The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-09-02
STATE ITEMS.
tlFrom the parkersburg Gazette. |


schOol-bouse. II was very pleasant
affair, and was we'll attended.
The b. Il o. X. Il. Co. are erecting
sheds the whole length of the platform,
which will greatly to the appearance of
the depot; as the center shed will be
higher than the rest, there
by giving that finished appearance to
the building which was wanting before.
The work is being carried on under
the personal supervision of Mr.. Drake,
Master Builder aG that point.
We regret that a large portion of the
medium and late peaches are decaying.
In some orchards, that have heretofore
borne well, most of the trees are full of
shIiVeled and Gotten fruit. Nearly all
the fruit brought to market this year
matured too early, and decays very rap
idly.
We were shown few days ago spe-
cimen of painting, by Mr.. J. w. Connor.
where petroleum was used instead OF
linseed oil, and we think it equal if not
superior to anything We have seen. Mr..
Connor is the only one of the many who
have been experimenting in this bust
ness, and his efforts seem likely to'be
This is 4 matter of great i'm
portance, promising as it does. n reduc-
tion in the price of painting of at least
seventy-fve per cent. The specimen be-
fore us was dry in five hours after being
painted.
FmE.-On Monday evening fire
broke out in the oil refinery of Messrs.
Poole & Co., near the mouth of the
Kanawha. A considerable quantity OF
oil was consumed, and at one time it
was thought the whole works would be-
come prey to the devouring element.
Mr.. Adcox, an employe of the refinery,
was badly burned, but will recover.
On Tuesday evening the bell again
sounded the alarm, which proved to be
a mosquito bar which had caught fire in
the rooms above Shafer's store on Court
Square. Big scare-no damage.
As usual, our energetic Hook x Ladder
Company were promptly on the ground.
OIL.-We learn from the proper
source that the Volcanic Oil Co. has
received orders during this month for
one thousand eight hundred and fifty
barrels of lubricating oil from Europe
alone at $50 a barrel at the wells. This
with barrels, handling, freight and com
missions will bring some $4,000 to this
region of country. We opine
that the benefits Of the oil in our State
have but just begun to be felt. There is
an abundance of oil, and the demand
has now commenced. What should
prevent it from being as great and per-
manent source Of wealth rs coal or
iron, and ParkerSburg from being the
centre of its trade!
COUNTY RoADS.-AmOug the various
enterprises that have been projected for
the benefit of the public, all admit the
advantage of good public roads. And
vet, strange to say, with the best nat
ural advantages for such thorOughfares,
the roads in this county are in most
condition, and at certain sea-
sons, utterly impassable. In the past
there NAV have been some excuse for
this sad and general neglect, but at
present, with the admitted necessity for
immediate and permanent improvement
there can be neither justification nor
apology for the continued neglect of our
principal thoroughfares.
from the Parkersburg Times.
DRUNK.-We would suggest that our
Council issue an ordinance to the effect
that any person found drunk on the
street, or in any. public place, and
whether they are noisy or not be ar
rested and fined without any distinc-
tiOn of race or color.
From the Clarksburg Conservativc.I
NATURAL CUBIosITY-During late
tour through parts of Webster county,
we heard rumors in regard to a remark
able apple tree, which produced vari-
Gus qualities of fruit from the natural
scion, but treated the statement as
hoax. On our return to Sutton the
subject was renewed, under circum-
stances and by authorities which chal-
lenge respect. The tree has been bear
ing fruit for many years, on the farm OF
the late Mr.. VIM. Hamrick, on Gaulcy
river, a FIVE miles above the county seat
of Webster. 1t is said to stand in an
open field where it originated rs "a vol
unteer Seeding"
We obtained reliable information in
regard to said tree and fruit from Mr..
Ii. Holt, of Sutton, with instructions
that Mr.. w. G.. Squires, residing near
Salt Lick Bridge, BraXton county, has
bearing graft from the orlgi&al stock,
where we called and tested the fruit,
There is no difference in the general ap-
pearance of the fruit. Some of the APP
pies are very sour and some very sweet,
and we found almost every variety OF
flavor between the two extremes, in
different apples, and the most remark
able fact is that some Of the apples are
one part sour and one part Sweet-SOme
with one side sour ard the other side
sweet. This rule obtains with some
when separating the parts in the usual
order: with others the order is reversed
from the surface to the centre. For 4
solution of the foregoing
facts we pass the subject TO
the naturalist.
FEDERAL CoURT.-The District Court
of the United States for this State, sat
at Clarksburg on last Monday, Judge
John J. Jackson, Jr, on the bench. The
of the Court, under its present
seems to move along very
well.
we are indebted to its gentlGmanly
Clerk for the following synopsis OF its
proceedings
James w. Robinson, of Martinsburg I;
Captain J. S. Burdett, of PruntytOwn
A. g. SturgisS, of Morgantown; L. d.
Talbot, of Phillippi; Philip Cox, of
Glenville, and r. B. Hall, of Weston,
were appointed Commissioners of the
Court.
Major A. G. Roger and Capt. Thos. A.
of Philippi; Andrew Hunter
and VIM. II. Traverse, of CharleStowD:
John NJ. Hagans and Geo. c. Sturgess,
of Morgantown, and J. w. Dunnington,
of Beverly, were qualified to practice as
Attorneys before the Court.
Hon. J. NJ. Bennett, Judge Camden,
Col. J. s. Hoffman and John Brannon,