The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-24
RAINING BIRTHSTONE.
A PHENOMENON NEAR wELLssURe.
Ohio River Railroad xst.. from zound,niI.-otA,,
Railroad nAttsrs-sehOOr Ent.rtatrusst at
ST. Clalrsrlls-Danasss for KlnInsL
Nan with q Poker Claimed. Etc.
Fayette county is 10 have a new jaIl.

Fayette county Is to have a new jail
The hail storm OF last week did great
damage 10 crops In the neighborhood OF Lon.
donderry, Guernsey county, Ohio. The los
TO the peach crop Is very great, In some places
every Leaf being stripped from the trees.
Many Of the stones measured three and o bali
inches In circumference. Two hours after
the hail fell ladies frtzs ice cream with 1t.
The Huntington Adpertser learns that Post.
master Judson 6potFOrd, OF that city, has
brought Suit against John T. Gibson, ESQ.
and bis son Wesley A. Gibson for libelous
publication, in charging that said Spofford
kept bis wife, Nellie Spofford, on the pay roll
OF the Office and drew $500 per year on &C.
count OF her salary as clerk In the office,
when In fact she performed no service what.
ever.
RAILROAD SUIT.
oyerin Monroe county, Ohio, 7. W. Fetch.
er has filed a petition In the Court OF Com
mon Pleas against g.. L. Moonev and other
stockholders, and the Bellaire, Zanesyille &
Cinninnati Railway Company, to compel the
payment Of q jadgmentin bis favor amount.
Ing to 81 Sl7. 05. The Woodsfield Shirt says.
Investigation into the affairs Of the Company
the receipts and expenditures from the
payment OF the first dollar to the expenditure
Of the last cent, TO Ascertain where the lis.
bility properly belongs, will require consid.
cradle time. Rich developments will be
made before the stockholders will be served
with ii execution, II they ever are. The a.
fairs OF the company will receive q thorough
Sitting before the end Is reached"
sEoUIL TO An ALLEGED HOMICIDE.
oo-n tt.,n n,o .ho TS~sY Y,nvaCvp nnh1tah,
ed an account OF an alleged murder In
Granville, Monroe county. The circum.
stances, as then related, were to the effect
that /. A. Wilcox struck John w. Rucker on
the head with q poker. Rucker went home
aud was never out OF the house alive after.
wards. He died the following day, yet a
Corouer's inquiry, though It developed the
fact that q clUt Of blood had formed on the
dead mans brain, where be had been struck,
resulted In finding that the man had died
from a peculiar position Of his head when be
fell out OF bed. The C%oroner's finding sound.
ed ridiculous at the time. It seems now that
the widow Is not satisfied and Wilcox may
and himself In more serious trouble than q
suit for damages, though at present + ere 10
only a civil suit docketed. Ms Rucker hes
entered suit against |. A. Wilcox, alleging In
her petition that he caused the death OF her
husband. The damage claimed Is $4,000.
A. J.. Pearton Is attorney for the plaintiff.
MouEDsvILLK.
Superintendent OF Schools Reeds maj rity
was $50
10. Roberts, ESQ.,, has purchased the
WOODBURY. properly in the Third ward.
DAVIS Duncan, a former Moundsvillian,
now OF P%arkersburg, spent Sunday last In
town.
ESQUIRE Wallace, OF the First ward, has been
confined TO his room for several days past by
illness.
Mr.. shrake finished putting the coping on
the Grave Creek bridge abutments q lew days
ago. This completes the job.
The opening OF M~oundsville coal works
will create a geauine boom In real estate In
that portion Of town, the effects OF which
are already to felt.
The lumber merchants here are demonstra.
ting their faith in 3 prosperous business sea.
son by the unusually large stocks Of lumber
they are purchasing this spring.
August Weidebusch, Esq, OF Water street,
started for Germany last eek, where his son
has been for some time past attending one Of
the celebrated institutions OF learning.
J. W. Gallaher and family started East
Monday They will visit the principal east.
ern citihs and Niagara Falls, extending their
travels az far south as Richmond, Virginia,
during their trip.
Yesterday witnessed quite an e1odu among
this couuty's lately acquired colored popula.
ton. About thirty OF them packed up their
iuds and left, as they said, TO work on "Massa
Vanderbilt's road"
Father DAILY, OF X.veir Church, will exert
himself to his utmost ~ render the proposed
picnic at sharp's Garden pleasant and enjoy.
able to all who may attend. An interesting
and amusing programme will be presented,
AID all the delicies Of the season will be
served.
John Myers and VIM. Dutch were arrested
at Cameron Tuesday for robbipg the meat
house OF James A. Bane. a farmer living near
there, and committed to all by Squire Moore.
Thirteen pieces OF side meat were taken, a
large portion OF which was found at the
houses OF the men arr sted.
A little unsasiness was caused here yester.
pay by the report that u number OF negroes
had arrived In town from the Southern por.
ton OF the State, where the small o Is pre-.
vailing to such an alarming extent. No
cause for alarm exists, however, as the unor
Is entirely without foundation.
The colored people had preaching In the
court hocSe sund,y last, morning aud after
moor, aud at the Disciples Church in the
evening. A colortd minister tficiated at
each Of the services. Two OF the people were
immersed at the wharf about | O'Clock, which
drew a large crowd OF people TO the river
bank.
1t Is rumored that gentlemen connected
with the Ohio River Railroad have been ex.
aiming the Pipe Creek coal works, witha
view 10 their purchase. This is,one OF the
most valuable coal properties on the Ohio
river, consisting OF bet ween seven and eight
hundred acres Of mining right, together
with two or three hundred acres OF surface
lands. The entrance or slope was put down
at an immense cost, and everything con-
nected with the works 10 constructed on
the most approved plans. The original cost,
including lauds and mining privileges was
about 800, 900. But very little difficulty Is
experienced from water, u few hours pump
Ing each day suficipg TO render the en-
tire mine perfectly free from water.
ST. oLAIRSviLLE.
ExIsurveyor Carter, Of Barnesyille, Is in