The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-30
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MOUNDsViLLE MENTION.

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concern starting up tor month or SIX
weeks.
The mite society of the Episcopal
Church had pleasant meeting at Major
Budye's parlors last evening.
Mr.. - Tucker and Miss Virgins
Rhodes were married Monday evening
| last
The town assessor reports one hundred
and two dogs in town.
The Camden Zousyes received their
new caps Tuesday evening. This COM
pany will attend the sham battle in their
new uniforms.
Mrs j. w. Gsllsher goes TO Wash
ington city in few days to spend q
couple Of weeks.
Artist Bigeow has just finished paint
! ing the following sign on both the east
and west sides II the prison pump
hous,, on the river bank: West NT-
GINA Penntentiary Water Works" The
lettering adds very much TO the appear
snce o! the building, and reflects credit
upon the painter.
- Head United States prisoner
from Virginia, was discharged from the
Penitentiary yesterday. l. appears from
letter received by Superintendent
Bridges Yesterday that q pardon was L.
sued to Head early in March last, but
from some cause never came 10
hand Head thinks the United
States Marshsl for Virginia has
the document and ba' pocketed it, and
says be will enter suit against that official
as soon at he arrives at home.
Mrs. Name Skinner, of Psrkersburg,
who has been here visiting returned home
on the Andes yesterday evening.
Mayor Purdy assessed fines to the
amount of S672 during the fourteen
motifs he has been in office, Not SO bad
for q moral town like this.
Two hundred and siXtY-hve prisoners
in the penitentisrY.
Mr.. S. A. Walton, the Purdy street
ieweler, in building his new dwelling
house and store room, was unfortunate
enough TO encroach about two or three
inches upon tie adjoining lot, and
this lot changing hands. Mr.. Walton
was unable to agree upon terms f,r the
slim strip of ground, he is compelled to
take the entire side out Of his building,
and move it in the distance which II ex-
tended over the line.
Repeated inquiry by your corrospon-
dent tor the last two or three weeks rs to
wha. las b, come of the pittsburgh and
Moundsville Oh Company" only ELECTS
the reply. The machinery will be down
on the Fannie Tstum."
One Of our heavy weight doclples OF
.Esculapius and a gentleman from Ohio
INDUCED in little rugiiistic and cane
anstic encounter on Purdy street, the
other dav, much to the entertain
meut of the cougrcIa:et crowd.
aonors were easy until the scene
was shifted to the Mayors office, here the
Buckeye Stste raised the NJ. D. he pay
ing So and costs and the disciple 81.
1t mas been suggested to me by mill
tsry Gentleman of this city, that mas
much rs the Wilson Blues have no
arms they might be probably employed
in carving OF and attending TO the dead
and wounded at the sham battle.
The eQter's nment given by Prof.
Love and wife at school nall Monday
evening last, is said to have been the
best of the kind ever given in town. The
part taken by Mrs. Love is especially
eulogized. This lady is mskir 6 hoste
of personal friends here.
The sensation here just at this time
Is caused bv the discovery OF genuine,
and well defined flow of gas in Big
Grave Greek q point about one-tourth
a., M -
distance below the corporate limits OF
town. The discovery was first made by
Mr.. Brysor, on last Saturday, who
noticed "blubbers" rising to the surface,
and agitating the water, and upon apply
inc a lighted match to the surface OF the
water at the place the gas would ignite.
Col. Lockwood, who owns the land on
both sides Of the creek, together with
Mr.. Bryson, procured an iron Cylinder
about eight inches in diameter, is one end
of which they fixed wooden head, this
thew forced into the soft ground oyer
one of the spots where the b!u6oers
came up, in the head OF the
CYLINDER piece OF three-quarteT
inch gas pipe was inserted, and an ola
fruit can placed on top TO protect the
blaze from the wind, the gas was then
irnited. which burned briskly giving out
3 flame about SIX or eight inches IN
beirht, and has continued to burn with
ont intcrmission up to the time OF my
visit. Tuesday slternoon.) AT another
point where the gas escapes and where
there is about two or three inches OF
water a fruit can with small hole IN
the bottom was placed, inverted, the
vent was then closed by placing thumb
over it, in q few moments the thumb
was removed and 8 lighted match ap-
piled TO the hole, when the gas 'gnlted
with loud report, throwing the can
our or five feet into the air.
Mr.. Bryson informs ne that an invert-
ed KEY was placed over this spot
aud allowed TO remain until filled with
GAS. two men then got on the key, and
IRE was spp led, the explosion which I'M
medistely occurred threw the two men
down and hurled the key with great
force a considerable distance into the
creek.
These two escapes come up through the
roots of a small tree which was washed
ont bv the water, Immediately OUTSIDE OF
the roots the waler Is about three aid
bs.f ieet deep, over smooth rock bottom
here is another escape, and Is the water
i. perfecLfy clear At this time, the course
Of the continuous stream OF gas can be
seen from the time it leaves the small
orfice in the rock until it comes to the
surface of the water.
The three points where gas escapes are
quite close to each otaer-not over one
sui a hall feet apart.
Persons who are acquainted with the
Burning Springs territory say tue indi-
cations OF . large oil reservoir st this
point are fully As good as at that ce.a-
hrsted oil center.
The Colonel thinks there is "milhons
in IT," and is corresp ondiag'y juoIisat
over what be considers his big bonan-
"a A large number OF our citizens Wis
tied the place last night when the gas
burned with great brlhsncy.
Persons interested II matters OF this
kind are cordially invited to come and