The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-12-06
WEST VIRGINIA..

The parkersburg Times repremands
not change his shirt regularly.
Owing to the approach OF winter the
improvement on the Little KanawhA
has been discontinued. The WIrt
County Democrat understands It will
be pushed forward In the spring.
The Elizabeth (Wlrt county, Demo.
cr6t relates that O rat was caught In
store In that village last Tuesday night
which measured seventeen inches from
the tip Of its nose to the end Of Its tail,
and weighed nearly two pounds. That's
o "whopper"-we mean the rat, OF
course. It would be o amall fortune
for q Chinaman.
A stray dog has been changing
around" the Wellsburg Herald office,
and the editor wants somebody to come
for him. We only wish about nine
thousand Of the ours were changing"
around this city.
10. o. F.-The new Lodge recently
Instituted in New Cumberland, is to be
known as Stella Lodge, No. A, l. o. o.
F. The result OF. the first election Of
officers, on the 10th, was: B. ]. Camp
bell, N. g.; William Chapman, V. G.;
Corbet W. Smith, Secretary; VIM. G,
Bonaell, Treasurer; B. ]. Smith, Chap
lain. The occasion was signalized by
very nice entertainment under the
auspices Of the N. G. elect, B. ]. Camp.
bell, and 10 said to have been very
pleasant affair." WellSbar1 Herald
The Catholic Church at Parkersburg
gave festival Thursday and Friday
evenings, and realized 1880.
Masquerade parties rage In Clarks-
burg.
SuRaIoAL.-On Sabbath last, Dr.,
Ramsay performed an operation on a
colored man, at Turtletown, for cata-
ract OF the eye, and restored him to
sight ut once. On Tuesday, Both ult.,
cut from the stomach OF Mrs. Sutton,
living near Romine's Mills, tumor
which had been growing for nearly two
years. The fleshy part weighed seven-
teen pounds, and had nearly eight gall
Ions of water aecreted In it.-CtdrkS6lrg
Telegraph. "'. .'''
The Telegraph urges Clarksburg caps
itallsts to build houses for rent.
They have dreadful names down In
Berkeley. We read In the Era that q
Mr.. Sperow sold her farm 70 Mr.. Spltz
nogle.
Rev. W. s. Penick held q series of
meetings at Mt. Zion Baptist Church,
Berkeley county, recently, during
which there were fifty conversions and
forty-three additions 10 the church.
Mr.. Neer, OF Harper's Ferry, was the
purchaser OF most OF the Government
aoII khann TnaaHau 800
nected with the water powers.
The Clarksbnrg Conservative suggests
that the building now being erected at
Charleston by the too confiding citizens
will do for deaf and dumb asylum,of
which the State is In much need.
The Berkeley UNion says Nathan
GOT, ESQ.,, OF OlarksburH, is prominent
~ spoken Of "a a candidate for Speaker
OF the next House OF Delegates.
Hon. L. B. Hall, OF MartInsburg, has
been dangerously III with diptherla,
but Is recovering.
A sale OF 5000 acres OF splendid coal
and mineral land, In Grant and Mine.
raj counties, West Virginia, has Just
been made, for cash, TO John l.. Craw-
ford, Jas. Boyce and Samuel ]. Mac
cubin, OF Baltimore. This great tract
Of coal land ID said 10 be OF the most
valuable character, and the purchasers
will open the mines In q short time.
The price paid for the property was
$225, 0O0.-Ale1. Gas. =
It is said that party OF deer hunters
from Eastern Virginia, who went 10 the
mountains In Pendleton, some three
weeks ago, for the purpose OF hunting
deer, had a fine wagon and their camp
equipage burned while they were hunt.
Ing, and also some OF their valuable
dogs spirited away.
From the Rrkrsburp Gazette.
The B. q o. r. r. Co., are supply ing
the principal part oi the main stem
with steel rails. The Parkersburg
branch 10 being laid with heavy rails,
6S pounds to the yard. +,
RuPPIANEsM.-As Capt. Armstrong,
one OF the gentlemanly Conductors on
the Pafkersburg Branch OF the B. & o.
Railroad lot OF his train ut Penns-
boro, the other day, 70 superlntend the
getting or and on OF his passengers, he
was struck on the temple with steel
knuokles by rulfian that he had put
Oh the train the day before tor refusing
to pay his passage. The Captain was
seriously but not materially injured.
STEAMBOAT ccIpENr.-Ast the steam.
or 'Alena Nay was coming down the
river Tuesday morning, she passed be-
tween the outside pier OF the Railroad
bridge and the shore. In doing 30, her
smoke stacks caught against the guy.
ropes OF the pier which swept the decks,
She was brought too, had her damages
repaired In Parkersburg, and pursued
her voyage.
From ute Point Pleasant Journal
DR.. RAIDER, OF Nicholas county, has
served the proper notice preliminary to
oontestlng Capt. Putnam's right 10 o
seat In the House Of Delegates. ~
Al the late term OF the Wayne Cir
cult Court, Joseph O. Wheeler was dc.
posed from the Office Of Prosecuting
Attorney and W. Il. Tomllnaon OF thi9
county appointed to ill the vacancy.
Two members Of the Kanawha bar
had o bit OF dlscooshan wild tists,
week before last, In Judge Hoge'a court:
Nobody hurt