Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-17
MoUNDSVILLE.
A Letter of General Interest to
the State.
pENITENTIARYPo POINTS.
Kanawha County Has the Largest
Representation and Ohio
the Next.
THE MAN AND BROTHER"
Special 10 he ReciStG.

Special 10 hs Register.
MoUSDsvrLLE, January l6.-The newly
elected and reelected county officers, are
all comfortably settled down in their respec-
tive places for the coming four years. Sheriff
Showscre occupies the same room as his
predecessor, in the northeast corner OF the
Court House. The room occupied by Prose
cutting Attorney Horton is, ostensibly, de-
voted 10 the use of the Board of Commits
sioners, ex-Sherif Hickswill close up the
business of his term in it. Prosecuting At
torney Meighen occupies one Of the Offices
on the east side of the hall. Circuit Clerk
Baker, and County Clerk will, Of course, re-
main in their old quarters.
The most important cases to be tried at
the coming term OF the Circuit Court are
the libel suit of Mr.. Hunt, of the Herald VS..
Samuel Dorsey, of Washington district, in
which the plaintiff will ask for $4,000 dam
ages, for defamation of character, from be-
ing charged by the defendant with
having at one time INDUCED in
the pastime of playing checkers
with his nose" through the squares formed
By the iron bars Of the door of a cell in the
Missouri State prison, or some other West
ern State prison. Whether or not the de.
feudant ever made such a charge against
Bro. Hart, the writer is not able to say, but
certainly no person believes that ne ever IN
dulged in such amusement.
Two Suits.
Two suits have been brought in which
The county is made defendant, one by the
Ohio River railroad company to compel the
commissioners to issue to that company the
$4,000 bonds subscribed TO the capital
stock of the road by the county. The
grounds upon which the county magnates
base their refusal to issue the bonds are
riat the railroad company refuses or at
least has failed to construct the county road
from Lindsey's Run across the hull to
he Round Bottom, in place OF the
Old Narrows Road,
the line of which is occupied by the compa'
ny's road. The second suit is brought by
Dr. Tom Rogers,by which he claims Sl5Otor
loss he claims to have sustained by reason
of his horse and carriage going over the
precipice at the Narrows road, between here
and Benwood some time last summer. The
Doctor is confident of being able to con
vince ON Intelligent twelve beyond rea
sonable doubt" that the accident was en-
tirely chargeable to the bad and insecure
condition of the road where it occurred
Tom doesn't ask anything for the damage:
resulting to his handsome physiognomy
and this is where the writer thinks, and
every young lady in town agrees with him
that he makes great mistake.
The only criminal case as far a;
known, that Mr.. Meighen will be called
upon TO prosecute will be the State agains
George OBnen, who represented Wetze
county in the State Institution here one
term, now in jail, charged with carrying OF
a set of harness and lot Of carpenter tool'
from Mr.. Anguish, OF
Roberts Ridge.
Messrs. knight and Riggs, ofthe planning
mill, have obligated themselves to astonist
the natives by constructing a 40xlOO 100
skating rink for Pilot Joe Alexander and
s. W..Mathews, in the Second ward. WorA
was commenced yesterday morning BY big
force of carpenters.
Tie Penitentiary.
The following list shows the number o.
State prisoners now in the penitentiary from
| the several counties.