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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-16


sizclal Correspondence Of Intelllgeneer.
PHrLIPPI. W. va. Sept. 1l-There
is peculiar feature connected with the
geography of Barbour county which IL
listrutes In a graphic manner the great
geological changes which sometimes
take place in landscape osreams
which once flowed in one direction, have
been turned back in their channels and
now How in an opposite direction. The
particular case to the point is Elk
creek, which now drains the western
portion Of Barbour and empties into
the West Fork at clarksbuFg. It is
now not less than twenty-five miles In
length and has well-dehned and fer
tile valley one might travel the
whole length Of 1t without suspecting
that what is now one large creek was
formerly two smaller one5, flowing in
opposite directions with theft sources
about midway between valley river
and the West Fork. and the .oRe empty
ing into the former river andrthe other
into the latter. The pre-hissdfic stream
which flowed northwestwArd into, the
west Fork, has encroached upon the
territory Of the other; which emptIed
into the Valley river some. 1--we miles
above Phlllppl. and has cut OF one after
the other Of its tributaries, until now
the drainage of the region, all passes
down Elk creek, and the stream which
0nce reached the Valley river has. ceas-
ed to exist. Rain which fails within a
half mile Of the channel OF Valley river
flows of and reaches the West Fork
more than twenty miles away. Frag-
ments Of what was once THE bottom.
lands along the creek rerhain to show
where the creek was, but these Fat
lands are now high on the hills, and
the people call the place "Flatwoods."
The cause for this great change is
apparent. 1t is found in fitting of the
regfon-the lifting up of the eastern
edge of 1t, thus giving it a sleeper
pitch down toward the west. Before
that uplIft (which occurred after the
close OF the carbOnlferous, Agel the re-
glon, including the Valley river and
westward from it, was nearly fiat, was
less elevated above the sea than 1t now
is, and the divide between the waters.
of the West Fork and Of the Valley
river was probably somewhere nearly
half way between the two rivers.
Streams -loklhg both ways from the d.
Streams flowing both ways from the d.
vide were sluggish, because the country
was worn down near the !"base-level Of
erosion" The evidence of this is the
Mct that the general heights of the
hllls between the Valley river and the
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temple was, therefore, the logical infer
ence from the candlestlck.' The
first Incidental lesson Of the vision
found It's injunction in the Injunction
against desplsing the day OF small
things. That insignificant remnant
amid the blackening walls Of Zion was
the most important company in the
world; the work they were engaged In
was the most important work.
The next lesson was that OF trust
There was u MOUNTAIN OF difficulty in
the way, Yes. But before their ap-
pointed leader that mountain would be-
come a plain.' Again they were
vlvldly reminded Of Gods omniscience.
Those seven eyes Chat perfect vision
Of Cod run to and fro through the
whole earth. God sees the plummct
line of zerubabbel's hand. omrisci-
ence is pledge Of security and success.
. I" = Thus God merclfully lllumlnat-
ed the. darkest night Of His peoples
history with the golden caadlestIck,
which, like the bush in Horeb, burned
without consuming.
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West Fork are the same; and the tops
Of these hills are remnantE of the
floor of the old plain. The valleys and
ravines between the hills have been ex-
cavated since the upllft. The creeks
were pursuing their sluggish courses
whea the upheaval came. The eastern
part Of the region rose several hundred
feet. While the western part remained
more nearly at its former level. The
effect upon the water COURSES Is plain
Streams flowing eastward into the Val
ley river would have their mouths ele-
waited more than their sources, and
their gradients being thus lessened.
they would become more sluggish :han
before, II. in fact. some Of them by hav-
ing their mouths raised higher than
their sources, did not at once reverse
their courses and flow the other way.
That the. latter phenomenon actually
took place. however, is doubtful.
The effect upon the streams flowing
westward would be equally marked.
but in the opposite way. Their sources
would be elevated and their waters
would flow down a sleeper slope. The
increased currents gave augmented
power for cutting and excavating, and
they made good use OF it. Iels a well
understood principle that so long as
stream remains active IT iensthens its
course by working back through the
divide against which It has Its source.
Acting upon this principle, When Elk
creek received It's Increased 7Eradlent
from the lifting OF the plain down which
It's course lay, It began wearing through
the old divide. and pushing It further
aud further toward Valley river. II
the streams on each side OF a water
shed are Of about the same force, they
countcract each other, and the divide
between them remains in the same
place. but II the streams on one side
are strong, and those on the other side
are sluggish. the strong viii constantly
cncroach upon the weak, gradually cap
turing It's territory and dlvertlng It's
tributaries. That Is Just what Elk
creek did. Its active waters pushed
eastward the divide between them and
the waters of the Valley river until to-
day they have captured that whole re-
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gion which formerly was tributary to
the valley river. and the divide now Is
found iiguratively speaking, within a
stones throw OF the bed Of the latter
stream.
Two Of the upper tributaries Of Elk
creek, which are laid down on maps as
Indian Fork and Mutton run, were
plainly the tributaries of that older
stream which once lowed through
''Flatwoods" into the Valley river. Elk
cut them of by undermining their
courses near their mouth, but left the
upper portions undlsturbed In their
original basins. BY consulting the map,
1t viii be seen that Mutton run and In
dian Fork head several miles from the
Valley river, and how directly toward
It until they have approached near It,
then (after unitingl they turn sharply
toward the northwest and ultimately
reach the West Fork. through Elk
creek. The point where they make
their sharp turn toward the northwest
is the point where Elk creek intercept
ed them and cut them OF from their
former course, and made them its own.
At the present time the streams are
found from two hundred to four hum
dred-feet below the beds which they oc-
cupIed at the time of the fitting of the
plain. The pike from Philippi to Buck
harmon passes four or flve miles along
the present divide, between the waters
of Elk and Of the Valley river some
times on one side of it and sometimes
on the other. and seldom more than a
mile from the bed of the river. though
on the hill some hundreds Of feet above
1t. At Mt. Vernon church Cnear i-the
mouth Of Buckhannon river) a hne view
may be had OF the deep valley on each
side OF the divide. The rainfall at the
church finds Its way, some Into the
West Fork and some into the Valley
river. The descent from that point to-
ward the river or toward Elk creek is
very steep. Indeed. the hill there re-
minds one OF thin wall between the
two systems Of water courses Break
through that wall, and Valley river will
turn from Its ancient course and will
follow Elk creek to clarksburg. That
creek is rapidly soppIng and mining the
lost parapet which holds back the
floods of the river. Through tens Of
thousands of years the smaller stream
has been necessarily and remorselessly
encroachlug upon the territory Of the
larger one. Miles of intervening coun-
try have been cut through, and now
one thin ridge only remains, and when
that shall be cut through, the channel
of Elk creek viii carry on the waters
of'the Valley river. That result is as
sure to come as that causes now active
will have their effect. The bed Of the
West Fork at Clarksburg is over four
hundred feet lower than the bed of the
Valley river ut the mouth Of the Buck
harmon. thus giving ample space for
the undermining Of the river by the en-
croachlng waters Of Elk creek.
This is not the only point In which
the waters of the Valley river are in
danger of capture by the advancing
basins of tributaries of the West Fork,
due 10 the same fitting Of the plain.
stone Coal creek. which emptIes at
Weston. has almost cut away the very
- f1a
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merly Gladly Fork and Spruce Fork
emptied into the Buckhannon. They
have been cut of by and now are tribu-
taries OF Stone Coal creek. Further
south still other Instances are seen of
the vigorous encroachment of the
streams flowing to the west. Cow run,
Laurel creek and Get Out run were for
merly tributaries of French creek, a
branch OF the Buckhannon, but the
tributaries of the Little Kanawha have
cut them on
Thus can be studied the process by
which valleys are made. landscapes
changed and the features of geography
modified, created or obllterated. The
exceeding slowness of the work. and
the years counted by tens of thousands.
need not be a surprise; for all the great
changes which have taken place upon
the earth. the sinking of continents be-
meath the sea, and the rising OF now
ones from the ocean, have nearly NIL
been the result of silent agencies. Nei-
Their is there need of immediate alarm,
lest the river should be cut of. There
viii be plenty of warning before 1t &C
ours. The tribes then occupying this
country will look back upon us, and
consider US more ancient than we con-
slider the men whose Clipped fllnts are
found under the glacier graveis Of Ohio
long before the narrow divide which
now separates the waters of the Valley
river from those of the West Fork will
have succumbed 10 the ceaseless ero-
slon which is grinding It to sand.
HUI MAXWELL.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-16

