The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-07

| New Orleans to $3.50 yhi.ks 9sc; arr
walls heavy. January 10TH, 1s4l, New
Orleans, -four 81 25,T whisky 16a20c; pro
duce plenty. WellSburg February u,
1S4l, -four s. per barrel. Sixteen days
from Wellsburf TO New Orleans ION pro
duce boats). At New Orleans April Il,
flour 81 25a4 50, whisky 1920; bacon s 40
SC. WelBburg October, 1872, iions ~.
SSI; at Pittsburgh s. %. New Orleans
January 9, le4S, flour 81. Wellsbnrs
| April %, 1874, -four 50 70, bacon 4a0tSe,
butter Sc, beef 2ia5o July'le lsaoI
flour So Is. corn 25a2Se, bacon dc, .iara
Chase, butter l0c. Hr. ~, ,hs
We have made these extracts Iaa III. III
reader may compare the figures WIZ. WIN
those Of the present day. "Ihoss we t',
GOOD old time, :" we hear il said, 80 taey
were. but then wages were low, ovadoc
and SIa1 25 were the figures then Tor q
i"vs work bereabouts. There, was COM
nI:int then Of wages being too low. The
racorls Of The past show that our con:
tractors had their troubles, trials and
trinmnbs much the same as we have now,
every generation passes through scenes
similar 10 those that have lived before
them, varied by the increase OF popula-
ton, business, &c.
We have unearthed another Of the an.
cient factories. The house now occupied
BY John Blankensop, sr., Immediately
opposite the Wellsburg Foundry was
long years ago used as cardipg MILL [
The manufacture Of stone ware is
another branch Of industry, that was car
ried on here. Il. N. RSkewell, deceased,
used to manufacture q superior article 10
this line, His works were demolished
some years since. Robert Brown de-
ceased, carried on the stone ware business
up TO short time prior to his death, in
January Last. ,tsp
One thing that we have no account Of,
that Is, there never was a person suffered
death by capital punishment in thi,
county. 'e 7'.'''H =,
That Brooke county was among the
foremost in declaring herself for the ever
lasting union Of the States at the COM
mencement OF the rebellion, cannot be
gainsayed. We would. mention .. lew
facts In our former article, but Shll have
some more. Union meetings were IRE;
quently held. October 4th, 1860, the
@yirginia Republican Club Of Brooke
county, was organized. II had Tor its
object the election OF Lincoln and Ham
lin. All white male citizens over 10 years
OF age were allowed to become members.
The minute book OF this club shows the
names Of fifty.three that joined the club
at its organization. In<1s6S the Grant
and Collax club enrolled one hundred
and nine. The organization OF the first
Republican club was attended with some
misgiyings. Aswill be seen the members
were few, but in 1861, when &ar was de-
clared, the preservation ofithe Union be:
ing the warhword, party twas mostly laid
aside, and an overwhelming majority raj:
lied. around the standard and by word
and deed labored for the cause. Patriot
ism ran high. Flags soon made their. ap-
pearance from several buildings. The
frat Hungto the breeze was that on the
Office Of the Wellsburg Herald and its
editor and proprietor soon conceived the
idea Of placing the emblem ofireedom at
the head OF his columns, with the words
"Nailed to the mast" attached, and it is
there to this day, with, every prospect OF
remaining. The next one was placed
upon the upper paper mill Of Harvey,
Warner & Co., soon followed by one on
their lower mill, and they were soon fly
ing ut different places in town. We re-
member one occasion Of grand political
meeting at the Court House. The ladies
OF the town had made very large flag.
Sometime during the day they, with
number OF gentlemen, assembled at the
home Of L. F. Moore, where the flag was
made, with band Of martial music. The
ladies and gentlemen formed in double
file, preceded by the band, and marched
10 the old Virginia house, bearing
the flag upon their shoulders, where
il was flung to the breeze from the roof Of
the building amid deafening cheers. The
crews Of passing steamboats, would pay
their respects 10 the flags by sounding
their whistles. The Pittsburgh and
Wheeling packet s. G. Baker, we remem'
Der particularly in this respect. These
incidents took place in 1861.
During the war company OF Home
Guards was organized, with W. Ii. Har-
yey as captain: They kept their organi-
zation as long rs there was any use for
them.
On a bar in the Ohio river at the
mouth OF Buffalo creek, Is a large rock
known as "Indian Rock,rO an irregular
shape, the top showing toletably even
surface. II Is imbeded in the sand and
gravel, only about IS inches OF it Ia above
ground. 1t Is 81 feet long, 10y wide at one
end feet at'the middle, and A feet wide
at the other end. When this rock can be
seen steamboat navigation on this part Of
the Ohio, is suspended, or conducted I'M
der difficulties. Itis probably 200 yards
from the river bank. Tradition says that
It once laid on the bank Of the river, and
that George Washington on his passage
down the Ohio stopped AT this point aid
cut his name on, this rock. The whole
face Of II was at one time covered with
initials, names, &c, and fellow in years
past has looked 10 vain for the letters
aG. W." Many Of the marks have been
obliterated so that they cannot be under
stood. ~ ~ nj mo
In oldea times volunteer military
company called the "Welliburg Guard"
Captain Campbell Tarr, sr, deceased, was
in existence. Several membersEof the
company are,still living here; .
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