Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-28

ImprOyement-The Contest tOI
County superintendent, &c.
MoRGANTowN, w. Va, July 81.
Editor of the Register:
The weather has been excessively hot
and sultry for some time, and the hap
penings hereabOutS are of such an un'
important character that a very great
quantity OF diligence, perseverance and
enterprise are required to CLEAN any,
thing in the shape of news that would
be at all interesting to the readers of the
RRGIsTER. However, We do not expect
to be interesting, we only expect to give
a very dull account OF the doings i'll this
section of the commonwealth.
The Board OF Regents of the Univer-
sity held special meeting in this place
on last Tuesday and transacted sundry
items OF business.
They accepted the resignation OF Prof.
Fontaine and distributed his studies
amongst the other professors. Elected
Prof. Brooke to the Chair of Law and
Equity, and Wiley o. Ison as assistant
in the Preparatory Department and In
struCtion of military tactics.
How far the Regents succeed i'll CIV
ing satisfaction to the bull-dozing radi-
Gals and chronic grumblers OF this lava
bed OF the mobiteS we are not informed,
but according to the best information at
hand the business was transacted To the
entire satisfaction OF the Regents or at
least majority OF them.
The gentlemen composing this board
though much abused and misrepresent-
cd are mostly men OF culture and emi-
ncnt fitness. AS rule they have dis
charged theirduties fearlcSsly and for the
best interest of the institution entrusted
to their care and management. For so
doing they have incurred the displeas-
urc Of all who expected and wished
them TO do otherwise.
They are no discredit to Governor
Mathews, from whom they derived their
little brief authority" and the abuse
OF that worthy official 10y few sore
heads OF this classic region is unjust,
unCalled for and unbcCOming the dig
nifty OF sage Athenians.
Some OF this aCCremoniOus buster Is
occasioncd by the loss of place and some
Of it is pure cusSedneSs. In every event
it is but the gushing OF petty spleen and
is not worthy of notice.
AS an instance OF pure cusSednesS, we
would cite a recent correspondent of tine
Wheeling IpteiiigHccr who signs HIM
sell "Whack.' He tries to create the
impression that the Democracy OF this
county are not happy family.
Ii there is aLy dlssention in the DEM
ocratic ranks here, il is so slight that
none but the iar-seeing eye OF that as
tute correspondent OF the Lnti'jgcnccr
would detect it.
But it is apparent from DIR, Whack'S :
own statements that the onslaught OF
Marshall NJ. Dent on the Board OF Re
gents, which he terms "wcll-dcscrved,
was accustomed by the Regents refusing
To continue him in the employ of Presl-
dent Thompson with salary paid out OF
University funds when the office was re-
garded as "kind of fifth wheel to the
University wagon In the words OF
DR.. Whack himself, the "otlice was
Sroopcd' and Dent deprived OF his
gUd pro guo-j. e., salary"
This is certainly sufficient to satisfy
any candid person who will take the
trouble To read DIR. Whack's very
learned production which was published
by request in the Morgantown Post, Le.,
bv the request of DIR. Whack himself,
that his sweeping assertion in reference
to the Regents us well as those in regard
To- the greed, &c, OF certain Democratic
leaders here are but the prating OF Il
dishonest fool who slang-whangS in
ls.,,.,,..,, 4 lAVt ra,glrI IN tTIlt In
or deccncy or anything else.
The contest for superintendent Free
Schools in this county wakes warm. n.
l.. Wade and B. F. Keenan, have an
nOunced themselves. The former Is an
old incumbent, whose fame has been
trumpeted loud and long.
Keenan, is youthful aspirant OF ialr
ability, and the readers OF the REGISTER
would oniv have To read his modest adj
dress to the voters of Monongaia to dis
cover that he belonged to the selt-rlghte-
GUS school of radicals, who thank God
they are not as other people are.
Both candidates evidently have keen
appreciation OF Horace Greeley axiom
that q ne that bloweth his own horn the
same is not blown
The work on the MOnOngahcla SLACK
water improvement Is now progressing
very satisfactorily, and has reached a
point beyond danger or delay from sud
den rises in the river. Its completion
bv themiddle OF September, We are told,
can be confidently looked for.
Piscatorial excursions are now the
order Of the day. Cheat River from a
few miles above its mouth to the mouth
of Quarry Ruu, some ten miles from
Cheats confluence with the Mononga-
hela is alive with camping parties who
are seemingly in a high state OF ENJOY
ment. Rev. J. b. Dickey and DIR. ii:
b. Lazier are recuperating their physical
powers somewhere in the wilds OF Web
sters. pursuing the "tinny tribe. ~
Prof. A. w. Lorentz will start to-mor-
row for a journey in Lewis, BraXton and
other counties. Others of our citizens
will 90 upon similar excursions soon
and our town will then be superlatlvely
dull. NAT.