The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-12
RENWooD TrEaTs..

I'ditor IhteTlgcRccr:g n "a LIlS 4
The new furnace Of Messrs. Dewey,
Vance q Co., Is now in full blast, and
turning out equality Of iron which, We
Ore tod, ihllY mee s The Ok ione ol
the COMPANY, and renders entire satiSlSc.
tioHt them. This companyis composed
Of men Of energy and enterprise, who, In
the erection and, arrangement Of their
lhrnace, have proved Themselves 70 BE-
thoroughly posted in this line Of bust
ness. Success to them, a. ~. n.
Mr.. John Nolan, Of your city, has pur.
chased th0stract Of coal known as the
HKelly coal property and proposes 70
open up o coal bank, Just as soon as II
can be done. John Is onefol those 60.
ahead kind Of fellows, who succeed with
everything they take hold Of, and we wish
he would take 0 notion omove the hill
away and give us more room while he
Is using the pick and shovel. -
The location Of this place d somewhat
similat 10 q place down along The Ohio
river, which q celebrated Snowman once
described as being nine miles long, and
as far back as yon can see. The "nine
miles long" ID not applicable 70 US, but
the 4iar baclras you can see' suits us
exactly. s y 'ot y =
The. ,Benwood Iron Works deserve
public notice for the liberal donation
which they have made 10 the N. Z.
Church here. The lot upon which the
church Is built belonged TO the company,
but OF o recent meeting Of the stbckhold-
ersI the question as TO whether they,would
give the ground 10 the church Or require
the congregation 70 pay Tor L was brought
up, and we are very glad to say that It
was unanimously decided TO make pres
ent Of the ground 10 the church. This d
considerable Of On. item, % II relieves the
congregation Of debt Of about four hun
dred and fifty dollars. -
The war between Young America Of
Bellaife a4d 81 wood, q notice ,of which
appeared In my letter last week, sstill 20,
ing on, though the fighting is principally
confined TO the pickets. One Benwoodite
lost portion of his scalp this week and
Immediately raised flag oil truce, which
he will wear until his wound heals up.
Miss Alice Rodgers, a music teacher OF
your city, and . class Of young ladies who
are under her tuition, gave o concert al
Benwood Music Hall last Thursday even
ing, which was quite success. Yhe hall
was crowded to its utmost capacity, and
the large audience manifested their appre-
ciationo of the performances by the loud lap
plause which followed the conclusion Of
every piece. Master BERTHE Rodgers, who
is not more than four years old, d
nephewof Miss Rodgers, delivered q speech
which was cheered most Justify. The
little orator displayed an ability not com.
mon to children Of his age, and Justly won
the applause which greeted him at the
close Of his speech. The proceeds Of the
concert amounted to seyenty.fiye dollars,
which are to be app:opriated4o the pur.
chase Of q new library Tor the sabbath
school connected with the NJ. =, Church.
Yale's Ministries performed here TO-
night and were favored with a good au-
dience. The troupe 10 composed princi.
pally OF young men from Bellaire, who
are not regular professionals in the min.
strel business, but nevertheless make
pretty good niggers. They can make d
fellow laugh whether he wants to or not.
February 10h, 1872. .RoBBlNs.