The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-28
THE ONO RIVER ROAD
AND OTHER MouNosvlLLE ITEMS,
A Row lmo.s the col,rsa Lab,rsr.-rhs Camp
Meeting Switch Of the B. &o.-Anothsr We'll
tobs Bored in Search Of ollNslr the Tow.
JAIL Inprorsnsats -olL.r Matters

Miss Judith Anshulz. OF Philadelphia, is
visiting Mrs. r. Arshu'z, on Water street.
Johnnie Gallaher, who Is attending the
pI spGratory school at Washington, Pa, will
spend Thanksgiving day with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Gallaher.
Harry Mc9Rne, OF the First ward, Is con-
fined to his room by severe cold, contract
ed by working In the water, unloading cross
ties fr,m barge ct the whAlf.
Mr.. Sexton, sub-contractor under Messrs.
J. T. Mills q Co., who has been boarding here
with his family Since last spring, left for
their home, near Phladelphis, yesterday
evening.
The Herald, under its new management,
giYes evidence Of making good the promises
OF Mr.. Hart TO furnish q carefully prepared
synopsis OF the local happenings Of the town
and vicinity.
NJ. II. Humell, OF Waynssburg, Pa, was
awarded the contract for the improvements
at the county jail, consissiag Of lattice
work OF steel bAs, with iron center sur
rounding the cages. The work Is to he com.
plcted by March next, SLABS, q tribe over
one-third OF the amount asked by another
bidder.
The family OF Mr.. Jerry Riggs, living In the
suburbs OF the Third ward. Is certainly, II
the reports Of Its condition can be relied
upon, 9 most grievously afflicted one. Mr..
Riggs himself is said to be confined 10 con.
his bsd with consumption, while three .oi
his children are down with malignant at
lacks Of typhoid fever.
The O. r. railroad track WILDE finished to
the lower end Of the Reund Bottom, point
oppt site osptina IslSnd, to-day. Some little
delay will be orcesoned when the track lay
ers reach Hog Run, opposite Captina, on &C
count OF the bridge over that stream not be.
ing completed. Between twenty and thirty
men are employed by Mr.. Bisck, and the work
Is now progressing very satisfactorily.
Mayor Weaver returned from Pittsburgh
on Saturday evening last, where he had gone
to attend q meeting OF the stockholders Of the
Free Oh Company. II was decided 10 put
down another well, the location yet to be
selected, either inside or Immediately ae'
joining The corporate limits Of the town. Ad.
verts :ments sszing for proposals for sinking
the well were inserted In the Pittsburgh
papers last Saturday.
A little unpleasantness occurred among the
colored men qu&ftered OF the old brick ware
house at the Grave creek bridge yesterday
morning, during the progress OF which one
OF them named Sam Phillips was severely cut
on tho left cheek by piece OF iron In the
hands OF his antagonist, Pomp Wright. Sam,
1t appears, hal for some time past held I'M
disputed sway IS "c0ok Of the walk" among
the gang, and has become very overbearing
and dictatorial in asserting his prerogatiye 70
b9ss the ranch. Heretofore none Of
the mn have evlnoed coMaIe enough
to tackle the bully, until yesterday
morning, when he selected Pomp,-who,
though not so large as Sam, yet Is stout,
active fellow,-is the butt for his ridicule
and oporobions epithe.s, Forbearauce ceas.
ing 10 be "a virtue. according 10 Pomps way
OF looking ut the matter, he saatched up the
piece OF iron and struck his aggravating an
tagonist on the ch.ek, with the result above
stated. DR.. Brace stitched up the wound,
which though not serious, Is rainful. Pomp
promptly made himself scarce from fear OF
his eolored antagonist or the officers OF the
law.
Tho announcement in the evening paper
of the completion OF arrangements between
the Baltimore & Ohio and Ohio River Rail-
road Companies and the Camp Meeting
Association and Moundsville Coal Company,
for constructing track from the two roads
| TO the camp grounds aud the works OF the
Coal Company, at the Wolf Spring, 10
erroneous, or at least premature. Mr..
Weaver, Of the Ccal Company, met Col.
Thompson, Vict President Of the River road,
on the train on Saturday last, and the mat.
ter was talked over by them, but OF course
nothing approaching an arrangement" was
accomplished, although Mr.. Weaver ia now
very sanguine that the connection will be
made. Capt. Charley Dunlap and Mr..
Floyd, Of the B1lsimore & Ohio road, went
over the proposed routs last summer, aud
Estimated the cost OF constructing the road.
bed at $1,000. The Ba tmove 4 Ohio pro-
poscd 10 furnish the iron, ties, &C., and put
down the track, providing the G al Com
pany and the Campaigning Association
would be at the expense Of constructing the
road-bed. Negotiations between the two
corporations In reference to the proportion
OF the cost that each should bear have been
pending for come time pat, with prospects
OF an early agICcment, ..s..s.