The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-14
VEST VIRGINIA NOTES.

W EZh01NAA ENOG
-uou. Charles J. Faulkner, OF Mar
tinsburg, returns the largest incame in
the Second district. Hon. IL. q. Davis
of Piedmont, comes in second; VIM. f..
Porter of Grafton, is next; John IL.
Hoffman of MOrgantOwn, next; and 80
on. There are but 59l gold watches in
the District.
Bio SNAKE SToRY.-The Morgantown
Post relates the following and voucEes
for its truthfulness:
MIR Robert Austin. while engaged in
blowing on Mr.. Eliza Morgan's farm
about four miles from town on the IGY-
ansTille road, last week, killed twenty
eight cOpper-snAkes-mOst of them full
grown This is the biggest days work
III the way of dispatching ''snaix" we
ever heard of, ard My. Austin says it
wasn't good day tor snakes either
We had supposed since the Grand Rad
Teal Rally on the Sth of last October, all
the "cOpperheads" in the county were
dead; but it seems they were only hol-
ed. and that the warm weather IS
again bringing them out.
The West Virginia University Cata-
lOSue for the current year has beCn
LAID on our table. 1t shows the institu-
lion 10 be i'll Ii prosperous condition.
There are l34 students, from nine diff
!erent States, and from twenty-five
counties OF this. MOnOngaIia sends
the largest number; Wheeling and
Ohio county, next, send 16; Marion
sends IL; Harrison and Preston each;
and the rest are distributed pretty
much all over the State. Leaving out
tho Model or Primary School, for
which there was no room this year,
there are thirty students In the regular
classes more than there were last year.
The Cadets number twenty-twO-Ort two
frum each Senatorial District in the
MI In
Labor Corps. Two completely oIticered
military companies. The Normal
class proper embraces tWenty-seven
students. The course OF study, AS may
O+ seen by reference to the book, is
very iull and thorough.
The MOrghntOwn Post learns that
Col. J. Il. Weaver, of the University,
recently received the appointment OF
Consul 10 Bordeaux, France. We be-
lieve the salary is over $4,000 year in
gold. Col. Weaver is we understand
citiZon OF Pennsylvania.
y MONSTER BIRD.-Mr. l. N. Hol-
land, of Palatine, shot and killed grey
eagle, near that place, on Saturday last,
which IS the largest bird OF the kind
ever yet seen in this country by even
the "oldest inhRbitan:." 1t was meas
ured, and proved to be six feet and four
inches from tip to tip of wings, and two
feet aud inches from point of bill I'M
der the breast TO the emu OF the tail. The
claws were spread and measured, and
were found TO be six and one half inch
es from the point OF the main front toe
TO the point OF tho rear or spur Toe. The
nails Uc-5 about an inch and half in
length.
we believe this species OF the eagle
tribe arc very scarce in this country,
this being the first seen. in this COun.
ty, at least, for many years.-FdiTnIO11t
West VirgtnlGn.
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.-On Monday
morning last, Mr.. Elisha 1vans' son, a
little boy about S years old, while play
Ing in Messrs. Blbby II Co.'S mill, was
accidentally caught by the belt that
runs The corn shelter and was most ter
ribIy mHnSled. The shaft that runs
the shelter makes about 35 revolutions
TO tue minute, and it is supposed that
the boy WAS last about 20 minutes be-
fore his situation was made known to
the engineer, which would have caused
the little fellow to have passed around
the drum near seven hundred times.
His right leg is broken, the right aide
of the head is All fractured and his
whole right side is terribly bruised.
After the situation was made known q
the men in the mill, no one knew what
TO do until they sent for Ed. Bibhy
who Immediately cut the belt and re-
lieved the boy. The little fellow is still
alive, but physicians say he cannot re-
cOver.-hGnGt1hG Journal.
The ClarksbErg papers note that last
Monday three of the solid citiZeuS o!
that county CHANGED TO be- III town, and
In each others company, whose united
RYorduPois was l ,l37 lbs. They are as
follows: Jas. T. Bartlett, Esq. mine
host OF the Bartlett hO.el in harrisburg.
S35 lbs; Jos. letters, 3S5 lbs; and Geo.
II. Sheets, All. Mr.. Sheets has fatten-
ed SO lbs. since last Fall. This comes
from the fertility of the country so
often described by Gen. NOrthcott in
the Telegraph. This beats the Buck
hannon silver mine and GrlndStone
quarry. the IA foot blacksnRke of Yves.
ton, and the "social amenities" OF
Parkersburg. Why shouldn't Clarks-
burg be the Capital when people there
laugh and grow SO fat as this?
Monroe county was visited by a
tremendous hail storm on Monday
night of last week. A great deal OF
damage was done TO the growing crops
&C., ana In one instance, farm WAS
nearly ruined by being washed, leaving
gullies in which a horse could be bu-
Tied. These hail storms arelgetting to be
quite 1.-THE rage"
The Clarksburg Conservative notes
that ''Tar-water" flowed freely there
last Saturday night. There being no
water has taken the place of alcoholic
beverages, 1t being reputed good 10
ward on smallpox. Wonder II is any
ming like GARDENERS "Tow.String Bit
ters2"
The baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company have begun the erection OF u
passenger depot at Fairmont. The
foundation and portion of the frame
have been erected.
The owners of the Evansville Wooden
Factory have found their bnsinesS In
creastng so rapidly that they contem-
plate largely increasing its WORKING
capacity. The machinery can be- donh.
led without any enlargement OF tbs
building.