Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-17
local MATTERS.

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- t5o new custom house is hailed with
n;g.stoions ofioy by all our citizens, and par
.',,.,lv those residing and owning property in
w., o,rt Of the city in which the new gov
.,,.rt building is erected. The post office
Y.ho o,1er rooms will soon be ready for the
,,,,,n Of those who are TO occupy them
o.,. and the vicinity Of the custom house
I-,,oneuu will soon be the centre Of attrac
Meantime, those who were instrumcntal
:. cutting dirty brick pavement around such
...,.ndid, costly structure, ought 70 be COM
.,iod 10 pick out elch separate piece of burnt
Nth their finger nails. 1t ought TO have
".on made of flag stone by ali means. The
.,.o,ept in front Of the custom house will OF
Fr.. he much used. The bricks will soon
,,,,,,, ragged and sunkcn, and vii! always be
I;,,v and Unlocking, whereas flag stone pave
a,.nt would have presented Il clean face TO the
,,mjring public at all tunes, and would have en-
,Io,cI three times as long.
# nav not be amss 10 suggest, at this juno
mn, that little cleaning up around the custom
,.,se now wouldn't be bad idea. The mud
.1u!
,,remoycd. and some provision made to prevent
:. accumulation in the future. The mud there
i nat less than one foot deep this minute, and
rising rapidly. Ordinary foot Navigation Is al
mos, entirely obslructcd. You hardly ever see
c,inoline cruising in the vicinity, and when q
bright form docs appear, under full sail, you
are sure to think OF the "siush pictures" in the
last number of HupcJ'& Weekly. Let those
vested with proper authority knock around spry
and do something towards identifying locality
which stands so much in need Of Improvement.
AZ tiiim05e 0.tI Oai0 H"iL0cJ.-At the
meeting of The directors of this road on Wcdncs
day. resolution was adopted aPprogriating the
SUN Of $l,7GT Sc, the amount reported by the
committee on construction and repairs 10 be ne
ccsslrv for the convenience and accommodation
Of passengers at the Relay House, Washington
Junction \ communication from the Mayor
and City Council of Cumberland, relative to the
depot there, was received and referred 20 the
committee on transportation and machinery,
who will visit that place, and give the subject
lae attention it may require.
~ Gin B.TaoI ia Dslia.-A little child
OF VIM B.ully, who resides in the ncigh0orhood
Of Yves, Liberty, in this county, was SO shock
ing.r burned on Thursday night last, that it
died ~ urea; agony short time Afterwards
Ihe little innocent Was playing about the lire
when its clothes we're drawn into the CRATE and
were soon in flames Before assistance could b.
rendered the child WAS fatally burned. SIch
accidents as these should act as fearful warnings
to all parents This is the third death we have
noticed recently as resulting from this cause
@'os~
,,1457F.ac LigV0i:s.-'ln store and in bond"
at the Wheeling Custom house there is Il large
Importation of line liquors for The house of G.
". Franzheim, Market Street Those of our
readers in the city or in the country surround
Ing, who vii continue to imbbe and deal in
Intoxicating fluids are informed that Mr.. F. can
trade with them just as tavorably as any eastern
house and give them just as good and pure an
article. In medical point of view this impor
.a!ion Of liquors recommends itself to especial
consideration.
-" Ionao,inL-Rhinchart Gaus, fashionable
barber, uule: the M'Lure House, advertiscs in
to-day paper. Unsolicited, we take upon our
selves 10 recommend Mr.. Gaus' shaving saloon
to everybody in town VINO, like ourselves, de-
light in a close easy shave, and gentle tot
Icite manipulation CT the capital regions In
these respects and in all other ranges Of his art