Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-04-12

the Floyd Bros, J.. B Floyd, of the Secre-
tary of States office, being O member OF
the firm, lost heavily on Big Sandy and Big
Tug, on which the lumbetmen
of Logan county rsft O great many logs.
were very high and losses are reported
from that section. Big Coal river, which
empties into the Ksnswha ct st. Adams,
is the outlet for Boone county lumber. Tbs
loss reported from there the other day, by
the severing of the boom, will not be very
heavy. The Ohio river being very high,
it kept the logs from running out, and it 10
learned much of the timber was caught.
Hon. Joel f Stollings, of Boone, is large.
" interested in the timber taken out of
Coal river.
Last Saturday a party Of gentlemen. by
the invitation of Maj Bradford, manager
of Elk River Boom Co., took q trip up Elk
river to the boom on board Maj Bradtord's
steam propeller Beauty" The company
surveyed the boom from one end 10 the
other, looking in wonderment upon the
vast sea OF logs of all descriptions. The
visitors pronounced the boom a great
economizer Of time and labor and q good
thing for the timbermen of Elk, though
there is some violent opposition to the con-
~tinuance of the franchise, and at every
meeting Of the Legislature attempt s have
been made to pass an act sbolishing the
franchise. 1t will likely remain, however,
az the managers CT the company have stay
ing qualities.
Humphries 4 Son, Of Pocs, have about
SIS, 900 OF logs in their boom on Pocs, q
small stream emptying into the Ksnswhs,
a few miles below Charleston, and have
contracts for the disposition of the same al
soon as they a be gotten out.
NEWSPAPERS.
Since the location of the capital in the
metropolis of the Third district, it has be
come Is much ola field for newspaper ven
lures as the National capital. Within q
month or more several ventures in the
journalistic field have appeared, and a
many failures are a matter OF record. The
Kanawhs Daily Dispatch was a short.lived
affair. Toe echo of its death knell had
hardly died away till the Sunday Globe
popped into existence. 1t was less fortu'
maize. The light, too, was upon it when itt
untinely demise was chronicled.
The Sunday Capital is modest venture
and still exists.
The State Tribune has passed into tn,
hands of Messrs. Purcell and Reber, Ohio
gentlemen. Purcell, as previously al
nounced in these columns, is the editor
OF a Logan county (Ohio) paper. anc
brings the reputation of
torcible and entertaining writer. TIT
paper is enlarged and greatly improved
1t is to be intensely Republican. Here i
a specimen Of the logic contained in tn,
initial number of the re~ .orgsnized journal
by which 1t is hoped to revoluiionize thi,
district. \ \ with the advancement
Of education, enlightenment and enterprise
into the Southern States, Democracy snt
ignorance must give way. The Solid
South is held together with bonds snt
shsckles of ignorance and prejudice. which
must be dissipated by the genial influence
of knowledge and public advancement
X The Democracy will ever
pray that this method of d~isorgsnizine
their ranks will be strictly adhered 10 ant
continuously promulgated. The party viii
be solidrfed; none will depart from the
early training. and the wagering ones will
be driven back.
The Henderson Bros proprietors OF the
st. Adams Nonpariel, met with a disAs
troas loss Tuesday, Fire consumed tn,
building. occdpied By them aud its con
tents. These energetic fellows, do not
however, intend to permit their misfortune
to dishearten them. They havs made ar
rangements by which the publication Of
the paper will be commenced in a few
dayG.
CITY NUD.