The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-01-30

!, Growth OF tho city y-:-1EhnufaetuFing
Il Prosperity--RaIIroa Sleigh
ing Season. Skating - Entertain.
LII oINp1ASAPon1s, Jan. q.
Editors InteHi1eneer {" '.i - % lii'.F ;in'
We rarely see communications in
yonr paper from this point, yet we do
not think the reason can be want of In
cidents in this region. Possibly the
doings of the "Hoosiers" are of little little
interest to the deniZens of your staid
and QUIET town. This is a "fast" city,
like all other western towns of rapid
growth, and, of course. has its propor-
fion of "bummers', who live shy their
,wits.u So we have our full proportion
of murders, burglaries, garrotiDgs, &c.
The record for Thursday shows one
woman murdered by her husband with
an axe, one prisoner in the city Jail
killed by a razor in the hands of an
other -culprit,- another man shot
dead during an alteration with rut-
fan, in the western suburbs.5 "A terri
BILE record indeed, for one day All our
western cities are infected with scoun-
drels of every grade, brought to the
cities by the attraction of returned sol
diera whom they hope to rob. As the
soldiers are nearly: all home, the "oc-
cupationn OF these villains will soon be
gone. -.t..,- rr,a. ..,-,,.,,+s1 ,.r-.,,--r
The traveller passing through Indian
apolis to-day would not recognize IT as
the indianapolis of ten years ago. Dur
ing this time 1t has grown from a place
of a few thousand population to large
and prosperous city, containing $1,000
people, doing a great trade In merchan-
dizing and manufacturing. He Will
find, noble buildings of huge dimen-
sions and superb finish, almost all hav-
ing reared their lofty headsfn the few
years named. AS an evidences of the
fapid growth of this place, Iwould state
the board who grant building permits,
report over ZOO permits issued during
1865, one half of which We're for dwell
lingaud business houses, many of them
of the largest class, and costing tabu=
lous sums of money. The manufactur-
ing interests will also astonish many
persons. select the report of the roll
ing mill company. This company turn
ed out during 1855, 14, 800 tons of rerolled
railroad iron, which, at SlOo per tom
gives 81, ,4SO, 200 as the amount earned.
This is but fair sample of the pros
perity of the manufacturing interests
The new vincennes Railroad will
open up increased facilities IN the way
OF cheap coal. It is claimed this road
can put coal here at 13c. to 14c. per
bushel, at the present rate OF labor.
Should labor cheapen it can be fur
nished lower. The railroad facilities of
this city connot be surpassed. She now
has eight railroads, running Jointly
some sixty trains every twenty-four
hours! DO you think there is yetneed-
ed Hmeans of transpoEtahoa MelL
there are two more roads building.
1t is but question of time when the
West will for nearly all
her wants, and this place must necessaf
rily be a desirable point for such en-,
terprises, as she will have cheap fuel,
cheap living and unequalled means OF
transportation. or recourse snch adVan-
tages will not be overlooked.
This is not surely tho 'saddest season"
as the merry tinkling fsleighbells am
ply proves. The world is outsletghingt
and many are the quaint equipageS tnl-
proyised for the pressing necessities of
the occasion. One, two, three and four
horse nondescript carryalls,n freight
ed with old, young, grave and gay, not
omittinp the irrepressible contrabahd.
Skating, too, has its string of votartes.
The charming miss of a questtonabls1
number of summers, in her bright
bloomer costume, skimminH over the
smooth ice, Is a, pleasing picture, TO be
sure. Yet every pleasure has lts pam, pam,
was tempted and went on the park. HIS
experience is doleful, having met with
sutidry nnishaps. He discovered the ice
TO be very 9, hard " and cold.h -
I !. The amusement lovers, both in lit
lerary and musical way, are having q
lthrong time, with the . Metropolitan
Blind Tom (fitst time in this city, and
Ralph Waldo Emerson lecturing before
the Young Mems Library Association.
All have good houses. al "
Sorry TO learn the result Of your late
election. They do not go that way out
here, now. 1nri.iii 5l51s.iI .Iy5l tist s.sl5 -
THE stock market at New York is un-