Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-11-21
CRAMPED FOR ROOM.
The State Prison Rapidly Filling up
With Prisoners.
Interesting Railroad kews--.A Vicious
Threat Miscellaneous State
Items Cleaned From Our
Exchanges.

penitentisry is 2S2. The large number Of
convictions at the fall terms of courts in
the various counties have 30 augmented
the number Of prisoners that the quarters
in the institution are becoming cramped.
The time is not far of: when the wing now
used as dining hall, but originally bailt
to be used az cell room, will have to be
put to the purpose for which it
was designed and the cells built
in the center as in the south
wing at present. Everything is running
smoothly as could be expected under the
new management. Even the prisoners are
becoming q prosperous lot. The tasks
set for each man are easily accomplished,
and many of the men have time for loafng
in the afternoon. Others do extra work,
for which they are paid by the contractors
at the same rate they pay the State. One
man does 80 much extra work in The broom
factory that the contractors have made
regular monthly contract with him.
OHIO CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Engineers are engaged in locating an
extension Of this road from Charleston to
Ksnawha Falls, a distance of thirty FIVE
miles, at which place the Ohio Central
will connect with the Chesapeake and Ohio
railway. This extension will be construct.
ed next year.
Engineers are also engaged in locating
six miles of road near Shawnee, Ohio, by
which six miles the Ohio Central and Bal
timore and Ohio will be connected.
Major Whitcomb, Of Richmond, Va, is
Chief Engineer of the Ohio Central and
Col. Sharp will be its Superintendent when
the company is reorgsnized. He and his
family will reside in Charleston. Already
he has rented Senator Kenna's dwelling
| house.
Special Commissioners Sharp, Brouu,
keDns and Cracraft, filed last week in
court, their report of the sale of the prop.
erty Of the, Ohio Central madelin October
These sales aggregated S6l9,000 Total
Indebtedness By first mortgage bonds
| Sj3l7OOO The L. s. Court has fixed on
Monday, November 50, Tor taking action
on this report and disposlng Of came
When confirmed, the company will be
reorganized.
DISAPPOINTED DOGS.
Two savage looking blood hounds, on
last Tuesday morning, were seen below
Psdens Island on the Virginia side, drag
gipg something through the briars. At
first people supposed the performing bears
had suddenly gone wild again. and run
away with their keepers. 1t turned our
however, that Mine Host, of the Wetzel
/ House and George from tie Western Re-
serve, had gone on hunt for rabbits and
took their dogs along. The dogs hunted
for three hours and finding nothing else,
they tackled the hunters and hauled them
through the briars. Ii won't do to disap.
point dogs.
He HAD BETTER BEHAVE.
The Durbanus correspondent OF the
Morgsntown Post gives notice as follows
There is fixed determination TO take q
certain man (2) in this place to the river,
and 'cithe him veil, besides, if be ever
causes another disturbance in our midst,
30 disgraceful az the last. Shame on
him.
MISCELLANEOUS STATE NOTES.
Morgantown wants q restaurant.
Harrisville, Richie county, has not had
apauper for fifty years.
A lead pencil mandatory at Martins
burg turns out 5000 day.
The oil excitement out about Cameron
aud Silver Hill is at fever heat.
The boiler of the Salem Touring mill ex.
! ploded on Tuesday. No one hurt.
The area Of forests in West Virginia are
estimated at 447,OOO,0OO acres, and it il
disappearing at the rate of $4,000 700 q
year.
There is not colorsd resident in Nc.
Dowell county. In this she beats Nicholas
which only has seven over twenty.one
years old.
Mrs. n. B. Conklyn, Of Jefferson county,
has q set o table casters which have bean
handed down through her family for near.
ly three hundred years.
Charleston Tuesday for Washington where
they will spend the winter. Senator kenna
will join them there as soon as United
States Court adjourns.
The class CT SO OF the State University
organized last week. T. NJ. Wilson is
President; ]. D. Cox, Vice President; H
Il. Emmert Secretary; Christian a art.
myer, Treasurer, ard John Gregg, Mar
ehsl.
Two dwelling houses we're DESTROYED near
Morgsutown during the past week. One
was the old Robert Hawthorne homestead,
built in lSUU. The other building was
built by John S. Dorsey in 1925. No in.
surance on either.
The public school authorities Of Hunt.
ington are taking time by the forelock by
compelling all pupils to either be vaccin.
sted or leave school. The Council Of the
city is also talking oitsking come measures
to guard against the epidemic.
Governor Wilson Wednesday issued a
pardon for D. Y. Lacbey, of Milton, sen.
teIced from Cabell Circuit Court on the
26th Of March, 1855, for term of three
years, for desperate assault upon Detec.
tive Burnett. The recommendation for Ex.
ecutive clemency was signed by nine of the
Jurors who convicted L&ckey, and large
number Of persons living in Csbell and
Wayne counties.
They Are Not Sorry.