The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-05-17

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coming west to sue all the papers that
did so. The Democrat thinks after
John Russell gets his 100000 out OF
that concern there won't be much left.
Perhaps not; but then we assure the
Democrat it is not in the slightest dan
ger.
OIL MArTERs.-Advices from Burn
ing Springs are that oil men are busy
at work cleaning up old wells and
boring new ones. All seem to be en-
couraged, and think greater amount of
oil will be produced this summer than
ever before. Prices are ranging from
IS to Sc per barrel.-DenlOcrGt.
-Msj. w. P. Cooper, late of the
Clarksburg Conservative is negotiating
in Parkersburg.
Our old friend James E. Wharton
is one ofthe editors OF the Parkersburg
Gazette. We miss brother Wharton's
financial corruscations nowadays.
VIM. Ballard, ST. the Oldest citizen
of Monroe county, died last Sunday
morning.
Cherry Camp, Harrison county, re.
ports romance in real life. The same
old story. True love did not run
smooth. Hard hearted parents, &c.
And therefore Mr.. Truman J. Cotfman
and Miss Ema Meredith decamped
on Thursday for our neighboriug bor-
ough, Washington, Pa, where we sup
pose they have been made happy ere
this.
old lack Taylor was arrested at
Clarksburg, Wednesday, charged with
stealing box of hats. This is not the
original "Zack." who thought "a little
more grape, Captain Bragg" would be
good for the Mexicans.
The Corporation Trustees OF Clarks-
burg, have appointed Col. Thomas s.
Spates, Mayor.
-Clarksburg has no liquor license,
and the Conservative says 1--WE are not
license.ious people,"
"A tonnage train on the n. w. Va.
r. r., near Clay sville, Thursday morn
ing, ran into and killed three horses.
The KingwOod Journal expects to
renew It's full size in the issue of Goth.
"A Mr.. Van Kirk, living near King
wood, having repeatedly lost chickens
from his coop, set himself and neigh
Dor named Murdoch to watch one
night with a revolver. Two darkies
made their appearance, lighted
match and made grab for the chickens.
Murdoch fired and the thieves disap-
peared. A day or two afterwards Dr..
Ravenscraft was called to visit one of
the negroes and found he was shot and
in quite Drecarious condition.
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Mr.. Alexander Kelley, of Harper's
Ferry, was found dead in his bed room
on Tuesday morning last. 1t Is bellev-
ed that on the night previous he return
ed to bed with pipe III his mouth,
smoking, and after falling asleep the
bed caught fire, and he was suffocated
from the smoke, A cat in the room was
also found dead from sutfOcatiOn.
We observe that our pleasant little
friend 10. Chapline, who has been page
in the Senate for several sessions is
herdstown.
The mail carrier on the route be-
tween Charleston and Jackson G. H.,
recently drowned his horse in crossing
Pocataligo river.
One man in Charleston poisoned
eleven dogs in one night. He could
find great deal of material to work on
here.
The wheat and oats look we'll in
the Kanawha Valley. Corn is not yet
all planted.
Col. ]. S. P. Carroll. of Wayne, de-
sires to correct an error into which We
were recently betrayed in referring to
Col. Latham, late Consul to Melbourne,
az having been Congressman from the
Third District. Col. Carroll remarks:
Gin view OF Col. Lalham's military
record and political course since the
war, wish you to say that he was
from the Second Congressional Dis
trict, instead OF the Third" We accept
the correction. or course we knew
Col. Latham was from the Second Dis
trict. 1t was mere lapse OF the pen.
The corner stone of the new NJ. e.
Church, South, at Bedington, Berkeley
county, will be laid on Monday next,
the 18th of May. The Masons, Odd
Fellows, &C., of all neighborlng towns,
will be present to take part in the ex-
erCises.
Jonathan Engle, OF Barbour county,
was crushed by log in his Clearing"
week before last. He was working to
roll huge log to the bottom of the hill,
the log was 80 feet in length, 8 feet in
diameter at the lower end and 2 at the
top: the larger end lying up the hill; he
had succeeded in getting i! straight and |
went below it to gather some chips
from under it and in doing so, started
the log, while it caught his arms pull;
ing him under it, crushing his head
and breaking every bone in his body,
and killing him instantly.
HAGAN's MAGNOLIA BALM.-This ar
ticle is the True Secret of Beauty. 1t
is what Fashionable Ladies, Actresses
and Opera Singers use to produce that