The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-07
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WEST VIRGINIA.

esitaas IL &rhS B1ousaSqs
sayS AhS Pcnlt6 htity Vtea 166mpl6 ttd
will be building for the Bate to be proud
Of. The west wing, now up, Is u mode
of architectural skill, both in masonry and
the substantial and secure construction Of
the cells. The two upper tiers Of cells In
the interior are yet 10 be finished, together
with the Warden's Department, and the
East wing. When the West wing igJell
tirely completed, theIAis np doubt az VII
hold all the convicts aehte le6d 6EithfhtiiG
State until further appropriations art
made ID, the work Ongthe remainder o.
thelsttpetnrG D & As
lHHRR1soN. THE Clafatsburg CoRSeFUG-
tire says an attempt was madCOn the 25tt
ult., to rob ThOrn's store at Wilsonburg
The clerk was aroused before tho rascals
got in and fired several pistol shots al
them without eiEect-ThO house Of
Widow Bartlett, on the farm Of B. F, Roy
nOlds, near Wilsonburg, was consumed BY
fro In the absence fth6 family last Tues
day evening. - The AeaGhmS Of Harrison
county, ut meeting at Vincents school
house Goth ult., passed resolution pro.
testing against tie adjustment Of sections
A, 40, ,6L and W Of the school law, as II
would fnithefr opinion Virtually destroy
the entire law.
BROOKE. Wellsburg Nc'rS says
wool dealers have recently been very &C
tive in Brooke. Some who have been
holding back wool for higher prices have
concluded to sell rather than risk further
Decline, and others because they, must
liav9 Biz money! FIFTY thodsand pounds
Of Vol were t6k6n Unto WSllsblltg the
past week, and brought an average Of Acc
putting into circulation over $92 IO0O.-
During the past year, Mt Wcllsburg, VIM
HaSsnGr manufactured 5SS, 500 cigars, and
Hugh Barth 192OOO-or 775, 800 together,
"A Indy named IIodgen, from COnnec'
ticut, on d visit TO some friends in Della'
ny, died suddenly on Tuesday last. With
out any iptimatiOn slle foil dead from heE
chair. EMDuFihg 1850 the births III
Brooke county were: whites 11G, cOlorcd
8; Go males and So females. Deaths dur
Ing same period II; 7 males and 10 fe'
males. tH
WooD.-Thc GGsettC says tho work
upon tho piers Of the railroad bridge at
ParkeHburg, Is going on nov. night aud
daE e'ThG9pier sNt tie western bunk lia9
GiSen Amn6h aitlcuhy sthe wprklpe haS
Ing been delayed and bothered by quick.
sands. Tho piers being built this far on
tho western approach arc also subject to
the same difficulty, and they have to 60
down ABOUT forty feet to the solid gravel.
The work cannot be delayed now by high
water, md the superintendent express no
dnubttllat thewllolefw0tk pept fhes SO
Tjcrs trIetIf WILDE fnislea lining dsI g
~ ltaVsB demanded l,y amlio u.
men in The Little KNnawha bridge, al
Parkcrsburg, or the removal Of the bridge
TO a locality that will permit the hoats ia
take the oil from the refncrics, bring II
down for the trade, &C., without rcship'
mcnt, and open one Of the best harbors
for boats on the western rivGB.7- J,
f. iWilliafnsS ii ParkersburG has hen
that alIy4lays I'm egg'aBOut'44 inches Id
length, Of midlling diameter, small in the
middle, like q wasp or fashionable young
lady, contains two y0lks and white ia
match.
Wmr-Thc parkarsBufg GsntiB learns
that the big well of Col. Geo. Jackson nj
Volcano, has restmGl LIS lHrge flow Of oil
The tubing had become so ObstruCtcd that
thoNiGll was, reduced to about forty bar
rcls dry. Upon drawing the tubing II
was found that hard, marblG.likG sub
stance had formed in il which was very
difficult to remove. After clearing it oul
aud putting it ,Iacks tlie well again COM
mGhcetl It's old itDw 6f 40 ,Iafr0ls h day
which still continues. This is probably
the best oil well in tho United States OF
tho world. ,seUilsi
HANcoCK.-In Hancock tho births fol
1859 were liz; G9 males lqnd, 80 ie'
males; III white and l cOlorcd. Deaths
for came ~! pY fgFl94 ~ # n nl9 and 1S
JACKsoN.-The Ravcnswool NemS says
that! % taw d6ysIsibce tile McSsrs. Gcarcr
found vein Of bituminOus coal on the
land of Mr.. Mooreheal, Oh the Copper
Fork of Sandy, in this county, about two
and a half miles from Sandyyille, and six
miles from fRaYcnswobd, as the{ pigeon
hies! It's saitl' to be dnHCxcellent article
free from sulphur and slate, and burns
well. The McsSrs. Gcarcn say that iron
ore. in considerable abundance; lS-ifhund
| in the same locality. Since this discovery
was rnadc the NsIcs has heard OF ptler 10.
CalitiGs near RdvGnswO0d, IN which there
arc good indications Of, coal and iron ore
and at one place not moro tllah twh miles
from, ,ovvn II hNG hem infOrmnl beautiful