The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-11-10
Weat VtrrInInIte1r,s.

y Hon. D. D. T. Farnsworth is elected
Senator in the Buckhannon district by
800 majority. -a
An old lady, named Abels, 60 years
old, had both her hands mashed in a
cane-mill last Sunday. The Bnckhan-
non Advocate says, "she was grinding
cane on the Sabbath" 1872
Butter is quoted at 10 cts. in Upshur
county, chickens 121< cts., and eggs 10
cts. Only think of that. ..ai71 a. 3
Mrs. w, ii. Martin, wife OF the
Buckhannon hotel keeper, eloped some
days ago with a Capt. Hare, who was
on duty at that point during the war.
Both parties have since been arrested.
Previous to the elopement her character
was uneSceptionable.
Gen. Harris announces in his pa
per, the Richie Press, that he intends
20 make q strenuous effort in the Leg
tslnture to secure the location of the
Agricultural College at Hnrrisville, the
county seat of Richie.
Brother Northcott, of the Clarks-
plnrg IeLegrGph, is going. it again on
the Capital question with might and
main. If much writing will win the
location, we may congratulate him on
mis- prospects. Here is a prarRrnph
from the latest nrticle q -
"The idea of locating the capital
south OF the Baltimore 81 Ohio Railroad
was first conceived in the brains of men
who had purchased large amounts of
mountain land for mere song. and
wished to enhance its value and real
ize fortunes from what is intrinsically
Valueless, and these land 1bbbers came
near deceiVing our Legislature last
winter into the. location of the Capital
at q point that would have subjected
the State to an immense inconveni.
ence, but fortunately their schemes
were thwarted.n H sHs5.s 10 y
THE Telegraph thinks that Colonel
raymond, one of the Senators from
the 4th district, although reckoned n
Conservative. is in favor of the Com
greBsional Amendment and will vote
TO ratify 1t this winter. 8issHz ,Sss sd
The same paper says that the Ad-
mtnistratton is rapidly removing all
the old Federal appointees in tile inter
lor ana Milling up their plnces with So
called CONSERVATIVES" It warns the
6 GS9pPeFhends fFs to hurry up the bnlanee
the sun Shines" for a shower is llp-
proaching. f5i.L
The citizens OF Parkersburg are or
ganizing lecture and library associa-
ton.
,-Steinway's "strange story, about
the death of Temple, published a few
days ngo by the Parkersburgh Times
Is not credited in the oil regions. 1t is
doubted, however, whether Steinway
had any hand in his disappearance, and
1t Is even thought that Temple may be
yet alive. Preparations are making TO
investigate the story about the petrole-
um lake in a cave on the Little Kama
wha. BY many, Steinway is consid-
cred deranged. .'....-.-[ -
The clerk ofthe Supreme Court of
the United States has refused (says the
Richmond ITnles,) to have process is-
sued against the State of West Virginia
at the notice and request of the Attor-
ney General, Mr.. BoWden, and Judge
Curtis, who was employed by the Gov
ernment to test the constitutionality of
the transfer of Jefferson and Berkeley
counties. The clerk gave as his reason
for so doing that the permission of the
Court must be first obtained. The case,
In CONSEQUENTLY will be delayed twelve
months longer. ~