The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-10
Guernsey County and the DIS.
trict Over the River.
CAMRRIpSE. q. May9. 1873.

EdItcn IntelliGeneer
Hon. 3. W, Anderson having request
ed the public announcement that he Is
not 10 the Congressional canvass, renders
1t absolutely certain that Guernsey coun.
twill cast. her solid vote for Col. ]. D.
Taylor in the Bellaire Convention on the
9Th Of June. Parties from Belmont,
Harrison and Noble represent that Col.
Taylor Is 4 fAyorite with many Of the
people in those counties.
Hon. J. Dunbar, Of steubenville, as
surea one Of the papers here that he is
not Of the track, as has been represented,
but that he will come into the Conyen.
tion with his full share Of the Jefferson
delegation. The chase is now between
Jefferson and Guernsey. The delgates
from Guernsey will be elected on June
Let and Sd.
Much excitement has been created by
discoveries Of red and gray granite, mar.
bic, iron ore, cement, fossiliferous lime
stone, gIass-sand, red oxide Of iron, &C.,
within few miles OF Cambridge. Sam
Piles Of the marble have been dressed and
are now on exhibition 10 this place, with
specimens Of the other rich substances
mentioned, and the best judges who have
passed upon them pronounce them good.
These rich deposits abound In scope Of
country some Eve or six miles square,
which Is nov being thoroughly explored
BY some OF our shrewdest business men,
including the members Of the Delphi and
Silver mining Company Of Colorado and
Cambridge. The fossil granite or marble
IL regarded as most beautiful, and said to
be equal to that produced in Maine and
Massachusetts and shipped to all parts In
the West. The capital Tor quarrying and
working this stone is invited to this neck
OF woods.
Col. Charles W. Mosley, one Of our
best citizens, died this week, aged rs
years. He was the Republican candidate
Tor Senator in the 10Th District few
years ago.
A woman who was let of the train at
this place on Tuesday morning gave
birth 10 still.born child on the depot
platform, before medical or other assis.
tance could be procured. She was taken
charge OF by the trustees and now lies at
the hotel 10 critical condition.
Five candidates are announced Tor
Clerk OF the Court and three for Probate
Judge, before the Republican Convention,
and several townships 10 hear from.
What 10 do with the 400 or 500 dele
gates to the United Presbyterian Gener.
al Assembly Of the United States. to meet
here on the 22d inst, has been big ques.
tion, but II is now about settled salts.
factorily by responses from all our citi.
zens with open doors, without regard 10
sect. The proposition Of the Guernsey
1Smes 10 issue daily edition during the
session is meeting with great favor by
those interested, and the people general
lya
Decoration Day will be observed here
by the City Guards and citizens. The
military companies OF Zanesyille, Coshoc.
ton and Newcomerstown will participate,
and the occasion is expected to be one Of
unusual interest. The Guernsey Times
proposes the consideration OF the ques-
lion Of erecting 4 soldiers monument
here out Of the new Guernsey granite, as
a more substantial offering to the pAtri-
otic dead.
The ISTELuGEsCER isgrowing in pop
ularity here, us it is the only morning
paper worth mentioning that reaches US
before night. , L. A. NJ.