The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-06-29
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Republican MISUNDERSTANDING Items
Local Notes and Personal Mention.
WELlsBuRa, June %.
Editor IntellEenesr:
The Republicans Of Brooke county met
in convention on Saturday at the Court
House TO elect delegates TO the Grafton
Convention. ]. G. Jacob, Chairman OF
the County Executive Committee, was
chosen Chairman, and Geo. B. Crawford
Secretary.
Asuggestion was made that ]. 6. Jacob,
G. W. Caldwell and T. s. Brown be ap-
pointed to draft resolutions expressing the
endorsement by the Republicans Of Brooke
county Of the nomination OF Hon. James
A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur for
President and Vice President OF the
United States. No objection being made,
the gentlemen named were. appointed.
On motion, ordered, That the delegates
20 to the Convention uninstructed.
The following were selected as delegates
with power 10 choose alternates: John A.
Briggs, DR.. G. Shriyer, Darwin McClelland,
James +. Murphy, James +. Cree and
Leander Browning.
The steam ferry boat, Transit, has
recently undergone some substantial I'm.
provements, prominent among which Is
the substitution OF rudders for steering in.
stead OF an oar. The hull being OF the
large model two sets OF rudders are used,
a set at either end, to obviate the necessity
OF turning the boat. Two separate pilot
wheels are used. The apparatus works to
the entire satisfaction OF the owners and
saves considerable time and much labor
in the handling Of the boat.
The Novelty Glass Works at Lagrange
is almost completed and will be ready 70
put into operation in a very short time.
1t Is said by glass men TO be model es'
Enlistment. A well, which, when com.
pleted will be four feet in diameter is be.
ing sunk to provide pure drinking water.
The water for making steam and other
purposes will belorced from the river with
the latest improved machinery. A num-
Der OF new houses have been erected in
Lagrange during the past year, among
the number is large modern store room.
Mr.. W. II. Rodgers the leading village
merchant is preparing to erect an addi-
ton to his store room.
At the Lagrange coal shaft they are
boring to test vein OF sandstone as to It's
qualities for the manufacture OF glass. II
it should prove to be suitable, 1t is expect
ted TO be the beginning ofa new branch OF
industry at that point.
Mr.. II. G. Lazear while making an exca-
walton fort tho erection OF hisnew residence,
in Lazearville, unearthed quite a number
Of human bones. In space OF probably
thirty by forty feet, he Informs us, that
quite number OF graves were discovered
human remains. We saw the
mark OF one OF the graves In the side OF
the excavation. 1t was about three feet
deep and had been dug north aud south.
Near the bottom OF the grave was quite q
quantity OF wood ashes and charcoal.
Mr.. Lazear says that all the remains un-
earthed we're more or less surrounded
with wood ashss and charcoal. They
have evidently been there many years, as
he Cox family located there more than
one hundred years ago, and they had no
history Of any interments at that spot.
Query: What people that inhabited this
valley prior to the white man that depos.
ted ashes with the dead?
We are glad to notice that Col. II. W.
Crothers, who has been quite unwell for
, few days past, is rapidly improving.
Miss Annie Kinsey and Miss Ida Shad.
we'll, Of smithfeld, Ohio, are visiting Mrs.
George Graham.
A building has been erected in the vi
Unity Of the Riverside glass works for the
OF fancy glass labels and fine
,lass generally.
NJ. W. S. Abrams, of the firm OF Werlich
( Abrams, has bought the interest OF DR..
Werlich in the drug business. G. B. @.