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VENJEZll /Mblissezm dans Is Virginia I de I'Ouest. I Mint Jew it Bide mUrk Son pcuple vous souhaite la bienvcnue et vous offro de grandir avcc lui. miM LE COLON ETLE CiPUWTE i I I'ii Etnt qui n'a juts de IH'tte# ct lie pent cii avoir.? I>e# K^lUcu de toutos croyoucoi ct do Sjileudides L'eolcs ^ratuitc*. lb Pays lc plus rielio eii C'iiarboD et en Forflto.? Sources Nulincs, Sources do J'ctrole ct do Giiz Xaturcl. I/* tcrrulnH lea iiieillctirs marches jwiir pAtunitfcsy icrmagcs, la viticulture; ct la culture maraielifcre.? Jly a de laplaco pour tout lioiiiiuo lioniietc et industrious. Tauten leu nationality sont representees duiis la population aetuolle. i Lo 29 fdSvrier 188S, en rrfpouflo i\ tin ap- J pel ilo In (.'hamluc ?lo ('mnmurce <lo Wheo | ling, millo (108 prmctpau* viwyvnn u? *? Virginia do l'Oueat t>o rduni&tuiont en Convention et rdiolvnient d'invltor lo.s goiu imlnstrieux du mondo entier ii vcnlr b'ltalilir dans la Virginio dftl'Oueat. Cetto Conventioucrdii tui C'onaeil d'limnigration et do Ddveloppi'inoiit do la Virginio do l'Oueat, avcc tin nil-go central 4 Wheeling; 31. Cltaa. JJurdett Hurt, rtfdaetour dtt Jjnily Intelligencer, do Wheeling, fut ?5Iu president, etM. J). L. Ilutchor, uutrofbla Mirintcmlant ilea Kcolea gratuitcs do l'JSlat, fut jiomind secretaire. Co Conaeil ( d'luiuiigration so fern tin plaisir do rdpou. , ilro it touto* lea qneatious qui pourraicut \ luiitro fatten, aidoru los colons & s'dtablir, I et t'nfin (m? met ii la deposition do toils * mux qui ildsiront tin avis umicul et d&iutcrc.sMS na Nitjot do la Virginio do rOuest. i Co Consoil d'lmmigration ot do Drive- J ]o]?pcmont ho compose do quatorzo pertonne* no touchant pus d'appointomeuts. , Lo Cousoil n'a pas do tormina ii vendro, i maid il mettru led uehotctirs en rapport ' avocilcs personnes qui ddiirent vendro. 1 Jtisqn'A (lrdauut cea terrains ont forunS do ] granites propritft& quo l'on drfsiro mor- \ teller, tie fayou & ce quo lu colonisation, j facility, Vienna grosair lu population ( trop parsomdo do cet Etut. i 11 y a ilcs milliora ot dos milliers d'acrea ' do terrains fertile#, ii proxiuiitrf d'oxcol- r l*tU marolttfs, qui n'ont paa encore <St<S [ touches par la cliarrne. On peut en dove o <li.lt.it-j I'm-vn. union lour I ^ distanco d'uno ligno do ehemin do for. l.'Kt.it tout outier Bora biontot couvort d<? voiw ferrrioa. l-i Virgiufo do 1'OucHt n'ost paa anjefcto anx cyelomw, aux vonts froida ?t doatruoleuw, ni aux 6pid<5mie9. C'erft 1c pays lo I'lus sain du inondo cntior. l.'ilonornblo 8. II. Elkins, ex-niembro du Co:igrt>rt, originairo do l'Oueat, qui a 1'l.nv une grando partio do sa lbrtiuio dans l?'S chiMiiins do tor, minoa ot autroaonlropri.vs do la Virginio do l'Oueat, oil il oat veim V?5talilir tout fait, a'oxpritnaeu cea lennea (levant la Convention qui a formtf In C'onseil d'linmigration ot deDtfveloppo inent do la Virgin io do l'Oueat: Jusqu'A prisont on no a'eat pha encoro | ffforcd d'ajipolcr 1'attontion dea EtataVnisetdo i'Europo aur loa ricbosaoa intrinwquca do la Virginio do l'Oueat. Ello j oflre ilea avantagoa oxoeptionncla & l'dmi- j grant, iju'il noit ouvrior, fcrmior, rnanu i Jaetnrier, ntfgooiant ou capitaliato. En proportion tic son dtouduo, la Virgi- ( nic do rum-fit eat l'Etat lo plus richo en | nwitmrcea naturollea des Etata-Unia; lo i churlxni, lo miuomi et lea bolaa'ytrou- ' Miit en profusion, baao eertftino d'iiumon- j us richcsiie.i qui contribucnt pour uno srramlf part ii la prosperity ot h la grandeur d'un pays. La Virginiodo l'Oueat n'a pus bosoia do l'exagdration du braaaour d'affaires inodcruo pour appelor l'attention sur ses resource*, ollea Mont notoirea ot frappent l'esprit lo uioina observatour. Sou uspiM't pittorosque, son liouroux cliwat, s.'i intipnisablea mines do charbon ot tie miuerai, sea forOta dea plus beaux boia, ?t >e.