The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-12
MARSHALL COUNTY.
New Poor Farm = The ohio River Road
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New Poor Farm = Fine ohio Biyer Road
Happenings. -.
The Board OF Directors hold meeting at
the prison to-day, ~
County Clerk Finn reports business reason
ably good in his office. s;H
The venerable Daniel Psck, Esq., was in
town yesterday, on legal business.
B. +. Meigheu, E!q., went to Wetzel
county'S met!opola1 yesterday on legal busi'
ness.
The Webster Wagon Company shipped
wagon number IA .002 to Columbus, D., yes
terday.
A it'll, brotherly differences sent a young
Middle warder to jail last Saturday evening
for 2i-hour term. +
Frank Patterson, colored, OF Jefferson
county, and Peter Bryant, white, OF Monroe
county, each completed two year termsat the
prison yesterday.
Capt. Joe Yaucy, who has been M inmate
OF the county Jail since the 4th Of July last,
on a-eharge OF whipping his step-inother, will
be allowed to agGin enjoy sweet freedom"
10 about ten days, IS his term will expire In
that time.
About 100 persons have been sent to jail
by heMeyor since the issuing OF the liquor
licences BY Council In June last, and over
$40 Jail fees have been paid by the town. A
large portion Of this sum has, OF course, been
collected off the prisoners sent up.
The water has all been pumped out OF the
Mouud97ille Coal Company's mines, and the
work OF getting the hosting apparatus IN
readire2s for raising coal Is being pushed
forward as rapidly as possible, with q probI5
bility OF being ready for operations within
the next ten days or two weeks.
Circuit Court Clerk Baker yesterday re-
ceiyed notice from his Honor J udge Boyd,
that the application made Thursday last by
J. B. Mcclure, Esq, attorney Tor number Of
Marshall county taxpayers, for an III anodon
restraining Sheriff Hicks fromcollectins the
levy made for paying the different orders
given the Canton, O., Bridge Company In
payment for bridges furnished the county,
had besn refused. ,,sr-... -s
Deputy Sheriff Mathews arrested Henry
Heirzerotb, o prominent German farmer oil
Meade district, yesterday, aud lodged MN IN
jail, on csplas Issued from the Circuit court
during the recent term, for contempt in re-
fusipg to comply with an order made two or
three years ago requiring him TO pay to his
wife, ithey not having keen living together
for s )me years the sum Of s2O per month
for her support. The payments have not
been made for several months past, Mr.
Hsirzssoth claimiog that he had been una
bic to do 50.
Chairman Ewing, OF the County Court,
committee TO select tact OF land to be puI-
chased for county poor farm, says his COM
mittee kaye several farms in view, all OIL
which are for sale, aud that an examination
OF the several locations will be made in .
short time and selection no doubt made.
Mr.. Ewing declined TO indicate which OF the
places would probably be selected, but the
writer was led to believe that Mr.. Mates
land, containing something likso one hundred
acres, situated on Middle Grave creek, about
one-half mile east OF town, would be recon-
mended as the most suitable, In several re-
spects, OF any location obiainable.
Your correspondent Is indebted to George
Allison, the accommodating engineer OF the
Ohio River Road construction train for ride
over several miles Of the new road, on Sun.
day last. That the accommodations OF the
train will hardly compare with the Langtry
car Jerome Marble" must bs confet Sed, nor
Is the track quite 50 smooth as the Baltimore
Il OHIO, still II was ride on the new road,
and the novelty OF the thing went far towards
MT king mp all deficiencies The train has
been employed for several days past, pend-
Ing the putting up OF the bridge OF Hcg Run,
opposite Captina, hauling gravel from 3. A.
MCLEAN place, Round Bottom, and dis.
tributing 1t along the road from Big Grave
Greek south, to be used as ballast 1t was
expected that the bridge would be completed
by yesterday evening, when track laying
would be continued. Mr.. Carey, the gentle
man who Is to complete Mr.. Blacks contract,
Chat gentleman having given II up) Of lay
ing the track from this end OF the road, IS
now here, and personally experiments the
work.