The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-09

"ealth-DOnt go EurtHeE west
Young Man, but Pitch Your Ten,
RtgHI Hero, where the MIX and
Ine Honey doth Abound ia Greai
Abundance.
Randolph Enterprise.
| see mary inquiries are made through
the Wheeling REGISTER and other papers
throughout the State rs TO the resources
of West Virginia, and believing AS l Go
that Randolph county has more natural
resources than any county 10 the State,
| propose to present some Of them, at;er
giving the locality, &c, OF the county.
Beverly, the county seat Of Randolph
county, is AZ miles south Of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad Webster station on
said road is the nearest ststion), and 46
miles from Grafton. The Staunton and
ParkersbUrg Turnpike passes through
the town. The Beverly and Falrmont
Turnpike leads from Beverly TO Fair
mont by WAY OF Webster station. These
rosds were nearly destroyed by the ar
mics during the war, but the county has
taken steps to put them IN good order
The population Of the county Is nearly
1000.
Four Of the main branches Of Cheat
river have their sources in the eastern
part of this county,-the Dry Fork, Lsu-
rel Fork, Glady Fork and Shavers Fork.
The Allegheny Mountains east OF the
Dry Fork and the Rich Mountain, west
of it, the Shaver Mountain and the
Cheat Mountain have fine veins OF lime
stone cropping out in many places. The
Rich Mountain ut the sinks where the
Dry Fork runs under mountain, is all
limestone land; the limestone is found on
the highest points and IN the lowest val
legs have been in Western Pennsylva-
MIA and in the blGe grass country in Ken.
lucky, and | do not think l ever saw
finer grass than at the Sinks. The blue
grass, white clover and timothy come
without sowing. In the Cheat country
the timber is principally sugar, birch,
lynn, ash and cherry. 1t costs from
seventy-fve cents to one dollar per acre
to have the trees girdled and brush cut;
the timber dies readily and is not liable
to sprout. Cattle or sheep will keep
down the filth and in few years
good blue grass, timothy and white
clover sod comes voluntarily, aud but q
small portion Of this territory Is settled.
There is coal on the Shaver
Fork Of Cheat and in Cheat
Mountain. Unimproved lands IN
this section can be pdrchas.
Cd, at from one to three dollars per acre,
lands that have been deadened recently
and such as after beng de.deued have
been allowed to partially grow up il
brush, from four 10 six dollars per acre.
The lands are Hesrly all susceptible Of
cultivation, sad where improved for
several years good wheat, rye, corn, buck
whest, potatoes, &c, can be produced IN
abundance, and cattle and sheep do re.
markedly well.
The Tygart's Valley river, upon which
Beverly is situated, flows through the
county and valley 40 miles long and
from Unc-hall to one and one-halt miles
vide. This is one of the most beautiful
and fertile valleys in the United States,
and it is in this valley that the largest
part of the population is found.
West OF the Valley river Is another
Rich Mountain on which is found fine
vein of limestone and coal. West of
Rich Mountain is Roaring Creek, in
which valley more surplus grain is raised
than in any other portion Of the county,
and the finest veins OF coal are found
one OF over 30 feet IN thickness.
West Of this is the Middle Fork river
where the same vein of coal Is found rs
on Roaring Creek. Here are fine farm
ing lands and rs fine popular, ash cherry,
white oak, birch, sugar, and black and
white walnut, as can be found in the
State. The timber can be tloated down
to the 3. ~ o. railroad, at Grafton. On
the head of the Middle Fork and Buck
harmon rivers, there is Aourishing
Swiss colony established by e, h. Lutz.
All the settlers VINO purchased land and
improved it are doing well. All kinds Of
grain and grass grow finely in this sec
tion and the land is nearly all susceptible
of cultivation. Land can be purchased
at from y to 81 per acre.
Iron ore is found IN all parts Of the
county. 1t may be asked why county
embracing such advantages has not set
tied up. The reason Is TIE land Is and
has been for years owned by land owners
who are unwilling to aid in building
roads TO and through the lands, and
lack OF spirit of Improvement in the
people, rs nearly all are cattle rsisers and
tncIr cattle can travel our paths 10 mar
ket
Our county is adopting measures to
build Odd roads through the county and
open it up. Our winters are generally
short, cattle frequently run on grass until
the 18th of December, and are turned
upon grass again III March.
Three prospective railroads pass
through the county. The Washington,
Cincinnati s, ST. Louis Narrow Gauge
Washington aud Ohio, and the Pitts.
burgh, West Virginia and Southern
Narrow Gauge. All the roads are in
process of construction.
Veal vote the Democratic ticket, but
do not talk politics. know OF Masss-
chusetts yankees settling BY Confederate
soldiers, and Union soldiers coming from
the Northern States, settling in different
parts Of the county who are warmly wei.
coined, kindly treated, and are well
pleased. In fact, | have heard number
OF northern men who have settled n the
county say that they never saw such
b,sDrtelitv - they find among our peNple