The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-07
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Accidents and InSidOuu In West virginia
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Accidents and InCidOutA Ia West virginia
and Vicinity.
While at Webster Springs Senator Cam.
den purchased horse for which he paid
$3.50.
The Panhandle Ner3 OF Wellsburg is
authority for the statement that the
Democrats Of this district propose to run
Judge BFanRon for Congress again next
year.
From May 9th to September Ath, the
Waynesbnrr 4 Washington railroad trans
ported lOl,S 7s pounds OF wool. These
clips were purchased at prices varying
from % TO IS cents per pound and ship
ped to Boston, Philadelphia and Woon-
socket, R. l.
Hugh Caperton, Esq, Of Monroe county,
sold to S. w. Anderson, OF Greenbrier
county, twenty head OF fat cattle. Fifteen
head averaged sixteen hundred and ninety
pounds. Five head averaged 502 pounds.
The average weight Of the entire lot was
1913 pounds.
Mr.. George Purcell, who for the past
two years has owned ard conducted the
Clarksburg NetrS, has disposed OF the pro-
perty to MIR. Lee II. Vance. MIR. Purcell
has conducted the paper in an able and
clean manner and the readers oil the NetrS
are assured that Mr.. Vance will keep it
up to its present high plane.
The St Lawrence Boom aud Manutac-
turing Company, Of Ronceverte, last year
cut Ii, 000, 000 feet Of pine and 100000
feet Of hemlock, on Deer and Shilling
creeks, Greeubsier aud Pocahontas coan-
ties. They rated 100000 feet OF logs
for this cut down the GreeHbFier to Ron
ceverte. Next winter 100, GOA, 900 win be
logged by this company on Thomas and
Shilling creeks. The company is now en-
gagged in improving the navigation OF the
Greenbrier for rafting purposes.
The Blackband Coal and Iron Company
has recently sold the stumpage on IFS
Davis creek lands in Kanawha county to
parties who will saw it at Spring Hill
station, on the Chesapeake & Ohio Rail
road. The prices paid were s. 10 q
thousand for tulip poplar; 50 for white
oak and 81 so for pine and hemlock. The
Mount Carbon Coal Company has made a
sale oil the stumpage on its Armstrong
creek lands, about 10000 acres, at s. g
thousand.
| The County Court oil Clay county has
appointed special Board Of Public
Health composed Of DR.. G. Carr, DR.. G..
W. Brown and r. L. Lesueur, who are
directed and req ited to take prompt and
decisive action Tor the prevention oil the
spread OF any infectious, contagious or
epidemic diseases. They are required to
visit all houses infected with any such dis
easa, or where they have cause to believe
there is such disease, and put in force
such sanitary rules as they shall deem
necessary, and they shall see that
all such premises are cleansed and
disinfectauts supplied. They are to put
in force reeid quarantine against all
those persons and houses which they
have reason to believe infected with such
disease. They shall see that the mail car
riers Of the county are prevented from
stopping at houses and offices infected
with such disease, and il necessary. they
shall have any mail route discontinued
until such disease is abated. They shall
see that proper disinfe0tants and medi-
cines are supplied where patients are un-
able to procure them, and oversee the
burial Of any dying Of such disease, 60 as
10 prevent 1t from spreading thereby.
The court was petitioned to take this ac-
ton by large number OF 0itizens who had
become alarmed over the fatal effects OF
tho mysterious s0ourge that Is raging in q
section Of the county.