The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-03-28
wheeling Two.thnds Of a Century
AR0s
We Yesterday received from Dir. JAMES

VIZ Yesterday received from Dir. JANfRi
EyISo file Of the Wheeling RepOsitOry
containing stray numbers OF that paper
published during the years 1907 and 1908
These venerable sheets show the marks Of
age, and arc even more primitive looking
than the file Of the North Western Gazette
loaned US by Judge CRASMEs, aud from
which we have already quoted various
"reminiscences Of old times In Wheeling.
The Etpo1t0ry lie = ten by twelve little
affair, and Is printed sometimes on print
ing paper and sometimes on writing
paper. We find that the editor suspend
ed publication at one time Tor eight
weeks for the want Of paper. he was in
the habit OF receiving his supply from
ChambersbGrg, Pa, but only received a
few rcsms at a time. lie tells his
readers u Golorous story Of how he has
tried various expcdients tOsuppy himself
with the necessary material, but how he
has constantly been disappointed. Small
as /. bis sheet, it is mostly filled with news
about the foreign and domestic relations
Of the government oil the United States,
and about the war going on in Europe be.
tween France, on one side, and Prussia
and Russia on the other. Occasionally
there is locA! itCn-a kind Of accidental
mention, us II were, and also now and then
u Dew advertisement. The publisher of
this paper was Mr.. ALEXANDER ARM.
sTRoSG, who died in this city about ten OF
twelve years ago, aud who was most es.
timAbie and highly respected citizen. He
aud Lis sons furnished paper, from mill
0! their own at Fulton, TO this establish
ment for many years One Of the early ad.
verlisements in the paper Is the following:
"FoR SALE-A healthy negro woman
u or % years OF age. Inquire OF the
printer"
The trial Of AARON BURR at Richmond
for treason claims considerable space in
several issues Of the psper. The news
was generally from two 10 three weeks
old when published. In those days there
was no National pike and news travelled
very slowly. ANDREW WOODS was post.
master At Wheeling, and he sdvertises
now and then considerable list OF uncall.
ed Tor letters, which, he gives notice, will
be sent to the dead letter office at Wash.
ington, unless called for within certain
time. For instance, on the 10th Of July,
1907, he publishes q list Of letters remain.
ing on hand July LIST, perhaps the accu.
mutation Of three months, and gives no.
tiCe that if they are not called for before
October LIST they will be sent 10 Washing.
ton. Letters cos; something in those days
and not unirequently II took half OF a mans
days wages to pay the postage on one.
No wonder they were not taken out.
There was line Of mail stages in those
days, although there was no pike, between
Wheeling and Lancaster, Ohio, and we
find the following notice In regard to
them signed by GORGE BEYMER:
WESTERN STAGEs-The subscriber
informs the public that he has run the
mail stages twice week from Wheeling
10 New Lancaster, since the first OF this
month (June), and will continue TO 1un
them as long as the roads will admit, A
regular line OF stages is connected on TO
Lexington, il Ky"
Along side Of this advertisement OF
GEORGE BEYMER's appears notice from
REASON PUMFRY, Of Brooke county, Civ
ing notice that stray COW had been
taken up Al his plantation" This was
common word in this region in those
days, when speaking Of farms.
Only few years prior 10 the date Of
these old papers the county seat had been
removed from Yves! Liberty TO Wheeling.
1t seems that the county effects were
brought here in q wheclbarrow. And it
seems also that Wheeling was such an
unimportant place that the county seat
came near not staying here after it came
a bill actually passed The House OF Dele
gates at Richmond removing It TO
Moundsville. Marshall was then a part
OF Ohio county. In fact there were but
three counties in this Congressional Dis
uict-viZ-Brooke, Ohio and Monongalia
Had il not been for the timely arrival
OF PHILLIP DoDDRIDGE 10 Rich
mond the bill might have passed the
Senate. lie was then Senator
from Brooke and Ohio, and he was man
OF mighty influence al home and at Rich
mond. 1t seems that "Mr. ToMLINsoN'
OF Grave Creek was at the bottom Of the
removal business. The Repository has
short editorial headed THE Court House
about TO be wheeled from Wheeling" The
bill tor the removal had passed the House
by fifteen majority, but meanwhile DoD-
DRlDGE bad arrived at Richmond. ave
hear" Gays the editor, "Mr. ToMLINsoN
states that il Mr.. DCDDRIDeE had not ar
rived he would have had little difficulty
in getting the bill passed in the Senate"
"On Mondsy, the 2S,h (of December,
1907 the bill was taken up in the Senate
Mr.. DOddridgc opposed it with bis usual
ability. lie argued that the removal
would 6eA disadvantage 10 the popula.
ton OF the upper end Of the county, where
the principal part OF the inhabitants re:
eide; that ii would be no accommodation
TO the people Of the lower end oI The
county, and would not prevent
them from asking for division. Mr.
Tomlinson's representation being thus
counteracted by the able and more cor. |
rect statement and Arguments Of the Sen |
otn trntH, TIM 1;GNrtoR IN ~SN |