The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-10-26

sold his drug store snd-intends 70 go "
Texas, to engage In stock raising
EsyiLLE talks Of building mart
row gauge railroad from that place to-
intersect the Wheeling and Tuscara~ss
railroad, at some point on Saltwater
Tar 18th year of the psstorste OF the
Nav Cumberland Presbyterian Church
by. the Rev. MIR. GRIER will be COM
rlated on the first Sabbath In NoVem-
Der.
TaE grand jury of Belmont county
fsiled tn find bill OF Indictment against
wu BRYANT, of GAINESVILLE, for shoot
ing the WIsENER boy for stealing his
melons.
YOUNG man was swindled out OF one
hundred dollars st Wellsville, few days
800, bv the tobacco box trick. The
Young man should have been less con-
fding.
The Presbyterian church of Wells
burg, through the efforts OF the ladies'
of the congregation, has been renovated
psinted, repaired and its general appear
snce very much improved.
HIRAM J. DANFoRD, OF Belmont coun-
ty, has removed to Colorado. Mr.. DAN
FORD formerly lived in Wayne town.
ship, and was the Republican candidate
for Auditor three years ago.
SAMUEL SUTTON and daughter, OF
Wayne township, Belmont county, were
some time ago thrown from wagon ana
both received injuries. Mr.. SUTTON, 1t
is feared, will remain cripple for life.
SENATOR VIM. TARR and his accom-
plished lady have returned to We.lsburg
after protrscted western trip. They
were warmly welcomed home by their
neighbors.
one day last week the &. Il P. road
moved l, l22 car loads, and we learn that
their average business is fully 1000 cars
per day, while the Pan Handle finds 1t
entirely impossible to do the business
Offering.
THE trestle work on the z. w. y Ky.
r. r. at Cross Greek, is about hnished'
and the track laying will be pushed for
ward vigorously. The grading is COM
ple.ed to Short creek, seven miles below
Wellsburg.
Col. l. KEssINGER has resigned the
Office of U. s. Collector for the district
over the river, and MsjOr JARRETT PAL
MER, of Marietta, has been appointed as
his successor. The office will hereafter
be at Marietta.
MELVIN THAYER, of New Cumber-
land, met with a serious accident, last
week. During the process of chopping
tree down, the axe glanced, striking
him on the ankle, making an ugly cash
several inches in length and severing an
artery.
REV. PRICE has severed his connection
with the GAINESVILLE Enterprise, and the
paper will hereafter be conducted by
GEO. MCCLELLAND Mr.. MCCLELLAND
nus always been very successful news
paper man, ana we hope his prosperity
will continue.
The New Cumberland Independent
declares that the young ladies at Nc
Coy's Station, opposite the Clifton gas
well, are opposed to the brilliant light
made by the burning gas, as it lights the
streets of their village up, and thus in-
tarferes with their practice OF kissing
their fellows good night AT the gate.
The unfortunate man, EDWARD PRYOR,
whose legs were cut OF by a passing
train near the Bsrnesvile depot, last
week, died the following morning. He
rallied sufficiently to give his name and
converse freely. He had no relatives
and had been employed on the new rail
road near Flushing.
PROF. BURNS, superintendent of the
st. Clairsvile schools, says: GAS the
high school is now organized, pupils
mus. study their lessons out of school, or
not al all " Then they had better not
be studied at all. Sound minds in healthy
bodies can only be acquired by plenty of
exercise, with which study outside of
school is incompstible.-O. Y. Ne'0s.
Tue dlphtheris is prevailing to al
alarming extent in this community.
WILLIE MCHENRY, son of JOHN Nc
IL kNk1, Ulcu Win tlilS ICl llOiO hlSOaSO vi
last Friday morning, aged 10 years. On
Friday evening MARTHA ALEXANDER
died at the residence Of her uncle, john
p. &. ALEXANDER. She was about eight
years of ace. Both children were buried
on Saturday afternoon, the remains be-
ing Inferred in the Union cemetery
st. C.airsviLie Gazette.
AMONG the important cases to be tried
at the Belmont Common Pleas Court is
the case of the tax payers of the Barnes
vile and Somerton pike against the
County Treasurer. In this case they re-
sist the collection of taxes to pay def
cheney caused by defalcation IN a
county office. The tax payers are rep
resented by NJ. NJ. GRANGER, of Zsnes-
vile, and HIRAM SKINNER, OF Cambridge.
-Burmesrille Enterprise.