> eliarinantca ot fertile* vallrftw n'ont ?iu'j\ fltre counties pour attirer vera olio Jout uii mondo oherchant du travail ot ii be order utio patrio, ainsl quo doa ndgoeiants, dva manufactttriora et doa capitalisten desiraut fairo (lea placements. SITUATION KT 1'OSITIOX AUX fcTATS-UNIS. On s'iiungino gdnlraluinent qno la Vir* giiiie du l'Oueat eat uu do cca loiutaina Klats du Sud qui penvent diftlciloiuont x'utteiiidro pur lea voiea ordinairea. Wlnfola villo la plua important*.', so trouve au nord quo 1'hiladolpliio, ot Charleston, hi capitate do l'Ktat, ?o trouve l?rcsiiue en lij?no directoavoo Waahington, qnoiqno Wgfcrement plus au and. I .a Virginio attend au nord jusqn'ft 100 millea du lao Kri6, ot i\ 1'cat juaipi'ii 75 luille.H do Baltimore ot it 00 niillea do la apitalo ilea Ktata-l'nis. L??a doux tiera do wn territoiro so trouvent soua la uiAmo latitude nord quo l'Etat do l'Obio. La Virjiiniu do l'Oueat eat borudo par la Penaylvaniu hiir line distance do 1-5 uiillea, eat N'pardo du Maryland par la rivi?Nro l'otomae, et' par la rivifcro Ohio d? l'Ktat do co iioin, pendant environ L'OO inillea. On pout so rendre dana la Virginio do l'Ouest en mollis d'uno houro do Pittaburgh ; en deux lieurea do Ualtinioro ot do Waaklhgton; on cinq liourci do rminuoit'oliunhua et Cincinnati; en sept ?c?irrg do Now-York, ot en quntorzo da Chicago. Kilo do trouvo ?ur lo cliemin di*wt ?lo la vaildo du Miaainaipi ii la oftto do 1 Atlautique. Deux gruiulca liKncM do elioiniiis ilu l?r In traverse <lo l'eat h l'ouost.) 1'oiir Km vnyujjpurH do la cdto <lo l'Atlnu- j ti'iin* h? mutant do l'hilndolphio ft Kieh-1 inoiid, hi routo nnturello veri l'ouost eat trovers do In VirRinio do 1'Ouast. Mtuio anr lea deux cfitf'* d? la chnlno do dt'M Alleghany, olio intend h i ?'-t et n 1-ouch; ut divide son coinmerco ?-*utr?j In vnll? ? du Min.si.Mipi ot 1? cflto do j Atlautique. D'uu nccto facile pour toua grands contrt'9 do population, olio occ,M?e unu position nu contra du psys qui donne uuu urundo importance & moo mart'lica. population irr ^trxdu*. l.'Etftt est divimi ou ciiiqunnte.quntro rotntta, nvot: uuo population d'onviron tw,000 habitants. ISoUauto pourceutdo la clone ouvrliii", en 188", aipartenaian i l'aerionlture. Bou ftcwlao . ?t lie 2i,7S0 mUlw carr6? ?|ui do ili-tii! lula ';l grandeur de I'Etat ill lurvlaml; iJ.nx Ibfiet dcuil ?u? Wrnuit Sunle Manaoliiuetta, 'l<? coinpto 4000,001 'liabltanta, rt atmi grand que in- fctati do UlHtoliUHtU] ilii Nuff Joney, di Connecticut it <lu JChodo l.lund mis cu I,ci royaumcM do llelgitiuo I't do ]IoL lundo out eiuouible uuo iwpulatlon di 10,001),WO d'babltnuta. L'dlcudue do li Virginia do l'Oaeat out plus grando qui cello do con doux paya rtunin. HICUUIHK8 >:T RESSOUIICES. i'n 1K)S|| in Vlruinio lHiswulnit 62,01k formes couvrunt 10,225,311 acres do torro La valour uioyeiiiie des terraiim ddt'richd dtait de $21.05 J'ucru, et pour lea torraiui boiads. $0.39. C'otto uniido-lft, la valeui tied