Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-02-22
CHARLESTON.
Fuel in the Karawha vaIIey--The
Outlook.
THE KANAWHA AND OHIO RAILWAY.
Marine Hospital journalistic Ventures
Temperance--Bam Burning..The
State House. Notes.

whs Valley are a little discouraged over
the outlook, both rs TO market and future
p,ice. Pu.sburg coal, since the home de-
mand was cut of TO An important extent
by the introduction OF natural gas, has
superseded ksnawhs coal in many in
stances, for the reason that Pitisburg coal
has q greater reputation, though no better
than our own. Heretofore PIttsburg coal
was put upon the market at little higher
figure than any from this section OF West
Virginia, therefore our coal always found
O market A further reason is advanced,
and q most important one too. for the
stsgrstion Of the business, that the market
price is so low that i, does not pay TO
mine coal at the prices demanded By the
miners, and in view Of this many mines
have closed. One company AT Raymond
City operated by Cincinnati parties for
gas purposes, has been idle since lost sum.
mer, with no immediate prospect Of re
suming At Campbells creek it is under.
stood there is some dissstistaction between
employees and employers and the same
may be said Of many other mines along
the river.
The operators secretly held meeting
in this city Tor the puGposs of determining
whether or not 10 send delegates 10 the
convention ot coal operators and miners
held At Columbus
EANAWHA AND uHIO
The Ohio Central Railroad NOW kpo~n
as the Hanawha and Ohio, is gradually
pertec,ing arrangements for the trsnspor
istion o. through freight aud passengers
from all directions. Freight can now be
sent TO and from Wheeling by this routr
almost as cheap as b; water Direct con
nection is now made between Wheeling
and Charleston aud Parkcrsburg and
Charleston either way. Leaving Wheeling
at 30 a. m, central time. on the Central
Ohio Division OF the B. 4 @. arrive ct
Columbus at 2.i0; leave Columbus via c.
H., V. 4 T. road a, ; :Oj q rive IN Charleston
same night at II clock Leaving Char
lesion st 1890 noon, arrive in Columbus
at II. 20 p Il leave Columbus by b 4 u.
az ? q. N. arrive iu Whee ling at . 55 M.
next day. For Psrksrsburg, leave Char.
lesion at l2 30 noon and arrive nj Hc
Arthur Luaction, VIA { II. '. X j road
at i AZ. leave Macarthur AT | 80 and AZ
rive in Parkersburg at 80 a
m. Leaving Pnrkersburg ~ $40 a IN
accommodation or eSpcs; al 90 a. IN. .
arrive at Charleston o. p m. via Nc
Arthur Junction and the c. II \. 4 T.
road. These connections are now r'gu
larly made and will remain in force until
the summer schedules 90 into eject
This company hos commenced the
erection OF an incline 10 Elk river for the
purpose OF transporting cara md ireigh
from the Chesapeake and Ohio TO their
own road and for loading timber and
. barges The companies (reigh, busin'ss
has wonderfully Increased durtng the pas,
few months, and the energetic tnAnags
ment expsc, TO double IT within feE
months. J. + Story is the general pas
senger and ireigh, agent. and will attend
10 all applications ior iTtormaton.
The first accident ever happening on the
road s.nee it opened occurred Friday II
~ss one Of those unavoidable accidents
however, wheel under freight cat
breaking lus, hs he car wss passing onto
trestle OF small stream eup,Jing into
the Kanhvha, few miles from Pt Pleas.
ant. The broken wheel 80 tore up the
tres,ling 8s 80 thFos the rear passenger
coach into the river, NJ was published in
your issue OF the .slh One man was
killed and nine injured a. far as could bo
learned here.
WARrNg HpsrlrLI
Pt. Pleasant is working her sid. oi the
marine hospi'G! location ontrgetically
Citizens troIn the Pr were here soliciting
signatures 10 the ps'ii'on 20 he forwarded
20 Washington. Gslhp0h- wants the hos
pital, too. Became nalIipolis thinks she
ought to have i, ios Joarunl n"SspApsr Of
that village took tho liberty 10 annse Pc
Pleasant in an outrageous manner, saIng
the town wanted tvrry,tlug and hs1n', q
deceLt site for any yth.Sk, th:t tho town WAS
always subma-soi shrn 'he AiiVh,'s, rise
took place "a the Ohio ,ha, Uorns,sIk. tbs
Indian chief. Vas Mild IN Pt Pleasant.
and tha, he dessi. i kiihuR tJr yoing 10
such sOlace, etc. The citizen. oi the Z,
beld a mlS. mreirg les, Saturday and
di:cussed the Chending pssspaptf in be
coming monner snd rssoIysd 10 r,nes
their energiea 10 secure the location Of the
hospital 10 Ihe town geographically aud
naturally en,itls 10 II. No doubt Pt.
, Pleasant will sue the told AID untru,hfGl
Ohio paper.
JOURNAL. TIC yESTuRIs.
The Ksuawhs Dispatch, after M sIis
tsnce Of few short vAks, lc's than tire"
suspended Monday la,, It 10 certAin thai
the Capital City will no, fGppoft two daihss
} Who will be the next sdventurri The
/ Lighthouse, the organ Of tho temperance
people also came 10 a sudden end The
light was pat out abd the late proprietor
left for CclInbul
rHVPERLS"E
John l. Thoma. State lecture Of th.
Good Tenplar', ofWest Virgin il hold
ing a series OF Temperance meetings b.
lectured in the NJ T. Church, south and
the ". +. Church, north, respectively
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings il II
currently believed thai the >mpernnc'
PEOPLE Of Charleston and this county Vii
make q determined effort, beth IN th'
ensuing city and State elections, 10 cleo
the Temperance ticksiA The city election
!. nc, lar distant ard tbs names Of candi
dates for cousolmsp, etc, are mentioned
on every hand
slRy BURNING.
Chas. Peytop who was charged vii
burning The barns Of A. J. Robinson an
g. Mullen, residents Of Two Mile. tbi
county, wa., at g hearing before Jus'ie
Gates acquitted Of the charge. Th
farmers in this vicinity are very nsc
worked Up over the recent oGtrag.s. an
concluded they bad secured tSs night ma
when Pey,on vas arrested. They sttends
the trial in fall foecs, hoping 10 zee tbs ~
cused bound or,r for the grand Jury.
The spripg term Of CircSit Court e0u
aeuces FIRST week 10 March.
THE sTATE goCsE.
,, The State House s slosly nearing con
!. uls,iou. The halls Of the House and Sci
ate are completed. Not much nov 2
;, mains 10 be dons. As soon a. the baib
! ing il turned over completed, which VII
! abou, April Is,, prepirs,ior. will b u
:, augurated for the tsndssing Of grand =
y n.r.;nn he The Eorefr1S and opening 04l