Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-01-23
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Correspondence uf the Register
FAiHMoSr. January -.
The January term oi tho County
Court In still la RcAhiun. Nothing oi
Importance hna been done thus iar, but
thu trial ul criminal rasca, for HonIU
daya past the rpurt haH boon occupied
with the trial 0l u X leo Iur perjury
The State In represented 10y thr Prone
cutting Attorney, aud lee IL defended 10y
funian Smilh, Eul. This caao haa At
trartcd much attention, aud u may not
he RmiaR 90 give u Mighl glance at lis
hiniury Several yCura ago young lee.
who IL the Hon II Capt, u NJ. lee, late
sheriff IL this county, worked ior Raw,
Icy Morris, Esqp " no lcHidcH on
Paw Paw creek, III this coun
~. and after hr lett Mt,
Morris. hr clalnrd thai Morris had not
paid him tot his Rcfyirca, aud brought u
aui againnt HIN IN the County Couti
Morris appeared IN the suit and pleaded
the general issue, hui did not He any
nul OllR The case Mas tried about u
year ngpuud rcaultcd tnnyurlict IN lcc'H
favor iur $50. Morris then claimed that
leo had committed perjury IN that caho
aud had him indicted but the lndiri
mcni waR uuaahcd, ~ am informed
leo then brought u Hult iui mpliCiuuH
prosecution against Morris, which IN
now pending. Soon after the bringing
ui iho puit hy lee, lao wna totndicirl,
ing tried Tho trial will not likuly bu
concluded before tomorrow cvrn-
ing, Il then THIS has been
one oi the very Ckpcnalyr
curcr which make lltc taxpayers grum
bic.
There were thilty,throc indictments
found by the grand jury at this trlm.
Nll hut ouu were lur unlawlully selling
liquor The liquor question las hccumc
yoiy complicated IN this county. There
are no licensed HnluunH In ihia county,
but ihorr are doEcuR II placoa where
whiRky IN Hold contrary ~ law, aud Il
dooa Accm ihnt lho law h powerlcHa 10
prevent H. At oyory Court nnmhcr
Of indictments are found against per
nunH Tor this oiIcuHr IN most Cnuch
they como into Court nnd cunirh judg
mcnt aud pay u iino oi SlO aud costa,
aud that ia thcond oi II. Tho olcrk, im.
modialuly after Court, iaHuca Nh cSocu-
ton iof the nnc aud costa, which IN In
nearly every case returned "No proper
~ found Tho last fcaorl IL the
C1plds pro hnC, which IN usually
issued on tho Orlor ui the Prosecuting
Attorney after the execution IN return.
cd mo property found Under the
caplaa tho prisoner h confined IN jail
sixty days. aud In then released by mVro
operation of law lie then returns 10
lila home AMI. instead oi being reformed
by hiA punishment, enters into tho un'
lawful calling with renewed energy, Rs
II his purpose waA 10 make up lpr the
time hc was IN jnil This iaR true ne
count II the situation of tho whisky
bunincAa IN this county,
rnr on noon,
We have regular oil boom on Bingn.
mon creek, Ia this county Tho hearts ~
aomc 81 our people are made glad and
they arr now on living yipinnH oi untold
wealth Some Year, ago "Tho Bingnmon
OI Company" sunk shalt Tor oil, on
the lanla Of Mr. Jcusc Y siunu. on
lIingamon creek ~ The depth ol seven
hundred feet, but The gaa IN the vel
mado II difficult Ia work the pump. and
after time the project waA abandon
ed, mol without finding oil. however,
fuT ut various times oil was pumped
l. Al A -
sons Of Mr. Jacob slntm wcru out ni tho
we'll aud discovered oil IN the conductor
fboy procured blanket aud ran
Il down tho conductor aud squeezed
oil from The blanket. By iha, tedious
method they wctc enabled to got about
twcniy .iuur gallons IN very short time
II now seems Ccf,aiE that The oil bust
meas Ia that Acction viii boom la tho
near future.
noticed an article Ia the January
numhcf ul Ed,odi,oHdi Nsir Gaih,r, tho
West Virginia departmont ol which ID
edited 10y Prof. = II Crago, Of Mounds
vile, that DO not understand. that 10,
10 not know whether the author meant
What bo wrote to be n compliment h.
hiN, Diekoy, tho principal 81 ihe Normal
Acuoul la lhis place. or Couicmptiblc
iling al the institution, and the language
will Justify either construction.
lie, after compllmeniing In strong
terms the other Institutions OF harm.
ing in the State, says iha,
This school IL under the supervision oi
Miss Dickey, etc. aud concludes with
oshs is an accomplished lady and lie.
serves suocess" II lle professor meat :
what hc says, and no more, Nc agIta
With him fully, but u hc means a. nay
that tho fairmont NORMAL schOol ls not
q succ.ss, under disguise of compli'
meat " Miss piukoy. J would like o. in'
crease h,s Information on ibai snbjcri,
iof surely lac has been misadtiscd, ipF
no gentleman who proicsncd 60 have
such deep interest In = sihool ~ he
did iu thls, when be VAS apply ing fof
the principalship lasi summer. could in
~ abort tiuir SANDER thc schOol. This
school has morr students now than "
hsi ai this time In any pre-
yioas year. escepi last ycat.
Although ID receives 90 support ftom
the State, The school 10 doing iaf beiirt
than any of its true friends espcctsd.
Tonight number % our leople viii
70 ~ the Presbyterian Church and ait
neu the nnpiisls u NJ. Henry sample,
oi Palaiins, and NJ. Suxum, oi thi.
place. Rev. Glbbrns, 81 the kpiscopsl