The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-05-17
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REVIVAL IN BETHANY.-A series o
interesting meetings have been in prog
ress in the town of Bethany, during the
past two weeks, under the ministra-
lions of Elder T. Moore, of Cincinnati
formerly graduate of Bethany Col.
leRe. The most gratifying results have
attended these meetings. some fifty
persons having been added TO the
Church, WeLLS6ur1 NeGS.
-WELLsBURa Is to have velocipede.
The NearS says couple of young ladies
passing a store the other day in front OF
which was standing moving machine
one of them remarked:
THAT must be a velOcipede, about
which We hear SO much. It's strange
sort of thing, anyhow"
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING
On last Saturday afternoon, as three
little girls were at play upon fiat.
boat lying on the lower side of Elk,
one of them, u daughter of Mr.. Conner,
teacher of the Third District school,
fell overheard, and would have drown
ed, had II not been that gentleman by
the name of Jackson happened to be
riding past, and jumped from his
horse and rescued the drowning girl
AGnalOha Reporter.
Most, If not all, the stock OF the
Cape Fear Fibre Company, whose
works at Wilmington, N. c., were de-
stroyed by fire on the 2lst ult., was
owned at Charleston, Kanawha. The
loss Is over $50, 600, with no insurance,
"A stock company Is TO be organ
lied to build a bridge over Kanawha
river at Charleston, and will petition
a. oh
Weston recently elected F. NJ. Chal-
FAINT, Esq, Mayor, on the Temperance
ticket.
-Morganlown on the 10th, elected
License town ticket by majority OF 8.
]. NJ. Hagans. Esq, was elected Mayor.
but he requests the Post to say that he
was placed on the ticket without his
knowledge, was voted for under his
protest, and that he Is not a license
man.
LEWIS CoUNTY.-The Weston cor
respondent OF the Morgantown Post
writes:
Never was there fuer prospect of a
splendid wheat crop than we have; yet
bear i'll mind this is not wheat grow
ing country, /. c. farmers SOW but little
grain; nevertheless that witch is sowed
looks we'll. Cattle is the stock in trade
of our farmers. We have several deal
ers who invest many thousands in cat
tie alone, and even our smaller farmers
look to cattle as their source of profit.
Don't think our hills can be surpassed
for grass, of this finest quality, spring
ing as it does spontaneously from
mother earth even among the
shades OF the giant oaks upon the very
o., IF of hI1
base of which the crystal brook winds
its meandering course over pebbles of
the purest mould, beautiful sight in
balmy spring, in lovely May, with its
birds and blossoms, to see the lowing
herds at eventide trouble the limpid
stream. Twice happy the man who
thus gazes upon the picture and can
ent turns away with a sigh, and con-
soles himself with the fac: that he has
COW and she is not dry.-[! EDS. IN
TEL.
Now farmer readers of the Post, let
me tell you something perhaps you
sons and daughters and wish to locate
them on good lands at moderRte-yea,
low prices, come up to Lewis county;
don't send them West to sicken and
die, but locate them in your native
State. West Virginia has as good lands
as you could wish, at prices certainly
low enough. Good legislation Is all
that is needed to make this State what
nature intended it-a rich and populous
region. LEWIS
GEN. POWELL informs the public
through the PIT. Pleasant Register, that
the Clifton Iron and Nail Company's
Mills have suspended operations but
temporarily. That the suspension was
caused by the "boilers" engaging in a
conspiracy against the assistant mana
gers in the mill and forge department,
his discharge because of his
fidelity to the interests of the company.
ALI other alleged causes were removed
prior to the "strike." Operations will
be resumed when new sci of "boiIers"
can be procured.
A SwI NDLE.-The Prosecuting Attor-
ney, Deputy Recorder and Master Com
missioner OF Cabell county publish Il
card setting forth that an individual
calling himself T. T. Studdiiord, whose
P. o. address Is box 1902, New York,
and whose Office is at No. 26 Pine street,
has been extensively engaged in selling
and giving away lots in place pur-
porting to be 1.-THE City OF Virginia"
in Cabell county, and had been exhibit
ing what he terms plat of said city,
with the town lots numbered, and
streets, avenues, a public square and
park laid off upon the same. Studdi- !
ford represents in his advertisement, |
which has appeared in the Beaver Coun-
Nv, lPa.) Herald, Iorain county (Ohio)
Ne,OS, and various others, that he will
sell the lots for a small consideration to
induce parties to locate in the said
"city," and to each of the first one
thousand persons making application
he will SiVe lot upon the receipt OF
and the acknowledgment of
the deed, and accordingly number of
deeds have already been executed and
have been sent to Cabell G. II. for
record. These gentlemen notify the
public that the whole transaction is an
swindle, and there Is no
such place as "Virginia City" or The
City of Virginia" in that county.
CoLLECroRsHIP OF THE THIRD DIS
Witcher, Congressman in
the Third District, publishes card in
the Point Pleasant Register replying to
that Of Cyrus Newlin, referred to res
Gently in these columns, in reference to
the appointment of Mr.. A. w. Mann as
Collector for that district. Gen. Witcher
defends the appointment; and publishes
a document recommending Mr.. Mann
as ga gentleman of strict integrity and
signed by Governor Stevenson, Mr..
Fleming, Speaker of the House, Mr..
President of the Senate,