The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-02-24

sirou to earn their money before they ex-
pend It. Much Of the stock in the iron
mills at Ironton and Ashland Is owned
here, also Of the furnaces all along up the
valley, and, believe, all the FIRE brick
furnaces, nine in number, at Sciotoville
and up the line OF the railroad are own.
ed here. These have u capacity OF 1000
brick per::day, and are kept pretty busy
despite the dull times. The largest mar
ket Is Chicago. The quantity Of this clay
being nearly pure sillicate Of alumina,
is beyond estimate. 1t covers nearly all
the eastern part Of the county, and Is,
in many places, nine feet thick. Near
these beds Is an argiliacious sandstone
that is even shipped to Oregon Tor fire.
beds and cupOlRs Of furnaces.
NEW DISCOVERIES.
The city has been considerably excited
over the development Of new beds Of coal
in the eastern part Of the county, which
the biologists regard as beyond the lin
its Of the coal measure. i spent two or
three days out there-about twelve miles
from the city-in company with the
county surveyor and others, and truly
the facility for iron manufacture is won
deriul. The coal makes the best Of iron,
at least the lower veins, and there are
nineteen feet Of coal, some six feet Of ore
Of good quality, including good vein Of
black band, and exclusive Of six feet Of
ierriicrous limestone, ten ortwelye feet Of
pure limestone, and some fifty feet Of sand
stone,i in the same hills. Wefound the same
strata in some FIVE miles square that we
examined. Some six thousand acres Of
il are up for sale under mortgage on the
LIST Of March, but l somewhat doubt
whether it will 60 to sale. II is probable
the assignee who holds the largest claim
will buy it in byipaylng the others.
MARROW GAUGE.
Both Portsmouth and Ironton will
have narrow gauge railroads in there
within a year. Coal dealers say that
with railroad they can afford to deliver
coal to houses here at five cents bushel.
FAILURES.
There have, perhaps, been more fail
ures here in proportion than in Wheel.
ing, but less than in any other city l
know Of in Ohio, and all that are left
seem firm on their pins. The business Of
distilling seems to be some here. The
disIillery Of Mr.. Davis pays Uncle Sam
over $4,000 month, and has done SO
for years, so says the collector, and not a
drop ofit crooked.
Speaking Of crooked whisky reminds
me that week or two ago a young man
in the country named Hughes cut Mr..
Martin so that he died. Hughes was on
Friday last sentenced TO the penitentiary.
The Court ordered the arrest OF the man
Davis, who kept low hole, and sold
Hughes the liquor. The Deputy Sheriff
went out for him twice, but was told that
he had gone to Indiana. On Friday he
was out on other business, "Smelt mice,"
and unearthed him in the garrett. Davis
"yamosed the rancho" and made for the
woods, in defiance Of the call to halt. The
Sheriff fired and brought him down. He
is not dead, but the doctors say he can
not live. So much for few glasses Of
whisky.
On Saturday a mulatto woman in the
city left her baby behind the stove and
went out. The baby took fire, and was
burned to cinder before the firemen got
there; but they saved the house. The
city has water works-the Holly system,
no reservoir. The wafer is not too thick
to put out fires with, but good for little
else.
The city and gas company are at outs.
The city fixes gas at 50 50-the company
add % cents thereto and are collecting
bills under protest.
There are q churches here, and all !
have seen are we'll filed on Sunday, and
some OF them all the week. The staid
old Episcopal has had revival, and the
Presbyterian and Methodist are now in
for it.
The schools OF this city are certainly
models. There are 81 schools and 81
teachers, and the whole move like clock
work.
It is altogether a very clever place, with
a small sprinkling Of Wheelingites.
JEW,