The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-12-29
NE1aHBoRHooD NEWS.
DOWN rnERIYEn.


The Holiday Season-The River Boom
and the Losses Caused by it-SOctal NAT.
ters4The Railroad.
NEW MARTtNsvlLlE, W. Va, Dec. a.
Editors IntslnssnsoE
Here Is wishing you all a Happy New
Year.
The holidays Of lS79'sO are being en-.
joyed by our citizens, both young and old,
to an apparently higher degree Of enjoy.
ment than for years. The presents that
are passing from friend to friend are more
numerous and costly than usual, denoting
that money Is more plentiful, and as we
are enjoying q boom in business OF all
kinds, II seems that the John Sherman
financial policy is assisting us even In our
Christmas festivities.
The heavy rains for the past few days
raised OUT creeks and runs 10 food tide, by
means Of which large quantities OF timber,
slaves and railroad cross ties were floated
down, where It now lies safely in the Pitts.
burgh slave Company's "boom" here, in
Big Fishing creek. This RIM out Is what
might be called o bonanza for our timber
men. There Is not less than SIS 900 worth
OF timber products brought 10 market by
this rise, and that safely, too.
We hearot large losses occasioned by
the breaking OF the "boom" at the mouth
Of Middle leland creek. This loss will fall
heavily on tho railroad cross tie dealers
who live on the waters oil that stream.
NEw MARTISsvrLLE, December 20.
DR.. G. W. Bruca. Prof Crapo and MI.
0rCars Wright, OF Moundsville, Marshall
Co., are here tonight, organizing Lodge
OF Knights Of Honor, tho lodge starts off
with sixteen charter members.
A select social party aud ball was held
at the "POint House" Christmas night. II
was quite large and fashionable gather.
ing, consisting mostly OF young people
from this immediate vicinity except
Misses May and Lou Absolute, OF Buck
Hill Bottom, Monroe Co., Ohio, and a
Miss Dawson from Covington, Ky.
|; We have all been suffering for years
here in New Martinsville, on account Of a
lack OF church accommodations. We are
naturally a religious people, but when we
are confronted witha virago at the church
door, with the remark that i'd il you
shall pray in this church." It upsets your
religious equilibrium for the time and
almost tempts us to say DID II we don't.
Such remarks will build new churches in
our town, two christians like that cannot
occupy one church.
We all want the proposed railroad down
here, but we want tito leave the river Just
below here and 60 to Middlebourne, the
county town OF Tyler county, and thence
by the way Of Sugar Greek to st. Mary's
the county town OF Peasants county
This route would develope the interior o.
u Ter county, and leave the Sistersvilit
people and Col. Dan johnson in sai,
1 place where they would not get killed b,
!. the cars, Col. Dan has great future fol
him yet, not in the political field but in {
tobacco field.
: II the constitutional amendment, to BIZ
Y voted on next fall, should be adopted, WI
i, will lose Judge A. B. fleming, and have t
Z elect Judge for our Circnit, comprising
5 Richie, Doddridge, Tyler and Wetze
], counties. The question is who shall i
: be? OF those spoken OF up to the presen
!. time II ia not worth while 10 even speak al
8 to their chances OF being chosen, Tor thu
i reason that we DO not believe the peopl,
t OF this section will choose from the weak.
i est and least qualified members OF the pro
fession to I'LL that post. The best materia
We have in the circuit, SO far as We woulC
be capable Of judging, would be Hon. G
J. Stuart, 'ol Doddridge, or Hon. Davit
Pugh, Of Tyler, and we hope the dis
t grace Of having an incompetent" in tha
Y position will he saved us.
|. Mrs. Isaac R. Cline, OF New Martins
vile, formerly Of Martins Ferry, O., pre-
scented the Methodist Episcopal Sunday
school Of this place with Sl4O cabine
organ, 80 we are informed. A nice Christ
man nrnInnt