The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-01-13
OUR REILAiRE LETTER.
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phSattrday incoming q manlwasidnnd4
dead lying between. two buildings near
the B, Is b. r. r. depot. The C6roner's
Jury ELECTED the following facts: the man,
had been about the place two pE thFeS5
days had been In 0 saloon called Whistle
Ino and bought liquor several times; had
laid down on o bed some hours In the ai.
lternoon, ct said saloon; got up and went
tout. Early Saturday morning q workman
passing BY; heard gtolns, and aiouslpg
several persons in the saloon, notified
them that q man was lying outside In d
dying condition. Some time after the
man was found dead. Tho remains were
carried TO the Mayors Office and an, i In.
quest held, 4 On his person was found q
paper, stating the bearer had been q rebel
soldier, and had been an inmate of some
county infrmary, but dlSliking that kind
oflile, asked assistance TO enable him TO
set up in some Of business. On the back
ofsaid paper the naInbof Oliver Laing,
was written. This was al that could be
found to indicate who he was, where he
came from, or his destination He hadl0ni
his person three dollars in money! The
simple, but terrible words Hbadnwhis-
Ky" will explain the whole matter. '.I,nl''' !, .
.r.a TREsFLIEG DESTROYED 4 ~ L e y \
V One night last week the leo above The
railroad bridge moved u few rods Just
sufficient 70 bring the trestle work (eFect4,
Cd toput up the truD tumblfrg. ~ came
down with q. crash Being after night no
persons wereabo1t it.laWhen the wealth
er and water permit tho contractors will,
like the boys In The song, asct 'en up
again" remembering that neither mechan.
ical or engineering skill can stop nature,
The energetic lworkmen on the transfer
boat soon cleared space below the piers
for thepasSage Of their barge, and by q
warp the transfer Is easily made. ila5
sTEAAtERs LAID UP. ETH
!, The steamers 'Ironsides" and "qoatI
Valley arc lying Just below the piers,
The former has two barges loaded with
agricultural implements. The "Olara1
Brooks" Is laid up at, Heatherington's
Coal Works. All thesc,boats arc In good
harbors. ~
+ MUCH NEEDED INSTITUTIONS.
It's strange that the Government, Ia oil
its! care and expenditure for the hayigai
ton Of our rivers, has never provided
any Ice harbots. y Millions arc jeopardfzed
every winter, and frequently lost A few
thousand dollars judlciously expended
would provide sufficient harbors, at con.
venient distances, To secure the safety Of
all the boats running. There Is more
money lost every "bTeak up" than would
make safe harbors on all the ice-bound
rivers. ifrs, 1l at s-',e 80 H
TILE TRUE, EXPLANATION OF BE1IA1RE's
'Uh~ts PROSPERITY. zallE II
A correspondent from Martinsville, in
your paper, in enumenting the'many ad'
vantages Of that place (which by the way
areall true) wonders why capitalists are
rushing to lBellaire. and investing In our
enterprises. He accounts for the fact in
the liberal use OF printers ink. Now It
must be acknowledged that printers ink,
properly used, Is q very potent instrument
tality, but, we would like to show him
that we hayegt the solid basis whereon TO
build; that Although we do use literally
ofprinter's link, i've tell nothing but plain
truth. All we ask Is o personal inyestl.
cation by any man OF sense and business
capacity, to establish the accuracy Of any
oil our statements, and convince him that
profitable Investments can be made here,
Active business men, Of large and gener-
Gus views, are wanted here; spectators
would do better elsewhere. There b one