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of cattle were
unusually large for SO late In the week.
but a good share went direct to killers.
The market was steady at about yes
'terday's prices. Good choice cattle
sold at IS 1905 az; commoner grades at
81 S0d5 60. Suckers and feeaers
brought IS 1OG5 90. bulls, cows and
heIfers 81 75d5 40; Texas steers So 6Oge
4 30, rangers 50 6Od5 so; calves 81 SOC
s 10. Business In hogs was brisk, but
market closed firm nt the best price q
the week. Heavy hogs sold at 81 2gsa
1 20: mixed lots Mt "a 1904 %. and light
at 81 1904 Is. Pigs brought 50 i544 80 !;
cuiIs SO 25Ef4 20. Offerings OF sheep and
lambs wcge liberal, but the demand was
good ard prices ruled steady. Sheep
sold ut 81 0e7i % for best native culls'
bringing 50 J0a3 IS, plain ewes selling
at So 4OT3 65. Lambs brought 81 go
40 for best: westerns sold at 81 $50
5 IS. and culls 50 1894 50. Receipts
Cattle, 5000 head; hogs, 2l,0OO head;
sheep 5000 head.
EAST LIBERTY-Cattle steady; cx-
ira s. zoos 90; prime IS S0QG 0O; COM
mon So 25G4 90. Hogs steady; mediums
81 9585 90; best Workers 81 9OG4 50:
light Workers 81 S0T4 So; heavy hogs
81 7Oa4 so; pigs 81 Coos Sd; grassers
81 GOA 50: rOughs IS 0Dg4 %. Sheep
steady: choice wethers 81 6On4 60; cont
mon 81 50G2 so; choice lambs 80 go
30: common to good 81 5OG5 go. Veal
calves 81 0OgI IS.
cINCINNATI-Hogs strong ut s. CSC
4 G5.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-16