foilis so iiiuiita fl,000,000, lea bids i ?6,000,000, et pour les produits luauufac tures a pi iim du $22,000,000. La Virginio du l'Ouest est traversdo di nord au sud, sur uno distance d'uuviror 210 iiiilleM, par les Montagues Anpala uliieuues lbriuaiit duu.x on trois clialnej triis distinctes qui s'dtendent de Teat 2 I'oui'.st sur uno largcur do 200 inillos at delft do sea frontieres. Des sources et des rivifcres intariBsablei j'dcliappent des llancsde ses Montagues et voiit urroser tout son territolre. Lea doui tiers do l'Ktut contiennent des couches d< houille, dout I'd tend uo est d? 16,000 millcj plus grando quo celles do la l'ensylvanh ou do l'Aii^lutorro, et ?ix rivifcres naviga bles lo parconreut en plusieura sens. Des montagnos, des colli ties et des val Ides ou coupont la Htirfueo, toujours for tilo do la base ail soininet. Los moiitngnej ut los collines sout couvertes do gras pil turages jiropices ii ^'installation do laito ries ot from a ^orics. Les niontagnos d< 1'Alleghauy coiitribucront bientOt pou uno largo part daus la iburniture des pro daits laetds aux populations des cAtcs di t'Atlantiquo ot A Pox puliation en Kurope A 300 inilles d'oii so l'ait om-ore aentir ii mardo, ot a 100 millet* do la rivi&ro * ?liio des coutniuosdoiuillod'ncres dVxeellenfi terrains so vcudout depuis $ I a l'acro les bois qui los reeoiivront payeront lar geiuont les l'raia do ddfrielidmentet doolA tare. Cos terrains reeoiivront des coiiehei do liouillo qui peuvent donuor un rondo wio\it do 5,000 a 6.000 tonnes par acre, el ijui, bioutot, aveo Jos lacilitds do traiihpor udcessaires, dounoront uno plue-vuluo at terrain do 10 pour ccnt par touuo. " ' .!? -1..,1? rn, ujiu m;uiu <4u >.?? ?. ? ot pas In plus grando de? Etnta-Unis oiiNommo nunuelleineiit on v iron 1,000,OCX lo tonnes do cliurbou, an prix do prfta dt f3,000,000j pour huh nombreusos loconio tivoa. Dana la Virginio do 1'OucAt, It jharbon ?*.st meillour marchd au sortir du miU qu'en Angleterro, olloofl'ro (lone, pai :o fait, mix chcmina do for ct induatrfoh In pays et du voisinage, lo combustible K neillour luaichd du uioiido. En 1XST?, In I'ansylvnnio pcaaddnit 7,707 nrilles th . liemins do forfl'Ohio 7,325 mil lea, la Vir* rinio 2,073 inilies, tandis quo la Vir/^inic lo I'Oueat on avnit settlement 1,039 millca. Vinni entourdo (run rdaeau do clieiuius do or, lo temps n'e?t pus loiu oil ils pawioronl a troutier?\ lui ouvrant par cola (lea mar lids nouvoaux ot uu dcoulement sftrpoui ino production toujours croissanto. ^migilatlox vki18 l'ouest. Pondant lea soixanto-dix dcmi&rca anidea lea terrains lea plus favorablea & l'a;riculturo do I'Oueat aont dovenua la pro>ridtd (l?-8 colons, ot il dovient do plus on dua ditlieilo d'y achctor des torres Won lituGes a bon marchd, soitdesparticuliers, oit du gonvernenient. Lo Hot d'imiuigrntion qui, pondanttroia inarta do sioele, a'cst constmnmont portd 'era I'Oiu-st soluble a'apniier. Arrfito par a grando clialno dea Montngnes lioclteusea t Jes cdtea do l'Ocdun I'aciliquo, il ho diigo iiiaiutciiaut vera lea moutagucs dea Lllogluiiiy, le Sud ct lo Sud-Oucat. Une nliino part io do notro immigration soldoueut a'dtablit dans I'Oueat. llu'yanltia do frontifcro danarOttesfc. Virginio do I'Oucat et lea Etata enclarda dans loa iijontagnca des Alleghany tisquo vera lo golfo aemblent fltro la Ironifcre-^Cn dca progrfes qui a'ixnpoao A la intion, e'est l'oceupatiou ot lo ddvelopponent do