The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-24

A collection Of nicely dressed samples
Of zine grained building sandstone Of the
most various and elegant hues and eolos
anI another set Of beautiful marbles
shows IN that We need not go to New
or to Tennessee to get fine stones
for our houOe ftonta. AL We have tod9
is 70 quarry our own stones and
avail ourselves OF our own riches.
The fine samples Of limestone and
Of white quartz sand are objects
Of interest for the iron men and the
manufacturers Of glass. From the
Kanawha We find some samples OF salt.
There are seven cases 6lled with minerals
which give fair but not by any means
cnmplete collection Of the minerals Of
West Virginia. A number Of mineral
products, rs carbon oil, crude and refined,
gasoline, alum water, mineral waters,
mineral lubtiCating oils, etc. ire ex'
hibi.ed in high glass jars.
Next to this display Of minerals comes
the display Of
WEST VIRGINIA WOOD.
In the middle Of the room u pyra.
mid consisting. Of so different kinds Of
woods. They have been collected and
tsstetully arranged under the direction oil
Prof. Maury, and form an object OF great
interes. and favorable. comment. Each
piece Of wood has the shape Of a book
with the name Of the species on the bark,
one side plain cut and one side vanished
AZ nolished. Another interesting collec.
lion comprises 70 different kinds OF wood,
all representing horizontal sections, and
was contributed by r. II. Browse, Of
Grape Island; Peasants county, and
ia nicely arranged on the walls.
Our giant Centennial trees occupy the
back part Of the exhibition room: Among
the number Of large tree sections l note
only white oak 405 years old, . poplar
six feet in diameter, hickory three teet
two inches, and chestnut about four feet
in diameter. These are exhibited by
Lewis 4 Rudner, kanaWha county. An
other white oak, i've feet in diameter, is
from Braxton county; poplar, four feet,
from ]. c. Williams, Raleigh county; 4
black walnut, four feet (cut 81 feet from
the grouna), sent by Cecil Clay, Green.
brier county; another, very large wal
nut, is from Henry Kyle, WetZel county
A collection Of pared veneers, pol:
ished and unpublished, TO be used as wall
papers, looks very elegant. The woods
are walnut, pine, maple and others, and
are furnished from the Kanawha region:
The cutting is done BY c. ". Spur, Of
Boston. We will perhaps some day
to make the veneesing ourselves, and
take hold Of this new industry, which
promises to become thriving one. !
must mention the exhibit Of hogs
head and barrel slaves BY Dan
4 Galloway, Putnam county, and o.
AZ handles and hickory, carriage-tel'
| lows BY Mcknight and Rohrer in Charles
ton, and then finish my report for the
present in order to do my share Of look
Ing around to-day.
The following persons we're reg
istered a. the West Virginia head
quarters yesterday and to-day :
viz: Henry ". BAbcock, Mrs. NJ
Bsbccck, Charles King, Wm. Sphinx
Robt. Wells, VIM. Miller. VIM. n. Camp
bell, Mrs. ]. N. Ewing, Miss Annie Ew'
! inr, John II. Birch, T. F. Noble, l. s. Ca
sey, james and Chas. HaSesty, T. H.
Mong, G. H. Tucker, John G: Bayha, Mt
and Mrs. Mccormack, all Of Wheeling;
F. Fl. Crago, Moundsville. J. NJ Mar
shall, Chenille; N. Ferguson, David W,
Boushner and W. E. Hursey, all Of
Clarksburg, J. N. Bennett, Of Weston; r
B, Lawrence, andG. Grant Peterkin, Of
Weston; Maggie E. Theaker, Of Charles
ton; James Murray, OF Fairview; A.
Hood, Of Fairmont; Mrs, Salome Surgi-
son, Miss Emile Surgison, Mrs. L. s
Delaplain. Miss H. McCoy, l. $. Della
plain, IT,, /. L. Gibbs, and E. l.. LaHerty
| all Of Wheeling; Mrs. T. B. Smith ant
Miss Louisa Smith, OF Bellaire.