The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-28
rHE LOAF ExHIRIIIoN,
Some Interesting ReIics Of Ye OIds
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Dome INTERESTING helea Of nc Uloen
Times,
There aFeQuiteR number Of things to be
seen at the Loan that are interesting in
connection with the early history Of the
county. The Indian relics form no In.
considerable part Of these, as the history
Of this neighborhood msrges into Indian
tales At no very distant date. Many OF
these are in a case belonging to ]. ], West
lake, Joseph Worley's tomahAwk Ia here,
1t Ia oil steel. Before the white man came
with iron and furnished the Indian with
deRdlier weapons, az he does with i'm.
proved rifles now, llnt and stone axes
were used. Some Of them are to be seen
also.
There are several stone axes. These
were used to cut down trees in clearing
land and to cut the logs into lengths for
moving out oil the way. The logs were not
chopped, but were CharTed, and these
axes sCraped of the charcoal to hasten the
work,
There are several exhibits OF flint arrow
heads Of great variety. Some are OF pure
white flint, and some are beaut iiully
shaped.
The Uhisel.shaped hints were used for
drilling out stones for hominy mills, ETC.
A number oil curious stones used in In
dian games are shown, and large round
stones that were fastened to the ends Of
war clubs by MEETINGS Of thongs.
One stone was used TO crush corn and
make hominy, and in Westlaks's case Ia q
medicine cup"
The skull Of "Big Foot" 10 shown; but
1t Ia hard to SEQ how that Chiefs skull
could be found. He was undoubtedly
drowned In the river by Adam Poe, and
his body was left where it sank.
There are some relics Of the Revolution,
bat they are mostly small = cups, dishes, a
Canteen, etc.
~siugularly enough there Is no spinning
wheel, but there is an old fax hRtChel.
Among the States curiosities Is q part
OF a timber from one OF the block houses
Of Fort Stephenson, near sandpsky, that
was 80 CALAMITY defended by Major Gro
CHAN In 1878, against the combined In'
diRns and British,
The books and q number OF other things,
speak volumes Of early times but we have
already noticed them.
LONE LY ITEMS.
Tho darkey baby shew and that Silent
Committee next.
A day next week will be specially Cul
Hover day-Thursday,
Tho Knights OF Honor will escort the
Steubenville Knights from the depot,
The b. 4 0. road will take q hand in the
Loan excursions from Wheeling Saturday
evening.
The catalogue will soon be ready. Some
Of us will have all the articles by heart by
that time,
There are several specimens OF the pulp
made when GleenbRCks are destroyed by
the Government.
In the shell department Is q copy Of lasI
Sundays Chicago Tribune the new Tesla
ment q part Of 1t.
Saturday will likely be one OF the BIZ
days, Tho Telegram brings up an exCur'
sion that evening.
0Aar Wright, q Moundsvills florist,
brought up q lot OF flowers to tho Loan on
Thursday, and sold a number OF them.
The Loan Is indebted for many curious
bits Of carving 10 the time spent in idle
ness, but for this work, in Rebel prisons
Some new swords have been added to
the collection with the llSgs. One was
used In the defense Of Baltimore In the
war OF 1872,
win Clouse has on his show case an
exactly proportioned model OF the Egypt.
ian 0belisk lately erected In New York, II
contains all the inscriptions.
st. Clairsville sent down q crowd Fri
day morning and another In the evening
all going back at night. The 81. Clairs'
willie people claim that this crowd, Consld.
ering the relative sizes Of the towns, Ia
equivalent 10 o crowd oil over five hun
dTed from here to their fair. All right
we'll be there.
J,R. Purnell'g coins stand for lots oil H.
formation, and whenever he ls there you
can easily find out that he knows all
about them; for he answers all queetions.
The BdnssviM Erlterpri~ says that in s. Q
Hamllton's booth Is q collection OF coins
"said to belong 10 Q. o. Crafty" Mr.,
Cratty's collection contains a great number
Of curious medals made by the Govern
ment to commemorate incidents In our
history.
Tia Loan will be free Monday, Decora'
ton Day, to all old soldiers. II IL intend,
ed 10 have them march from the public
square 10 the building, meeting on the
square at "a. NJ. They will also go to the
cemetery to decorate the graves Of thell
dead comrades, The following marshall
have been appointed: Chief, James B
Gorrell; Assistant, ]. r. Purnell; Chief OIL
Fire Department, George Muth; rolling
mill delegation, Aaron Mills; city delega.
ton, Chris. Bippis and John Gallagher;
veterans, O. L. Poorman; glass men, Al.
bert Rodeisr; railroad men, II. M. 1nGler
Colored men, Andrew Truman.