Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-08-06
From Ohio.
A NeWsy letter.
C1RCLEvILLE, ONO, !
July 81, 1881. !

july 81, 1881.
Eds. Independent:
While laying up for rest after a
week of considerable travelling and
work among miIlers and grain men
oil the buckeye state, LII fulfill the
promise made you. Since leaving
Martinsburg, have been to Chilli
Gothic, Lancaster, Amanda, Stouts-
vile aud this place, aud have met
with tolerable success. But it is of
Clrcleville | would write. 1t Is n
beautiful place, of 1000 inhabitants.
situated ON the east bank OF the Sci
ota river, about the center of picka.
way county lone OF the most pros
porous counties of the STATED at the
junction Of the Sciota Valley and
Muskingnm Valley Railroads. the
OHIO canal, from Lake Erie to the
Ohio river, at Portsmouth, runs
through the place. The town il
well laid off, the streets and pave
ments wide and roomy. III not en-
ter into details MS to water and gas
works, let it suffice to say they are
the best and latest improved. The
people are industrious and generally
well TO do. Statistics of the State
show this place to be the third city
OF the State Tor wealth, exceeded on
" by Cincinnati and Columbus.
Messrs. Il. and j. Z. Smith and O.
4. y lies are largely engaged in grow
ing broom corn near the town, the
season for cutting, thrashing and
packing begin about the middle of
August and lasts from 6 to s weeks.
g. V. Sears is largely engaged in
growing and canning sugar corn. the
season for this enterprise is of about
The same duration as that of broom
corn. Together the parties named
employ about 1000 hands, men, wom-
en- and children, whose average pay
! am informed, is about $I.0O per
day. There is also large foundery
and machine shop here, which is
now overrun with orders for min
ing machinery for Montana and 9TH
er mining districts.
Your former young townsman.
Geo. K. Kratz, is located here and
doing the leading clothing business
OF the place. He has one OF the fin-
est store rooms on Main st. George
is now east for the purpose of replen-
ishing his already large stock. In
his absence his chief clerk, Edwin
Howard, son of your popular auc-
tioneer, Lem Howard, is running the
business.
Yesterday / had the pleasure of
meeting another Berkeley county
man, w. e. Bolin. Mr.. b. left Vir-
ginia when a boy and came to Ohio.
He is now member of the extensive
grain firm Of Bowman Il Bolin. Az
Chillicothe | met Captain Jno HI.
Mccoy and Jas. j. Hooper, former
ly of Martinsburg. Capt. Mccoy is
now Road master of the Sciota VAL
ley Railroad. Headquarters at
Chillicothe; and Jim Hooper has
charge of the Co.'S carpenter shop.
Both are well and doing well. A
word as to the crops in the country
through which / have passed, will
no doubt be of interest to your pay
ing farmer subscribers. Wheat is
being rapidly thrashed and hauled to
market, the price, according to con-
dition, Is from $1.10 to $l.13 pei
bushel. Corn 45 cts. per bushel.
Reports throughout the State as to
the new corn crop are unfavorable,
many claim that in consequence of
SO much replanting, there will not
be over half crop gathered. Thro'
the section which / have gone the
estimate is about correct. Further
west there is large increased acre.
age over last year, which il gathered
in good condition, will go long
way toward making up the deficien-
cy in this section. The freight on
grain from Martinsburg to Balti-
more Is IL cts. per hundred pounds
or IT cts. per bushel, on wheat, and
ON corn and rye about 81 per bush;
from here the rate is only Is cts. per
pounds or IT cts. per bush.
on wheat and q slight fraction over
IT per bushel on corn and rye. The
slight difference in rates between
Martinsburg and Baltimore and
Circleville and Baltimore, of / cent
per hundred pounds is of course, ap-
parent to your many intelligent
readers. / cannot close without
recommending to any of your peO-
pie who may chance te come this
way, mime host McCrca," OF the
Pickaway House. He's made from
the whole cloth, yard wide and all
wool, guaranteed. / leave here to-
on another tramp.
TRAVrY r.Ep