Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-09
A GLIMPSE AT rHf STATE PRESS.


The St. Mary's observsf says although
the Oracle has suspended, the Observer
looms up smiling sndvill 90 ahead Just
the same,
Mr.. Turner has sold out his interest in
The Anderson Statesman to Mr.. @, L. Peck.
Mr.. Peck viii continue the publication,
and has engaged the services of Mr.. John
N. Ferguson as manager and assistant ed
itor.
We are concerned to know how much
the country editors will save by not being
obliged to put two cent stamps on bank
cheeks; and how much they will lose by
the discount Oh trade dollsrs!-Yirginia
Free Press
Last Thursday evening a colored man,
Charles Mitchell by name, was arrested just
back of West Columbia, upon the charge
If assault with intent to commit rape"
upon the fifteen year old daughter Of Jonas
Aumillsr.-Masonc county Gazette.
Tie saw mill of S. G. Peters s. Co., on
New River, in Summers county, is doing q
heavy business. 1t is now engaged in fill
ing an order from the Standard Oil Com
pany, who want five million barrel slaves
as soon as they can be turned out.-Border
Watchman.
The News is thinking seriously about
getting new power press on which to
print its large and rapid growing list. We
mean business, for in this line we have
grown up and made what little we now
have and expect to make more.-Rsyens.
wood News.
Ii is rumOred that fine vein of iron ore
las been found near GleRwool, this cOua-
~, suitable for the manufacture of Besse-
mer steel. The vein is said to be q0ite
thick and easy TO mine. The hills OF our
county seem to be full of hidden treasures.
Mason County Register.
Quite a number Of visitors, we learn, are
now soiOurning at Nernon's Sulphur
Springs, on Hughes river. At this pleas
ant resort can be found as fine sulphur
water, as cool and inviting shades, and as
soOd. wholesome fare as can be found any
where smonc the mountains OF West Nir-
siu:a-Wesl Va. Transcript.
Mr.. jonathan Barrett, Chief OF Engin-
GERS on the Ohio and Guyandotte railroad,
iu company with J. McCreary, Esq., passed
through our village on Monday last, ,en their
way UP Twelve Pole. Maj. Barrett will
likely make several changes in the line as
:tpresent located, and one that will be of
much service to our people, and especially
tour town.-Wayne Advocate.
\ terrible hailstorm visited the lower
portion Of this county on Tuesday evening
aSt. doing great damage to the growing
crops. Mr.. John Lloyd seems to have
beer about the center Of the storm and it
extended about mile and half each way
from his place. At Mr.. Lloyd'S the hail is
s.iG to- have been three feet deep.-Nich-
o.sS Chronicle.
We learn that holders Of nearly four
:, '..'Uu collars of West Virginia bonds
have deposited their bonds with Messrs.
SUITE. * Co. ci New York, and that suit
10 test tueir rights will probably be COM
menced in December. The question to
settle &. whether the debt is owed by Viz
ginia or West Virginia, and is not one con
cerniDg the validity Of ths bonds.-SoIth
Branch Intelligencer.
There is always room fo- more, and this
place can give employment TO several
tradesmen, and not be overstocked. \ shoe
maker. saGdler and harnessmaker, timer,
waconmaker. cabinetmakcr and tanner
could ind steady employment If they
would locate here. The people of this sec
ton have long felt the need OF the above
tradcSmcn, and they would be literally
support, ,d.-Raleigh County Index.
Atan early hour Saturday morning last,
news reached town of the suicide Of George
Rumble, a rather worthy citizen Of Union
district, this county. For ten or twelve
wears past the deceased had occupied a
house on Major Johns farm, where he
lived with his mother and two sisters, being
their only support. The sad affair was al
together unexpected on the part OF his
friends, as nothing especially noticeable in
his .ontuct indicated any rash intentions.
y .2yu own New Dominion.
Monday afternoon two German tramps,
whe had been given ride on the canal
boa, Of Mr. Frank Sanbower, sSked per-
mission to stay all night on the boat, and
when tod they could not, left the boat a
the Mountain lock, below town, ana started
90 wax UP ;he towpath. After walking a
couple Of miles one of them announced
his intention of going back to the boat.
and leaving dis companion started back.
4 shor; tjmy aE'e.wavd he was seen to
walk deliberately into the canal and drown
himself in front of an approaching boat
S.tE LelU>.own Register.
Wallace Blair, wife and two children.
with Go-, three guns, three pistols, and
about 5uo pounds OF plUnder, started from
Mercer county in a small -skiff about eight
weeks ego. sailing thirty.six miles down
New I:y.r 10 the mouth OF the GreeHbricr'
thence NJ that river, l75 miles, landing al
Au,a Ga,lord's on June the 7th. They
were Greing from the small pOx scoUrge in
Mercer county. Swecker says this IS the
frs, circumstance that ever happened IN
this county. and the public will be glad to
know that tie Greenbrier river is now nav
icsble for jug outs as far IS Allen Gal
forG's-No-ntain Herald.