Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-06-26
MARION COUNTY.
Items of News-The Political
acknowledgements Revi-
Val-The Red Men.
Correspondence OF the Register.

FAIRNoNT, June oath, 1879.
No preparations to celebrate the 4th
as yet.
Mr.. Thomas Sweeney, of Wheeling
is visiting his daughter, Mrs. ThOs. W.
Fleming, OF this place.
Praise services were held in the First
Presbyterian Church last Sabbath. The
building is an elegant structure and
will be formally dedicated this fall.
Mrs. Dick, wife of Mr.. James Dick, OF
Palatine, and mother ofMr. Albert Dick,
OF the Lnder, died to-day at one O'Clock
p. NJ.
/ understand that the large Steam
Flour mill at Arnettsville, was burned
few days ago.
The Mexican dollar fell in value to
81 cents in this place last week, which
causes considerable uneasiness among
the unluckv holders. understand
that some OF our stock dealers have been
making a nice speculation on those dol
lars. They would take them at a dis
count in the east, and return here and
buy stock with them, passing them as
a dollar, but happily their game is block
ed So cents is the price now fixed for
them.
Hon. Spencer W. Sturms, the orator
of the greenback party in this county,
is announced TO speak at various points,
in the near future. The object OF the
meetings has not been officially an
nOunced.
The prominent citizens of this place
are too busy to be interviewed on the
political situation, and the weather is
too warm 10 inspire your correspondent
with great desire TO tackle them on the
subject. The politics of Marion county
is i'm rather an uncertain condition.
Whatever may be the state OF things in
other counties of the Congressional dis
trict, we have three parties in this coun-
". AT the last election, on strict
party vote, the Greenback party cast
about 600 votes. Bya coalition with the
Republicans they succeeded in electlng
the last two members to the House OF
Delegates, which inspired the leaders
with great hopes for future success.
They are now engaged in organizing
their forces, for what purpose | do not
know. They may intend TO make a
party fight on the election OF School Of
ticers in August or they may only de-
sire 10 close up the gaps, TO keep the
sheep in the proper fields, for 1880
Whatever their intention is they are
organizing as rapidly as possible.
have heard very little said about
the Amendment giving this Senatorial
district n Judge of the County court, the
people do not vet seem to understand 1t.
have heard some speak in favor of
it, and some against it, but the express
sions have not been general enough TO
enable me to form any detiniate
opinion on the subject.
Ii is generally conceived, however, that
Hon. John w. Mccoy will be the Dem
ocratic candidate for judge, and If can
didate of course will be elected, and
preside over the County Court, il the
proposed amendment should be ratified,
with dignity and learning that
would grace the Circuit or the Court OF
Appeals. Marion bids fair 10 Guido old
Harrison in the Judge business. Clarks-
burg is filled with judges, from whom
judicial honOrs have departed forever,
while FairmOnt will have their live
Judges. Term about always was fair play.
There is now in one county a cOnsidera-
bile element of all the parties in favor OF
the constitutional amendment, to be
voted on in 1850, uthow it will be when
the matter is fully discussed no one can
tell.
THE CROPS.
| have taken some trouble to inquire of
gentlemen from all parts Of the county
to see how far the crops have been
effected by the recent dry weather, and
this information secured justities the
following conclusions: Wheat will be
about an average crop. Harvesting has
commenced and the wheat is better
than was expected. The straw is short
but the heads are heavy, and the grain
is said to be of very excellent quality.
The grass will be very short, many
meadows not worth cutting. The Oat
crop is almost failure. Corn is not in
iured 10 any extent as yet, and II the
weather is seasOnable from now on the
usual crop will be raised. There will
be an abundance of fruit of all kinds in
the county. 1t will be scarce in some
localities, but abundant in others.
MANNINGToN Is now ENJOYING A TEMPER
ANCE REVIVAL.
A gentleman by the name OF Mcdonald,
as am informed, has been holding tenn
perance meetings up there for the past
week, and has succeeded in getting the
people worked up on the subject. At a
meetiny held last night they appointed
a committee, called the Law and Order
Committee, 10 ferret out the unlawfulre-
failing of liquor in that place, in order
that the matter may be properly lnvcs-
tigated by the next Grand Jury. 1t IS
said that the prominent citizens OF the
place are enlisted in the cause, and
some interesting facts may be discover
ed 1t was currently reported here a
day or SO ago, that the
RED MEN, OR REGULATORS,
had burned the house OF Mary Rogers,
IN the upper end Of this county, on last
Friday night Id will be remembered
that not long ago the Red Men, or
some other persons unknown, "trottCd'
an old gentleman, who they supposed
had better be at home with his family,
from that house one very cold night,
and they do say that he was in such a
hurry about going that he forgot all OF
his outside clothing. From reliable
gentlemen from that part of the county,
| learned that Mary Rogers lett the
house on Friday, for visit probably,
and on her return on Saturday she
found the house and contents burned.
The cause of the fire is unknown, but
the Red Men will have to bear the
blame. | write thus infinitely about
this unimportant matter, to prevent
some blood thirsty fellow from writing
it up, ina style that would add another
blot on the fair name Of our county
and state.
There is very little litigation going on,
less than there has been at any time
since the war. in this:county now. The
dockets of both courts are nearly clean
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