The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-05-18

Il Underdone, G. w. Anderson, Edward
j. Williams, w. II. Simpson, W. s,
Wagner.
Last Tuesday evening the Morgan-
gantown Dramatic Society, through
one ofits members, Mr.. 10. Moreland,
"presented in very neat and appro-
PIRATE address, three beautiful plain
Gold Rings-appropriately inscribed
to Miss Olivia Kger, Ella Hickman and
Lizzie Lazier, as testimonial Of respect
and esteem from the members for their
earnest aid, cooperation and inYalua-
BILE services to the Society,"" To-
David BilImyer, of Shepherdstown,
Jefferson county, returns the largest
income in the ID District, and Charles
]. Faulkner the next largest.
Jefferson and Berkeley are the
richest counties in the Second District,
and Mr.. DrabelI, the assessor, says If
incomes continue to increase in the fu-
ture as they have in the past, these
two counties will return as much, in
the course of time, as all the other coun-
ties combined composing the district
We observe from the Buckhannon
News that the Committee and Directors,
now investigating the affairs of the
Hospital for, the Insane at Weston,
paid flying Yisitto Buckhannon [the
future CapitaD couple OF Sundays
ago. The NetOs makes this very COM
plImentary mention OF one of our
citizens:
Among the several distinguished
visitors in our town on last Sabbath,
was Col. Jacob Hornbrook who will al
ways be held in grateful remembrance
by our people for this devotion 10 our
brave soldiers during the war. we
have known him for years and must
say that he Is one of orr best citlzens.
The Writ county GaseLLe notes that
a great deal more land is under culture
in that county this year than last, and
that the wheat in a great many places
looks very well, giving evidence of an
abundant crop. r"
The Greenbrier Independent says |
the fruit crop in that section, as far as
the editor can learn, is unipjured by
frosts, &C., and the prospect is good
one in favor of general yield.
The Buckhannou Neps congratu-
Iates the town upon the erection OF
new town scale recently purchased and
put up in front of the Court House.
Rev. r. L. Brooks, of Upshur
county, who many of our readers will
remember represented that county in
the Constitutional Convention in this
city in 1872, and who has been con-
fined to his bed for five consecutive
years, is SO far recovered as to resume
in part, his ministerial labors. He
preached at Buckhannon on Wednes-
day evening of las. week, and was
present during the quarterly meeting
on Saturday and Sabbath.
The Morgantown Post relates the
following:
A very illiterate but patriotic old lady
from the rural districts, was in town
one day last week, and stopped at
Judge II. l.. Berkshire's for dinner.
The old lady seemed greatly delighted
at the prospect OF Andy Johnson's re-
moval, and expressed herself as highly
pleased with his successor, "for" said
she, 81 know Aleck Wade would make
better President than that old cedar
head Johnson" 900
The Judge, laughing in his sleeve.
kindly impaired 10 her the fact that 1t
was not orr "Aleck" Wade, but Ben.
Wade, of Ohio, who would succeed the
"old cedar-head, /" in case of removal.
The corner stone of new African
Baptist Church was laid at Charles
town, Jefferson county, on the 9th inst.
by several ministers OF that persuasion,
assisted by some of their white breth-
rem from abroad. a large concourse
Of the colored race did honor to the oc-
casfon. The laying of the corner stone
was accompanied by some sensible and
appropriate remarks from Rev. Mr..
Dungy, (colored.)
"A colored woman of Martinsburg,
lately gave birth to four children at
one time, and all are living.
-Morgantown was visited by Pitts
burgh steamer last week.
-Fairmont has raised the private
subscrition of $4,000 for the Normal
School at that place. This entities the
institution to 5000 more from the
State, that amount having been APP
propriated last winter on condition the
citizens subscribed the 1000. We sup
pose the building will now be rapidly
pushed to completion. l.
-Morgantown is soon to have new
brick public school building, of ample
size we judge, as an award has been
made for 10000 brick. E
"A Webster county correspondent
writes us description of their Court
House," It is a log building, of anti
quated construction, (by which we I'M
derstand chunking and dau bing,")
Observation-Disclosures high about TWEEN
ty fleet square, covered with "clap-
boards.D First floor poplar ''punch-
eons;" second floor, loose plank. Court
room on first floor; Grand Jury room
on second. One door 21f feet by feet
ten, and one small window of Sx1O
glass. Chimney consists of an i'm
mense stone-pile with vast cavern in
which the fires are built. The Grand
Jury get up to,their room by means of
ladder outside. The "bar," before
which the lawyers plead, is alog with
two sides hewed, placed on four legs.
When Judge and attorneys are seated
their heads are just level with the top L
OF the bar" This court house stands
on Elk river, very clear and beauti-
ful stream, Astounding with the finest
trout. What a picture of primeval sim
plicityl 1t must have been this region
that Cowper sighed for when he lonRed
for ga lodge in some vast wilderness."l
The Plot 10 Defeat Impeachment
FdihtaOton Cor. PiasGaRph Gazstte.
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