NEW YoRK-Buslness locally was OF
n listless nature with the metal mar
ket. spelter saggcd five points under in.
crease offerings and n withdrawal OF
buyers. The foreign and domestic
news contributed no influence. for or
against the market. At the close the
metal exchange called pig iron war
rants dun and nominal at 81. Lake
copper quiet at SIS so Tin quiet at
sac rs. Lead quiet with 81 60 bid and
"a 69b asked. Shelter easy, with s. 80
bid and IS 60 asked. The brokers price
for lead is 81 40 and for copper SIS 90.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-16

NEW YoRK-A better demand than
yesterday has been noticed In staple
cottons Brown drills In good request
hut dlflcult to secure. Sheetlngs very
firm. Tone OF bleachcd cottons strong
nrd hlvher prices probable next Week
Ducks firm and tending upwards. Dem
ire scarce and strong. other coarse
colored cottons tending against buyers
Prints are easy In fancies' but STEADY III
stanle lines. GlnChams strong. Bur-
lars advanced HGhc per yard on the
NNnnls
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-16

A LII KINDS OF PLAIN AND FANCY
"a Printing. An entire now line OF sam
1les OF Bell Programmes, Tickets And 4n'
lob Printing omcA
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OH, cITY-Crcdlt balances 81 Is; GER
ti5eatcs closed at 81 l4Ss bid for cash;
no sales: shipments gs,6sO barrels NV
erage 79. SIS barrels; runs S6,S22 barrels;
average S2,331 barrels.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-16

~ REATEsr FAClLITIEs FOR THE
W Prompt Completion Of 0rdefa ~ tea
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-16
SOME QUEER EGGS
about the Captive Water Courses
Of Barbour County
GREAT GEOLOGICAL CHANGES

That Have Taken Place ExpOunded
by Mr.. HUI Maxwell-streams Which
osce Flowed In one Direction Turn.
e,b Back in Their Channels, now
Flowing in an Opposite Direction.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-16

81 as 900. United stRtes new e coupon
\. n tne S. a1yuneed Z. pes cent IN tns
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0NHE MoNoNGAH ROUTE IS THE
ia rksburr. Quick Tlme-FaHt Trains.
SWre Connections When travelling TO or
rom ClRrlisburg or West Virginia and
pntsburgh railroad points, see. that your
itrkets Rad via the MononEaheln River
Bnilrbud. Close Connections at FOlrmont
with Il. q y. trains, aud at ClarkshurB
with n. & q. and w, v. & +. trains. Tick
cts VIA this route on sale AZ all Il, 4 D.
and W., ". s. y. n. r. stations.
HUGH G. noWLEs. Gonl supe
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NEW YoRK-wOoi firm.
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lower At S la3t. and January ribs Q
shade LOVER At 81 eg5sGt 8.
Estimated receipts Saturday.
Wheat f2s cars; corn, eSs car9i OATS
81 cars: hogs, 1900 head.
!. llie leaulu. InluTe. rangao % Lello.-..
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DEPART.

