The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-10

Where HOIedn0 u Situated, and Whqt Scr
Of a Place II is--1Hs Bna1esS ana
Morals Of tie Community-NetsS about
The Churches, Good IempldrS, dc.
Correspondence Of the IntslllGeneer.
VOLCANO, W. Va, January Q, 1874.
WHERE Is voLcANoH
Thinking that q few lines, from this
part Of our State might be perused with
interest BY your readers, l write you this
letter. Volcano Is known as the great
oil territory Of our West Virginia. 1t 4
situated In the hills Of Wood county,
twenty miles from PArkersburg and four
miles rom the B. & o. railroad, but con-
nected Herewith by the Laurel Fork &
Sand Hill railroad. There Is more intel.
llgence and enterprise among the citizens
here than perhaps can be found at any
other point in our State. =
THE KIND OF rKoPLR WHO LIVE m
VOLCANO, 60 II. m .., IN
Our citizens are from nearly every part
OF the United States, and comprise men
oil fine business habits and social culture.
They came here TO make money, and
many of them have made II, while others
have Lost all they brought with them. Il:
is the opinion Of our SRisest oil men that
the oil business will be q permanent
thing for years to come, inRsmuch as
great deal Of the best oil territory Ia not
yet developed. z The fexceeainel Low
price Of oil has TO O great extent stopped
the development Of territories and, the
production Of oil. Many have ceased
pumping their wells because the very
Iowprice Of oil would not Justify them.
BETTER TIMES m PRosPRcT. 4
The prlceof oil Is now coming up and
il It continues to rise Volcano will be in
few months as live a. ever. The ad-
vance in price has had q fine effect on the
spirits Of our merchants. Their faces
have been pretty long for the last three
months, but the "days Of their mourning
are about ended" they think. The
amount oil goods they sell. here when
times are good Is really astonishing, and
they sell for good profits.
THE COST OF LIVING IN VOLCANO.
Living here Is higher than in Parkers.
burg or Wheeling from the fact that all
kinds Of eatables are brought from Par
kersburg, Marietta and other points along
the NJ. Q. r, R, and up and down the
Ohio River and irelghts are very high.
THE CHURCHES AND GOOD TNIPIARs.
The citizens of Volcano during the last
two years have paid considerable atten-
ton 10 church matters. They have now
three Ministers to whom they give more
liberal support than are given 10 ministers
10 many older towns OF our State. The
Methodist people have q good house Of
worship and q fine congregation. Their |
pastor is Rev. 3. C. Wayman, who has |
been remarkably successful, having more
than doubled his church membership
during the last ten months In which he
has had charge. His praise Is in
all the community. q The Protestant Epis.
copal Church has a very neat and COM
Portable house and respectable congrega-
ton, Rev. Thompkins Is the pastor. He is |
minister Of large experience, and very |
highly appreciated by The entire commu-
nifty. The Baptist Church has no house |
Of worship, they occupy the Town Hall,
Rev. Knapp the junior editor Of the
Baptist Record, Is their miniater. They
have also greatly increased in numbers
the last four months. The influence Of |
10 the churches and Good Templars CON-
bined, have well nigh driven intemper-
snce and profanity out of town. The
Coop Templars have here the most tnflu.
entail Lodge In the State. Their influ-
ence upon the community has been very
marked for good. The reason the Good
TemplArs have here been so successful in
their work, Is that the ministers and mem.
bers Of the different churches have be-
come members OF the order, and given
their Influence. And wherever thisis the
case the temperance cause floufishes. A
large number Of those who were received |
into the Methodist and Baptist churches |
Of our place the last three months past
were reformed drunkards, whose reforma.
lions were accomplished through the |
Good Templars of Volcano. 2. They were
arst made sober men, and then Converted |
10 God. AS. one thus saved J wish "to |
praise the bridge that carried me over"
Hh Coon TRHPhARy