The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-09-21

18th.
Plutenburg pronounces the Wellsburg
Fair asuceeSs. Il will be In order now
for tho WellSburg Herald to deny II and
rebukc Jess.
The George Duncan whom the Work.
ingmen Of Ohio have nominated for
Attorney. General, resided at Martins
Ferry for awhile last spring. The people
did not then discern sudden Attorney.
Gen. among them.
The tobacco Of Noble county, Ohio,
will not pan out more than hall a crop.
Atleast that Ia the present talk.
Miss AIDA Clark has taken charge Of a
winter school in Brooke county, w. Va,
and Miss Clara has charge Of a room 10
tho public schools Of Clark's addition
Mathis Ferry NwL': lDaE..E
The Board OF Education Of Butler Dis
trict fixed the wages for No. / certificates
at $40 per month, No, 9 at $37 90 and
No. 8 at s3O.-llaneOck County Courier.
Sowing wheat and cutting up corn is
now the order OF the day. There will DO
large breadth Of wheat sown, The corn
is maturing rapidly. The quality is good
and tho quantity up 10 the average
COterain item in MarliR's Ferry Nac0.
Tho MRs says that some Of tho sub
contractors on the Wheeling & TuScara.
was Valley Railroad formerly worked
on the Iellaire &Southwestern Railroad.
They left rather bad reputation behind
them, and 1t is not improving very fast
since they came over here"
We do not know when We have peen a
more peculiar item than the following,
taken from Colerain township letter in
the Martins Ferry Ntw,:
"W. L. Sidwell and Isabella Fogg still
continue their intention ofmarriage. The
marriage will take place at Concord
meeting house on 9th month, Goth, be.
tween 10 and II o'clock A. NJ. The par
ties and invited friends dine with Esther
Fogg and attend Yearly Meeting for their
wedding tour"
G. W. Scott, Workingmen's candidate
for the Legislature from Belmont county,
reminded the public in a late speech that
/! was Tilden who signed the bill passed
by the New York Legislature making
nothing legal tender in that State after
1873 but gold. lie also mentioned that
August Belmont was n 'high-cocalorum''
(Whatever that is) in the Democratic
party. He further remarked that Bene-
dict Arnold was "lYhiLe winged angel"
compared with John Sherman. I,7.
Ross Alexander, the horny handled
lawyer Of Bridgeport, 15per cent in adj
vance, made melting speech the other
night. lie said that As mortgages had
been pu! into his hands for foreclosure.
Ii this ia true, you can bet they will be
foreclosGd-aiter the election; that is, il
there ia good slice for Ross in the OPP
Grafton.
The Belmont Chronicle says that il
Wagner is elected 10 the Senate he may be
expected when bill comes up affecting
the interests Of his constituents to arise
and address the Lieut.. Governor thusly:
"Hello, vogler, by -, Pm going to
make speech on this here bill case"
VoglCr, recognizing the orator, will say,
let "thc Senator from West Wheeling
proceed. In the course Of hias speech Wag.
cner will express himself thus Ny col.
league in the other house-thc Hon.
Ross J. Alexandcr-7-is a man who is for.
ninst taken interest on bonds, but when il
comes to IN assignee diCker, count Ross
in early and often"
Speaking Of Ross and Wagner The
ChrOaiele says that the former in a recent
speech said the Government taxed (by q
tariff the thinnCst muslin a; 8 cents pei
yard, when the fact is that it can be
bought at Gor7 cents per yard, and VT
are exporting it to Europe and undcrEell
ing the English market .
From Flushing, Ohio, we learn that the
work on the Tuscurswas roNd Is progress
ing finely. Two miles, extending from
Joseph Walkers to Dr.. Lai'erty's, have
just been finished.
The Barnc,ville Enterprise says that
editor Longley. Of the Bellaire Indepen.
dent made n good Auditor, and admires
him especially Tor 'thc plucky fight that
he made against The treasury robbers"
Tho Cumberland, Nd, Nass Of Wed.
nesday says that General B. +. Kelley
will shortly proceed 10 Arkansas, to dis.
charge his duties as Superintendent OF
the Hot Springs Reservation. @The
General expressed himself as very much
pleased with his appointment. Part Of
his duty, he informs us, will be The recon-
structiOn Of the Spring premises. The gov
eminent proposes, now that they have come
into POSSESSIONS Of the property, to put the
whole concern in tiptop order, after
which they will sell or lease it,"