The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-11-04
LETTER FROM WOOD COUNTY.
Dull Times Shooting Scrape AZ BEL
pre--Tournament
PARKERsBURG, October 81, 1874.

and that simply to supply thelr custoni'
A hard winter with want at many nre-
side i before Us. Several oil men are
now in bankruptcy and parties deal'i,s
with them are utterly. unable to make
even the smallest collections. A wealthy
coal man handed us $1,000 worth of bills
against so-called good and well known
citizens of Parkcrsburg, which he "ttre"
for 81 900 cash For ten days he had oech
unable 10 receive dollar on them.
Butcher h Birch, II well known hardware
firm. were placed in tn" sheritfs hands
last Saturday. The OBricn brothers,
who came to this city under the most
favorable auspices tw" years since, ana
whom the city gave $4,000 worth OF
property at nominal sum, conditioned
that they start II machine .h ndh
have gone into bankruptcy. over st:Vn
nrtheir machinery was lately s"crliiced
I, ruv 800 worth of taxes. A sale OF
rrnl estate belonging to the Wells estate
odd y 'cw weeks since ut an average "i
= to the acre. portion of the property
i,.i,,,, city Irt.. Nor ar" the farmers
much better off than the merchants:
,riddl. men aud the mechanics. Wood
county d"c- not produce enough lot
home consumption. Tn" corn crop was
a failure. and many farmers are at a loss
to nav their taxes.
Tom Ward, - contractor, aud brother
of Pat Ward, proprietor OF iiVtry al"
sale stable in this place, died TINS morn,
inc from the effect of Il gun shot Wound
received Thursday evening last whllc
attempting to break into well known
house of ill-iamc, kept by FRANK VIZ
liums He was ordered away from the
premises bv the proprict"rS, but he per-
sisted in heating at the door, demanding
entrance. -Four gentlemen in the house
ut the time, told her to shoot. she
fred two shots through the door
and one of them took effect, the ball pen
ctratinr two inches in the brain OF Ward
DIR. Davis trcpanned his head Friday al
tcrnoon. removing the ball, and early tlllS
morning the patient died. Miss Will
Iiams VIA, arrested. and placed under
81 900 bail, which she promptly gave.
The ParkrrSburg Examiner Is again
in hot water. Several weeks before the
election jesse lIuchi>on, who had got
nossc.sion of some 40 shares out OF GIG
shares of stock ofthc Company, procured
nm Injunction. and tied up the paper
The Central Committee had agreed TO
take |, 300 copies for campaign cIrcula-
ton. but flew the track after the InJunc-
ton. No issue was published tor three
weeks. End John Hutchinson, jim broth
err Radical. and Judge Looms. Radi-
cal were elected one to the General
Assembly. the other to the Senate.
The remaining stockholders, after the
election, got out an issue and the lrrcpreS-
,ible James gave them several more law
suits. Meantime Judge Jackson dlssolv-
ed the Injunction, and willprrbably place
the office in the hands of receiver, and
order it sold to satisfy executions
and claims to the amount CT
800. the surplus To pay stockholders
James has sued the Winchcstcr$, they
heinz the largest stockhnldcr>, for libel,
having his damages at $1,000. All to-
ycthcr, matters look very much mixed.
The location of the stock yards ut Bel
pre-. Ohio, opposite this place, for the
baltimore and Ohio Railroad, is the sub
irct of General comment. The company
have purchased thirteen acres OF land,
nptioncd twenty more, and are pushing
to rapid completion their plans. The
foundation of hotel To contain alN offices
ON the ground floor, and G2Ety-tiiHlr9,
10y 49, feet. are completed, and IMMUNE
cradle pens aud sheep stables. Railroad
men say that the plan is t" make Il sale
ward here, und rnd"av"r I" control the
ST. Louis Texan trade. Knowing ones
also say that the joint machine shops of
the Little Hacking, Marietta n Cincn-
natl. and Baltimore n Ohio il. Il. Will
soon hr erected here. Certainly the
amount Of land already purchased and
opiiuucd gives good reason for tn" truth
of these rlmnr>.
The tournament WAS the affair of the
week. and McCmr"S speech vas the
affair of the tournament. Nothing very
chivaIric about dozen boys riding
round circle Enthusiastically dressed,
equipped with long sticks which they in
>"rt in tiny rings suspended to OUTPUT
ting poles but society considers this
modern chivnlry, and :" We must accept
il. j. G.. Mcclure. RockbridSc eastern
Virginia gentleman. made II glowing
speech, which Was most enthusiastically
received. We add the concluding paru-
graph.
After speaking of the different craS in
in the progress of time, having their dis
tinctivr features each characterized by
historical events peculiar to themselves.
which formed the boundary lines between
the cpisrdc which make up the worlds
history, and showed what chivalry had
done Tor the advancement of civilization.
He concluded rs follows: "Sir>, You are
to-day the representatives of that chival-
rcuS band. They have left You II name
uutarni>hcd, un>p"ttcd and indebted; rs
the champions of purity they bequeathed
10 YOU tender ,olicitudc for all
that is just. true and virtu"us
and now summoning the immortal spir-
it, of their departed knights from their
dread tombS in their presence. ! charge
each of You To- be- true to tn" trust which
they have cuntidcd to your care and
keeping.
First Presbyterian; Church will give
Rev. Mr.. McGititrth, u permanent call.
He resigned from the Second
Presbyterian church some weeks
since and the First Church
Immediately picked him up and have
hired him for three months. Being very
rut->pokcn, and altogether the ahlcst
preacher in the city, they have made II
good choice.
Rev. Mr.. Hyland, of the Episcopal
Church, il is rumorcd, will soon resign,
his congregation being dissatisfied with
his loose ways of doing business and hi>
neglect 10 hold service, decorate the
church and observe fa>ts. Though the
richest church in the city, it is the poor
est paid. I.
The Enr-rNOn Remedy for all all