The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-31
INTERESTING
lMpoRTANT9 STATE !! AApPINlNos.
CattfaE jrfaI,, EarniuGs saud 0th.r News 0
unu,uaI Initr.st From all Over tho STATE.
Gathered From the E1ctsnssa-NswsF
From the Surrounding Towns.


asth.red frcm the E1etanssa-xsws r.
From the Surrounding Town..
Unole Nathan Got, the venerable uncle OF
General Cot, will reach hih s7th birthday on
the 81 OF April. w .I,-1t,V7 lg8'5 'ta
Malignant pcarlet fever Is raging In Poca.
hontls county. Great excitement prevails
about the dreaded disease. ~as', ~
The Richie Gazette in.imates TIM. recent
mineral formations have been found In that
county that indicate that there IL gold there
A. an early hour last Fridsy morning the
dwelling house OF Isaac Essex, Of Ghar|eston,
was destroyed by tire. Loss 81. 900, no iusur.
ance. glWf5 'al G0'r '6N.5 ii N
Hon. George J. Arnold offers $50, 900 10
the Weston md Spencer Railroad, providing
y takes the OIL Greek ROUTE Weston Rtpu6.
licdn. f.T. FG.N rE.0.' h. -.
The Ministerial Association OF the Park.
eraburg district, West Virginia Conference,
\ Methodist Episcopal Church, Ia t, DO held In
lsavehswocd, April q, Is aud q.
Marcus farrell, Il mail robbsr and outlaw,
after having successfully eluded the law for
five years. was captured few days ago. He
Ia wanted III Fayeste, Boone and Raleigh
counties. IA EI
Two women OF questionable character, liy.
Ing short distance from Gfenyflle, had q
fight one day last week during which one
Stabbed tho other In u manner that IL -
feared will provo fatal. H15EH
sw'ger, ono Of Doddridgs counly's numer.
Gus murderers, VINO was found guilty IN tho
SECOND degree OF numbering Booher, was sem
fenced to seventeen years hard labor Ia the
Moundsville peniteuliasy. - @,e,alt. 3
Hon. James A. Boggs, member OF tho Leg
stature from Braxtcu county, died al bis
home on the 221. mat. He had been in i'll.
health for loug titne and bis death WIS not
unexpected. He was an energetic, solid
business man, highly respected. +.
Capt. George +. RatclitI, OF Wayne county,
Ia being doomed by his friends In that part
OF the State "a an available man for the Re.
publican nomination 10 Auditor on the State
ticket. Wayne, The banner Democratic county
OF the State, would, 1t Is said, give him u ma.
jority. SEE,
An old man named VIM. Workman while
walking the track OF the Pan-Handlc railway
near Market street st StsubsaYille, yesterday
afternoon, was struck by Train and severely
i1 jured about The lead, his shoulder being
disiocated aud two ribs broken. He IS years
old, and bis injuries may prove fatal. a..
The dwelling houss othir. Riley A.gabrite,
OF Greenbr!er county, was destroyed by fire
on the morning o! the 25.h inst,l All the
household furniture and tho amoks house,
containing large quantity OF bacon, was
lost. The premises were occupied at the time
| by family named Baker. The fire Ia sur
pored to have been caused by some defscts in
chimney. 4sf
Charles Douglas, Of The Relief Committee
CT the Cincinnati Chamber OF Uommercs
was in New Mariinsville lag. week looking
up the destruction done TO properly by the
tiood. lie left $S75 10 be distributed among
the property hvlders. Mr.. Douglass fixed the
! amount each person was 10 receiyc, aud ap-
pointed Mayor C!ceg and Jacob koon,z 10
attend to the distributing OF the funds.
William Greet, OF Charleston, met with n
serious accident last week while squirrel
hunting. While look for squirrel In IT tree
his revolver dropped from his baud, md on
picking 1t up tue muzz,e was found to be
filled with mud. He turned the muzz.e &c.
wards him and proceeded to cleanse it. Tha
pistol was accidentally discharged, tho bal!
entering the cheek and lodging ut the base
Of the car.
Three years sgo The County Court of
Monroe county refused to grant license for
the retail CT ardent spirits except 10 the
propristors Of summer resorts. Later on
they were cut OIL also and the experiment OF
totnl prohibition tried. The result has not
been tho most gratifying 10 the friends Of the
measure. At the late session Of the Circuit
Court the grand jury returned OF indict.
ments for violations OF the license Law.
Atnn informal meeting OF the Rspubi.
cans Of Monroe county, ut which i. W.
Nickel acted as Chairman and John G. Ba..-
lard IT Secretary, the following delegates
were appointed to attend the State coayen.
ton 10 be held at Martintburg on the 3oth Of
April next: Lswis Callawsy, CASTOR Dunn,
r. Burke, Alfred Phillips. baldwin Ballard,
J. W. Mcdowell. and J. N. Hogshesd. BY
re:oln.ion, the Chairman and Secretary were
added to the delegation with J. W. DAVIS, OF
Greenbrier county, as alternate.
A meeting of the stockholders OF the
Westop, Spencer & Raveuswood road was
held in Spencer last week. G. c. Hose,
Esq, Of Pt. Pleasant, presided. Tho follow.
ing were selected to act NJ a Board OF Direc-
tors: Jackson county, Henry G. Flesher,
Geo. J. Walker and E. @. Smitt; Roaue,
VIM: woodward, L. D. Simmons, A. A.
Smith and y. A. Greenhouse; Calhoun, G. W.
Hays, Frank Haymaker and John L. Laugh
lin; Gilmsr, r. F. Kidd, C.B. Conrad and
perigsene Hays. a general railroad talk
followed The meeting, several addresses be-
ing made.
"A cutting ARRAY Of fierce BRUTAL chsrsc-
fer took place in Matttusburg last Thursdsy
1t appears to have becn the result OF dance,
which took rlacn Wednesday night at the
house OF colored parsou residing at the
cemetery. Oas Henry Redman, from up tho
Valley called upon Hugh aud Dan Morgan
to contribute toward paying for the music;
upon refusal they were denied the priyilpgs
Q, dancing. The next day they both attacked
Redman, who in <telf defente used an az
cutting fearful CASH in the face OF one and
tbs head OF the other assai!ant. Constable
Miller with wRrrante, arrested the parties,
brought them before Justics Mathews, who
committed them 10 jail for hearing. Oae,
1t ia feared will no. recover. %
A great excitement prevails ut Macksburg,
near Marietta on account Of ths big strike
nude Ia oil at thIt place. The Garyey we'll
WINS shot at that point Thursday, end fifty
barrels OF oil wrs the result Of the frs. days
flow. The excitement in oil circles is great,
and is not co1tiued 10 Macksburg ulone. AS
result Of the large low Of oil, the markets
at Pittsburgh, Oil City and Bradford have
besu affected aud tue prices OF oil beared. |
The massets are ratified, aud eighty.cent oil
Is predicied. All this IL not on account Of tho
flow OF oil in The one instance, but is the; re-
suit OF anticipated yields from this new field.
There eau now, In View OF these test wells, be
no reasonable doubt but that oil in large
quantities exist in this field, aud the old.
time excitement and business may bs looked
for in the early future.
80 REALAIRE POLITICS.
Republican md DemOcrntlc COnyen,
lions Saturday. ,,a
Tho result Of the Republican township
nominations Saturday, was rs follows
TRUSTEES, John Robinson, A. r. Lsxure, W. |
J. MeClain. Clerk, John Davis Treasurer,
Erank A rchar Cnnsta hlru -I.ua n nr.i