The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-20
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ProgreSaivO Town.
Special Correspondence oJihe Iu,elIigaeT.
CAIRO, W. Va, July lO.-The Cairo
and Kanawha Valley railroad, which
has GrantsyilIe for its objective point
has about ten miles Of track laid, and
the train makes regular trips as far rs
the road is built. Even for the short
distance it is built the road has opened
up market for timber, tan bark and
other commodities which have hereto.
fore been worthless, owing to the dis
lance from market and laCk OF trans.
porting facilities. The ro0d when fin
ished will be great boon to the people
along and near its route, many OF whom
have heretofore labOred under serious
disadvantages owing to their distance
from the railroads.
The oil business in the Cairo field is
rather dull now. The three wells which
are producers are being pumped stead
lily and are fair producers. Well No. 5,
which is down | $50 feet, has some tools
in the well, which has caused n six
weeks fishing job, with the end not in
sight yet. As soon rs the well is drilled
in another will be started north OF No.
5. The South Penn Company has paid
up all rentals due in this neighborhood,
and will probably do something in the
way OF development this summer The
Hayes well, at the Richie mines, is
being cleaned out this week to see
whether she is worth operating.
1t is rumored that Wm. Morris who
committed al outrage on the daughter
OF i. i. Davis, few weeks since, and
who was indicted at the last term OF
court, has been caught in Raleigh
county and will be brought to this
county for trial.
Mr. 9. W. Carroll came very near los
ing his life by poisoning 4 few nights
since. He took q prescription which
called for Calomel to the drug store to
be filled. He took dose OF it and shortly
afterward became very sick, with
symptoms OF being poisoned. Emetics
were given him which succeeded in dis
lodging the poison from his stomach,
SO that his life was saved, although he
still suffers from the effects OF the dose,
An analysis OF the stuff given by the
druggist for calomel, showed it to be
corrosive sublimate.
Vim. Kingsley, the soldier tramp, who
was beating his way on the train to
Washington to see why he did not re-
Ceive his pension and who fell between
the cars at CORVALLIS, injuring his leg,
so it had to be amputated, lies at the
lV,nr,u hANnI hnHn npI so n
very rapidly. Since he was injured he
has received word that his pension has
been allowed him. He is now minus
an arm and a leg.
William Hall, for several years agent
for the Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad at
this place, resigned and was succeeded
by G. N. Haddox.
Large quantities Of tan bark have
been shipped from this place and still
more is coming in. The great road
worker, warm, dry weather, has put
the roads in excellent condition and the
farmers and tCamsters are taking adj
vantage OF the good roads TO get their
produce to market before the fall and
winter rains once more make the roads
practically impossible.
The Cairo Odd Fellows now own a
handsome and commodious three.story
building here. which is an ornament to
the town. The upper story is hand
somely finished for the use OF the lodge,
the second story will likely be used for
town hall and the lower story will be
fitted up for store room.
Cairo has made n great many i'm
provements in the last year or so. Sew
eral nice dwelling houses have been
erected and new business ventures have
been engaged in and more money seems
to be in circulation here than for many
years before, and the receipts OF the
railroad office have increased some
seventy-five per cent and OF the post
Office fifty per cent in the last year.