The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-12
STATE PRESS enEANINos.
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STATE PRESS GIEANINGs.
The Ohio River railroad Is buying up
lot Of land in the vicinity of New
Aiartinsyille and other places where
there are good sites for manufacturing
plants. for the purpose Of selling them
to corporations who desire locations.
This is one of the best moves the rail-
road company has ever made. It will
assist In building up the towns along
their lines and in addition Will bring
them a great deal of new business. This
will be q good thing for New Martins
vile. The future Of that town Is as
sured and there Is not the least doubt
but that II will be one OF the best towns
along the Ohio river in a few years
Tyler County Tribune.
The county court of Hampshire coun-
ty passed an ordinance last week that
all prisoners confined In the jail for
misdemeanor shall work out their fines
on the county roads at the rate OF II a
day. Every county In the state should
do the ame.-Inter-state Courier.
a new species of bass is being caught
In the Potomac river. Thos. Hughes,
veteran fisherman. caught six in a
short space OF time at the mouth OF
the Little Tonoloway creek, near VIII
Transport. The bass Is OF a large
mouth kind. II is greenish in color, and
Is said to be harder than the black
bass. II Is known as the oswego. About
800 Of these bass were put In the river
few years ago.-shepherdstown Reg
lister,
Webster Springs, this state, is get
ting to be almost equal to Hot Springs,
Ark, as a pleasure and health resort,
as is shown by the following, clipped
from the Independent State, paper
published ut that place: About 400 Wis
itors are now at Addison, and with u
large attendance Of court people the no.
tells are crowded. Many persons slept
on cots and on the door. - Elizabeth
Times.
The peach crop is a failure in this sec
ton this year. but the acorn crop is a
bowling success. Bob Cheshire, who is
clearing a piece OF land on his place,
brought to this office yesterday three
small twiggs from the top Of a white
OAK tree, that contained, in the aggre-
gate, l09 large acorns and he says al
most every tree he comes across is tull,
Pork ought to be cheap this fall
Hampshire Review.
A few days ago, says the Hampshire
Review, we referred to the unusually
heavy clip of wool in this county. Since
that time we. have gotten some figures
from a few Of the dealers, who pur-
chased the clip from the farmers Of this
county. which goes to show that there
must have been, all told, more than
one hundred thousand pounds OF wool
sold in the county, while very con-
siderable amount. rs Is usual, Is held
back awaiting higher price. Garrett
Pancake and A. B. C. Whitacre, who
were among the largest dealers bought
t.444R pounds all OF which was clipped
in this county. E. P. Pugh & Co. hand
led IS 500 pounds, while UmstOt & Will
son. OF Burlington, got good deal. !.
4, johnson, OF Points, handled quite n
good deal, as did various other dealers
in other communities. Taking all In all,
the amount sold. as stated. must have
been in excess Of one hundred thousand
pounds.
The farmers of Barbour county are
among the most enterprising in the
state. Among the plans that are now
maturing is one for the erection Of a tile
factory ut Philippl, by organizing q
stock company among themselves to de-
fray expenses. They believe the most
satisfactory system Of DRAWINGS Is by
the use of tile. Another project Is a
county street fair. to be held later In
the year.-West Virginia Farm Review.
There has been so much written about
the scandal at the Hospital for the In
sane at Weston that the matter has be-
come common talk, and last night a
Post reporter called on Mrs. NJ. l..
Howe, ex-matron Of the institution. and
nut the direct question to her: Mrs.
Howe. do you know OF any irregularl-
lies in the asylum? Is 1t true that Or.
stathers has been guilty OF improprie-
ties with female attendants?" Mrs.
Howe made this statement: Il believe
the whole matter Is a case OF black
mail" While away from home few
DAYS ago two newspaper reporters made
life miserable for Mrs. Howe in their
attempt to Interview her. She has re-
liglously held to her VOWS, and beyond
ne one sentence Mrs. Howe will not go.
On last Thursday morning a test well
being put down by the Sparkling OIL
Company on land owned by W. X.
Wilson, in the edge OF Lewis county,
ON the Little Kanawha river. was drill
Cd into the sand and oil spurted forth
n great quantities. All that day the
hole was undIsturbed, and flowed sixty
Ave barrels. A three hundred gallon
tank has been erected. but operations
were suspended for time. Meanwhile
the excitement over there is running
high. and the taking OF leases Is run
ni1R merrily on. options on coal are
being taken up red-hot ut six dollars
per acre. We could not learn nj what
depth the oil was found, but the infor-
nation we have Is from an apparently
reliable source. In the course OF few
months we predict that the people alopg
the Little Knnawha river will see things
move and hum as they had hardly
dared dream of before. With oil, gas.
coal and lots OF fine timber, there IS
no reason why Cleveland should not be
a thriving town within n short time
Webster Echo.
His Uncontagious Laugh.