Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-01-17
Nelghborhood News.
FARKERSRURG ITEMS.
rErnm the Ncws.l

Boar BuILDING.-The hull of the new
Parkershurg and Gallipolis packet la
vcnia,n Captain Al. Smith, will be launch"
ed from the yard of Mcssrs. Logan, Mitch
ell, Gould Il Co., in this plnce, as soon as
the ice in the Kauawha will permit, Sho
is TO be a stern wheel boat, has splendid
model aad is substantially built. Her
length on deck is lis feet, length of beam
% feet, aud depth of hold feet. She
goes to Wheeling as soon as launched to
receive her cabin and machinery.
Captain ]. ". Vaughan's hull for a new
side wheel steamer, being built at the
same yard, is in forward state Of COM
struction. and will be ready to launch
early in the spring. She is to be duboe"
SReindeer," and measures $50 feet on,
deck, 80 feet beam, and % feet depth Of
hold. The ';RPindeer,' will be fine
specimen of marine architecture, and is to
be propelled by two cylinders 20 inches in
diameter and feet stroke furnished with
steam from three boilers 20 feet long, ana
Sc inches in diameter. This power
applied to her fine model will certainly
make her one of the fastest boats on the
Ohio River.
RELIGIOUS lTEM.-Tho series of Rcli-
gious Meetings heretofore noticed by "
are still being continued by the Baptist
the past week has been very considerable,
numbers having presented themselves for
PRAYERS and protested conversion. Seven
of the converts wcrc baptized last Sunday.
The daily public exercises consist OF
Prayer. Conference and Enquiry Meeting
held every afternoon, commencing at
O'Clock, preaching by Rev. d. b. Purinton
every evening at 81 o'clock.
The Presbyterian Church. in this place,
has been holding Il special series of Prayer
Meetings every evening this week, for the
success of the Foreign Mission cause
This has been done in pursuance of a gen
crnl arrangement, extending over the
whole country, and at the urgent request
of Missionaries and others specially in
tercsted in the advancement of Foreign
Missions.
The Stiliwcll Baptist Church, in this
country. has been holding series of Pro-
tracted Meetings for two weeks past, con-
Quoted by Elder E. Rector. y number OF
conversions are reported.
WANrED.-That copy of the Parkers-
burg NTers that for the last couple Of years
has not contained some abuse of the
Wheeling Mtelliyencsr. In the copy from
which we take the above clips, it has the
usual paragraph about the InteEye"cer, in
which it observes that
If Wheeling has any idea of holding her
rank as n Virginia city, she must cleanse
herself of this vile excrescnce.
a person would suppose that such sub
scrvient toadyism as the Ne!rs has all along
shown, ought 10 have paid better than it
has, but judging from the following it
does not seem to have done so:
rJNIIE UNDERSIGNED PROPRIETOR OFFERS
/ the Parkershnrg News Printing Office for sale;
comprising the crialS used in printing said paper,
the Job Office. Presses and fixtures connected there
with, and the Good will Of the establishment. For
terms price, &C., apply personally or by letter to
CHARLES RIIOADS.
Thus it would seem that poor Rhoads,
after all his orthodoxy, is likely to come
upon his friends or the county, " broken
down specimen of the shabby genteel.
Is there no vacancy at some of the
Richmond crisb for him?