The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-06-26

It is curious 10 note in this musty old
volume many articles which have long
since passed out OF use, as, indeed, many
whose names are therein recorded have
passed out Of the world. We notice that
Charles Barron is charged with 81
yards Of Scotch carpeting at IS
cents per yard, and 81 so for one
pair OF brass candlestiCks. Opposite the
name Of Joseph Morley is So, for "pa.
tent box coffee mill" The Belmont
School Commissioners are charged $40
for cannon stove" and so cents for
pipe. Four yards OF "drab bangup cord"
cost Walker Hunter 81. Cotton flag
handkerchief were evidently the rage
in those days, as there are numerous
charges for them in the book. They cost
% cents each. Blue dishes, too, we're
popular. The quotations in this line
were about as follows: One gal
lon blue pitcher, purchased by
Rees G. Newport, G7l cent?; one blue
pint tea pot, in Tobias Watkins account,
Zoe; one sett tea ware, $l.75; one sett
breakfast plates, sac. Mr., Thomas J. B.
Pentony treated himself TO pair OF cot.
ton suspenders, costing 1871 cents. "Black
Samuel Sawyer" who will be remembered
by good many Bridgeporters, Is charged
81 cents for box Of dominoes.
Noah Zane is credited with So 80, cash
paid Walker Hunter for three months
wages as ferryman, at the rate OF 81 so
per month. lnJonathan Zane's account
we find charge Of 10 cents for All iron
candlestick. Moses Rhodes, who died
several years ago, bought pair OF snuff
fers for 70 cents. Mr.. Charles B. Peter
son is found to have invested, among
other equally mysterious articles, in POI
pounds DANDY Tyre" at Ct cents per
pound, and one bottle OF burlington Bal.
sam at % cents.
The old boys were fond Of their grog,
too, it seems. Just think Of it, ye topers,
whisky at 0lal94 cents per quart! Peach
brandy was almost as cheap, being quot.
ed At l2a cents per quart We find
many such charges, usually for a gallon,
haIf.gallon or quart. Smoking, however,
was evidently only afforded by those with
long purses. The only record Of sale
Of cigars, is OF box Of Spanish segars"
purchased by the late Ebenezer Martin,
the founder Of Martins Ferry, for 81 rs.
Charges for tobacco, at an average Of IL
cents per pound, frequently occur.
We find in this book the names Of a
good many OF our Oldest citizens, the
majority Of whom have long been dead.
For instance the following: Daniel
Zane, Mrs. Ietty Woods, Samuel Zane,
John Carnahan, Samuel Fitch, Joseph
Morley, Noah Zane, Jacob Putnam, John
Patton (St. Clalrsville), Andrew Scott,
Wm. Hays, Jonathan Zane, james Car.
nahan, VIM. Johnston, Augustus Clemens,
George Kinsey, Daniel Peck, Enoch
Watkins. Il. II. Miller Isl. Clalrsville),
Isaac Greenhouse, John Fink, Samuel
Simpler, John Zane, James McElroy,
Jacob Vanpelt, Peter Cusick, John
|Gill, Alexander McWilliams, John
McMasters, David Spencer, Andrew
Patterson, John Clarke, Benz. Bailey,
John Burris, Kennedy Jones, Horton J.
Howard, Joseph Morley, Nathan New.
port, Moses W. Chapline, Edmund s.
Graham, Nm. Templeton, Daniel Woods,
James Reed, DR.. John Eoff, John NJ.
Berry, Peter MCKewan, Edmund Steen.
rod and many others.
1t will probably be Of interest tothe
general reader 10 read the market quota.
tons Of fifty years ago, and we will give
some OF the most important Bacon, per
lb, Sc; vinegar, per quart, Gic; coffee, per
pound, 20a25c; Young Hyson tea, per
quarter pound, 81 95; "Home Sugar." per
h., 19lc; brown sugar, per ID, 10c; candles,
per h., l2!c; powder, per h., s.; shot,
per h., 12!c; salt, per barrel, s.; hard
soap, per h., Gtc; lard, per h., &c; beans,
per bushel, 81 %; Orleans sugar, per h.,
l2!c; pepper, per / h., etc; flour, per
barrel, s. OOaS %; eggs, per dozen, ,.6fci
"strong Shoes" 81 s74; calf skin boots,
81 80; Lambs wool hose, Soc; black
worstcd hose, G2!c; wooden socks, 25c;
calico, per yard, 7!c; gingham, 25c;
flannel, SOC; super cashmere, 81 so; black
velvet, 81 90; linsey, SIZE; brown bomba.
zine, 62!c; cambria, 37!c; muslin, 1Slc;
brown muslin, l2lc; spun cotton, per
pound, SOC.
But here our review must stop. There
are many other interesting items to he
found within the covers Of the ancient
journal, butwe have neither the time nor
the space to follow the matter further.