The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-08-04
IN THE MOUNTAINS,
Newsy Notes, Gossip and Personal
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NeWsy NOteH, GOShlp and Pcrnonnl1
About Oakland and Vicinity. =.
Special Correspondence Of tho lntclgeucct.
Y OAKLAND, MD., August 3.--As Oakland,
and the various other localities on the AL.
legheny Mountains, favored and patronizedE
by so many seeking restoration 10 health
and strength, arc becoming noted and pub
lished 80 extensively, surrounding coun.i
try, for agricultural purposes, is worthy Of
notice and should not be overlooked. And
while the weather has been some what de-
trimental to the success Of the resorts as
such, 1t has generally been favorable to the
farmer. Now, he is actively engaged in;
harvesting, and although the rain fall Of the
past lew days has interfered to some extent
with his work, he has no reason to com.
plain for all the different crops, which at
one time had the appearance OF being par
tial failures sre in excellent condition. spgl53
In driving. through the country q few
days ago, We could not fail to observe the \
improved state Of vegetation, in tho culti-
waited fields very marked Improvement
was discernable. Wheat Is good and its (
harvesting about completed; grass Is yery
heavy; oats, which early In the season had
every indication Of being Of little account,
are iull, nearly ready TO cut and will yields
more than the average crop. Buckwheat,S
one OF the principal life sustainers OF the
Garrett County farmers during the winters
and for which the County is noted, looks
well, in some places is in bloom, and will
produce the usual quantity to the acre. Z So \
is it with nearly all other products OF thisS
section oi the country, and close observer
will readily SEQ that the land is well adapt-S
cd 70 farming purposes The land is nat
urally fertile. 1t is tillnble, requires little
or no artificial means to enrich 1t and Is as {
productive, with less labor, as any in the
State. Much Of it is mountainous or hillyS
land but much glade land exists, and 4
better Tor grazing and stock raising can not
be found. The great need Is an increased
number OF thrifty, energetic, enterprising
and hardworking fnrmers-these are lack-S.
ing: Some there arc, and wherever youIf
find one you will sec that his labor has not@
been in vain; that he has not failed, but
made success. The land is here, it has
the soil, it is productive, and all that is Z;
needed to make this thegardenspot oil Mary
land is sufficient number Of those per-
sons who are willing to improve these nat
ural advantages, who ll.reclaim heglades5 B
and reduce them aud the timber land to a i
state Of cultivation.
General Barstow, after an illness Of four x
weeks, died nj the Oakland Hotel, and .ons
Tuesday hislremans were, taken 10 Berkeley:
Springs, W. Va, for interment. He entered
the army at the commencement Of The war !.
US q volunteer and was a Captain on len !se
McDowells stuff, was also on Gen. NJ ldc'sS &
stall ut Gettysburg. He served through tho, &
war with distinction and was rapidiypro-Ej
NOTED, at its close having obtained the
rank OF Brevet Brigadier General. In
1866 he was appointed n Captain in the
regular army, and in 1860 was placed on H
the retired list At the time Of his DEATH
he was in his sixty-fourth year. II "a ssgS
Bishop Andrews will preach in the NJ
=; Church next Tuesday evening, and on /:
"Wednesday morning will dedicate the NJ. 81
L church recently erected mt Deer Park. 81
Gen. Crook joined his wife at the Glades &
Hotel on Tuesday. stis;s$: gf$56:t3ll3Ss
Arrivals at the Gla1es Hotel: B r.. Gods
wise, Maryland; D, L. McComb, A. F.; ;Hor.a
ner, Washington, D. c.; Frank Robertson y;
.. L. Basnett, Charles NJ. Taylor, ,Wheel-e
ing; J. II. Grafton, Marietta; Mr.. Alurrays
Cheston und family, L. J. Frank, philadei.gi
phia; Miss Hall, West River Md; NliasS
Johns and sister, Virginia; George Crook, n
United States Army A. L. Angler, = Dr.s:
Zenner and wife, Ohio; j.. frank Hiss,
Londoni John Bassell, Clarksburr;E Fl. MAJ
son, Baltimore; JnmesE. Neal, J .5aA..S Me-
Dewitt, Philadelphia; S. S. Cunningham, y
Covinston. s.. : +, * h
At Oakland Hotel: A. L. Hoult, Balti..5a3
more; Howard Hammond, /, Miss Eddy.
Deer Park; J. A. Judge, Pennsylvania 4. .s9
Rietdorf, Baltimore. - .:53l5 " 8ssssss