The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-03-06
MOUNDSYILLE.
Local Items, Grave and Gay, OF the
Mound CITY.

The committee appointed to solicit
subscriptions for building the IL. +
/ Church are not, am informed, meeting
with much success.
George Brogdon and Isaac Wright
| Federal prisoners from Arkansas, were
discharged from the prison Saturday
| they having served one year each ior
! illicit distilliug. Also james ard Oliver
/ Wright, brothers, State prisoners, from
| Harrison county, who served two years
| each.
Mrs. Guthrie, OF the upper ward, who
has been suffering for long time from
fever OF some sort, from the effects ct
which her hair all fell out, and who is
now slowly convslescing, finds herself 10
possession of bountiful supply of beau.
,iiul soft, glossy black hair, in the place
of tnst lost, which was perfectly gray
with age.
Eph Ryan, the guard who presides
over the destinies of the penitentiary
mule team and two negro convict tear.
sters, was made the victim OF practical
ioke Yesterday. One of his proteges
found q small vial on the street neatly
done up III paper, and labelled Essence
of Cinnamon" which he dutituily turned
over to Eph, who, not being satisfied as
to It's con tents by smelling it, and for
getting the sad experience OF "Meddle-
some Ms,ty" in the school book, con-
cIuded TO taste it, which he proceeded to
do, and - what followed l will not un-
dertske to tell, suffice TO say that 1t is not
given to mortal msn 20 listen TO just such
swearing as took place abou. this time,
twice in a life time. Il wasn't cinnamon
drops that was in that bottle-not by a
long shot. Eph will petition Congress
TO pass law declaring schCol boys u
public nuisance, and authorizing any
one to kill them on sight, and forbidding
their further production or importation.
Mr.. Barr, one of the principals OF the
Pittsburgh and Moundsville Oil Com
pany, who has been here for some time
past, has gone home, but will return in q
short time, or as soon as tho roads get in
such condition as will permit them haul.
ing their engine and boring implements
10 the river for shipment, when they Will
a. once commence work ou well on the
opposite side of the river from here. This
company has succeeded in securing leases
on large amount OF territory IN this
vicinity, lying on both sides OF the river
a sufficient number OF acres a. least to
Justify them, in their opinion, in risking
the expense of putting down test well
Their expert, Mr.. Donnelly, who has had
long experience in prospecting and boz
Jag for oil, is very sanguine OF getting
oil in paying quantities here.
A correspondent IN last weeks Re
porter exploded q bomb-sheli OF large di.
menslons among the ranks Of the old
fogy element here, by suggesting that
the town Council negotiate loan OF
$4,000, payable in one, two, three and
tour years, $500 per year, the proceeds to
be expended in Mscaasmlz!ng the prin-
cipsl streets running through town.
Already i. to be heard thrests OF selling
out" "leaving the town. suing out sn
Injunction" &c, &c, from the aoremen-
toned fossils. But, gentlemen, these
threats will not avail you, the old vessel
has shipped new crew, With a new
man a. the wheel, and Moundsvll!e now
proposes TO cut loose from the leading
strings which have for the past half GEN.
tury iettered and psralyzed her energies.
A new anu brighter era is about TO
dawn upon our town, and che Is upon the
eve of assuming the position end rank
among the cities OF the Ohio Valley to
which her natural advantages so pre-
eminently entities her.
The water melon and potato patches
must give place to the factories, the 6 ass
houses, the machine shops, the furnaces,
the boundaries and the oil retnerles,
which 81 no far distant day are destined
to occupy their places. Already the eyes
OF shrewd outside capitalists are being a.
trscted by the unrivsled advantages here
offered for profitable Investments
Mr.. John NJ. Bell OF this place has a,t
returned from an extended visit through
the Eastern portions OF Ohio and west
ern Indians. He says that whilst that
portion of the country is feeling TO some
extent the effects of bard times, there Is
nothing like the dullness there and stag
nation of business there which prevails
here. the merchants there informed him
that trade had only fallen oil about one.
fourth from what it was IN "hush times,
and that all branches OF business and To-
dustry hsve only suffered to about the
same extent.
Ed. Koontz, whose children the Re
porter published as having the scarlet
tsver last week, informs me that the at
tending physician does not pronounce
the disease with which they are afflicted,
the scarlet fever.
Crowmsn, the Arspshoe Indian Chiet'
lite time prisoner here, received Ie!Isr
the other DAY from his friend Creeping
Bear" another chief of the same tFloe.
Creeping Bear, acknowledges the receipt
of Crowman's letter, and expresses him.
self as being Glad 70 hear from him. m
forms him OF the death OF two o. ms
brothers children, says hls isther Is well
snd wants him TO come back; says "he
cannot come down 10 see has trend TINS
sprinr" owing 10 the scarcity OF money.
The ArspshOes had bad luck hunting
this winter, did not get any buffsloes.
He asks "How much money Will II take
to get YOU out ask the big chief
thsIe' ~? "How much DO you hsve 10 pay
for clo,hesfp Says his brothers have s.!
6isowned him, will not hsve anything 20
do with his letters. HIS squaw Is Still
unmarried, and asks if he would be very
msd If she would get married. The
Arspshoes have been hard up iof
aCuuck.a.wsy" tits winter, and want 70
know what kind Of house Crowmsn
lives in here, snd il be hiss good "ChucS'
sway" snd "Buffslo?' how many years
will il be before he gets 10 come back
and will he send some rings, &c. Ihi;
much Is written il the chlrography ol
the pale face, the remainder OF the large
sheet i. slled with pictures of horses, dogs
eagles, owls. bows snd srrows wagons
warriors, seusws, papooses, wigwsms
moccasius, &c , too numerous TO mention,
sll Of which his chieiship resds as gioly
! IN his own largusge) SIS a school boy re-
peats his s. b sbs. But IS l presume II
rels.es principally to family affairs did
not of course read it. The letter is dated
8, Darling gton pos:ofice, l. T. and VS.:
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