The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-11-18
Gheqatekti9ereer.
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
Washington County.


Wheeling street, and Tor time raiset
quito commotiOn in the neighbOrhood
The vehicle was occupied by party o
three-twO young women and son o
Capt. Samuel Decker. The horses tool
fright at the moment OF starting, ant
SpFingmg forward the pole of the buggy
4 POT a ,lEhed, and the whole concern be
! came manageable. The team dashed
out on Wheeling street, upsetting the We
hicle In front ofthe residence Of John Dye
One of the young ladies was so severely
injured that she had to be carried home
The other got of with some scratches and
bruises, while the young man was, We
learn, considerably hurt. The buggy
when righted was found TO be badly de-
moIishCd. The escape OF the occupants
under the circumstances, WIS almost mi
rGCulous. ....
DEATH OF AN AGED CITIzEN.-William
Burton, one OF the Oldest residents Of this
place, died on Sunday morning last. The
deceased was o native oil England, but re.
moved to this country at an carly period.
His residence here covers more than halt
a century, and throughout his whole life
he enjoyed the confidence and esteem OF
all classes OF our citizens on. account ofhis
integrity and honesty BS .
REMOVED TO NNnRBLINd Our clever
and genial friend Mr.. Harding, Of the firm
of Hamilton s. Harding, of Wheeling, re-
moved his family to that city on yester-
day morning. We are sorry TO lose Mr..
II. from among rS,-lor there arC really
not enough such men to supply the dc
mand,-but must at the same timO con-
graduate our Wheeling friends on their
acquisition. Prior to his departure the
Methodist Episcopal Sabbath School of
,thisplacc, OF which Mr.. II. was SupCrin.
tendent Tor number Of years, presented
him with an elegant silver set, consisting
Of pitcher. gOblCts and salvcr, in token OF
their alTectiOnate regard. He carries with
him to his new home the best wishes Of
our whole community for his continued
health and prosperity.
From The Washington, (Ea.,l Rsriew.
HEMPFIELD SALE PosTPoNED.-The
sale,-of the ,Hempaell RellSoadGYhiG4
was 70 have taken plaee a y ttsbulg N
Monday rIaSt under direction of9U.NS.
GttrshGl Murdoch, on m execution in 10.
vOr of the estate of Mr.. Fox, deceased
contractor, has been postponed to Satur'
day next. 1t is intimatcd that the post.
ponement was at the instance Of the Bal
iimOrc and Ohio Rail Road Company, and
also that that company will make vigOr-
Gus effort to become the purchaser, hOv-
ing recently obtained another large mum.
Der of mortage bonds. 1t is likewise an
derstood' tint should EAIr. Garrett sue.
coed In accomplishing his alleged object,
the eastern end Of the road will bespeed-
lily put under contract to a point on tho
Pittsburgh and Conncllsville road, prOvid.
ed the people living along the line extend
to the enterprise such liberal support rs
should be at once proffered. We earnest
ly hope for an carly carrying out Of this
or some similar programme.
HUGE TREE.-A few days since there
was sawedat thGmilEoS Mr.. John Short,
d East Finley township 9popldr treeyofl
the following dimensions: 1twAs fourteen
feet in circumference ut the stump, and
sixty feet of it were without limb, and
at that height it was nine feet in circum:
ference. II would have squared two and
one half feet for seventy feet in length.
1t was perfectly sound, and contained over
five Thousand feet Of inch lumber. The
EEaFni Of VIM. WaFrell, Of East Finley,
his tie lionor3of having produced this
monster.
DfAREss1Nd 4dFc1nENT AOn Monday
Of lastweck AHA son d Evan PhilhpsfI
Of Nottingham township was very SC:
vercly injured by being run over with n
wagon loaded with COIl, at Thomas mill,
In isaid iownshipl The lad, who is aged
about ten years, was riding on the wagon
with an older brother, and was iOStled Oft
by the vehicle crossing gutter in the
road, and Tell Immediately in front Of one
of the fore wheels, which passed over his
breast and SO completely turned hip as to
place hiH within rRpgesOt the hi1dwlleelS
which pissed over III hack. The Jllttl6I
fellow lay scnscless for some minutes, and
on regaining consciousness threw up
considerable quantity OF blood. 1t Is be-
ilevcd that he Is SO seriously injured that
he cannot recover. ...
IA CbR1osTY.s Our friend john Mes.
scnger, Esq, O! Somerset township, show.
cd US d relic of the earliest appearance Of
tlewhite man inrthis county. Sometime
ago Mi. Edward Jordan was cutting
tree, for r shingles, on the farm Of Mr.
Jonth.gEW inpett, iQf tue above named
and while ."blOcking Y off the
tree; there. was diSc6 severed IN ahetGnt axe
mark, and upon. counting the 'growths
outside of the old mark they indicated
that the cutting had been done about one
hundred and two years ago The tree
had evidently been partly cut with steel
axe, but had wiLhstoOdr The storms Of
century, and until new growth Ind en-
tirely grown over the "carf." 1t was
doubtless the work Of ono. OF the earliest
pioneers in this EsSionl Aud is quite u curl
osity.
Belmont County.
From he BeihonE CGvoftt9S. .. '''
BELMONT AND TOLEDO RAILRoAD.-ln
another column will by rseclI u call for
business meeting ID consider the above
subject. The proposition OF the Prcsi.
dent Of the Lake Shore Railway Compa.
nv to our Committee will be laid before
thecitiZens Off luShiug md Others along |
Elk Siiissprd SO i,ion III foIISS3 T6el
citizbns al6hg4hs rGAte, with whatever
outside assistance they may secure, shall
grade the RnadsanR make i ready Tor the
reception Of the Iron and Rolling Stock.
These the above, ,CompanyTlagree to fur.
nish. With this definite understanding
That the Road will be accepted by
t1i6ncyed Company, Il only remains for
the citizens alopg the route TO gNy5Nyhetls
or they will put their AapdsED thdwork
Of lc7eling down theJrbuShiplhces and
filling up the hOllOws, in order that our
towns, villages and rich lands shall be
opened up and brought into profitable
connection with markets 0nd the moving
world, by Railroad. IN. .D I'D