The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-03-17
OLA PODRIDA.
A MEA1Y MtLANeE OF MISCELLANY
From All the TOun, Of the ylelnIiy and from til.
State at LsrEs-A Boom In AaauheIurlhE
up at BsllIIr', nsrtlAI
Fsrry and Sew Cumberland
Little washington wants a telephone e1.

Little Washington wants telephone ex-
change.
The question for greater reservoir facilities
in steubenyille will soon be live oRe.
The Pan Handle maintenance Of way otllce'
has been removed from Steubenville to Pitts.
burgh.
The total expenses OF the borough OF
Wellsville in searching for the dead OF the
Scioto disaster were S2SI.
The difficulty that has existed between the
Philo snd Union societies, OF WRynesburg
College, las been Emicably adjusted aud tue
usual annual contest will take place on the
2lst
In fning young Frazier for carrying con-
cealed Weapons, Judge Ball said that be made
It rule not TO sentence persons TO idle i'm.
priSonment. Guernsey county should have
workhouse.
The finding Of the Monroe county coroner
In the Wilcox. Rucker Affair was as follows:
THAT the said John W. RuCker came to his
death In natural way, aud not by means oil
any violence"
The Ward Iron Works, at New Philadelphia,
Ohio, started up wednesday. These new
work are said TO be one Of the finest enter
prises 10 the TuscaawAs Valley. The cost Is
given at $4,000 4s.
The Fairmont IIt,t Ehginian in yesterdays
issue says: "a report reaches us that one
night last week man named Finn, residing
near Kingtown, In Wetzel county, murdered
bis wife, using case knife and cutting her
head of. We failed to get any further par
ticulars OF the brutal affair"
Aterrib' disease has broken out among
some OF the sheep about New Philadelphia.
J. X. Kurtz has lost In q shoit time ninety
six Of the finest sheep in his d jck. The
disease Is called ''pale skim" and consists Of
q parasite or worm In the lungs, from two
to three inches In length and quite small.
The gsose earnings OF the Waynesburg &
Washington Railroad for the month OF Feb.
ruAry Amounted TO $2SS s., or \ little over
one hundred dollars per day, Sundays in.
cluded. This Is about three hundred dollars
more than the road earned during the cores
bonding month last year. There was also
but single cent difference In the amount
received for passenger traffic and that taken
In for freight carrying.
It reported that Mr.. James Graham, liy-
ing in Summers county, became involved in
quarrel with school teacher named
Thomas Smith, last week, and in the diff.
Guilty Smith was shot by Graham. The
Mountain EIfTdh says: How serious the
wound was, our informant could not state,
but we gathered the fact that Smith was shot
| in the neck with charge Of buckshOt fred
from double.barreledS shot gun. Graham had
not left the neighborhood, and no arrest had
been made.h
-. WILTSHIRE.
Mr.. Reed Beerbower Is suffering from an
attack OF paralysis. stdl ".
There has been an unusual amount Of sick
ness hereabouts this winter. The number Of
deaths In proportion to csses OF sickness is
small.
Wellsburg is experiencing boom Just now
that even the most Sauguine never dreamed
Of. New dwelling houses are looming upon
every hand, and yet the supply is not equal
to the demand. Several families have as yet
no place OF shelter after April l.
Midway, adjoining the northwest boundary
OF Wellsburg has FIVE new houses put up this
winter. Adam BAford, the pioneer OF Mid:
way has put an addition to bis dwelling, and
contemplates putting up another dwelling.
On the lots formerly owned by 9. W.
Moren, adjoining the p, W. L. Ky. X. X.
grounds, two dwellings have been erected,
and the walls are being laid for the third.
There Is also near by q dwelling being put up
on grounds recently owned by G. W, Cald.
we'll. Up In Ltzearville they are spreading
out. Dwellings are popping up all around.
The factories are In full operation. s. George
runs his paper mill which makes -four sack
paper only, day aud night and finds ready
market for all the paper that Is made. The
paper sack mandatory OF A. Rae 4 Co.,
located beside Georges mills, employs over
fifty hands. Such Is the demand for their
goods that the works have been for some
| lime past running extra time In order 10
keep up with the orders. Harvey Bros.,
manufacturers of straw wrapping paper, have
no need for warehouse 10 store their paper.
It Is sold as fast as made. They frequently
have TO make extra runs TO I'LL orders.
VIM. Frank, owner and operator OF the
Wellsburg tannery, putsin every working
day. His establishment Is never idle, only
while repairs are being made. Thus 1t goes
year In and year out.
The Acme Mower Works Is In full blast,
and Is taxed to its fullest capacity to fill
orders for the coming harvest.
The Pan Handle Window Glass Works,
which has bot just ftirly started, has met
with announcements that are Of the kind 10
indicate to stockholders that their money is
well invested. Orders are pouring in upon
| them from all quarters, They are now ship
ping by the car load. On Thursday they re-
ceiyed an order from the West, for ten car.
loads. They have been compelled TO decline
several first class orders by reason OF not
being able TO I'll them. Everything Is work
| Ing smoothly, and glass OF the very best quail
ity 10 being made. Prices however are
shade lower than q short time since. Only
seventeen shares Of stock OF this company re.
main unSold. Atthe Riverside Glass Works
they are disposing OF oil the ware they can
make. Additional Improvements are being
added to the works, which OF Itself Is evi.
dence that all goes we'll, and that the bust
ness Is satisfactory. The natural gas which
has been applied 10 the"glory holes" clears"
and boiler furnaces gives eRiire satisfaction.
The men are daily shortening the distance
between the surface and the rich vein OF coal
that Is beneath u.s. The early part OF sum
rner no doubt will witness the coal shaft In
complete working order
The gas company, and particularly W. Q.
1 Barclay Secretary, a;e as busy as bees getting
ready to lay gas pipes through the streets.
At a special meeting Of the Council on
Wednesday evening" the committee appoint
ed TO contract with The Gas Company made
report which was adopted by vote OF to
9. The Gas Company agrees to furnish the
| light at cost Of 80 a post, the town making
all connections and lighting the same. The
contract 10 tor three years, and the company
agrees 10 lay pipes on Water, Charles and
Yankee streets 81 present, furnishing gas for
about forty posts, the pipes To be laid on the
other strssis GS soon RS arrangements can
be made for 80 doing. but the contract only
includes the above named three streets. Mr..
Barclay left Wednesday for Louisville, In
the interest OF the Gas Company, to make
contracts With parties for furnishing pipes, 10
be laid through the streets. ...
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Miss Belle Beanie entertained her friends
at her home on Union street last evening.
A new iron fence Is being put around the
Gre zier property at the corner OF the Square,
Samuel West, OF st. ClaIrsville, was hero
yesterday, the guest Of his brother, Dr. PArk
WssL,
Mrs. P. 7. King entertained q number OF
friends last night at her home In the Fourth
ward.
DR.. 7. H. Armstrong OF woodsHeld, was
In town yesterday, the guest OF Dr.. McCul-
Tough.