The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-07
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most IN the city limits OF Toledo the
other day, brings 10 mind the fact that
the territory in the immediate vicinity
OF Wheeling has never been thoroughly
tested. Toledo, like wheellng has had
rich oil fields all around 1t, but until
last week the greasy fluid had not been
unearthed right at her back door. so TO
speak, To the west, east, north and
south of Wheeling are to be found rich
oil producing fields, but In Ohio county
nothing Ia the way Of oil strikes has
ever stirred up the community. Some
day this territory win be given q test
and oil VIII be found, probably Wheel
Ing has passed through several oil ex-
cltements-lh fact is passing through
one now-but the past would not be a
marker to what would follow a gusher
right here,
THE GAS ENGINE.-The policy OF
the Wheeling Hinge Company in intro
duclng gas engines into It's plant in
East Wheeling, Is Interesting because 1t
Is another example Of the passing of
the steam engine Within the past Ave
years many of the smaller establish
ments using power have discarded
steam for gas and electricity, The
Wheeling Hinge Company, however, IS
plant of some pretensons and re-
placing of steam by gas marks an era.
One twenty-five horse power gas engine
has already been introduced and three
others are to follow In the near future.
The engines are OF recently improved
patterns and the economy OF fuel cost Is
remarkable
SCHOOL ENUMERATION. The
school census is about completed. and
will be made public at the meeting of
the city board of education this month,
1t will be interesting to know what
progress upward or downward on the
scale of population this goodiy town of
Wheeling has been making in the past
year, but whatever change Is shown
will be looked upon with doubt, because
the school enumeration has been motor
lousy imperfect In past years, If the
enumerators show an Increased popu-
lation they have been working indus
trlously; IL there Is decrease these
young ladies' and gentlemen have prob
ably "loated" at the expense of the
board of education, As a matter of
fact, in all probability. the city's pop
ulation has remained practically I'M
changed.
MERCHANTS DAYTIME propos-
ed observance OF Merchants Day"
shows that commercial Wheeling has
aroused itself to the necessity of getting
into the push" In staid old Wheeling,
known all over the country as conser-
.vative among conservatives. it has not
been customary TO resort to western
push and enterprise to boom" any
thing The word boom" In fact, has
always been handicap to anything to
which II mas been tackled II is re-
freshing to see that under the lead of
Mr. Frank Mccoy, united commercial
Wheeling is going to boom" itself this
fall
BETTY" zANE.-In another column
Will be found a description OF the ac-
tual condition of the grave of the Rev.
dictionary heroine in the old VALIANT
CIRQUE cemetery At Martins Ferry. to-
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the Buiiard smile. Like al Sins ia
nous grin the Bullard smile is In
class alone and unrivalled. There are
two brands. Ned's and Rube's, each
supreme In It's particular department
stairs in the factory department; Rube's
is located below in the business office
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