The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-23
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The county eosr. q Ranaoiph county
has granted the petition Of the people
Of Elhns IN the court house hght and
me matter VIII 90 to the people again
about the location OF the county seat.
The last time Il was voted down by a
small vote and the Beverly people prom
ised that they would not talk new court
house for 1--WE years II It were allowed
to remain in their town Howeer, they
diaregarded the pledge and started in
10 build a new one. The contract had
been let but this VIII stop the whole
proceeding until the fight Is gone over
again. This time Il Is thought It will
carry.
A muscovey duck belonging to Nj. ].
S. Lucas, q couple OF miles from town,
made It's nest in a queer place this year.
It selected q crotch high up In an oak
tree In the woods on the place, and here
II laid an egg daily until It had a dozen
or more. Then she devoted herself to
the process OF incubation until she had
matched out twelve ducklings, which she
gently carried to the ground one by one,
and they now disport Themselves In the
stream nearby just like other ducks.-
ShepherdstOwn Register.
Last week DR.. Warden, OF Manning
ton, received two eopperhead snakes
from friend in the country. He put
the snakes In a glass covered box with
small rat. Then there was battle
royal. For an hour the snakes and rat
fought Ylclousiy, when the rat gained
the victory, killing both snakes. The
rat was bitten probably twenty-five
times and expired in about an hour af-
ter the snakes were dead.-FaiTmont
Expositor.
A fac-simile production Of letter
written by General George Washington,
recently appeared In the Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune. II Is very inter-
esting TO the readers Of this paper, be-
cause 1t was once owned by a Charles
ton gentleman. The letter was written
one hundred years ago on the sixteenth
OF this month.
It Is a most Interesting and valuable
relic, and Is now the property Of Mr..
]. Shields, Of Cincinnati, and has been
In AIr. ShieldS family a number Of
years It was presented 10 Mr.. Shields
by Colonel Thomas B. Swan, Of Charles
ton, w. Va, ard came into that gem
tleman's possession through his wife,
who inherited It from her father
Charleston Mall Tribune.
Prior to the Wheeling convention we
had a choice for congress. Our choice
now Is the nominee Of that convention
B. B. Dovener. il is now a question OF
measures and not men, and regardless
Of personal preference It is the bounden
duty Of every Republican to support the
nominee Of the Wheeling convention.
The Republicans OF the district cannot
AFFORD to permit the election OF Demo-
erat, OF which there Is not a possibility
II the Republicans but perform their
plain duty. Support the nominee, work
for the nominee and Captain Dovener
will be reelected by an increased ma
jority.-Weston World.
The Richmond Dispatch OF a late date
gives a lonS biographical sketch OF Cap
tain William F. Drinkard. who AZ the
breaking out OF the civil war in 1851
was publishing the True VIrgindan in
Fairmont. The Dispatch, OF whose
stan he was the oldest member, pays a
high tribute to his excellence as a man
and his worth as a scholar.
Threshers are theoretically engaged
In threshing out the great crop OF acres
OF wheat, and right and day the steady
hum Of these great workers are heard
in active work or moving ar steady
pace from farm TO farm. 1t is pushing,
thriving, driving labor, wen and ear
Mostly done. The straw Is enormous in
quantity, but does not yield up golden
grain in fair proportion. Threshers say
that where twenty-five bushels would
appear q fair yleid only fifteen TO
eighteen are obtained, and assert that
the average crop Will be from thirteen
TO fifteen bushels per acre.-Marttns-
burg Independent.
1t seems as though the long desired
thing In regard to finding oil In this VI
cinity Is about TO occur. The prospect
for big oil wen Is said to be very good.
The well drilled by De Witt & Co., on
the land OF Colonel T. T. Davis, has
fine showing OF oil in the top OF the
big Indian" sand and drlNng has been
suspended to enable those holding the
lease to secure adjoining territory. The
territory desired Is the estate OF VIII
lam FlRnaghan. deeeased. and most OF
the heirs have signed the lease already.
-Ritchle Gazette.
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