The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-24
HTATE AND VICINITY.
itccent D0lngs OF WeHt Virginians md
a their NClyhbOrH. .r..I

Recent Doings or West V%irginians md
their Nclghb0rs. e-I
One thousand poles for the Western Union
Telegraph line between Pt. Pleasant and
Charleston have been delivered at tho ELY
bridge by the contractor.
Hon. Frederick Douglass will lecture ON
John Brown ut Little Washington on the
evening OF May l, for the benefit OF the a.
NJ. Z. ct. Paul's church OF that place. 80
Tom Hartwell shot Bub Chappel at Charles.
ton Saturday, intilcting u painful but not
dangerous wound. Jealousy was the cause.
Hartwell was arrested, but released on bail.
Monday while three colored nlen were en-.
gaged In clearing ont or old we'll at Chaslce.
ton, two OF them, Hickory JACK" and
samuel Turner, were overcome by foul air,
and before they could be tcken from tho we'll
were dead.
Little Washington now hos q colored man
on her police force. He will undoubtedly
encounter bitter race prcjudices at first, but
II he has the requisite degree OF discretion
and self.con.rol with the necessary "sand, y
he will succeed.
G. F. Sims, formerly Sheriff OF Mineral
county, was arrested at Piedmont yesterday
morning and given over into the hands O.
Sheriff G. II. candy and lodged in ill at
keyser on q charge OF %dsfraudipg the county
and railroad men ont OF their money. Iii
was on his way west when arrested.
The Charleston Tribune says: The store
house ard contents Of D. d. Vickers, on Poca,
were totally destroyed by fire last "Wednesday
night, about s O'Clock; they were insured for
$1,000. On the came night, as Mr.. Vickers
was going trcm his store to auppes, he was
stopped by three men and robbed OF about
$50.
The Washington, Pa, Reporter says tha,
several prominent gentlemen have given nc.
tics that they will apply for oharters for
natural gas companies In Cecil, Donegal,
franklin, Hopewell, Mt. Pleasant, Robinson,
Smith, sonth Strabane, Cross Creek, Canons.
burg and Buffalo townships snd in the Dor.
oush Of Washington. There is to be Il com.
pany for each township and borough, with
the principal office in Pittsburgh. Tho com.
psnies for the townships will DO known as
Natural Gas Conpanies' aud that for Wash.
ingtou as ''Fusl and Gas Company" IttLese
gentlemen are in earnest and will sink wells
1t Is likely tho whole northern part OF the
county will basnpplisd with natural gss for
light, heat and manufacturing purposes.
The 6teubenville Gazette says: Rober.
Purcell, tho night Telegraph operator by
whoss care!essness q collision was occasioued
on the Panhandle, over the river, Friday
morning, says that on that morning both n
message and an order came for the east bound
train. When the train came in, he rushed
down and delivered tho message, forgetting
the order. He ran back for the order but
failed to catch the train, because 1t did not
stop at the coal chute 70 Is customary. He
returned to his office and Immediately tele-
graphed his resignation to the superinten.
dent, stating that there was about to be a co..
lision and that he would be to blame. Had
there been a night operator at Wheeling
Junction tho whole matter would have been
averted. q VISA NV
The Lang oil we'll in the M~acksburg re.
gion near Marietta, reported last Friday, is
larger than it was ut first thought to be. The
first twenty-four hours 1t flowed 1876 barrels.
All day Monday itchee:fully responded with
AZ barrels per hour and tailed 1l2 barrels
for tho second day. The Mills aud Mullen
well, one mile farther out Ia expected to he
brought IN ut most any moment and its own.
ers predict a TWO hundred barrel we'll, The
showing is even better than at the Lang well,
The oil markets responded to these signif.
cant test wells on Monday by dropping fonr
cent?. There can be no doubts now that the
MacksbuYg territory will be worked for all
that Is In 1t and that the production OF the
Bradford oil fields may yet be reached in tho
territory adjacent to Parksfskua, extending
from Burning Springs over TO MacksburS and
beyond,