Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-07-25
FAIRMONT.
A Promised Boom in Coal-VariOus Con-
tracts -POlitical-PersOnal.
Snecinl Tkiearahl % he Sunday Register.

tracts d-Political-PersOnal.
Special telegram 10 the Sunday Register.
FAIRMoNT, w. VA, July 24.-Fairmont
promises to have little boom in the coal
trade again ere long. The New England
company are arranging to at once build
one hundred coke ovens at their mine on
The West Fork river, and have recently
purchased from the Hunsaker heirs par
eel of land for site We also learn that
Mr.. o. Jackson, of Central mines, has re-
Gently been negotiating with the b. 4 .:
r. r. Co., for the erection of tipple and
pots for loading locomotive tenders. The
Montana people are busily engaged In
grading for a siding and making other ne
cessary preparations for opening their mine
ON the line of the F. NJ. & =. road, and
withal, the prospect looks little brighter
Just now than for some time past.
Building operations in town continue to
boom. w. II. Kelley will put up the Nor
row building
p. II. Bennett has been awarded the con-
tract for grading six miles of the Grafton
and Greenbrier railroad. He advertises in
this weeks issue of the Iader for 500 la
borerS. Bennett has all the energy imagin-
able and will push his contract forward to
completion in very short time.
The County Court met here last Satur-
day in special session, and awarded the
contract for considerable bridge work. A
new iron bridge to cost about So, 600 will
span raging Buffalo in the town OF Man
ningtOn, where the old wooden structure
went off with the flood and various other
damaged and washed out bridges were
provided for Our fellOw-tOwnsman, ID. }.
Quill, has the contract for the stone work.
Robert l.. Cunningham is ut work max
ing extensive repairs to the Pine Grove
bridge Just above Barrackville. 1t will be
well attended to.
The Board of Public Works went to Nor
gantOwn and returned yesterday, after
valuing the f., NJ. Il p. road.
Frank Watson wears the badge rs the
most successful snake hunter in this sec
ton. His latest capture was a tive-fOot
blacksnake which he exhibited to our citi-
zens on Tuesday last.
Those interested in.politics are sounding
round for the fall crop of candidates. IL Is
stated that Republican slate reads like
this: For State Senate, Thomas W. Elem
ing; For House of Delegates, Hugh K.
Linn and Eli l.. Parker; For County Com
missioner, Marcus Morgan. This slate
may not 90 through ~ it is under
stood that Charley CuTbin wants to
90 to the Legislature and has claims upon
his party which cannot we'll be ignored.
Thomas NJ Wilkinson, o Pawpaw, would
not object to allowing tl,e commissioners
mantle to fall upon his manly shoulders,
but both of these men stal'd poor chance
rs against the slate. The Democrats are
still looking round. 1t il now about con-
cluded that J. Ed. Watson can 90 the State
Senate if he wants to. He is quite well
known and very popular in Marshall and
Wetzel counties and t'wer OF strength
here at home. For the House of Delegates
there are mentioned in the Democratic
family, John Blackstone and G. w. Kin
sew, of Warrington district, and William
S. Raymond, of this place. We will have
two to elect and with plenty OF good tim
Der to select from the office need not 90
| begging.
County Clerk Carpenter, wife and chill
! dren are at Mountain Lake Park ruStlcat-
! ing.
Prosecuting Attorney W. s. Meredith is
| in Baltimore undergoing treatment for IN
! affection of the ear and hGad.
! Gov Pierpont has run street through
his suburban property sad will dispose of
some of those fine lots o. bis to persons de-
string building sites.
William Brooks, late superintendent of
! the MOundSvillc shaft, has accepted pO-
sition rs pit boss ut the CASTOR mines. Mr..
! Brooks is Just such Il man as is needed To
manage successfully the workings OF al en-
tenSive cOlliery.
John II, Damsell and wife, Of Bellaire,
Ohio, are on q visit to relatives in town.
! Miss Eftie Reed left on Tuesday last for Il
visit to friends in Pennsylvania, Ohio and
the Panhandle,
Monroe Hopwood, Esq, accompanied by
Mrs. HOpwood, are visiting in Faycttc
county, Pa.
Captain Fisher aud J. w. Radablugh
took a lot of fine cattle East this week
This is the first shipment name this sum
mrr 50 far.
Mrs. Helen Peddicard and her family of
bright children are visiting ut Judge Hay
mOnd's.
Teachers for the Palatuc shoots were
announced to be employed to-day. We
did not hear who were successful appli-
cantS, but about ninc-tcnthS of them got
| left.
All Wilson, of Fairview, was in town
yesterday.
Brother Chailce the adventist preacher,
who has heen holding 4 series of meetings
in the Court House under the auspices of
the mconvcrted county officers, left for
conference yesterday. He will return
in few days.
DIR. J. +. Dowdcn and Miss Ellie Reed
went to Warrington last Friday to :sist in
concert on the evening OF that day and
Saturday evening. They distinguished
themselves, as usual, by their good per
fOrmancc and received the hearty praise
which the richly meritel.