The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-06-29
STATE NOIES.

The Senatorial Convention for the
Seventh District will be held at Payton-
ia, Boone county on the Slst day OF July.
THE editor of the Keyser Echo picked
and sold 2,06l baskets of straw berries, this
season, from less than one acre of g-'und.
The berries averaged over ten C.nts a
basket.
The contract for buIidir the new
court house at Petersburg, Grant county,
has been awarded to Messrs Anderson
& Strait, of Keyser, their bid being the
lowest, S., 800.
The latest joke on Ben. Butler is the
invitation, made in good earnest, by the
volunteers OF Waynesburg, Pa, TO have
Gen, Ben. take command of the sham
battle at that place on the Fourth OF July.
--Parksrsburg State Journal.
Ex.JUDGE G. j. STEWART, of Dodd-
rige county, would like to be the Green
back nominee for Congress in this dis
trict. By all means let him rum
Wheeling Register.
Green hackers are not SO crazy as to
run tho ex Judge; he surely would soon
run away from ail their principles
!parkerSJ5rg Times, (GreeabGcE Organ.
Col. GEO. h LATHAM, of Buchanan,
is spoken of as an Independent-Republi-
can candidate for Congress In this Dis
trict. We also have heard Gen. Brown
and Mr.. John w. Mason spoken Of ior
the same position while others have men,
toned the Hon. Wsitman Il. Wiley
Either of these would make good Con-
gresham, especially Senator Wiley
though we have no hopes OF obtaining
his permission for the use of bis name
KsySsT Echo.
THE jackson Herald denounces the
manner IN which dogs are allowed tC
destroy sheep without any ole beng re-
spousible for their rsvages, and says that
the damage has been very great in that
neighborhoed lately. A petition has
been signed asking for tax of 81 on all
dogs, and it is probable that this will be
done.-RegiSter,
THE Charleston Courier thanks the
rail manufacturers of Wheeling for do
mating nails for the construction OF s
church in Kanawha county, and i'd
vises the people of that county TO buy
their nails at Wheeling. a better thing
for the people there would be to manu-
facture their own nails, rs well as nails
to sell TO other places. ParkerSburS
State Journal.
WE are in favor Of dong away with
tuition in the University for native
West Virginians. The revenue from
this source IA very small. In fact II
would scarcely be missed, and tho little
extra or general taxation would never be
felt. If this was done, tho University
would become the browning institution
of the State system OF free schools, and
her halls be thronged.-DGliy NsI0 Do
mUtiO2i.
On Sunday evening last, a boy between
10 and II years of age, WAS drowned ri
Fetterman. The little fellow was out IL
the river on slab which be was padding
about with his hands, when by some sc
cidenL he slipped from his position and
fell into the water, and before help
reached him was drowned. The nmtor.
tunste boy was son of man by the
name of Shingleton, who lives few
miles beyond Mesdland, bat had been
staying at Mr.. Corbin's for some weeks
-Grajtou Sentinel.
No, there will be- no 3 tax on dogs,
nor even tax of ten cents, there sre Toe
many owners of dogs and TOO few OF
sheep. Even here in Wood county
where more than fifty sheep have been
killed by dogs within the past throe
months, not r thing has been done by
our court for the protection of sheep and
will not be. We DO not believe the
country is going to the dogs but the
sheep in West Virginia are, and will con-
tinue TO do 50 us long MS the Legislature
is composed of puddon heads.-ParEsrs-
Jurg State Jour a.