The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-15
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AppOInIsd-0IhsF llems,
FAIRMoNT, July l4-Quits a little ex.
element Ia prevailing in this section over
the discovery Of oil in the upper end Of
this county. At q depth Of $40 leet oil
has been found Of g good quality, and 1t
is believed that by going deeper It will be
obtained in paying quantities. We saw q
sample Of the oil taken from the we'll on
Monday last, aud it seemed equally as
good as that we have seen in the Pennsyl-
vsniR oil regions,
The company operating this we'll was
chartered In September, 1880, and is
known As the MaFiGn Oil Company; capt.
tai stock limited 10 100000. Most Of the
stoCkhOlders, who are among our most
enterprising citizens, reside In Manning.
ia president, and A. 3. PrichArd secretary,
with the principal office at Warrington.
About ak thousand RcIes Of land have
been purchased or leased on Big and Lit
tie Bingamon Greeks, In Marion and Har-
rison counties, and It is the determination
Of the company to push their operations
10 Q thorough teet. So far their expeCta-
tons have been o than realized, and
they confidently expect to obtain oil in
large quantities, as there have been good
surface indications where they are work.
ing for many years, II they succeed it
will make q regular boom for this section.
All the manufacturing establishments in
this community are running 10 their full
capacity, The Machine Works, at Pala-
tine, are busily engaged In putting up the
threshiug machine known 90 the "Pala.
tine Separator" Of which they have sold
nearly 100 within the last three or four
years, The PalRtine potteries are shipping
large quantities OF ware to different points,
having loaded several cars during the last
few weeks, The Barnesville Manufacture
ing Company 10 also running extensively
and purchasing large quantities Of wool,
Other wool buyers have also shipped sew.
srAl thousand pounds from this point,
Prices range low.
Farmers took advantage Of the fair
weather on Monday and Tuesday, and
now generally have their wheat stacked In
good condition.
Mr.. O, N, Shin, in the Internal Rev.
enue Service at MRrtinsburg, 10 at home
4 dVbuuluk pulu9 uhlh olluuk lileuuht
K, D, Walker, Esq, telegraph operator
. here, started yealerday for Texas on .
prospecting tour,
, The following are the teachers appoint
, cd q few. evenings ago 'or u public
schools the ensuing year;
Principal, Mr.. Thomas O. Miller,
Room No. 5, Miss Fannie Z. Pride.
= Room No. 4, Mr.. NJ, N. Ross.
Room No. 8, Miss Amanda Fleming,
a Room No. 2, Miss Addie l.. Brodie.
, Room No. !, Miss Carrie V. Turney.
.. Oolored school, James NJ. SatteIhsld.
I Batnsville school, John NJ. Sattsrield
Fleming school, Mics Sarah Fleming.
a There are but two changes from las
years corps OF teachers,
As we have seen but few peraon's OF
!. route for Morgsntown this week, we sup
pose the Slate Teachers Association, Il
' session at that place, is not largely OF
tended. Among the enterprising eduCa
tors, however, that went were Prois. F
II. Orago, Of your city, and T. NJ. Marshall
OF Glenville.
Ex-Governor Pierpont will remove thu
Q internal revenue Office from Grafton /,
Fairmont this week. We understand HI
will make but few, II any, changes In thu
/, clerical force Of the district at present.