The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-10-29
SOME STATE MATTERS.

around" 1t says that mot one of th,
wealthy dealers and spectators from
Baltimore, Cincinnati, Louisville o.
Richmond was present. The only bid
ders were local dealers and speculstorl
and there was no such thing rs com
petition among those present. Oftht
! 200 hogshesd on hand IT we're sold X
Greed Collins, OF PennsbOro, the
prices realized being lair. There
seems to be something wrong with
the tobacco trade-or something
AsEvERE hail storm visited the section
OF country of Dry run, three miles west
o. this place, on Saturday night. Large
pieces of ice in every conceivable shape
Tell with great force, and riddled the
window glass in the residence OF Messrs
p. ID. Weaver, s. Cairo and others in the
lire of its course Mart,nsburg Indepen-
dent.
lie DRANK CARBoLIC AoID.-On
Wednesday last Master Fred, son o;
Mr.. George Turner, was play ing in and
around the coal house near his fathers
residence, when he espied some carbolle
acid which had been placed there Tor the
purpose OF keeping 1t out OF the way OF
the children, near the root OF the house,
and taking it down, did what nine chill
dren OUT Of ten would DO placed it to his
lips. Whether ne drank any of the
fluid, or if 50, now much is not known,
but he spilled u quantity down his neck
and bIesst, causing the pats with which
it came IN contact TO swell very badly.
Ii the child swallowed any OF the fluid,
mis- recovery is )uhttul; rs it ls, ne Is
very i'll. l.-FaumOnt IndeE.
TaE RitchIe Democrat comes out
strongly in favor OF al extra session Of
tho Legislature. 1t says it believes
there is not only occasion for 1t, but that
1t will be mere measure of wise econo
my, all things considered. Let the pro-
ject continue to be sgltsted, regardless oL
the Radical ciamOr against it"
The Democrat is very complimentary
OF Congressman Wilson and Senators
DAVIS and Hereford.
TIE trial OF Carl Cartwright for the
murder OF Levi Starkey, occupied the
court at Falrmont all OF last week, and
will continue to do SO this week. The
jury IS composed as follows:
VIM. Work, VIM. G. Morgan, VIM.
T. Brand, Rufus +. Harr, Norvsl Van
dervort, John W. Mercer, John Ii. Man
10y, Z4charah Kendall; Joseph Garlow,
K. W. Holbert, David 5. Evans, Joseph
Brumsge.
Messrs. Fleming and Morrow are act
ing Tor the State, aud Davenport aid
Dovener for the prisoner. The hlder
says:
The prisoner, Carl Csrtright is son
Of Mr. Thornton 4. Cartwright, who
formerly resided i'll Warrington, but
now resides near Beatty'S Mills, in TINS
county. He is tai smooth-tsoed boy
OF about Is year. OF age. Tne first VII
ness offered for the State was Mrs.
Starkey, wife of the late Mr.. Levi
Starkey. She is tall old lady, and
wears a pair OF large trimmed spectsces.
She gave in her evidence IN Ii
very clear aud positive style. She re
lated in very impressive manner
all the horrible details OF the murder.
How she and her husband were aroused
AT night and fornd three men In their
house who said they wanted some place
to lay down, and now Mr.. Starkey, on
getting up aud stirring up the fire, and
seeing them, told them TO go away, that
they were there for nc good, and then
how one of the men shot him. Of her
getting out of bed and going to him, ss
be lay on the floor, his head near the
fire, and of his muttering "Oh, Lord" "
These were the last words be said. OF
her putting pillow under his head, and
then going out Ia the darkness across the
fields NJ l. o'clock at night, to her son
Joseph's and telling him of his fathers
violent death The old lady has testified
all these facts so often, and she has, we
presume, been pretty roughly used by
counsel, that she now cOnsIJ,-. every
5ody's hand sgains. her. Sae Wa, over
come bv feeling u, s4e related the des
cription OF the death scene OF her hus-
band.
The prisoner stands the trial amazing
ly wei. His mother, accompanied by
Miss Rosa Watson, sits by HIM during
court hours. AS the State did not rest
lts csse until Thursday morning, and
only few witnesses have been examined
by the defense, we refrain from express
ing any opinion AS to the guilt or inno
oence OF the prisoner. The detetsa, we
understand, will attempt to prove a
complete abb The murder of Mr.
Stsrkey WAS one of the most
wil!ful and deliberate that was ever per-
pelrated in this or any other State, and
every good citizen Is interested in bring
ing the murderers to justice, but the his
tory of the past is that every man charged
with a crime is tot guilty, and therefore
we will wait the hearing of the defense
before We give expression to any opinion
in regard to this case. The remainder
of the week will most likely be taken up
with the evidence for the defense, and
the argument may take up day or two.
DANFoRD's crown is beginning TO rest
uneasy, his last years majority of 2,2OS
i 4 - h..