cea Ktats; ^appropriation :le oura immense* forfits ut rextraction den {chesses quo contient lour sol. 11a pouraient facilemcnt ubsorbor lo aurplns do lotro populatiou toujoura croisaaute, on iii fournisannt du travail ct uu foyer. Lea tronto nnndoa qui vioiuient do s'douler ont <td, pour lo Xord ot I'Oueat, mo pdriodo doprospdritd ailnadgnle. Coat in Sud quo rovieiit luaintonaut riionnotu lo contribuer i\ la prospdritd nationnlo. Lea relations eomutcreialcs nvec lea 'tats du Xord s'amdlioront ot s'agriiudis' ent tous Jos joura. Lea voiea do transport irddea pendant c?-a quarauto doi'uiorea auidea so dirigout pruxmio toutca do l'Kat A 'Oucat. Ccci aw inoditicra i\ mcsiiro quo 1c Juil prospdrera, ct roprcitdra aa place ?*n ant quo puiasauco iuduatriollo dans lei itata-lJnia. Do nouvolloa routoa s'ouvrirontdu Xord hi Sud pour rdpoudro aux demanded croiaantes du commerce. Leagraudes riclteasea Kiinrnlh'tt ilu Sud. nllidesnu travail libro, lont mi sfir garant tin diSveloppemcnt ct les progrtoii vctiir. LoSud iion-souleiuent irrivora li manufacturer tout co qui lni ist ndeessairo, mais encoro a exporter turn ,rrando quantity do gut* prod nits. PROQItfcS DANS LK SUP. Plus do $100,000,000 out dtd dispense* 'aniido dernioro ft la construction ot tl Vc|iiipemeiit do liouvollcs ligues dc cheilitis do for, aintsi qu'ft l'umdJioration dot ineionnos ligncs. Scion uu devis, fait nvec soin, pom !onstruiro dans lo Sad la memo propor.ion do cheinins do for qu'il y a dans It resto du pays, il faudrait on ajoutei 10,000 niilles'ft coiix ddjii cxistant, ot si Icj rails coAtnicnt -5*>0 la tonne, il n'cn fan lrait pas moins do $100,000,000. Lo .Sad no nuuiquom pas do fabriquoi lino nartio do ces rails, aiusi quo d'autrei inatoriaux ot l'duuipement necetuairos il jea 40,000 inillcs do voio ferrdo. Pendant les quatro-vingts dcrni?>rcs an tides, plus do 11,000,000 do pcrsonncs oul tldbarqurf sar no* cAtcs. vonaut d'Uuropi ut d'autrcs pays, eVst-a-diro plus iiiio k population des trois royaunios du l)ano aiarlc, do Hollnndo et do Uel/?iquo rdunis L'histoiro no fournit nas iVoxemplo d'ni si grand uiouvcniontu'koiuines. Uu cHtinu quo, 1'anndo dornifcro, lo nombro d'duii grants ddlmrquds mix Ktnts-L'uis a dt? d'cnviron 650,000. L'nugmcntation do li population aux Ktats-l/nis est de 30 pou cent tons les dix ans, on 3 pour cent pa an. A co tanx nous ajoutons environ ! millions d'Ames par auneo a notro w-pula tion, plus do trois fois cello do la \ irginfi do 1'Ouest on J880. Cot to auguicntatiui continuera. Des terras, uu foyorot?lu tra vail doivent elro trouvds pour tons, he Etats qui out encoro do lions terrains in occupds, des tniiios et des lorets, doivent grace a ces a vantages, largeincutabhorbo iiiiiriiiiiiitalioii iinuuoilo. LE8 A VANTAGES DK LA VIIIGINIR DE L'OUKST. La Vlrginio do l'OiK'sfc, borndo par li Ponsylvntiio ot l'Oliio, ayant h pen prba 1 m6mo cliiiiat, lo nn'iuo sol et li-s ni^iuo rivi?;rct?, avec sos ricln.s valines, sea 1'orfit prosnuo viorgos rompliea des boia lc? plu varhto, fen 11111100 do chaiboii otdo minora \ point) oxploitdca ot d'uno dtvnduo plu gratido quo colics tlo l'Oliio i?t do la i'on sylvauio, la Virginio do l'Oucst est cci taino, dans Ion conditions nunmijcs, d'i voir 11011 Honlouicnt Ha part, nut in do tU passer on prosplri US lea grands Ktats d 1'Union Americaino. Tandis nuo )? naturo 11 boauconp lai pour olio, l'horomo a fort pon fait. "L source