The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-20

who held them in the sum OF 81 900
each to answer an indictment i'll the
Federal Court for breaking in the mail
car. 1t won't do to monkey with Uncle
Sam even II you are drunk Ciarts5pg
Telegram.
The Jackson Herald reports the fol-
lowing: One night last week as the
crowd was leaving the U. B. church nj
Cottageville, at the conclusion OF Prof,
RutTner's lecture, eggs began flying thro
the air, one striking Rev Blagg, another
despoiling the professor and three hit
ting VIM. Warner. Rev. Blagg threw
his coat and put the assailants to flight,
while the professor retreated into the
church and departed not thence until 2
o'clock the next morning. We are told
that the trouble came from q disagree.
ment at a church festival few weeks
previous and a refusal OF admission to
the lecture, free OF charge, OF the egg
throwers, who maintained that us they
were members OF the U. 3. church and
helped build the stru cture, they should
have had voice in its being turned
into lecture room. Rev. BlagG was
here yesterday for the expressed pur-
pose Of having warrant drawn by q
lawyer.
The Flat Top Monitor reports the fol-
lowing: Bob Martin, lack HartweIl,
Jim Craig, Armstead Preston and Car
land Pinkard, five colored men incar-
cerated in the Princeton Jail, awaiting
trial, broke out last Thursday evening,
but four OF them were recaptured. AS
W. II. Akers, the keeper, entered with
light in his hand, Bob Martin knocked
him down and took his pistol, when he
with Hartwcll, Preston and Pinkard
made rush for the door add liberty.
jim Craig, who was imprisoned for
stealing 81 worth OF scrip from John
Cooper & Co., waited awhile, then
walked leisurely out, went down the
street in an unconcerned manner, and
told everybody he met that the negroes
were breaking out of tho Jail. AS q re-
suit, all suspicion was directed from him
and he escaped, but the other four were
recaptured. Hnrtwell and Pinkard are
charged with murder; Preston with
robbery, and Martin with attempted
murder.
Secretary Proctor has appointed Gen
eral Harry Heth, OF Virginia, and Major
J. G. Stearns, OF Vermont, to be COM
missioners to mark the lines Of battle,
and to mark and locate the positions OF
the Army OF the Potomac and OF the
Army OF Northern Virginia, who fought
out the battle OF Antietam, At the last
session Of congress, Mr.. McComas, in
the closing hours, succeeded in obtain
ing an appropriation OF $4,000, to be
expended, as stated, in marking the
lines OF battle OF the two armies, and
marking the positions OF each OF the COM
mands. There is now at Antietam a
national cemetary, which is beauti-
fully kept, AND which is every year
becoming more and more visited. Mr..
McComas' purpose in obtaining this
appropriation was to preserve the en-
tire battlefield, and to make it nation
al park, as is now being done with
Chickamauga. The act confers author
ity for the purchase of sites, which are
to be marked by tablets, relating the
history Of the battle at that point, re-
lating the troops engaged there, and the
incidents and events OF the engagement
Mt that point. There were forty-three
commands engaged, but, besides the
tablets marking their positions, it is
probable that additional spots Of strik-
ing Importance will also be Marked
.Shcphefostorn Register.
The following account Of the natural
gas strike at Kenova is from the Ceredo
Adrance: Although there had been
signs Of gas noticed for several days
previous to the first OF last week by the
parties employed to drill an artesiNn
we'll at Kenova, the inhabitants of that
town were scarcely prepared for the
glad news which greeted them on Mon
day evening Of last week when the an
nouncement was made that gas had
been struck. But it proved true and
the Land Associations superinten dent
is Justly elated, as u round hundred
dollars will be added to the real estate
value OF the tOwn-if the well proves a
good and lasting one. Mr.. Miner, Of
Pennsylvania, who has charge of drill
ing the well, says the pressure is at
least 80 lbs. to the square inch and that
this well alone will afford gas enough to
supply light and fuel for Ceredo and
Kenova. Preparations are being made
to pipe the gas some distance from the
well and to thoroughly test same by
lighting it, which will be done this
week. Another well will be drilled at
once. Besides gas, vein of salt water
was struck which will in all probability
prove OF sufficient strength to pay to
work. The water contains 223 grains OF
salt TO the ounce or u ounces to the
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