The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-05-14
EdIlor1 IntelllgOncor.

Edltors Intelllgeneer.
There is very little said on National pol
itics or State affairs, but the burden Is
here in our own midst. AT the rate al
ready being showed up, we could furnish
candidates enough to gil all the Offices
in the State. One other feature about oul
people, Is characteristic in them to &c
for the fat Offices, as instanced, in about
every other man you meet is q candidate
for either Sheriff, or Assessor. We are al
most as bad as our friends are in the
United State Of Ohio. 1t is a very com.
mon thing to see twenty candidates out
for a single Office, and there is danger Of
exhausting the supply, OF those who are
willing to serve the dear people.
Some OF our young folks have mania
for flirting with passengers and employees
OF steamboats,, as they pass along. The
other day as one OF the Cincinnati packets
was passing, some OF our young ladies
took occasion to wave at some one, when
they were taken in.
The brick business has not as yet been
affected by the depression in the iron
boom. AL the yards are now in full blast
and the supply exhausted. There are no
brick along the river OF any consequence.
Some yards have been running Neady all
winter, but those that closed for the cold
season have again commenced operations.
We have been informed that Smith,
Porter & Co. are about TO sink another gas
well. The present supply is notsuficient
ortheir purposes, and tits so much cheap.
er for fuel that they can afford to 90 TO the
expense OF sinking for 1t.
Quite an impetus OF improvement has
been inaugurated this spring among our
citizens. Quite number OF new build
ings have been put up, and contracts are
out for others, while there are still others
talked Of. There has been more building
thisspripg than any one year for several
past, in fact since the panic.
What we want more particularly now
than anything else is railroad to get our
products TO market, as 1t is we are left
here cut off almost from the outer world,
and realize our utter helplessness.
There Is some talk OF starting up new
pottery just back OF town on what Is known
as the old Stanley brick yard. The COM
pany will be a joint stock affair, some OF
the terra Gotta moulders being the princi-
pal owners in it. This Is move In the
right direction and we would like TO see
II amount to something more than mere
talk. There Is money in the business and
II some OF our citizens want to build up
our town this is the way TO go at 1t. The
site spoken OF is adopted 10 the business,
clay, coal and everything Just on the
ground.
Our reading public now are in state of
excitement caused by the fact that the Ii
brary Association have ordered about
fifty copies OF new books. This gives them
nearly three hundred books, gathered to-
gether In one year..
We had little shooting affray up above
town the other day, which happened
something like this: A man from Ohio
has been trying to engage the attention Of |
o young lady, much against the will Of |
the father Of the, young lady. The other
day he happened to see them some dis. |
lance from the house, sitting under A large
oak tree, the man with his back aoainst
the tree. This was too much for ina an
ragged parent, so he got his shooting anna.
ratus and opened fire, the first shot bnry.
ing itself In the tree about six inches
above the mans head. He took time nv |
the lorelock and skipped out, but the
father kept up constant fire in his rear
as he beat his hasty retreat
Several weddings are on the boards for
the near future. Cumberland can beat
the world on marrying and giving in mar.
ri9ge.
The prospect in Hancock county is
splendid for an abundant crop OF wheat,
and as we are fast becoming fruitgrow-
Ing county we will have large yield,
lhould the crop not receive any damage
N the future, as 1t Is all right so far as we
AN hear from our fruit growers.
PIErRo,