The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-16
MoUNDsvILLE.
MOuxpsvn1I, July16, 1873.

houNDsvTLLI, July 10, 1915.
cGrspooasscs Of the In.slhgsDoG.
Religious services were held in oul
place yestsrdsy ss follows: Rev. Pome'
roy preached st the State prison At 9
o'clock In the morning; a. loi o'clock Rev
J. n. Warden prssebsd in The School
Hall, Rev. Duncan At the PresbyteriIr
Church, Elder A. E. Mysrs, Of West Lib
eriy, Al the DiseipIes' Church, and Bev
r P. Lawson, Of Wheeling, At EeH'I
school house. In the evening Rev. Cheat
Of the Disciples Church, preached TO The
Presbyterisn congregation, 30 services
being held at the other churches. &c
breaches tonight At the Disciples
Church.
There we're two funerals yesterday a.
ternoon. The widow Sloan, who for
many years hHs been suffering invalid,
died on Saturday 1t 81 o'clock. A very
large concourse Of people followed her
remains TO the Cenetiry. She leaves
three daughters who through all The
years Of her sickness have faithfully
watched over and provided for their in
valid mother, and now thsy in their deep
bereavement have the sympathy Of the
entire community.
The other funeral took place At 5
o'clock and Wa that Of the child oil New
ton Grandstsf, Of Grafton, W. Va. Il
died on Saturday, and was brought here
for burial. Thus the young and the old
are surely going, and the warning Is TO
rs al 70 be ready, for In an hour ye know
not, the summons may come.
! bad the privilege on Saturday even
ing Of talking TO a convict who had Just
served out his time At the Penitenti1ry
aud was about 10 take The train for his
home At FAirmont, or near there. BE
talked very freely both Is 70 the cause Of
his coming ADD his usage while IN the
prison. Had ! time ! would like 10 give
: great deal that be said, bat suffice 4 TO
say be gives whisky As the cause Of all
his troubles. This caused him 10 commit
the act for which he was sentenced for
two Year, IN the penitentiAry. he served
something over twenty months, the time
allowed for good behavior being deduct.
ell from his two years. Bot strange 10
say, although he attributes all his woes 10
whisky about ~ soon a. he could 6nd
il ii one Of our rum holes be procured
a. much Of it % man could we'll carry.
After 3 forced abstinence Of nearly two
years, be could not resist its old iniu,
ence over him, and go back 70 his home =
sober man. He speaks in the highest
terms OF the officers Of the prison and Of
his usage while there. BE Wa 40 en-.
ploye in the whip factory and he thinks
with the trade be had before coming to
the prison and what he now knows Of
whip making be will be able 10 make his
way in The world.
The msnuise.ure Of wagons At the
prison promises 10 be an extensive bust.
ness. The ground outside the prison
walls has been leased on which TO erect
sheds for the reception Of the work ~ fast
AZ finished. They expect TO turn out ten
wagons per day from the start. So We
are 10 have convict labor in smother de.
pArtment 10 operate against free labor.
This il surely becoming grave question
and one that demands the attention Of all
thinking persons. Whether right or
wrong 70 thus hire out our State conviets
l will venture no opinion, though have
one, bot there are many who think that
in this respect our State prison is a curse
to our place, and that it would be better
for the State 70 punish her eonvicts with
solitary confinement. and allow our me-
ehInics throughout the State TO do The
work done by them. Bat there are two
sides TO The question, and both will DO
doubt be well ventilated in the near 10.
ture.
days ago making arrangements for the
Peabody Institute be is TO conduct in
this place during next week. BE will,
We think, have . good Attendance, and
We can say 70 all the teachers OF the
county or Of other counties Who may
come, that You will be well repaid, for
Professor Bundy Is an experienced edu.
Gator. The Institute will be continued
week or more, or lopger,i desired BY the
teachers.
Hon. 4. J. Burlington, Of Washington,
Pa, was in town last week. Il wa his
frat vi.it 10 either Wheeling or Mounds-
vile. He expressed himself a. well
pleased With what be saw in both places.