The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-06-05
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
CIaysviIIe improvements County
POIiuc.-RepRbIIcan Nominations
The Cemetery.


The Cemetery.
Our Town Council seem determined to
make Ciaysvile q model Village as re
cards appearance. We view with pleas
ure the Improvements, II the wsy OF
Strengthening and cleaning the streets,
repairing sidewalks, crossings, &c, snd
hope that they will not forget that, o! all
things else, we need street lamps, for, a.
though the way may be straight, we
always need hight TO guide u.
AT caucus OF the Republican ringsters
of Washington county held in Washing
ton, Monday night, May 9th, county
ticket was selected, which the convention
Monday nominated, or rather ratified
without that hestancy which exhibits
desire to speak or act Tor itself without
regard to the commands Of corrupt
ring.
At the primaries held last Saturday
the voting was by bslot and the ring,
the more certainly TO succeed IN
their designs, sent out printed
tickets to certain districts, more especially
among the negroes, without the nam :
OF those candidates whom they wished
to SLAUGHTER, on them. This cuEningly
laid and well carried out eXpedent was
successful, snd grea. was the chagrIn o!
those aspirgnts for office, who 10"
weeks ago assuredly stood the best
chance, to find on coming INTO ConYen-
,ion that they were &eCidedly LETT on. IN
The cold. The ticket consists Of the fol-
lowing: Congress, w. S. Shelenbarg"r,
Lawrence; Assembly, j. Il. Nolan, j.
). Duncan (the old members ana
J. y. Stephens; Treasurer, ). Z.
McGregor; Prothonot&ry, john Seaman
Register, VIM Underwood; Recorder,
Workman Hughes; Clerk OF Courts, Is.
f. Hanson; Commissioners, NJ. NJ.
Brockm1n and 5. Hawkins; Poor Dlrec-
tor, j. Winnett; Auditors, joel Irues-
dell aud Jos. Linton.
The strongest name IS perhaps that ol
our fsllow-townsman, j. X. Nolan, ana
WAS it not for the disgust which the peo-
ME cf PennsyIyania as well as Washing
ION county, manifest towards the lmoe.
cile proceedings of the late Legislature,
OF which he was member, ne might
stand a chance OF reelection, but Tor the
most part the ticket is composed OF men
who are well known ss great woTkors IN
the party and it shows that
the ringis fully alive to the fact that the
Radicals must make a desperate stand II
they wish to have q show next tall.
We have not heard the platform, but
"a the Republicans have been notorious
Tor making lair promises and breaking
y ~ there
bss been any reform in this respect, we
nave 10 doubt that 1t Will be caTci'iIy
worded instrument which viii ayow any
thing or nothing, and will forget to men
tion $1,000 appropriations to negro acad-
emies. Witness, Zion Academy lco!-
ored) at West MiddetowD, perPetrated
by The last Legislature.
We are sorry 10 ses so little interest
manifested in regard TO proyIdltS new
cn,,eterv for Claysville and vicinity.
We sincerely hope nat the good people
e ,hjs rc,ghhO-aCyd vii, not stand In
their own light and give way to selfish
intere.'s by cousert'1E 10 the iaiSe econ
ouv of an addition TO the old grave Y"rd.
which will IN no way improve 1t save ~
10 room. There are near US several
baaut,ul sites for y cemetery Whlch can
ha Drocured at little more than the price
demanded for the additional acre and
half and where people who have friends
wing in the old graveyard, will buy lots
At \ isir price, which they will rot DO
IN the annex as they naturally do not
see the propriety of lifting the bodies to
Law them again in smother, and no pleas
a6trr spot in the same grounds. The
old crave yard is 50 situated and so iulI
of Graves that 1t can never be lslu cut
in walks. and such drives as would be
rcccsssry to reach the addition ard to
render it becoming in appearance, and
more than this, reckoning from tle past
| Cfsysvllle, will In the near
fptnre, desire sOmetb n b.; better
tpap this "pot,ers field" you might call
# and with still more room, and we have
ressoa to suspect that we Will have to
nav Tor the next acre and haf as much
~ would buv the ten acres spoken OF As
desirable now; and, as regards the invest
melt, the experience of an adjoining VII
Isce teaches that cemetery will pay =
Good interest on its cost. So let those CT
our citizens who have the means form 4"
company and buy such grounds aS vii.
correspond to our beautiful vlllsGe ard
tho views of It's inhabitants.
TING TING.