Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-12
B, g. OR. R.-The Baltimore &

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Ohio II. r, was as badly damaged as
the C. & o. Road by the high waters.
A number of bridges were carried off.
The first through passenger trains on
the Parkersburg branch since the
food got. through on Saturday last.
Much of the track between Grafton
and Wheeling was under water. The
town of Warrington on the R. Road
was overfowed.
BUSINESS ON THE @. Il o. r. R.
Capt. Eugene Norton informs US that
he has taken in and sent to the prop
er authorities at Richmond during
the week ending to-day, two thou.
sand dollars for passengers and
freight leaving the depot at this place.
This does not include the amount OF
money taken in for freight that ar
rived at this point, but simply the
amount taken in for business leaving
ere.-Chqrieston Courier.
The above alludes to the business
done the week before the breaks
caused by the raips. The losses to
the road have been very heavy by
these stoppings.
The United Brethren will hold a
Campmeeting near Schiller's Mills, on
the lands of the Hope Salt Company,
commencing September I'd. A.
Boarding Tent will be kept TOR visi-
tors. Those wishing to attend should
notify D Stricklin or j. L. Hensley,
Hartford City.
Parkersburg was nearly under wat
er last Sunday and Monday week =
The II. r., bridge from CORVALLIS
came down the Kanawha, and lodged
against the kanawha Bridge at that
place. After resting there for while
the old bridge gave way and went
down the river. A bridge or part OF
one was caught near Ironton, and il
is likely that was the one.
On Court street the waters reached
nearly to Ann street; on Ann street
all the cellars were filed. The water
was Oh the steps ut the Swami House
ARMY Worm This destructive
pest comes upon the heels Of delug
ing rains to add one more TO the list
of our calamities. Frequent accounts
of the ravageS of this worm have
reached us from the West, but little
damage has ever been done by them
ill this section of country, and the
long interval. They are now in every
point of this county traversing it as
an army and preying upon vegeta-
ton. Many pasture fields by reason
of their depredations present the ap-
pearance of being burned up by a
drouth, and an early cutting seems
to be the only salvation of the oat
crop. Waterman.
Mr.. Floyd Wickline, who lives
near the Sweet Springs, raised, last
year, 400 bushels of corn on four
acres, and thinks he'll beat that all
to pieces this year. A little farm
well titled doth pay magnifcen,ly.
Opening BIDS TO BUILD A Lock
ON THE kANAwHA.-Bids for build
ing a lock on the Great kanawha
river, near Brownstown, West Vir-
ginia, were opened at the office of
Col. VIM. p. Craighill, engineer in
charge of river improvements, on
Saturday last. Congress has appro-
priated 100000 to improve the
Great Kanawha by locks and dams,
and the bids opened on Saturday were
for building one of the locks, which
is to be about three hundred feet
long in the interior and fifty feet wide,
and will cost from s75, 600 to $780,
| 600. Thirty.three bids were made
for the work by parties in Baltimore,
New York, Washington, Chicago,
Cincinnati and elsewhere. There are
fifteen specifications in the bids for
different descriptions of work. The
work will be let to the lowest aggre-
gate bidder. The bids are very wide
apart, and it will take day or two
of clerical labor to calculate the az
gregate of the different bids. When
this is done Col. Craighill will award
the contract. - Baltimore Sun, I'd.