The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-03-20
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Correspondence of the Register.
ST. GLARS VILE, March 10, 1878.
At the time l last wrote you tho trial
| OF Orderly Sergeant James Weir, Jr, OF
the st. ClairsvIlle Light Guards, was In
progress before Court of Inquiry COM
, posed OF FIVE members of the company.
! Weir was found guilty of insubordIna-
ton, fined S. and costs and reduced to
the ranks. Mr.. Weir takes the matter
good humoredly. His friends are sorry
that he got himself into the scrape, for
Jim is good fellow.
About twenty-five sons OF Erin came
up to town on Monday, from the Tu:-
CARAVANS Valley railroad. st. Patricks
Day had to be celebrated aud they did 1t
in fine style. These fellows made BUSH
ness lively about the saloons aud a. police
| headquarters. That venerable dispenser
of bug;juice. VIM. 5. Campbell, did q
slsshizg business. Monday evening
| Frank Jackson, an African gentleman OF
belligerent propensities got into fight
with one of St. Pstricks followers.
Frank WAS giving Pat terrible beating
when the policeman intertered and
marched jackson oil to the Mayor office,
| where he was let off with the usual tne
of 81 ard costs. The moke made an ct.
fort to get awsy from Officer Neiswsnger,
and in consequence the darkey to-day
nurses sore head.
Local political matters are beginning
to sttrac. attention. On next Saturday
both parties hold conventions here TO
place in nominatlo candidates for town
snip and municipal offices. Mayor Riley
will probably be renominsted by the
Democrats, as his administration has
been quite successful aud satisfactory in
every respect. | have heard Mr.. Hunt,
of the Chronicle, named as a probable
| candidate for Mayor on the Republican
ticket. Two years ago Riley defeated
Hunt by three msiority. The proposition
for erecting public building here for
the joint use of the town and township
officers, will be submitted to the people
at the coming election, which occurs on
Monday, April lst.
The attorneys of Mr.. Barnes, contest
ant .or the office of County Recorder, sp-
piled to the Supreme Court on last Sat-
urday for writ Of mandamus TO compel
the County Comm s:Iouers TO accept the
| official bond OF Barnes. w. ). kennon
appeared before the Court IN behalf OF
Barnes, and Judge Chambers in behalf
| of Wright. This afternoon the Court
granted the application. No other re-
suit was expected from Republican
Court. They invariably decide against
= Democrat. The Indignation over
Judge Okey's decision grows deeper AID
more intense every day. | do not be-
heve that he has to-day three Democrat
ic friends in Belmont county.
We are glad TO observe that Repre- G.
sentative Norton, of Seneca county, has
prepared and submitted to the legislG-
! ture a bill redistricting the State into
| Congressional districts. This bill puts
tits county into the Fourteenth District,
which will then be constituted IS follows:
Belmont, Guernsey, Noble, Washington,
| Monroe and Jetf=fsOn. Thus would make
a strong Dem, cratic district, and give
| Hon. Ross Alexander a chance TO succeed
Danford in Congress. Mr. NOrton's bill
makes about three-fourths OF the districts
Democratic, but it is right and ought to
| be passed. Ever since the Republican
party has had control OF Ohio they have
gerrymsndered the State in such man
ner US to deprive the Democrats of their
fair proportion of Congressman. Now
that the Democrats rule the roost at Co
lumbus, | hope that they will dose the
Republican party liberslly with their
| own medicine.
Our Democratic Legislature has COM
pleted the reorganization of the State
Pententiary, which means that they
have turned out all OF the Republican
officials about thst institution and put
Democrats in their places. Mr.. Ham
Rlgley, OF Kirkwood township, this coun.
~, is one OF the newly appointed guards
at the penitentisry.