The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-12-24

are tunnelling the Blue Ridge ut Har-
per'A Ferry, 30 as TO avoid passing UNI
der the face OF the cliff, and get room
for adonble track.
RAILROAD FOR THE PANHANDLE
The WellsburG Herald Is stirring up
the people Of Brooke and Hancock to
tho necessity Of having an outlet by
rail on this side of the river. As mat
ter OF local interest we quote the article
entire:
Annually about this time Of the year
for n period anterior 10 which, the
mind OF the oldest inhabitAnL runneth
not back, the good people OF this side
OF the river have been afflicted with
complaints about bHd roads, no rOnds,
and want of communication generally
with the rest OF mankind. The beauti.
full % Ohio rolls past our doors covered
with unshapely, and this time of the
year, very uncomfortable Ice, barring
convenient transit across and laying M
effective embargo upon passage up Or
down, while the iron horse on the other
side sports past In hooking derision. Of
the want OF foresight and enterprise
displayed on our side Of the river.
Willie We are poking around the olGs
fashioned post Office, waiting twenty
four hours for the nGws from Wheeling
and Steubenville, our neighbors 800
Yards distant, have 1t from New York
or London III they ure able to pay for
n cable dispatch) in about as many
minutes. II they want to go amy
where, they go, If they want to send for
anything, they send, If they want to
get anything, they getit, through green
bucks and shinplHsters. They nre In
dependent of the elements, or nj least
conveniently so. Not so with us.
Very often we can't go, send, or get
things at all; and very often when we
can, It costs as much from In Grange
TO Wellsburg, rs IL does from the lakes
or beyond the mountains to La Grange.
This is provoking, but If there was
no remedy for 1t, itmight be endurable.
The most miserable thing about 1t, Is,
that with n country us rich rs this and
so blessed with all the elements of
weOlth, we permit such state of affairs
to annually haunt us.
A reasonable amount of energy
would soon put us in railroad commu-
mention through the Panhandle Rail-
road, with the rest of the world, anu
remove Mt once the disabilities of this
kind under which We labor. If any
scheme can be devised by which IL
brunch connection with that road can
be made profitable to the company, we
can have II six months from date. II
by engaging in manufacturing or
mining we can make trade for the road,
II will soon seek us; II we had the rond,
we could soon furnish the trade. There
in Is the problem. Who can solve i?
The most feasible thing we can think
of Just now, is to open negotiation with
the company, and us mn adjunct orsort
OF Il basis, We would propose that inso-
much us the State and County realize II
heavy tux from tho company's proper
ty in this county, and rs the people of
Brooke countyHlonG nrenilected by the
existence of that property, and those
people about equally, that it be pro-
posed to tho company that we on
denvOr TO procure from tho Legislature
Il release Of this taxation, whenever the
company make Il road riG Wellsburg,
to Wheeling. We cannot guarantee
that the Legislature would grant us
that net Of Justice, nor do we expect the
company to consider the grant as sur
ilcient consideration for making such II
road, but only that they will consider
Il us so much, and no more, money TO
be credited TO the expense of It's con-
struction and working.
If the development Of the coal pro-
jeCt now on foot, proceeds successfully
us we think 1t will, the coal and coke
trnde alone between Wheeling and
Pittsburgh will DO u very material item
of Transportation added to other items,
there will be probably enough TO rem
der the construction OF the branch
reasonably profitable.
AN EDUCATED HOG - (TOTciRC.) i
Wellsburg, says the Herald, WINS favor
ed during tho week with an entertain
mcnt in the Court House by man and
an educated hog. The latter did n va
rietV Of curious things, the former like
wise, among the most curious of which
were tricks on some kind of machine,
which he called "chuck-n-luCk;" the
trick of which consisted in COnjuring
any FOOLS money into the pocket OF the
Snowman. The educated hog served to
draw tho crowd, and the Snowman,
who, like Daniel in the lions den, could
not he distinguished from the animal
by "Creen cotton umbrella under his
urm," felt their pockets. The result
was preciptntc retreat TO avoid the
mesheS OF the law against gambling,
by the principal actor, and tho holding
over, under bonds, OF one or two sim
pletons to stand trial for 'gambling
with swine" One party allowed ii
was hard but fair, TINT having conde-
seconded to lose his money In II gamble
with hog, he should DO prosecuted for
1t.
ALL our West Virginia exchanges
give notice that they intend to take the
holidays, and will get out no pnpers
this week.
WEST VIRGINIA PosT OFFICE
CHANGES station, MnrlOn
county, L. c. Hopkins, vice J. II.
Rider, resigned; MERGERS Bottom, Ma.
son county, J. NJ. Hanley, vice J. 5.
Hunley, resigned; Anderson's Store,
Lewis county, w. II. McNulty, vice J.
Anderson, resigned; Linside, Monroe
county, c. McNeer, vice Mrs. j. NJ. Bal
lard, ineligible.
obituary.
Died ut the residence OF her hrothGr.in law,