Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-26
WESTERN PENNsyLvANIA NOTES.
Matters of Interest From Our Neigh
Dor Counties.

In answer to an inquiry made by an in
terested gentleman as to the probable eX-
tension of the Hempield, Vice President
Spencer said: we will probably be
ready to let the contracts for the eastern
extension of the Hempfield some time this
season."
The property owners of Waynesburg
have set up a general howl about high
taxes. The levy for borough purposes IS
eleven mills and for school purposes six
mills, and the valuation of real estate was
increased at the last assessment about one
half over that Of last year. Hence the
levy this year, considered from last years
basis is "a mills to the dollar.
The directors OF the Harrisburg and
Western railroad to be built from Harris.
burg TO Connellsyills aud thence acroSsthis
county, have advertised for contractors on
all lines east OF Fayette county. The work
will be prosecuted with yigUr at once. To
ruute has not been determined from Con-
nellsville to Wheeling as yet.
1t is reported that for the past few days
the wool market in Greene county, Pa, has
been rather active, and a great deal OF the
clip has changed hands. The highest price
paid so far is 50 cents, while some inferior
lots have sold as low as 70 cents; The ma
iority of the producers seem willing 70 let
AuNAA NAAP ~ -
msiority are anxious TO sell.
The weather in Washington county, for
the last two weeks, has been very favorable
for harvesting the crops in good conditions.
There have been two or three days OF show
cry weather but wheat has been harvested
in excellent condition and a large amount
of hay has been saved in first GLASS condI-
ton. Two weeks more will nearly COM
plete the hay harvest should the weather
continue warm n dry.
Henry Page, of Connellsville, a Justice
of the Peace, had a law suit one day last
week with two men named Crouch. The
same evening the two met entered his odics
while he and P. 5. Newmyer, the attorney,
were there, and assaulted the Justice. The
latter drew q revolver, but before blood was
he'd Officers Dublin and Bender arrested
the offenders. They fought aud struggled
with the officers, but were o~yerpoSered
and locked up.
The Washington and Greene county
farmers bow have most OF sn SSaeaIUtsi.
The Yield has been exceedingly variable.
There were heavy aud light crops in some
neighborhoods in every part OF both coun-
ties. Some fields yielded thirty bushels
and others twenty, fifteen and some as low
as tour bushels per acre. The cause of the
light crops was mainly late seeding, but
there were other reasons for the failure in
some localities. The quality is invariably
good, the grain being we'll headed.
A farmer of this county who does not
take q county paper. and thinks such
would not be worth 81. so to him for q year
sold his clip OF wool this year for 80 cents
per pound, while his neighbors who took
the paper were getting 80 TO IS. Tue differ
euce is the latter were posted by the coau-
ty papers as to the price and the former
was not. In the transaction, no doubt, he
lost enough to pay for all the four papers
FOR several years and get the old lady a
frock besides. 1t is the worst sort Of econ
omy for q family to be without at least one
of the county papers.-Ex.