The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-11-26
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three hundred years DID, Still, they. are
le1,ble. and their reading matter is more
or las interesting in q local'poin of vicw.
Tbs number for April II, 1920, contains 3
renort from the Baltimore and Ohio
abroad engineers who had been sent
to England to examine into The
rsa If locomotives on some otthe local
roads there, and decide upon the practical
bIli,y Of introducing them for general use
especially on up Grsdes-on the BE- g,
then in the third year Of ita existance, and
built as far as Ellicotta mills, fifteen miles
out Of Baltimore! One Of these three en-
Vipeers was Jonathan Knight, Of Wash
iuVtou county, Pa, who figured for SO
long A time afterwards in the service Of
the cornpatiy. and who was finally elected
a member Of congress in the early days Of
the Republican party from Washington
county. The saving by the use Of locor1o-
lives, as compared with horses, was esti'
mstedat 80 per cent. Itisreally. interest,"
ing reading the primadve reportthey. made
70 the then little B. & o. company! y O.
In this same number Of the Gassik We
find the returns from an election held in
Ohio county for Congress. Ohio county
then included Marshall county in whole pr
part, and returns are given from Wheel
ing,spd Grave Creek. The whole number
of votes cast in Wheeling was 447 and at
Grave Greek l65. OF these votes Phillip
Doddridge received 467 and some mainly
the name Of johnson 145. There we're I've
candidates for the Legislature, viz: FitE'
hugh, mo frst names are given, ramon /,
Webb. Curtis and Shepherd! Fitzhugh
po!Ied $40 votes; Parriott, 3O5; Webb, 2O1
Curtis, LAG, and shepherp 81. o. ~
The editor OF the GGEGtts notes that o.
the same election ballot was taken for q
candidate to the celebrated Virginia Con
yention OF 1890, afterwards memorable
In the history OF the State. and oil which
Chief Justice Marshall, ex.P President Ma
olson, John Randolph, Phillip Doddridge,
and Alexander Campbell were members.
The candidates voted for at this bal.
lot were NJ. W. Chapline, Samuel Sprigg
and Archibald Mclean, and they received
respectively 232, and 1877 and las votes.o
The proceedings OF meeting held AT
Mrs, GoodinR's in regard to SELECTING,
delegate TO said convention are published
in the CARTE. John Snodgraes was chair
man and 2. Jacob Secretary. Isaac Lelliet
explained the object OF the meeting, and
the assembly resolved to support Samuel
Sprigs, Of Ohio county, and Phillip Ded,
dridge, OF Brooke, Rs delegates. The edit.
or speaks dispsragiuglyo oil the meetipgt
Gays that only % persons were present., II
Of whom were from Wheeling, and the
balance from the upper part Of the county.
He favored Col. Chapline as against Mr..
Sprtcg for tho convention. 9 The Colonel
has a pronunciamento in the Gdstte Aex-
planatory Of his position as a candi-
date. He announces that "a crisis has'sr-
rived" and that .the. abuses OF tho State
government, originating in the detects oil
the constitution, have become intoler,
able.n He declares in, favor OF g. white
basis Of representation, and for the extern
sion otithe rights OF sntrsge. Those
were the good old dsys when the voting
was done 6y ,ireeholders. BE was also In
favor Of abolshing the county courts, and
speaks OF them as ian excfesence OF the
colonial system" He denounced the
then existing system OF taxation, which
he said sis poll tax the most odious and
unjust" and favored "a contribution to DO
raised from the people, in proportion 10
their property" ID ,IuE LJI 4.l.
The extension Of the suffrage was then
as much OF q question In ,Virginia-es-
pecialy west OF the mountains 8it has
been since In England. We notice call
for q meeting OF non.freeholders Ito as
semble at The Flats OF Grave Greek on
the 18th Of the month" to influence the
selection OF candidates to the convention
favorable TO the extension OF suffrage. =
The discovery of petroleum oil in Cum.
berland county, KY, by parties boring for
salt, Ia announced. 1.-THE oil rushed up
twelve or fourteen feet above the surface
OF the earth, and 1t was believed that
about rs gallons per minute were discbarg.
ed" Strange as it may seem, the people
did not know, at that day, how touulizs
this discovery, and 1t was not until thirty
years afterwards that they learned the
value OF petroleum for illuminating pur.
poses. D During all that time they contin:
ued the use Of tallow dips. 81 ". r--"
From the Gazette OF April II. 1929, We
pass, as they do in novels, over period
OF thres years, or to the GGtCtte OF April
2S, 1882. The frat item we meet is an an.
nouncement that the mail now arrives
here in two days from Baltimore and two
days from Cincinnati. This was consld.
cred wonderful. The next item is the
proceedings ''at meeting OF the young
men Of Wheeling friendly 10 the election
OF Henry Clay and John Searpent, as
President and Vice President Of the Uni.
ted States" Among these young men
were Alexander Wilson, Geo. w. Wilson,
John l.. Newly, William Mcconnell, vii.
liam Lsmbdin, Jr., T. p. Robinson and
William McGaughy. These were selected
to attend national meeting OF Washing.
ton City on the first Monday OF May. ~.
Among the marriage notices was that OF
the late W. v, Shriver, Esq to Miss Car
oline Zine, daughter Of Noah Zare, Esqp
They were married by the Rev. q. II. Cos.
ton, as also was "Mr. Benjamin Kelley,
merchant, OF the firm OF Gorham & Kel.
ley, Wheeling, 10 Miss Mary NJ. King.
eldest daughter Of Mr.. VIM. B. King, Of
the Wheeling House." Among the death
notices was that OF Hiram Hedges, BsqSi
Of West Liberty, who bad been ian honest
and faithful magistrate" OF the county. n
A public dinner was given 70 Col John
Parriott, on the 18th, at Mr; Jones hotel,
by the citizens Of Ellzabethlown { Mounds:
ville) and vicinity, as q testimony Of re.
spect and esteem 10 him as one Of their
representatives Ia the House Of Delegates
otVirginia. At"two o'clock the company
partook ola dinner prepared BY Mr.. Jones
in his usual style OF taste, liberality and
elegance" After dinner there were toasts
aud speeches, and Col. Parriott spread
himself at considerable length. lie, was
called up by DR., W. Baldwin, who pro.
posed the following toast: "our guest,
Col. John Parriott, the confidence reposed
in him in 1926 has not been diminished in
1882" The Col. was doing his best in
those days to take the county seat away
from Wheeling TO sMouudsville, but he Rl.
luded TO 1t very gipgerly In his speech.
We shall defer further alIusion to the
contents Of these old papers until another