The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-05-10
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JOHN LEE WATKINS, who was arrest
ed a week or two since and lodged IN
jail at harrisburg, took leave OF the In:
stttutton without notifying any one last
Friday. The Conservative llkens the
jail to the one out west, where prison
er notified the keeper that If the holes
in his cell were not closed up, SO as 10
prevent the sheep coming in at night
and dlstur bling his SAUNDERS, he would
leave.
CLAKKsBURG has a Debating Club,
which meets in the Court House Satur.
day nights.
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AND MURDER
AT RED HOUSE SHoALs.-A letter in the
kanawha Republican states that on
Saturday night, 1st inst, at midnight,
the house of DR.. Sydenham Hereford Of
that place, was entered by an ugly
specimen of humanity, pretending 10
be messenger calling for medica! aid
for the wife OF q gentleman living about
two miles distant. The doctor began
to make preliminary arrangements 20
attend the call leaving the man at the
door of his studio, went to the fireplace
to make light, which being done, he
turned around and found the william
near him, presenting pistol 10 MS
head aad asking for his money to
which the Doctor replied, money, in
deed sir /" and just at that moment the
left of the Doctors head and lodged In
a book on the mRntlepiece. After step
ping back the assassin fired second
time, but without effect. BY this time
DR.. II. reached his double barrel shot
gun, when the would-be murderer and
rObber disappeared in the darkness,
and has not been heard of since.
A FEATURE of the Odd Fellows eel.
ebration which took place at Charles
1HO0 FV0T1 mr. FOT0 "a vas
the decoration OF the supper room with
the pictures of Stonewall Jackson and
Gen. Lee, which were hung in con-
spiCuOuS place and surrounded by
wreath. This display was all the more
noticeable from the fact that 1t was the
only thing of tho kind visible in the
room. No pictures of Grant or other
Union Generals were displayed. A
nice place for the Capital of West Vir-
ginia, where public sentiment perpe-
trates or permits such thing as this
Much as we have been reprOached with
the Democracy of Wheeling, there Is no
sentiment in this city that would seek
such an expression asthat; nor would
any such exhibition be tolerated by
the public sentiment of our ccmmuni-
ty for u moment.
The Writ County Democrat says the
Directors OF the Little kanawhR I'm
prOvemGnt Company have decided not
10 build dam at EIiZabeth-the result
whereof has been great deal of pro-
family among tie citizens during the
past few days.
THE Writ County Democrat says that
during the last rise in the Little ha-
nawha 4 goo barrels of oil were run out.
Oil ut Burning Springs is now selling
al IS % per barrel. The Democrat thinks
there is great future tor legitimate
oil business in that region, and advises
all who hold oil territory TO look after
it and not let it be sold for taxes.
THE Register IL Democratic paper
published at Union, Monroe county, is
offered for safe.
THE editor of the Morgan Mercury
has received bunch OF asparagus.
CHARLESTON, Jefferson county, Va,
has 81 population of 1,63O-1,07 whites
and $50 blacks.
FARMERS in the upper part of Berke-
Icy county are Offering to sell their
growing crop of wheat, to be delivered
after harvest, for one dollar and twenty
cents per bushel.
BRIDGE AT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Al
meeting of the Maryland and Vir-
girfLa Bridge Company on Monday
last, at this town, they gave out the con-
tract, for the rebuilding of the Bridge
across the Potomac at this place, to Mr..
Albert Cotre!l, of Newport, Rhode
Island, for The sum OF 5000, exclusive
OF painting, who will commence the
work at once. This will be glad tidings
to the public at large, and we COngrRt-
ulnte the company upon this important
event. The Bridge is to be covered,
and twenty feet wide inside sufficient
to allow vehicles TO pass, and six hun
bred feet in length, 1t is 20 be made of
wood and raised about two feet. The
piers are perfectly solid which will not
require any repairing, or very little at
least. Mr.. c. is an old Bridge contrac-
tor, and will no doubt render the ut
most satisfaction To the Company. The
Bridge will be finished by the first of
November if nothing occurs to impede
liz progress, by way of receiving lum-
Der, c.-ShcphcTiSt0Cn Register.