The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-16
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Tan Hon. sCHUYIRR. CoLRAx, who
delivered his highly interesting lecture
to our, peopleat Washington Halilas
night reported elsewhere in our pspeF.l
Is gentleman in whom we ni ne u iiittief
folks take special and decided inter-
est, inasmueh as he Is. or Was- until
lately, one Of US Iy original calling
and livelihood, The distIn guIshed gen.
tlemen served his- prentieeshiEl as a
printers boy tp a western country
newspaper ONCE, and for many years
worked at the case before he began to
handle the pen1Whieh he has done so
much 70 hoRer and -illustrate. when
elected To- Cong eSs be wll3e aitor oftAe
South Bend tIndiana) Register, and he
remained connected with It for several.
years afteF, his election. he. has been
In cOngre4s 16S twelve years; having
been invariably returned by his
devoted constituents, among whom,
to their credit be q It recorded, he
is a great favorite. he is, we may
say, As much; r. mot more than any
other man Ia the country, the father or
the overland mail system across the
plains to the Pacific coast, It having
been established years ago under his
auspices as chairman of the important
and carefully selected "Committee on
Post Offices and Post Roads..', In Con-
gress. ~ p,
Mr.. Colfax during his brief stay YES
terday paid OR establishment a short
visit, TO renew fora moment, as he always
lovestO do, his connection with his old
vocation. He was Of course no little
surprised to ind already in our yonne
State an establishments such as this one.
which affords all the facilities foFprintz
ing to be met with inlmost Of the large
cities.
Mr Colfax leaves this morning for
Zanesville, where he lectures this eve
ming. From thence he goes to Wash
ington. Judging from the universal
tone OF our exchanges he will certainly
DO elected Speaker OF the next Congress-
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NEW Iron woRRs.-The alfsoAl
large and rapidly Increasing dernaD5
for oil tubings, as we'll as the consts \,
necessity for gas pipes and water mr.,
has developed an enterprise In our eiftg &
which dealers In the commodIties msS.
toned will do well to make noteI 5fsi-T
Some time since some gentls 1SSet, In
our city organized themselves into q
company, called the aHOward Iron
Works, ]" having for It's object the man.
ufacture OF the above named article.
The company, about ak weeNs sap,,o mr.,
chased from the Rev. John VVoSfIS fha
properly in East Wheeling Know, n
the Eagle Cotton Mills, - enlbracii1S,
the rear ends OF lots No. O andI anS
Ine tenements erected thereon. I,ast
1Sl92inS1Iay they commenced work on the
buildings, with u view to convertinp
them into min. Some twenty 'bands
are now engaged ut the lob. and IA tbe
weather continues fair II n -thnnII,t
that IN the course OF. .. coupIe Of month
t tne L1iit ~ WI re IN operation The len
nInus nLlek o9llle.Ing OF the old cotton
be used for piachinery. The new hid.
ing ylH 90 about 100 by 40 feet, commo-
dlous nn'l we'll arranged. 1871 -
- no apitiit of the company Is $780,
wv 3nd authority Is held to increase Il,
Al deemed proper. The following are
tuBf AHSSguIo Oh the c0tupflIlYs II. a.
Hildreth, Alex. Hukill, ]. 2 u. ARM
BtrOng, r. II. Gillespy and p. @. Hill
dreth, all men Of b0Siness1 experience
and great enterprise, in whose hands the
iron works will bo we'll looked amer.
This manufActure OF the articles refer
red to Is RnlneWhRG n secret, and this
company has secured the services OF
Workmen experienced in, the business.
But few works of this GhAracterafe In
operation in this vicinity, and we NAV
reasonably expect the new COMPANY 10
come into rapid popularity with the
trade. 81 IL rs ~ =
THE SKATING 4oNnll ISo6HfohtNr.EDn.
We are pleased to learn that ON yes
terday the Wheeling Skating Park
Company was duly INCORPORATED. The
certificate of incorporation sets forth
that the company shnll be styled the
"WhOeling Parl, - and shall be for the
erection, Of Skating Ponds, Drives and
Places OF Recreation and Amnsement.'t
The capital of the company is set at
Sl6O,OOO, at SIS to the share. The Dircc.
tors n the PaFk are Tho following nam.
cd RentiernAn:< oAf&}AtA s712s54
A. ]. Sweeney, j. t. Scott, Jas. A.
Mstcalf, 4. 9. McAffees,1. II. Hopkins
8. Harper, ]. G. Orr, D. E. DOnnell, G.
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