The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-06
A centennial sketch OF tho Town
OF Cameron.

Editors Intclllgcneer:
The town Of Cameron, at first, was not
regularly laid out with streets and alleys.
David McConaughy, the original owner
Of tho land, sold In parcels and localities
to suit purchasers and the price was eatl'
mated by the quantity, quality and local
ily desired; until In 1858 Oliver and Mar
shall Jackson aud s. d. Stidger bought
and laid out in lOlE, streets and alleys
most OF one hundred and eleven acres on
tho south sido OF the Baltimore 4 Ohio
railroad which is known as JackSon'a and
Stidger's addition ID the town of'Camer-
on. subsequently WIN. McConaughy
laid out and numbered row OF lots on
the north side Of the county road,
and Railroad. Your correspondent
located hero in 1862, before the track Of
the baltimore Il Ohio railroad was closed
ar roadbed finished. About this time
Vim, McConaughy finished the lirst house,
viz, the eastern section Of what Is now
known as the CorcOran house, IN
which he sold goods for few years. An
addition was built TO Il and McConaughy
moved to the Railroad company's ware
house, and the building was used for our
frat hotel and kept by Joshua a. Fry, IN
1928, Between the building OF the lirst
house by Nice onaughy and the Railroad
comnany's warehouse, the writer OF this
sketch built The second house, which he
used for an Office and which has since been
torn down, and the hardware store built
upon theslot, now owned and occupied by
John Loper. Our second merchant was
Andrew Clark now deceased, who sold to
John Miller In 1854. Mr.. NJ still con-
tinues in business. Mr.. Woodburn, who
mi this time engaged in selling goods,
commenced in 1869. His establishment
ia known under the firm name Of Wood
burn. Dunleyey Il Co. Hicks 4 Nc.
Donald commenced the mercantile BUSH
ness hero in 1872, and continue TO the
present time. Prof. Loller commenced
selling goods here for N. ]. Brien, OF
Pennsylvania in 1915, making IN
all, at this writing, four stores engaged
in general merchandising. All Of them
are doing a successful business and some
of them have accumulated enough money
to retire on, were they so disposed. We
think we can boast OF as good set OF
merchants as any town in the State.
OUR MANUFACTURES.
Our flour mill, which is a good one, is
RIM by Rccs, Dunleycy & Co., men who are
scrnpulously Strict in having the toll dish
Glls,i hut would not allow Il to'be heaped.
Ne have key factory run by Miller \
Hoerncr, which was built in 1869 and
turns out about one thousand kegs per
Jay. for which they find ready sale At re-
numeraliyc prices and which gives enl-
pIoymcnt to quite number otonr young
men and boys At fair wages, and makes
good market for our timber, and scatterS
each month a very considerable amount
OF money in our midst.
We have also handle factory cslab'
lishetl in 1875, and owned by a Mr.. Crafty,
which recently has not been run very
regularly, but when il does is a very con-
siderable channel through which money
is circulated and Of very great local I'M.
portancc, consuming rs It does kind OF
wood or timber not much used heretofore
viz:hickory except for iirewood, and gives
employment to many hands.
We understand that It will soon he
started with increased capacity for the
manufacture OF different kinds Of han
dies, smokes and hubbs for wagons. To
he brief, we have at the present time, one
drugstore, one hardware store, two sad
der and harness shops, one barber shop,
one tin shop, for the panuiacture OF ware
in connection with stoves, CRATES, and
CRATE fronts, two blacksmith shops, two
tailor shops, two shoemaker shops, four
or five confectionery establishments and,
am sorry to say, We have men uuscrp'
pulous enough 70 sell whisky without
liSOnse, and must even say that some
females are engaged in the business.
DOCTORS ANp DOGS ,,
would also make mention Of the fact
that you cannot throw astcne in Cameron
without being in danger Of hitting a dog
or doctor. Consequently Il. Is very
sickly and bad place 10 raise mutton.
but good for undsFtakers and aeas,
OUR PUuIIu nuttpRds.
In 1859, in consultation with wui. Nc
ConnAughy, Joseph Loudonafager, Bruce
Howard and others, Il was decided that
We ought have q public building for
church, school and other purposes, and
we accordingly got up an agreement