Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-01-07
EAIItNIDNT.
News From Marion County -
Preliminary Examination of
Jones aud Nutter The POLL
cal Outlook In the County.
lnnnn nL lhn neuIaIni

green aud greatly hindered the accus-
toned pleasure Of the holidays stlll con
tinucs. II has rained continuously i1f
several DAYS, and our river aud Builnln
creek IL in good rafting condition.
The risc will be of no material advani-
agc lo our river men. I'm account oi
the damage done 30 the lock below Nor.
vanluwn they are not able 10 got their
timber through u. and will have 10 tie
up above the dam, The county roads
and our streets aerm Ia have loat thcir
bottom. for the mud is lcepcr than haH
bceu known Tot years
Judge Fleming expected to hold an
extra term oi the circuit court ~ thR
county sumr lim' during this month,
,ul ~ the cour, in Clarksburg will likely
lak longer than wp expected u may
hr trpnWdblc lo find time to hold II
hclore,h court will have to commencc
IN IaylU county Ai this time II lHnut
pruhahlc Wat there will bc n term 0i
that court before the regular tcful,
which cUmm,pccs on the 18th oi April.
We regret to tunuunCc that MI. Geo.
Morrow, the popular salesman ia Mt
! NJ. Hartley Peoples Siurr. " very
srk al the rcSldcrir ol his brother,
lion james Morrow, a.. with what ~
Thought to bc typhoid ivcr
The January term ~ the County
Court will commence on 1gcOlay. the
l3lh inst. rrcsidcnt Mcrrih and Jus.
trcs WIN. Clayton and ',ep, V, MILAN
viii compose The court, There - ,qthri
lurgr docket, aud II ~ likely that his
count will Inst somc time
The Normal and public schools com
mcncri ycslordny.
Gu last saturday Robert Jones, who
iuinily with Henry NultCr, ~ charged
with making an assault, with intent tn
Kill. un James L. Mason, not long since,
hal hs
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS
bclorr Juslics q. Y. MILAN. VIM. CLAY.
ton and BENJAMIN I Shaver, at thr
office IT .lustirc MILAN, IN this place.
Ionca VIVA defended hy James 4 llng
pcriy, Esq, aud the State 10y Ptoaccu
ing Atlorncv Nrnclt Alter hear,
Ing the evidence ol tho state,
Jones offered uu evidence, nnd ihr
lusi,rca held him To- answer an
indictment, aud in default oi SlWW
bail was committed lp Jail. Nutlri
NniNcI hia examination AMI wna IKE
wise committed | did not bear the
evidence ai the examination, hut ="
rnria GN about ~ follows. Somc time
nvu. the Red Men visited Emery hndcr
snu, In Grant district, IN this county,
and llogyrd him Revcrcly and committed
other icprcdntinns u! the same time u
arcns that on their way To anderson T.
the band stopped NJ Mason'a aud made
aonr inuuirirs of him, which wefc heard
by NutlCr, who, II appears woR lldlne
only "A lew feet from MnsvnB house.
Not long allor thut Nuiter aud Jonct
went tu Maspn'a house nl night nnd d"
mnudrd oi him 10 tell them the nan,'i
of The Rcd Men and threatened him
with his life IL hC refused. Mason
claimed thut hc dil not know thcrl
al ctcupon Nntlcr struck him In the
hrcast with n lery' stone, ahu JONES ~
the same time hIt him with his list
Mason claims that alter lhcy knocked
him down they kicked hiul
ycry avvcicly, from the elects al
which he "inngushcd, aud languishing
d,l lnlmusll die" Both ui the pnril,t
c.ynrcd Jones was finally caught m
Wojzcl county Nultc went t1 Penn.
sylynnin nnd wns brought back 10y Dep
uty Sheriff W. II Manlay aud Constable
Aaron furhcr. Some Clnim that the
State will not he able to sustain th,
above charge, and that the most that can
bp mndc against the parties will hc nm
assault nnd battery This case will hc
watched with considerable interest by
our people. ~ We are becoming tired ui
these dcpTcdatllns.
| anc Il stated that the wife NJ Eli H.
leo IL insane that glc ~ confined IN th,
Hospital Mt Weston, &c, AMI | nrn CON
Hlcnt ihnl these reports are without
foundation last fall. when her daugh'
ter Nancy was leaving with our inilot iui
snlc keeping in order tO insure her az
pcnrnnrc ut the Circuit Court H. testify
against the rnrisi, Mrs lee, In COM
pnny with two gentlemen, vlailcd thl,
place iot the purpose uI getting Nancy
away from the rilnr, lor the purpose, ~
Wns alleged nj the time, of putting hcl
bcvund the PROCESS ul the court. TIL,
authorities here were advised ~ thS
plan aud defeated iiE accomplishment
Mrs. leo was moi insane then, Rnd ~ nd
now. She IL living iu The noiglIbUrhu"d
II burton, in Wchcl county, npd mo
doubt enjoys the nuluricty that Rhc nnd
her family aIc nov having,
Mr Gcoryc II Shinn, the postal clerk
who was injured IN the collision nj
Rroad Tree last October, resumed hl'
duiics tor the first time yesterday MORN
ing.
rtIE rOtirICAI SITUATIONS
In our county IN not ~ badly mixed ~
II ~ i'm the third district, hut s poupl,
nrc not talking politics much Just nov II
IL not easy lo ascertain iusl how matters
dn stand Neither party n now IN fight
ing condition, but by the campaign
Tho forces will fall intn ranks In IhtiI
old places
The Grccnhnckcrs, under the lch'lcr'
ship ot Mr.. Spencer W Siurn. pccm I"
,e busy. but ust what they are doing,
nr intend a. 10. haa nui been made pub
lie. II il some tune before The Canr
paigu opens, but the people hay" nl'
ready been naming their candidates Tor
Governor MI Faulkner has Sumo
warm friends, but believe maior'tI
u( our people would prefer q youngcI
man. In the Congressional fight this
county Is known ~ Martin county
W. ate entitled tn the next SenatuI
from this Senatorial district, and lorilaI
position number oi gentlemen have
lecn named, prominent among whom
are Major W. T. Cooper l. u, Hay
muud. Esq., lion. John ". Mccoy and
senator 1 n AnciL The friends %
NJ. Nrnc,l think That his defeat iof ih'
House oi Delegates last fall, which waI
caused 10y the combination oi Ihr Re
publican and 0rronback vote. ~ NJ
index lo hia standing In the county, nm
viii present his name hciofe the neN
convention with the zeal that hI- emi
nent services Justly merit for th'
House II Delegates the names ui Hon
A. P,ichar,l, Charles NJ. DAWSON. Owe'
4. Mckinney, Joseph q. Hartley Sn'
Marcus lee are sugut ttr,l Either OF lheh
gentlemen gill represent our coonll