The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-04
DOWN THE RIVER.

Hot Weather aud IIarVest-The Killing
OF Daniel SehrOder-A MIseegenRtiOn
Excitement nj New MaFtlnSVIile-
The Coming Vote on the Substitute for
the County Court system IN WetEei.
NEw AiARTiSsvltLE, July 2, 1870.
EdIton IntslllEehSer.
This is hot, sultry day, streets dusty
and deserted, houses closed and to all APP
pearances no one at home-even the
flies bite lazily. The cool Of evening will,
however, change all this; houses will be
thrown open and ourstrccts will be again
peopled with bustling, busy, active life.
Harvesting is progressing finely. This is
u very busy time for the farmers. see
very few Of them in town. Occasionally
one comes in for groceries" for his har-
vest hands. The crops that are now be-
ing gathered are unusually fine. Our old
friend John Il. Brown has seventy-six
acres OF wheat hero, in Ohio River bot
tom, which will average twenty-five or
Iuit4 DhHhSso ~ $685.
THE CASE OF SCHROEDER.
When | last wrote you spoke Of one
Daniel Schroeder having received, what was
at that time, probably fatal injuries at the
hands OF one Spencer Chaplin, in d melee
at place called Texas, In Monroe county,
Ohio, opposite here. Schroeder has since
died, A post mortem examination was
made by Drs. Frank p. l.owther and ].
MCCOmas, Of this place, and DR.. T. j.
Rowe, OF Sardis, Monroe county, o., and
their conclusion was that the injuries in.
ilicted upon him by Chaplin were OF q
fatal character, and such Us would aud did
cause his death. Schroeder leaves wife
and three small children. Samuel Abrigg,
the man who sold the liquor to Schroeder
and Chaplin on the day OF their fight,
they were both drunk at the time) will
have to answer Mrs. Schroeder in damages
under the "Civil Damage Act" Of Ohio
Abrgg had been repeatedly warned, coaxed
and threatened by Mrs Schroeder not to
sell her husband anything that would pro.
duce intoxication, but lie disregarded her
appeals, which makes her today widow
and her children iatherless.
understand that a warrant has been
taken out for the arrest OF Chaplin" but
he has not yet been arrested, neither will
he be as long as tho dense foliage Of our
forests afford hiding place for him.
INCARCERATION EXCITEMENT.
We had quite sensation here on last
Sunday: q regular "miscegenation" case,
which reused up considerable feeling here
for while. On last Saturday o certain
''colored gentleman" by the name Of
Henry Snyder, the porter on the steamer
Phwton, stopped of here on the down
trip Of that boat, and at the same time n
rather good looking, well dressed young
white woman also disembarked from the
same steamer. The porter, Henry Snyder,
and this young woman started up the
wharf together going, as they said, to the
"Brast House" and while on their way
there happened to pass prominent gen
tleman Of this place to whom Snyder for
some reason, perhaps best known to him
sell, introduced this woman us his wife.
This was at once reported by said gentle
man, and upon being generally known
created quite hutter, as much perhaps
as did the MOOR, 0thello" in Venice ONCE
upon time.
They put up at the "Brast House" reg
istering themselves as husband and wife,
and remained there until Sunday evening,
when it was pretty definitely ascertained
that they were not married Mt all. And
upon complaint being made our Mayor,
Mr.. T. +. Patton, issued warrant for
their arrest upon charge OF violating our
ordinance prohibiting prostitution within
the corporate limitG OF our village. The
parties were arrested and committed to
Jail, being confined in separate apart
ments until Monday morning at nine
O'Clock, when they were brought out for
trial. The corporation was represented
by Attorney Basil I. Bowers, while Rob't.
McEldOwney, Esq, appeared for the pris-
oners After some preliminary Consulta-
ton the charge was dismissed and the
prisoners discharged from custody by the
Mayor upon the condition that they pay
all costs and leave the town forthwith,
which they agreed to do. Snyder left Mt
once, going across the river into Ohio.
The woman left on the steamer Science in
the afternoon. The woman claimed to
have an admixture OF African blood in her
veins, but for my part failed to see it.
There may have been some here who did,
however. am informed that the wOman's
name Is LAND" that she is u pure
Caucasian and not "African. She tray
eled on the steamboat under the name OF
Miss Jones.
POLITICS.
We are taking politics down here in
light Doses The candidates for tine office
OF School Superintendent Of the county
are few and not very energetic. have
not shaken hands hands with more than
two this campaign. They are to be voted
for in August next. We will also vote
August 10th for system OF County Court
to take the place Of the present one, by
which it is proposed to substitute one
Judge Ia man learned in the law for
Sitting Bull and two big Injuns," OF
which the County Court is at present
composed. John ". MOCoY, Esq, OF
Fairmont, Marion COUNTY, W. Va, will be
the Judge il the bill becomes law, and
we hope it may.
There is considerable sickness down
here; a good time Tor "Doctors?"
We have Telephone" in our town,
between the Office OF the Pittsburgh Stave
Company and their store. 1t is n great
convenience and snvps many sipnS