The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-26

| and blind school al Romney htty-eight
deaf and dumb girls. slxty-elght deaf
and dumb boys, twenty-six blind girls
and twenty-one blind boys, In all one
hundred and seventy-three.
This paper has secured about five
hundred new subscribers since Septem-
Der !, and is still fighting for susie
nance and the Bluefeld postoffice.-
Blueield Telegraph.
The Popocratic captains are begin
ming to revive their dropping spirits
Wheat has taken little fall, and they
are anxiously watching the market. II
wheat would only go down to fifty cents
bushel again, they could shake their
fingers in the farmers faces with great
effect. Last year hushel OF wheat
and an ounce OF silver were equal In
value, but this year the wheat is worth
Just double the silver, and for some
reason the Popocrats don't stand in
with the farmers as well as they did
last year.-Fayette Republican,
The West Virginia Hoot Owl says: ut
Is stated through good authority, that
wild animals of various kinds and wild
turkeys are leaving the mountains and
lodging In the Clay county forests Err
nest Carr reports having seen three
wild turkeys last Saturday in his faith
er's field at the upper end of Clay City,
and we have heard OF wild turkeys be-
ing seen at other places. 1t Is reported
that Peter Dawson saw a panther near
Groves Mil at the mouth OF Groves
creek, recently. 1t Is now presumed
that what was pronounced lynx that
has been roaming the Groves creek vi
cinlty for quite n while, Is panther
However. a panther and a lynx may
both be there. Bears are said to be get
ting quite numerous In our most dense
forests"
The garrUlous and Grumbllng Ga
zette is striking right and left, like a
snake that is blind, at the heels OF the
Republican state administration. It
never misses an opportunity to sneer
at the various functions which the
state officials are called upon to dis
charge in a civic and social way. Dur
ing Governor MacCorkle's admlnistra-
ton no Republican Journal was so In
delicate as ia criticise his use of the
civil contingent fund. The petuiant
and spIenetIc attacks of the editor of
the Gazette will only excite the con-
tempt of West Virginians regardless OF
party. There are matters OF real mo-
ment to the public, in the way OF pro-
noting the development of the state.
To this end the governor and his ofti-
cIas are expected TO visit Industrial ex-
hlbltions and bestir themselves In at
tracing attention to the advantages
and resources Of the state, Il is a very
petty and mendaclous sort of Journal
ism that attacks them for so doing
Charleston Tribune.
"Bllly" Harrison. of Perrvvllle, this
county, killed a large black bear that
netted two hundred and fifty pounds.
This corroborates the stories OF several
persons who have seen the animal. 1t Is
reported that there are several more In
this near vicinity, they having been
driven out of their mountain retreats
by a scarcity OF water and the fierce
forest fires that have been raging
throughout this entire section for the
past two weeks,-McDowell Recorder.
Some of the papers are saying that
Edward Price, OF Newburg, W. Va, has
been arrested for "embezzlement." He
was assistant postmaster at Newburg,
and took $500 from the money order de-
partmeIt. So small sum as that Is not
embezzlement; 1t is simply steallnS,-