Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-03-17
NEIaHBoRnooD WIS.

The St. Clairsville Chronicle notices the
fact of general westward movement of
people in that vicinity this Spring. 1t says:
GONG WEsT.-From present indications
there will be larger number Of persons
leave this part of Ohio for the West this
year, than have ever lefl in any one year,
and we regret to say that among the nuns
Der are many of our best citizens. There
can be no doubt, however, but that The
West-With land at it's present enormous
rates in the old States-does offer induce.
meuts for the investment of capital that
seem sufficiently strong to tempt almost
any one who owns small tract of land
here TO sell it and go there and buy much
larger one.
The protracted Methodist meeting at st.
ClairsVille going ON for four weeks. closed
last Sunday night. Says the CHronfelD in
regard to it:
During its progress one hundred and
twenty eight persons joined the Church,
over one hundred of whom are adults.
This has been one of the most success
ful meetings ever held in st. CIairsville,
and its results will be of lasting benefit to
the place. 10 addition to the large nun.
Der of persona who have joined the Meth
odist Church, many others have been seri.
ously awakened, and in the Presbyterian
Church, where a meeting has been in pro.
gress for the past ten days, there are en-.
couragiug indications TINT great success
will follow their efforts, aud many names
be added to that Church also.
TIE steubenville Herald is complaining
of the high prices for provisions up there
as compared with some larger places. We
are not sure but that some Of its remarks
would apply to Wheeling as we'll as Steu.
benville:
"ProvisiOns of all kinds are kept up in
Steubenville much higher than at other
points OF more Importance. Prices are 80
unreasonable and exorbitaut that some
general action should be taken to coun.
teract the extortiOn. Butter selling in New
York at 40 cents, ia sold in SIenbenVille
at as and so cents per pound. Flour,
selling at Cincinnati for So and 50 per
} barrel, is selling in SteubenVille from SlI
to Sl2 per barrel. Hams sell at Pittsburgh
for 23i-in Steubenville at % cents. These
are few among the many exorbitant
4 prices put upon the people of Steubenville
= just now-which they are not we'll able,
and should not stand, if there is any rem :
edy.
For the comfort of the Herald, we COM
, mend to it the following paragraph from
the New York Times of yesterday:
The BETTER TIMB CoMING.-The great
items (tUa, sugar, coffee and the like) of
the hOusekeeper's grocery account were
not q fraction higher-we speak of the
smaller retail dealers-when gold sold at
Z 2sOI than they were yesterday, when gold
could be he'd ~ esy quantity at 100. Yet
) be. Ifad 1o binstions. tratIe conSnirs.
5 oies, and higher prices have had their day.
We shall see ehem broken mp with the
break up OF the combinations aud consul.
racies Of the Richmond rebels.
:, WARRINGTON COUNTY (PA.) NEWS.
/. The Examiner of yesterday.uOtices iudi.
cations of oil in that vicinity.
Oil DISCOVERY NEAR WASHINGTON l.
While many of our citizens have been pros
= Pecting and investing in distant localities
n the discovery is made that oil is flowing
from the springs almost at our own doors
friend has shown us u vial of oil obtain.
a ed from springs in raVine on the farm O
James Linn, Esq, one mile northeast O
: this borough. Daily visitors report that
b number of springs on the farm are all WELD
: ing oil in Quantities that stagger belief.
4 While mauy are putting in their claims
for central position, over tho basin, WHY
: may not Washington claim to be the grea
8 centre, till some other locality can make 6
d better shoW2
= A STRONG PUlL.-At pulling match il
r Nottingham township, last week, a twr
horse team, pulled ffty tsOo hundred ana
ttoenty pounds, on a wooden soled sled. mn
, a five degree hill, on the bare ground. 4
, must have been ia long pull, strong pull
I and pull both together" FN''