Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-16

NEW MARTINSVILLE, W Va, Sep
TENDER &c. NJ. Powers, the Main
street jeweler, left Thursday to visit
| his cid home at Cleveland. o.
Miss Blanche Ferret, accompanied by
her cousin, Miss Lucy Sedgwick, is
calling on friends att Martins Ferry.
John Woodcock is on two weeks
outing at Mountain Lake Park.
Misses Gay Debolt, Dora Wilson and
Anna Lazear have been appointed 10
take charge OF the Bell central office
/ Tie Office will be in the third story of
the New Martihsville Bank building.
Harry McEldowney spent Wednesday
at Sistersville on legal business.
Mrs. Robert Morris and son Bert are
| spending few days with relatives at
Friendly
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Dulaney are spend
| ing a two weeks vacation at Atlantic
| City.
Miss Lillian Eakin is the guest of
friends at Bellaire.
josephUs Clark attended the NJ. E.
Church South conference.
Miss Imogene Brast left Wednesday
for Mt. de Chantal College.
Miss Lulu Hall, accompanied by her
mother, Eft Wednesday for Wheeling,
where Miss Hall win resume treatment
for her eyes.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Ruby returned
Thursday from a two weeks outing in
Northern Pennsylvania
Lloyd McIntire was ait Pine Grove
Tuesday on legal business
An expert lock picker has been in
town for some days selling a patent
lock. He asks but few minutes to
unlock any lock in town, using shoe
buttoners, toothpicks, etc.
Glen Snodgrass, Ross Sayer, Thayer
McIntire, Ross Eakin, Charley Hall
and Leonard Hall left to-day for the
State University to resume their
studies.
Miss Jennie Emsch, aged Is years,
died Thursday evening after a few
days illness of typhoid fever. DIR.
Schmeid was called Monday, but found
her delirious and unable TO take nur-
ishment.
Miss Bessie Umstead has returned
from an extended visit 10 relatives at
Weston and Parkersburg.
The work train on the Short Line has
reached Sterling, at the mouth of Lit
tie Fishing creek, and in another week
will be at P0rter's Falls. The scenery
on this new road Is not surpassed by
any in the State. Near the town Of
Porter's Falls Fishing creek pitches for
half mile down an incline, and the
roaring and foaming waters can be
heard for long distance. Just above
this town of PoPter's Falls is the twin
tunnel, where the road leaves the main
creek and after going a few hundred
yards up State Roard run. passes
through the hill crossing the main
creek, and entering Longpoint comes
out nearly two miles by the creek from
the point of entrance, yet the twin
tunnels are but a,few hundred feet in
length. But the grandest scenery on
the line is Owls-head mountain, SIT
uated five miles north of Pinegrove on
the South Fork This mountain may
be seen on the map of the State, and
the elevation given is 500 feet This
mountain overshadowS the town of Lot,
and the climb to the top is long and
tiresOme, but is worth the effort From
the summit one has good view OF all
the surrounding country, but it re-
Quires a strong nerve and steady head
TO look down the precipice. On the
top is table land of about ten feet
wide, sloping gradually to the north,
but on the south the wall Is almost
perpendicular for 300 feet, where there
is small break and then a pitch of $50
feet to the creek, making an elevation
OF $50 feet from the creek. From the
line of the. railroad one has most an
excellent view of the precipice 1t is
% miles southeast of this town and
from the summit of the mountain by
the aid of good spy glass. one may
trace the meanderings of Fishing creek
to its mouth, and have good view Of
the Ohio Valley, being able to trace the
river for some distance. But with the
completion of the road, passes away
one of the industries of the county. be-
ing lat of lumber rafting with all of
its eXcitements and pleasures, and
many sigh will be heard from Capt.
Sam Mccormick and a host Of other
old timers, who know every fall, Shoal
and bend in the creek. and have run
thousands of feet of lumber from the
head of the creek. There is some
danger connected with the business,
and not many years ago a man was
swept off, shooting Morgans dam and
drowned. The r2ftefs would have
strong withs fastened to the RATS.
and IN shooting the rapids, would hold
on while the raft would bury itself in
three to four feet OF water. and if
man let so he was washed off and
drowned But these days are. passing
with the new railroad never to re-
turn. Returning to the twin tunnel. il
may be said that il is one of the finest
pieces OF engineering on the road, be-
ing constructed on a curve. and in IT'S
side may be seen vein OF coal from
six to seven feet thick, from which
hundreds of bushels was taken In dig
gins the tunnel The surrounding hills
are filed with coal. which viii now be
operated. all the land or coal rights
having been purchased by spectators.
and las much as S25 per acre has been
paid for the coal. The new road passes
through three OF the largest oil fields in
the State. viz. Pinefork, Pinegrove and
SmithhelG Near Pipegrove is the
Belts run field, surrounded by thou
sands OF acres of oil and gas producing
territory, and in close proximity to the
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