origincllo dca richesses oat la gdnt rosiU5 do Dion dans la naturo." Aveo st riohessos nature! los, la Virginia do l'Ouct posstalo co qui rend les Ktau forts, grant rt proHpon'H, In peimlo Hati.sfait ot lu i mux, et copondaut olio est a la romornii du progrts ?t des drivvloppcuuMits. Ell dovrait done, ]>ar tous los moyeus poss bios, fair? conuaUre left avantugea ?t vc sources dont olio dispose, Colu ain^uci co dont lo pays a lo jilus besoin : la crdi tion do formes, l'exploitation den mines 1 hmiillu ot do for, tics indues, do I'argcu la construction do vlllea nonvelleH ot ui population qui attuigno de* miliums n lion do coutalues do lliillo. La VlrgiuiodcrOuest n'ft pns ?lp ilcttc jyON tnxcM y sunt intluuw. Son ncuplo aiu la liberty ot roapecto los loin. *0,,r W part, iU out un? via ?xeinpl?itu; lo crin v ost rare ot promuUiuiuut puui. !.(? * 1< sont justes. fiMrnle* ot bien anpliqutfi par olios, les droits dn travailluur ao garantis efc lo capital amplomont proton Tout somblo pointer vei* lo unci agrandir la coiifianco, onconragur l'raf raneo ot uons ^server uu avcair briliu (timl iju'i lu pontcrlrt. mm ?. l A Region of Growing ludustria! Importance. I ' GLANCE AT ITS WEALTH, r 9 ?????? ? lu Coal*, Coke, Timber, Natural Ga# J ami l'rohahle Oil?Sjilrmli?l Kail mill Witier Communication I Willi the Ureal Market*. IIV IV. b. KDWAl'tlM. r 0tarie*tun, Kunuuha cuunti', II'. I'u. i TT" IUGHT division of West Virginia / 1 ^IvIdcB ^,nt0 three t>mit wuter* L 1,1 sheds: theeasternsloiK'sdraininj.' i 11 toward the Atlantic; the northern ' slopesdrainingiiitotlieMononKaliulituiK] f unner Ohio, and tho4 southern slope# i draining into the Grout Kanawha rivers. ThegreaAt rivorof tlio State to the Great t Kanawha, and with her affluent waters i ?he occupies fully tho southern half oi 5 the commonwealth, excepting the waters ' of the Mud and the Guyundotte Kivers, s that creep into the Ohio below. The Great Kanawha Kivor proporly rises in t he lofty inountainsof western North Car[ olinu, where it is known as the New Hi ver, J courses north ward many miles in that . State, crosses the entire State of Vir. ginia.Wreaks through tho Alleghaniesand . Cumberland ranges by a great canyon, r and, joined by tho Gaulev river at Ka. nawlut Falls,"(lows placidly north westg wurd another hundred miles to the Ohio. . For over three hundred miles its waters i are borne northward. It is the greatest , tributary of tho upper Ohio. To within ? a few miles of Kanawha Falls it is nav? igable, to tho Louj? Greek Shoals, six miles below tho falls; above that and " southward it is a mad but gigantic cass cade for one hundred miles or more, till ' in Virginia and North Carolina it is a ^ broad and placid stream again. I A GKKAT HIGHWAY. The valley of this river was tho early r thorough fan* of travel for tho first setI tlemcnt of. tho "West from all Virginia ! and the Carolinas. It is now the pas sage way of the eastern end of the South' i ern Pacific Railroad system, the unesa1 pcake ?fc Oliio Railway, (or now the New Fort News & Mississippi Valley Com' panv). The Kanawha ?& Ohio Railway 1 also enters it from thu north. The tipper 1 portion of the river cute through nil the 1 Iron and nianganiferous and "lead and ' zinc and cooper ore-bearing rocks and limestones ot the Silurian formatioiiH in , North Carolinu and Virginia; it then traverses the limestone l>elt of the sub* carboniferous strata which form the rocks of the counties of Mercer, Summeis, Monroe, Greenbrier, Pocahontas, stretching north eastward along the western slopes of the Alleghanies, even to Pennsylvania, a fat and productive blue grass' grazing region. 