The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-08-05
WELLsBURG.

The weather and the Crops
Young OWesney's Body Found
Nearly 100000 Pounds of
Wool bought for Eastern Firms
Democratic C0nvention-Col.
Campbell Gets in his Work for
BEN Wilson.
WEI1sBuRe, August 3.
Correspondents Of the Intelisoneer.
The town hiss been quiet this week.
The fine rains OF the past lewdays have
laid the dust, cooled the air and made
life more pleasant; at least We do not
hear the complaints in regard TO the
weather that we did during the hot term.
The crops in this section OF country,
especially garden vegetables, suffered
considerably from the drought. Some
fields OF corn will be short, potatoes not
half crop. Fruits are promiSing. The
late rains came In time to save the toma.
to crop, which, by the way, has Of late
years come to be an important crop, one
almost indispensable. Within the mem
DRY Of many OF our citizens, and not the
Oldest inhabitants either, the tomato was
looked upon "a being unfit for food.
They were sometimes called "Jerusalem
apples" add often kept in the house as
ornaments.
The son Of W. A. o'wesney, Esq, OF
Stubenville, who was droS ned there on
Thursday evening. was found floating 10
the river here on Friday about noon. Mr..
O'Wesney was informed, whose broth.
er came down in Garage and took the
remains 10 Steubenville.
Considerable wool has been bought and
shipped at this point. Thomas Everett
has bought for Mr.. Butcher, Of the Utica
Mills, New York, all told, 100000 lbs.
MIR. Samuel George, assisted by Mr..
David Brown, has bought over 300, 900
pounds. The prices paid were 30, SO and
IS cents, the last figure for the very best
clips only.
According 10 announcement the De-
mocracy Of Brooke county assembled in
the Court House this afternoon. Nath-
aniel Wells, Esq, as Chairman Of the
County Committee stated the object OF
the meeting. Mr.. Wells was chosen
President and W., T. fancy Secretary.
Messrs. Thos. Everett, ]. B. Sommeryille
and Cleland Browning were chosen TO Sc.
lect three delegates from each district in
the county TO attend the Congressional
Convention at New MdrtInsville, who re.
ported "a follows: G. G. Curtis, Alex.
Campbell, Wm. summerville, Emory
Jacob, Wilson Beall, A. Hebrank, N.
Wells, g. Hindman and Lewis Brown
Ing.
After which considerable feeling was
brought out as TO whether the meeting
should instruct the delegates or not. w.
P. Campbell wanted the meeting to have
chance to choose from all the candi.
dates.
E. Tarr offered 4 resolution instruct.
ing for Col. Ben Wilson.
After lengthy discussion 1t was dis
covered that the "cart was before the
horse" that the meeting had not as yet
voted on the question OF instructing or
not. A vote being taken 1t was decided
not TO instruct by vote Of 25 to 80.
Col. Campbell offered a resolution
which created some little commotion, and
was looked upon as being equivalent to
instructing for Col. Ben Wilson.
VIM. Sommerville, Esq, spoke in ia
vor OF it,aud said that the proceedings OF
this meeting would be published in the
newapapers; that the Wheeling lNTELLI'
aEScsR would have II; that the Democ-
racy Of Brooke refused to endorse what
Col. Wilson had done. The resolution
was adopted, and is as iollowa:
"WHEREAs, We, the Democrats OF
Brooke county, recognize in Col. Ben
Wilson, OF Harrison, most able, eff
cient and faithful public servant and a
Representative, whose course In the last
Congress on all the leading Issues that
came before that body, was such as to re-
fleet tho highest honor on himself and
his constituents
A square Rigid Greenback resolution
was offered aud unanimously passed.
The following gentlemen were elected
as an executive committee Tor the ensu-
ing year J. s. Beall, H. g. Lazear, Andy |
Hebrank, @. J. Browning, Jos. Walker,
Lewis Wells, g. G. Curtis, Frank Beck
and Lynn Rodgers.
Coll B. Jackson, Of Parkersburg, be:
ing present was introduced and addressed |
the meeting. The substance Of the ad.
dress was the reconciliation OF silver and
the issue Of more greenbacks.
Bethany and vicinity was well repre-
scented ut the meeting.
It was evident that J. Il. Good, Esq,
was the favorite Of the meeting.