself particularly on being
a political economist, thinks the soon
er greenbacks reach pa" the sooner
she will be able to invest in a new fall
bonnet.
SHOT HIMsELF.-Master George
Shurtlef, was handling an old ''pep-
per box revolver on last Sunday, and
while thus engaged, the industrious
pepper box" without provocation,
discharged itself, as "pepperboxes'
will, the charge taking effect in his
right hand.
SOME indications of insubordina-
ton have been recently observed
among the convicts in the Penitentiary
at Moundsville. While Superintend-
ent Bridges was absent, short time
since one of the negro convicts stabbed
guard in the arm and had to be sub
dued by severe punishment. Since
that time plot to secure general up
rising has been discovered. The
Wheeling Standard says:
The arrangement proposed was to
seize the guards and officers within the
enclosure, including the Superintend-
ent, and kill the latter at the gate, IN
less prompt exit was allowed; and the
signal flor the revolt was to be given by
the throwing of stone against one of
the buildings when the convicts were
drawn up into line, at or near one of
the meal hours. The stone was thrown
but the plan was either not sufficient
ly matured or the convicts lacked the
resolution to attempt the project and
the danger was averted for the time
being. We understad that the utmost
precautions have been taken to pre-
vent the carrying out of any such pro-
gramme in the future, the Superin-
tendent notifying the ringlead-
ers that hereafter no privileges
will be extended them and that any
movement looking toward open resist
ance will be followed by the instant
shooting of the offenders, but the force
employed to guard the penitentiary
has recently seemed to us entirely
disproportioned to the work required
of it, and it may not be amiss for the
Directors 20 inquire into the propriety
of increasing it. Nearly three hun
dred conxicts are now contained with
in the prison, among them some of the
most desperate characters that were
ever committed to the States keeping.
To keep these turbulent spirits in
check, only about seventeen guards
are allowed and their work is not only
severe and protracted, but dangerous
in view of the disproportion of num-
bers and the wide extent of the prison
grounds and workshops. 1t is not
saying too much, to state that the main
safety against rising of the convicts
at present, is the difficulty they would
encounter in forcing an exit, even if
they should overpower the guards, but
this difficulty, as it seems, they were
recently willing to encounter.
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