The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-07
FAIRMONT.
Rain and Mud-Collecting Taxes, &c.
Hog Killing-Lunaties-A Ne"
Enterprise-A Revival-Gone.

FAIRMoNT, w. VA, December B.
Correspondence Of the Register.
We have been blessed with copious
showers recently and our streets are IN
yretched condition. The mud Is 30 deep
that even the modern hustle and the
improved manner OF elevating the dresses
fail to protect the skirts Of the LADY
pedestrian. The roads in the county
will soon, if this weather continues, lose
their bottom, and then our Morgsntown
cousins will have 10 20 into winter
quarters.
COLLECTING TAXES,
Sheriff Manly has now mace the
rounds of the several districts OF the
county collecting taxes on the aPpointea
DAYS and has had good success. There
was paid to him fully twenty-five
Der cent. more money than has been PAID
in sny wear since the panic, and he also
collected as many county orders ss usual.
This fact is construed ~ many as the
dswning of better times in this county,
and 80 be 1t.
Our farmers raised good crops last
year. They have plenty of hsy and
corn, but, as a general thing, very lew
cattle. LAST fall several hundred caves
were shipped from this county to market,
and the effects Of the folly is now beng
telt
HOG KILLING.
This is the season Tor bsckbones, spare
ribs. sausage, and the like. We would
give the list OF the gentlemen who have
killed the large hogs that have been on
exhibition IN our meat shops, ana the
weights of the respective monsters, ou'
wa fear some one will think
We are initiating Morgan OF the
Post. But we will say that one
gentleman in the the town has killed
Thet Ae called stunted pig, when
weighed when clesned over eight nun
bred pounds.
LUNATICs.
There are now five inmates OF our
county isIl. all lunstics, and their nightly
wells iorcibly remind US that our Legisla-
ture has failed in the past to make ade-
Guste provision for this unfortunate class.
A county jail Is no place to conhne
such people, and the sooner our lunstlc
asylum Is made large enough to accom-
Inodate all the lunstics of the State, the
better for our State credit.
A NEW ENTERPRISE.
CAPTAIN Thomas a. Msulsby, OF this
place, has purchase lot OF ground be-
low town on the river, on which he pro-
poses TO erect saw mill and 60 into the
business of building barges. This enter
prise hiss been successfully conducted, In
limited way in our county for several
wears. and we are glad to know that
CAPT. Msulsbey intends to push it in his
usual go-s-head manner.
REVIVAL.
Rev. Conn, OF Monongslis county, mas
been holding revival services in the
Baptist church, in Palatine. He baptized
four converts, in the river, last Sunday,
and there are several more candidates for
BAPTISM now. The meeting is still In
progress.
For some time past we have had very
singular person residing in our town. de
WAS a tall, fine looking gentleman, and
wore very long mustache and goatee.
His name none knew. Some or the boys
called HIM Commodore Mutt, others, on &C
count OF peculiar habits, digniied him oy
the name of Ghost, and 1t was
Confldentlally whispered by many
that mis- true cognomen was james Say
or. We have no license IN town to sell
the "accursed stuff" and Jim oy some
means, known only to himself, could sup
ply the boys with any quantity OF the
needful they might desire. Matters pro
crossed in this manner for some time, but
on Tuesday some of the citizens lodged
=. complaint before His Honor Mayor
Fleming, and Officer Reed arrested Mr..
Ssyler, and the Mayor In satisfaction OF
the several charges against him, collected
over seventy-hve dollars from HIM In
fines aId costs, and gave him to under
stand that there might be something on
the slate Tor Wednesday morning, but
when the hour for opening OF the court
arrived the ghost had misterlousiy dlssp'
Jared. and from thenceiorth the boys
vii have to Iook out tor new idol.
The plan OF refusing to grant
License has poven 3 failure
in our town, and We think the best thing
that can be- done with the liquor question
is to adopt the Motif bell punch and
apply the proceeds rs contingent fund
for the State Normal schools.
R. w. S.