The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-03
MOUNDSvILLE.
Stato Prison NOieA-Gax for Wheeling
Minor NCWN.

A. J. Martin Is tearing down portion
bis water street residence preparatory 10 :
modelling and rebuilding Ii.
W. B. Humphries returned from q 81
cessful business trip 10 Psrkersburg and Il
telmediass points, yesterday.
| John W. Barritt's "Papsr Queen" Ia lyiu
at the lower wharf with Commodore Tomm
Cooksyne aa musical director. @
Mr.. Clark, tho lumber dealer, Ia nursing
very severely spfained hand and wrist, ii
result Of fall from pile Of lumber.
Hall Guard Davis, OF the prison, has hl
brigade at work securing, whitewashinf
painting and renovatlng the cell building.
The supnly Of butter and eggs, the forme
seliine at 70 cents per pound and the latte
~ ~ cents per dCzsn, Ia about equal 10 th
local demand, ~
walker Peterson has been here for severa
uay past making u competent survey Of tn,
proposed spur track to connect the camT
meeting grounds and Third ward coal shat
win the Baltimore & Ohio and Ohio Rivel
A Joint stock company has been organizei
lor the purpose OF erecting large, modern
style hotel on the camp grounds with very
hittering prospects OF success. The grounds
WI be greatly improved in many re.pscts
oelors the next annual meeting which opent
August g.. ula..l1 ma - -. -
All Of the Marshall county delegates To the
Martinsburg convention except Capt. Girls.
Well and County Clerk Finn returned home
Ihursuay morning. Capt. Criswell went to
washington City, aud Mr.. Finn snd his wife
VIII! spend some time visiting Winchester
and other points. In the shenandoah valley.
A daughter Of Mr.. Lucas, OF the second
ward, met with slight accident and came
very near being .mansled by the Ohio River
fa'iroad cars u lew days ago. She had car.
fied dinner to her father, who is employed
"a the construction train. and by some means
ieli between the cars spraining her wrist, but
fortunately avoided being run over by the
=, Ihe wharf here Is O disgrace to the town,
likewise the unslghtly piles OF brush,. brick
anu Old rotten logs that encum bsr the streets
OF the First ward. Members Of Council
when spoken to about the matter cay there
IS standing order OF Council requiring the
toWn Sergeant to.see to having the streets
and sidewalks kept clean, and free OF OBJ.
structions. -
A special Council meeting, held Wednes.
day evening last, granted license for ths sale
9! spirituous liquors, wine, ale, beer, ETC., to
Henry NJ. Ernst, John Higgins, VIM, LsIled,
- kemple, Thos. Mccormick, Jsmts Hen.
rata, Joseph Hausernlan and Lewis Ueliz,
An additional $50 wes added to the license
Zee, making it $3.50 per year. The parties
named above ere the 0uly ones who applied
for license. III. - '.,II77
Anincipient strike at the Union Goal works
on Tuesday last, was nipped iu The bud bv
the prompt and decisive action Of Caniain
Israel, lessee and msnager OF the works.
making arrangements for importing sufll.
cieAt number OF Bwedes to work the mines
and the discharge Of two OF the twentv.two
minere. The trouble originated from the
reiusal OF Capt. Israel 10 consent to the en-
ploying OF cheek weighman.
Tho County Court committee to uelect a
location for county infirmary and poor
when final report will be made, with
recommendation as TO the most suitable snd md
available location. A majority Of Tho com. ON
mittee, 1t is understood, favor purcbasinrn
trsct OF about 100 acres, on or near the river
and It Is probable that l.. 7. Gray's' land on
the Round Bottom will be chosen, 100 acres
OF which he offers to tho committee at 500
per acre. Wv Wv
~, a boy named Johnson, employed at tho
1hltd ward coal shaft, showed one OF the
crates or cars used for hoisting coal from the
mine 10 the surface, of the end Of the track
leading from the mouth Of The shafts To lie
mouth OF the tipple yesterday eyeninr
when 1t fell to to the bottom of tbe shait .
distance Of $50 feet, smashing it it into Smith.
Greens. The. boy started 10 follow the do.
scendipg car, but fortunately caught and
chung to cross timber about fifteen feat
life. '''' '"''"s LIS
Joe Kinney, colored barber from Came
ron came 70 town las. Wednesday, got drunk
and exposed his person on the streets fnr
which he WAS committed to jsil by isGu;ra
He put up $40 with Jailor Mat.
thews for bis appearance yesterday morning
when he appesTed at tho 'squirs's office and
conducted himself in such au unrulv man.
ner that the Juatice felt called upon to r.
commit him 10 jail, where he remained til
evening, when, after paying so in fines and
cos!s and IS attorneys fee he was released
and left town. When Daniel concludes 10
paint town red" again he will probable
select some slow-soiDg village like Wheeling
or Bellaire. -st- ~ N'e
WHEELING coxPANY'stcuEAE.
The Free Oil and Gas Company, having
allowed their leas,s on a number OF tracts ~
land on Little Grave creek 10 lapse, gsntle.
man who is supposed to Represent q Wheel.
inG company has been in that vicinity secur-
ing leases during the past week. He has se-
cured leases on largo tract OF territory in
the immediate vicinity Of the Free Com pa.
ny's well on the Burley farm, where 'the
strong How Of gas was struck at depth OF