The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-15
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STATE NEWS.

The court house of Beverly caught
fire last Wednesday. but Was extin
gulshed before any serious damage was
done.
The time for moving the railroad
shops fr IN this place has been extended
by the officials to May l5Lh.-GrGttos
Times.
Tx ladies Of St. Johns church,
Char .eston, gave an entertainment tor
the benefit Of their church fund, last
Thursday.
APULL course at West Virginia Uni
versity is nearly the same ~ ut lale Col.
lege; but the expenses are less than one
halt as much.
TuIRTY-FIyE inmates OF our Deaf,
Dumb and Blind ASYLUM have signed u
pledg, not to use tobacco in any way un-
tiI they are of age.
MRS. POWELL, aged over 60 years,
died ut the poor house on Monday morn
ing, Of old age The remains We're
buried IN the psuper graveyard Pres.
ton Co Journal.
The Grafton Times waileth thusly:
"Does anybody know DR.. }. l.. 5. Hall,
of Columbo Bitters notoriety2 He owes
us money, and -. Yes, quite num-
Der of the editors are acquitted with the
doctor.
II Ii GUsEMAH shot white sea-gu'l
on Wednesday, which measured Two feet
from tip to tip of wings. 1t was beau
titul bird, and very rare in this latitude.
He is having l. stuffed for preservation.
-Gratt0a Times.
The Klaa,ohr Gazett: says. Prof.
II. A. Nash, OF this county, has writer
novel OF about six hundred pages, duo
d-clmo, for which the Harper Bros, of
New York. have offered him 5000. lie is
holding it for $1,000.
The Lubbock Cheese Factory Is enc'os-
cd. ard Squire l.. A. Bsck~ith and Jas
W. Robinson are in Cleveland, OHIO.
looking after the apparatus. The com
pSny will commence operations IN
short time.-State Journal.
GARNER, Of the Grafton Times has
been e.ting onions, aud here Is wna' il"
has TO say: ~ little parsley, chewsd
siter y meal of the tender aud su'"u Ont
onion, is a corrective OF the scentual eff
iects OF that marco &c vegetable.
JOHN SCULLIoN met W til a sad acct
dent at the barrel factory on last Thurs
day. While working at saw his hand
slipped against it, instantly iseverIng
three i1gers and thumb of his left hand,
creating terrible wound. Tunes
G0,ette.
On last Saturday night man by the
name of Henry Wetzel was run over by
. train on the b. & o. railroad, near Bee
Gum .tsticn, about q mile and halt
above Warrington, and instantly killed.
He is supposed to have been intoxicated.
-FdirmOat IadSr.
REV. J. T.. JORDAN baptized five per-
sons in the Monongshels at this point
last Sunday daughter and son OF
VIM. /. Protzmsn, a daughter Of VIM.
Pastorius. and two colored persons, Il
man and woman. A large crowd WAS
present.-Morganto,on Post
A LITTLE daughter of J. NJ. Gates, of
Charleston, while At play few days
since, jumped into spring lock trunk
to hide from q companion. The lid
dropped and fastened the little child IN.
After the child bad almost persisted. she
was liberated from her prison.
On Wednesday. Simon Umstot, al
young man, on Cabin Run, while en-
gagged peeling tan bark, slipped from the
10y on which he was stmaIng. and tel
with his side upon the end OF M ax
handle, causing painful hurt Several
ribs were broken " Va. Tribune.
TIE Pes'on County jon nal speaks
thusly: Haywood lie splendid place
to rest. Ii young man gets tired every.
where else, he can bet his last dollar that
Krsgwood with this old ioggylsm, Will
furnish ample opportunity Tor rest. The
truth Of the matter is, the citizens are
utterly opposed to young men doing
anything.
Mr.. MONROE HANLEY, Of this place,
had fne lot of young chickens, the
largest suitable for frying; vermin WAS
discovered on one, and al application o.
sulphur mixed with grease, applied to
the whole lot, l23 That evening sbou,
ooe dozen were found dead, next morn
ing Mr.. II. was chicken 'ess. The loss
was caused nv the SPELL OF wet weather.
-Kanatchd Gazette.