The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-12-20
OUR MOUNDsYlLLE LETTER.
The scarlet Fever : The ~. U,
Church Building Condemned
M Unsaie--HlInt 10 the Peniten.
tIary-MeFaddens Hotel.


The scarlet Fever = The ~. u.
Church Building Condemned
M Unsaie--HlIntt0 the Penitens
tiary-MeFadGen's Hotel.
MOuSDsvIILE, December 10, 1877.
Editors intelligence;
II has been so long since sent you
any locals that scarcely know what 10
write, but / will try as briefly as possible
10 give an idea Of what is taking place
with US.
1t 10 generally known / believe that
our public schools were suspended nearly
two weeks ago, and will not resume opera
tions again until the Monday following
New Years day. This was on account Of
the excitement occnsioned by the appear.
ance Of the scarlet fever 10 our midst,
But three cases have As yet proved fatal,
and / am satisfied that BY the time mem
toned all will be right again. The school
was stopped as precautionary measure
to prevent the spread Of the disease, and
1t is to be hoped that It will prove sue
Cessiul
A committee appointed to inspect the
NJ. E. Church building as 10 Ils safety,
&C., reported Il ID be unsafe and
unfit for use, and at an official
meeting, held on last evening, 1t
was decided to abandon il for
the present. The school hall will be
used at least until 4 more suitable place
is secured. A committee was appointed
10 consider the propriety Of remodelling
the old church building, or, Of erecting a
new one, with the probable cost Of EACH
and report as the next meeting Of the
quarterly Conference. This looks like
business, and the only difficulty In the
way Of doing either ia the procuring Of
the necessary funds with which either 10
repair or rebuild. II all say 1t 10 impos-
si6le to do il, it cannot be done, but II all
determine that II shall be done by next
fall, there could and would be a new
building on the present site Of the old
one. 1t would be o great improvement
to the town to have such building, and
would that it could DO built.
The usual holiday treats, in the shape
Of Christmas trees, &C., will DO postponed
for the present, with US at least.
Next week the Marshall County Teach.
ers' Institute will hold It's animal meeting
in the School Hall, and large attend
ance Of teachers and pleasant time ID
expected. Lectures will be delivered by
Rev. Aughey, Of Haneytown, and others
THE PENITEST1ARY.
I had the pleasure this afternoon
through the courtesy Of Superintendent
Bridges, Of passing through the different
apartments Of the State Prison, and am
free TO say that l found everything in the
very beat Of order. One ia reminded Of q
busy city on entering the enclosure. The
noisy hum Of the machinery and the
sight Of at least two hundred Workmeu
causes one to imagine that business il
not so dull here, at least, as it is in the
outside world. 1t Is wondeEiulto see the
amount OF work done, especially in the
workshops Of MesSrs. Mardof 4 Co., in
the manufacture Of brooms, and in The
whip factory Of MeSsrs. Weaver & Bar
dali. One would think there are now or
hands in the last named shop whips
enough to supply the whole United
States for the next ten years, but
strange to say 1t is about all
they can do 10 ill their orders. Our
prison is now selt-snstVinlng, and il all
the improvements necessary were made
the State would not be called on for any
more appropriations. But these i'm
proVements, many Of them, have already
been made by the profits arising from the
convict labor. An appropriation Of six
thousand dollars was made TO build the
two workshops now almost completed
which sum would not buy half the ma
terial contained in them. The remainder
has all been done by convict labor or the
profit arising from it. About 200 con,
victs are now employed at % cents per
day, while the cost OF feeding and cloth.
ing amounts to but 10 cents per day
This gives q net profit Of $50 per day to
the institution. The entire cost Of the
300 is S43 50 per day, while the income oil
those employed is $50 per day, leaving a
balance in favor Of the institution oil
Sc so or about $4,000 per year. But many
Of the convicts will receive better wages
after awhile, which will still add to the
profits.
The prison throughout seems under
the very beat Of management and l conf
IDENTIFY expect that in the near future il
will not only be self sustaining but a
source Of revenue. In the rough esti'
mate have made | did not take into &C
count the amount received from the gen.
eral government for the maintenance oil
the United States prisoners. This will
add so much more TO the profit. ! was
only endeayoring TO show that the real
labor OF those COnvicLs employed by the
contractors was more than paying the
whole cost Of feeding and clothing all the
prisoners. The new Jail building will be
entirely enclosed in few days, while
McFadden's mammoth hotel building will
be finished by the lat OF February il We
continue to have weather such as we have
had for the last few weeks. Y.