The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-06-20
CHAT FROM wETZEL COUNTY.
VILE Wants the Congregational Con.
yention Held There.
New MARTINsvILLE, June Is.

Correspondence OF the Register.
New MARTINsvILLE, June Is.
Since the last letter published IN your
paper from here, nothing has occurred OF
special importance. Our County Court,
which com menced here on the lth inst,
is still IN progress and will last all Of
this week. Considerable legal business
is being transacted. John w. Mccoy,
ESQ L. {. Snodgrsss, Esq, and b. +.
Meighen, Esq are here, in addition to our
resident attorneys. Ben Meighen sustains
the military dignity of the Marshall
county bar having, as we learn, distln-
gulshed himself in the late sham battle in
your city by crawling under one of the
gun carriages. But Ben knows what he
IS about, ne has been wanting all day to
"get the ear OF the court on demurrer
to an answer in ehancery that some emil
nent chancery lawyer has presented, but
the matter still hangs fire.
Senator Lowe, OF this county, was up
TO your city TO see the shaun battle. be
passed through here the next day on his
way home fresh from the "war3' with q
small flag in his hat.
We have been looking every
dqy for some of the Congress
.ioual candidates TO drop in on
us. Hon. Dan Johnson or Hon. Jacob
Jackson for instance, where are you gen.
tlemen, we want to see you and would
be pleased TO do the agreeable to you
and exchange opinions with you as TO
your chances in the coming campaign.
You are losing a golden opportunity by
not beng here now. The yeomanry OF
Wetzel are here en- masSs attending court
ready for hearty hand shake, with q
| grip which this correspondent breads,
| tor its vigOr and tensCty and avoids 1t,
having no political aspiration, but which
the candidate will have to endure or lose
caste
The great question with US now is,
will we get the Congressional Conven-
lion here at New Martlnsville? and if
not, why not2 Come gentlemen OF the
Executive Committee you will soon have
that matter to decide. Why not hold your
! Congressional Convention IN Wetzol
| county. She Is the banner Democratic
county in the district and you count
largely on hor vote. Our people want
the convention here. We have good
notels and if they are not sufficient TO
accommodate all private families where
delegates would be hOspitsbly and kindly
| received. Our town Is easy OF access,
| never had a convention other than
county conventions, and is des serving of
this honor and confdentially expects 1t.
Rober. Mcconnell, Esq, the granger
lawyer from Moundsville, paid us visit
during the latter part OF last week
Robert is noted, 50 see by the papers,
for raising "RadisheS.'
|. Boone Mcclure was here yesterday
Boone is Marshall county man, and ls,
| | understand a candidate tor the State
| Senate, if boone" should get the nomi-
nation and be elected, he would make US
a very respectable Senator; he has many
friends in WetZel, and is altogether bet
ter material that State Senators are gen
! orally manufactured OF.
The political campaign for county
| offices is warming up, quite number oil
candidates for the different county offices,
all men of merit | understand that
Aaron Morgan Is Offering y "hound pup
to every one who will vote for him Tor
the Legislature, but as he has only got
eleven, | am afraid he will have to get q
new stock or get small vote, unless be
! is voted for on account of merit. l will
| endeavor IN future to give you an ex-
tended description of our county cam
paign, as it progresses with the names OF
the candidates.
oar farmers began harvesting their
wheat here, on the Ohio river bottoms
last Saturday, June 18th, the earliest
wheat harvest in the recollection OF our
oldest citizens. The crop promises well,
both in quslity and quantity, and judg.
ing from appearances we will have n
bountiful yield of the products Of the
soil this year, which will solve the hard,
times question better than legislation
could do. We hope so, at least. Peace
and plenty generally go hsnd III hand.
y.