Electric rars bridgeport to Wheeling,
priisire and Martins Ferry.
rsnsutt ngonta foT best routes and low.
eS' '@ss' NJ. q. cARREL,
General Passenger Agent.
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STEEL, TUBE AND TIN 2
The following quotations for National
Steel and American Tin Plate stocks We I,3
furnished by Simpson & Tatum' CITY uanN
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-30
WAYstDE eLEANINcs.
Topics Which Keep Ciintonians on the
N Hustle All tho Time.

Topics Which Keep Ctintonians on the
Ia Hustle All tho Time.
F. w. -Ladd will remove his jewelry
store to the store now occupied by
Samuel R. Gather as a shoe store. Mr..
Ladd will use part of the premises, and
Mr.. Gather will retain the balance. The
change was made necessary when S.
w. Tyler leased his store to Pease &
Kendall for market. Mr.. Laid and
Mr.. Tyler have been occupying the
store together.
Martin Dolphin has taken a position
as baggage master with the Boston &.
Maine railroad at the union station.
Rey, Garyin Wright, Worcester, has
been the guest of his cousin, Gavin
Hamilton.
Hackman James r. Conery has con-
tracted with the New York New Ha-
ven & Hartford Railroad Company for
the sole right to maintain a hack on
the company's side of the station.
James O'Brien, a bright particular
star, who played with the Clinton base
ball team until it disbanded, is sched-
uled to play with the Ware baseball
team Saturday afternoon
st. Johns Catholic Church raised S10e
| for the use of the Clinton hospital at
the collection which was taken Sunday
The money was paid to Frank e. How
ard, treasurer of the Clinton Hosnita1
| Association, today
Thursday evening there will be a con-
cert in the Congregational church. Civ.
| en- by Atlanta university quartet.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-30
BURNS HAD GRIT.
Laid All Night in
Concealment With
a Broken Leg.
THE ACT of AGOOD SAMARITAN.
Officer Murphy Took Wound
ed Man on His Back and
Found Him Succor.
THE ACT OF AGOOD SAMARITAN.

Clinton, Aug. 29.-John Burns was
afraid that he would be arrested if a
! policeman saw him, so he laid beside
the tracks of the Boston & Maine Rail-
road Company on the dump behind the
carpet mill from $50 yesterday after
noon to O'clock this morning, with his
right leg badly broken.
| He had done nothing as far as any
body knows to deserve arrest, except
steal a ride on a freight train. He
paid so bitterly for this that no Clinton
policeman could have been found heart
less enough to arrest him.
The police did, in fact, play the good
Samaritan to Burns. Burns used to
| live in Bolton with Mr.. and Mrs. John
N Haggerty. When Mrs. Haggerty
died Burns left, and has since been
wandering about the country, finding
work as he could.
| He has been peddling fruit in and
about Worcester for some days, up to
yesterday afternoon, when his money
gave out.
He decided to steal a ride as far as
Clinton on a freight train. When he
reached the dump he jumped from the
train and broke his ankle. He man.
aged to crawl into some bushes beside
the track. More than a hundred peo-
pie passed within a few feet of Burns,
but nobody saw him, and he did moth
ing to reveal his presence
At o'clock this morning BENJAMIN
FaWcett, Waterman in the carpet mill,
heard man moaning. He told Officer
Edward L. Clark, who made a search
OF the railroad tracks near the mill. Off
Ger Clark could hear someone grooming,
but he could not find anybody. About
4 o'clock Officer John F. Stoebel and
officer Clark took up the search togeth-
| er.
In the meantime officer John F. Muir
| ply took up the search. He stumbled
upon Burns, and saw that the poor fell
low was badly hurt
1t was something of question how
TO get Burns to some place where he
could be reached by team. Rather
imam let the man suffer until help could
come, officer Murphy took Burns back,
and carried him as far as Wallace
Bros. grain store on Main street. Muir
| phy was a badly Winded officer before
the trip was done. Burns is a stalw&Sf
young fellow, who weighs at least 17C
pounds. officer Stoebel brought a team
and took Burns to the police station
] Or. George j. OFT was called. He found
the poor fellows ankle terribly swollen.
His shoe had to- be cut off. The bone
had sustained Potts fracture, eve
inches above the ankle joint
Burns said he had suffered a great
deal of pain, but he was determined not
| to be arrested. officer Clark passed
him near enough so that Burns couI6
have reached out his hand and touched
him. Burns was taken to the general
| hospital where his leg was attended
to. He is quite comfortable this after.
noon.
Burns is known by sight, at least tc
a majority of the people of the town,
He used to make frequent visits here
when he resided in Bolton and was re-
garded few years ago as PROMISING
young man.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-30
IN CLINTON COURT.
Judge Stone Has Various Kinds O
Cases to Dispose of.

