Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-07
GRAFTON LETTER.
The school Election-The New
Court House-The' State Uni
Versity Other Interesting
Items

. IltihS.
correspondence ofthe Register
GRAFTON, August 5th.
But little interest is taken i'm the elee-
ton to-day. Three gentlemen are out
for the office Of County Superintendenta !
Messrs. Horace Moves, the present in
cumbent, Charles II. Rector and T. Il.
Fordyce. The election is not governed
at all by politics, aud is therefore very
uncertain. Ii is believed by many that
Rector will be elected.
Work has at last been commenced on
the new court house, bricks are being
hauled and the ground prepared for ex-
cayating. IL is rumOred that an injunc-
ton will be applied for shortly TO stop
the building till 1t is determined by' a
new election whether or not
the people have changed
their mind on the subject. 1t is greatly
to be feared that some OF our Prunty-
town friends are over doing the matter.
At all events the Grafton people have
no fear OF either an injunction or the
result oi Il new election. The mills oil
the Gods grind slowly but they grind
exceedingly fine. Grafton ought to
have had the court house ten years ago.
The county court, after an interesting
and heated session Of two weeks, al
iourned on Saturday. The court did
not do so bad this time for county
court, but still had its little imper-
fectiOns Ii made many votes, how
ever, for the proposed amendments and
taught few that lit were better to
grin and bear a bad cause than to bring
ii into court and get beat.
The proposed amendments to the
Constitution have been receiving some
attention lately from our people. The
prevailing sentiment at present seems
10 be in arOr of their adoption. Ii,
however, our people would have any
assurance elat a sufficient number Ot
the adjoining counties would Join with
TAYLOR in electing a County Judge, after
the plan proposed in Marion, Marshall
and Wetzel, we believe that they would
reject tine amendments by a large ma
iority. But with no other alternative
than our present County Court system,
the amendments will have heavy sup
port.
President Thompson, OF the State
University. was in Grafton on saturday
and sunday last. In a conversation
with him we learned that the prospects
otthe niversityweren never brighterthan
at present. He has reason TO believe
that the attendance will be larger this
year, and that more counties. will be
represented than ever before. .... ~
Hon. Charles j. Faulkner passed
through our town very recently on his
way to Barbour, where he was TO adj
dress the ''Teachers' Institute nOw in
session at that place. Mr.. Faulkner has
the reputation of being the peoples man
and the poor mans friend in this pOr-
ton of the State and quite a Faulkner
"bOOm" may be expected in q Guberna-
torial direction, one year hence.
The Hon. G.. w. Newton, who has so
ably represented the Ninth Senatorial
district in the Legislature dur
ing the past two sessions, has
about completed fitting up
neat store in Grafton again. If the
amendments to the Constitution are
carried. Mr.. Newton will be urged by
his friends to accept the position OF JUS
tice, at a paying compensation.
Miss Deliah smith, who has been i'll
with the consumption, died Sunday.
Billy MCtiraw had his hand badly
mashed while engaged at work in Carr's
machine shop, last Saturday.
Much sickness prevails at present
among the iniantile population.
\ daughter OF DR. Brown, of Webster,
was married, ON Monday, to Il Mr..
Prim, OF the same place.