The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-23
TYLER COUNTY.
Court Proceed tnEs-Husi Notes.-The
River Railroad,

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| River Railroad.
Special Correspondence Of the ln,ellgepcct.
MIDpLEuorRSE, TYLER CouSry, W, Va.
December l0.-This Is tho seat Of Justice
for the county Of Tyler; 1t Is a town Of
some four hundred and fifty population,
pleasantly situated in the fertile valley Of
Middle Island Creek. Tho residences and
business houses Of the town arc generally
modern in style, and tho inhabitants Of the
town and country arc above the average in
intelligence, enterprise and thrift. On las.
Monday, the llth inst, the Circuit Court
Of Tyler county was to have met for la
winter term, tho grand and petit jurors,
litigsnts, witnesses and attorneys as well
as the usual hansers.on Of county court
assembled, but no Judge. Alter waiting
lor some time and deliberating what was
best 10 do, tho bar proceeded to elect
special Judge, rs provided In such case by
The statutes, choosing Hon. G. j. Stuart
the great eommoner," from Dodd,iJre
county, who had formerly been Circuit
Judge IN this Circuit. An old time chnrpt,
to :i'c grand jury was given, ropsistjnv
Of large amount OF good sense apti
legal advice. Judge Stuart presided
during, the +. entire week, giving
general satisfaction and disposinp oi n
large amount OF business. AT noon. on In.
18th inst, Judge A. d. Fleming came. und
We then learned that the cause OF Judy,.
Stealcy's absence was m arrangement, io
exchange with Judge Fleming SO that Ger
tain cases on the Tyler county Iockrt
In which Judge Stealey had been employei
as counsel before his election ms Jndoc
could be tried, and the disarraupement nj
the mails caused by the temporary suspen.
sion oi navigation on the Ohio river pre-
vented the authorities here from being ad-
vised MS to the facts in tho case. -.
The stores here arc nil doing n good
business, the near approach OF the holi.
days no doubt helping some. Mr.. LII.
Sicaley and the Kotzbue Bros. have the
largest stores in the town. 80 -
L; n. rarkes, Esq, the County Superin.
tendent OF free schools, is live man and
an earnest friend OF education. : So
The farmers In this section arc begin.
ming to interest themselves in wool growing.
Some fine llocks Of sheep are now TO 6s
iound in this county. The Corbitt Bros.
between here and Sstersville have the
largest iocks and are among the pioneers
in this industry.
The prospect OF the River Railroad ia
commented on favorably here, although
regret Is expressed in thisimmediste neitb.
6oIhood that they could not get it 10 come
this way. .--''G'''Ss = :
Butt is better to haven railroad within
nine miles OF you and certain means OF
transportation than the uncertainties Of
river travel. s - =
slstersvile, on the Ohio river, nine miles
from here is the entrepot OF this county.
There is good graded road from there
back through the county by the way OF thia
place. S!stersville is finished town, II
man ever sells his home in that town he
has TO leave; he cannot buy again. The
locomotive may help matters, how
ever. l next go to New Martinsyilte
where everybody bngs and makes hs
brag good. They say they are going to
have railroad centre there. | sec they
have railroad director there in the person
OF Hon. Sep. Hall. Hall Is wide-awake
man and will do as much as any other.
since he has got 10 be n railroad man am
afRid he will want to run for Senator, az
no man can hope ior anything in West
VirSlnla unless he is railroad nun al
ready or is going to build one soon.
Speaking Of politics and the candidacy
ior the United States Senate, the most
popular man in this section amongst men
oil all parties, is Colonel Ben Wilson.