The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-12-31
LETTERS FHOm THE FEor1.E.
POcnhOntNs COumIy---Cicu"rnI Theory
of CrcRtiNn---ChRncc for Capitalists
The Dr. Williams Murder.

L. T. Ill
POcnhOntRs COumIS---GcnCrnI Theory
of CrcRti"n---Chnncc for Capitalists
The Dr. Williams MurtIcr.
Editors I"tethgcMeer:
Some people pretend to think that
this part of the world is of hut little use
to any other part of the world, much
less this part of the State of West Nir-
ginia being any benefit to any other
part of the State. But am of little
different opinion. II il is not of much
value, yet it does for people to trave!
over when they are tired of travelling
everywhere else, and those that do not
like this country or its institutions, can
use the less OF il, and go where they
like it better. But in the journey Of
life we come across great many per
sons who want all that can be got in
the shape of wealth, forthwith, and
have no patience to wait unless they
can get II, and il n country don't give
them II fortune Immediately they are
ready to say and do say itS Of no account
Notwithstanding the Creator in His
goodness, created the entire earth, He
did not create the garden spots" and
leave the hills and mountains to "come
Cy chance to their places, and fill up
the vacancies between the fertile and
sunny plains. And there is another
class of people who take the world rs it
comes, aud call all things that are ere
uted good, because they have been pro-
uouuced good by II Greater than they;
and II hills and mountains do rise up
before them, they are ready
to try to accommodate them
selves to the circumstances under
which they live. Some people
also think that there is no use trying
10 improve this county because we
have no railroad running through il.
II Of Of
hOntas county ln the mountains as
they are. have determined TO make the
roads OF this county 50 that people
wanting to travel around here and
through this way to Pretticr counties
than this, can Ect along us fast us Il
snail AT least. If not at lightning speed.
And TO this end theyhave passed AN ordi-
nance directing the sale of all the turn
pike roads in the county, for term OF
years. to bo put and kept in repair. for
the Use and receipt OF the tolls arising
thereirom during such term of years.
1t iS certainly u good chance for capital
lists to invest their surplus money,
There are TWO Leading lines of turnpike
/ through the county, upon which there
is even now great deal of travel, and
would be more if they were well repair
ed. The longest line of road (iorty
miles, directed by the Supervisors to be
sold, leads from Beverly, in Randolph
. county, 10 l'"lsbuTS, IN Treenbrl
county: II also forms Il portion of the
road or connecting link across the
country between the Baltimore II Ohio
. railroad and the Virginia Central ana
COvingtOn N Ohio railroad, and there
fore is turnpike of more than Ordinn-
| ry importance; it runs through the IL
nest grazing country in West Virginia,
and any one delighting in mountain
! scenery can certainly enjoy II journey
over it. Ye men OF capital, where is
your money? Invest it so thRt it may
not only do you good, but may also do
your fellow creatures good, and SO
that it may not eat as a canker, and be
destroyed with the moth, but be fruit
/ ful of happiness.
( But notwithstanding the fact that the
roads are bad. crime is rife in the land.
/ We are compelled to record the myste-
rious disappearance of one of our best
| Union citizens, DR.. Il. z. Williams,
who is now supposed to have been mur-
deIcd. He left his house in the lower end
| of this county, on IA certain Tuesday
morning, some three or four weeks
/ ago, and went out into the neighbour
/ hood to hire Il wagon to do some haul
/ ing for him. The last that was seen OF
| him as known, was on the same even
/ ing, about dark, some eight miles from
] home. on the next morning, about a
/ mile nearer home, his horse was found
D =
with the saddle and the headstall of the
bride on, the reins having been cut
off, since which time he has not been
seen or heard of. The surmise at first
/ was that he had ran AWAY, but this was
| foolish, for he had nothing to run
away frOm-Ho debts, warrants OF
crimes ofany kind. He was IA man liv-
| ing in good circumstances pecuniarily,
/ The next surmisc was that he had
hanged himself with his bride reIns
! but this was equally foolish, for he
was doctor and could have caused
| himself to have died much easier
/ death than by hanging.
/ Finally public opinion seemed to set.
/ tie down that he was murdered by some
| villainous refugees from justice, which
they should have received ut the end ol
a swinging rope in other parts of the
! country. The old adage says, "murder
| will OUT" and 1t is to be hoped that il
murder is committed in this case, that
! it will be revealed and brought to light
and the murderer brought to summary
/ justice.
The winter in the mountains is fairly
| begun. Snow is eight inches deep anC
some days quite stormy, while other!
are quite calm. .-.r
/ Having written this much of this
short and hasty scrap, allow me to wisl
you and your paper long and usefu
| lite, and subscribe myself
Edray, ". Va. XARPEX.