Peter WEIGH, arrested for drunken
ness Monday afternoon, found in the
district court, this morning, that Chief
Bates men had been busy over night.
when he was charged with breaking
and entering with commission of larce-
ny. He was bound over to the criminal
superior court Frank Kittridge was
sitting on the piazza of the house at
205 Greene street, which is occupied by
William Manning, when he saw a coat
and a pair of trousers hurled from a
second story window. He knew that
trousers had no wings, and his sus-
picion was excited. He ran into the
house and met WEIGH trying to run. He
caught WEIGH and held him until an
officer came. Anna Manning saw
WEIGH on the stairs and screamed. Off
GER John M. Murphy searched Welch
at the police station and found a hair
brush in his pocket. Miss Mary Man
ming identified the brush. WEIGH said
that he had forgotten all about it. The
charge Of drunkenness was placed on
file.
Daniel M. Tracy was fined SIS for an
assault upon Clarence q. Kimball, the
five-year-old son of Charles L. kim
ball The assault consisted in hitting
the boy on the shoulder with a. stone,
He was fined IS. Alvin @. Davis, VIM
Wilson, Peter Crosby and Frank Kit.
tredge, all persons not to the police
hitherto known, said guilty to teina
drunk. Judge Stone made It $40 all
around, and refused to let up on two
fellows who tried to beg off.
The judge said he intends to make
this a terrible place for strangers Ia
get drunk in, and promised to make an
example of all such.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-30
LETTER M ON TOP.

The publication of the tax list gives
persons disposed to alphabetical in
quiry chance to find what names lead
the'li Of men who pay the bills. The
letter "M' is boss. Four hundred and
one persons pay something as direct
tax payers whose surnames begin with
this letter. Moreover, the three largest
individual contributors have names be.
ginning with M" namely, George w.
Morse, Henry McGrath and P.fH. Nor
rison. Walter r. Dame puts ID" into
the list by receiving more tax bills than
any other man. The distinction Of
M" doesn't stop here. Ephraim and
w. ]. McRell, respectively, pay the 81
and a cents, the smallest sums as
sessed.
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Mr.. BRADY REPLIES.

William F. Brady whose duty it is
to sprinkle Franklin park, replies
warmly to the aspersions of his fellow
citizens on Burdett hill Mr.. Brady
says: I'm regard to not watering the
park as the former caretaker did, !
will state that it has got as much or
more water than it did formerly. and
this can be proven. The sprinkler has
been moved from place to place as often
this year as any. Franklin park is
rather sunny place, and that is the
reason the worms delight to work there,
The worms are in other places as well
as Franklin park. i have done my
duty and care for nobody"
superintendent Frank Sawyer has
now taken several buckets full of muck
worms from the park, and is willing Ia
back Caretaker Bradys statement that
the worms delight to work there.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-30
JOLLY BUSINESS MEN.

The Clinton business men thoroughly
enjoyed their clambake at Spec pond
this afternoon. Two barges took them
to the grounds. The viands were served
at o'clock. Warren Goodale was In
charge of the festivities. Among those
who were present were: II. b. Mer-
chant, Thomas Dawson Tate, John w
Forester i. o. Pratt, Herman Dietz-
man, Austin b. O'Toole, John b.
OToole, c. G. Coulter, w. L. Hubbard
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-30
IF THE BABY is cuTTINc TEEr1I

II TIE BABY is CUTTING TEETH
BE sure and use that old and wel-tried
remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for children teething. 1t soothes the
enid sottens the gums, allays all pain.
cures wind collie. and is the best remedy
f0r diarrhoea. Twenty-Five cents a bot
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-30

Do not fail to try it for home and
medicinal use-nothing like "Runnymede
Club whisky, absolutely pure.