1 hence the river cuts through the coking coal measures of the conglomerate series, along "New River" in Raleigh and Fayette counties,-then through the middle'coal measures of the upper Kanawha, and at last through the upper, or "Pittsburgh," coal measures of lower Kanawha and Putman counties. It crosses also the notable natural *gas and oil belt of the continent in the neighborhood of Charleston-Kanawha, the chief city of Southern West Virginia, of the Great Kanawha Valley, and the Capital of the State. KANAWHA^ AVFLDB5TS. The chief inflowing streams of New River and Kanawha in this State are the ! Kant river on the southern border in Mercer county; the Blue Stone river in Mercer, both from the west; the Greenbrier, traversing Monroe, Greenbrier and " imiinlinu nmt ftrt | roraiiuuwio LUUIUK.. lirst waters from the clouds of Client mountain; then the Gauler, itn largest tributary, flowing through the counties of Fayettej Nicholas, Greenbrier and " Webster and a portion of Randolph, . and locked entirely in by vast uncut forest growth, pine and hard wood, i Then the Elk and Pqcatalico rivers entering at Charleston and Raymond and , draining the countieH of Kanawha, C'lav, Bmxton, Hoane, Webater and Randolph and even Jackson and Gilmer. These streams, too; flowing through wide reaches of primeval forest as well as extensive meadows and uplands of blue grass and tillage. These from the east. On the west, again, Paint creek and Coal river open out distances of timber and 1 grazing and farming lands still chiefly clothed in the virgin forest. In brief, the Great Kanawha river gathers to it self the waters of seven allluent rivers | ami one jjreat creek, besides minor streams, and drains Home seventeen or eighteen large counties in West Virginia, JUS Weil US urainm^ uiiguiJ nvsKxi , Carolina and southwestern Virginia, , finally entering the Ohio at Point Pleos. nnt. The extensive section of West i Virginia drained by the Great Kanawha and its affluents is the portion of the State mildest in climate, for it is the southern half, and it is richest in natural > wealth. j FA KM 1 NO, GRAZIXO AX!) TIMI1RR LANDS; On the east the counties of Mercer, .Summers, Monroe, Greenbrier and Po* r cahontas lie unon tho limestone outcrop * of the sub-carboniferous rocks and vespertine and umbral shales. These counties are upland. Lying at an altitude of I 1,500 to 2,.300 feet above sea level they. , generally. occupy a series of greater ami t lesser valleys bounded by high rnonn. tain chains, trending northeastward ami . southwest. Originally covered with i great forests they aro now about one9 half cleared in tneir Iimeitonc valleys, - and yearly raise and fatten increasing 5 herds and flocks of short-horn cattle, i horses, mules and sheep. Wherever r the sunlight gains among the trees f the bluegrass springs up spontaneously, - and the fertile soil bears a high average1 * of wheat, of oats, of rye, of corn. The '' higher portions of these counties arc 1 still covered with virgin forest of black spruce on the highest mountain slopes 8 of Cheat and Black Mountains, of whit* oak, hickory, ash, cherry, birch, white [ and black walnut, poplar (tulip), lvnn, maple (sugar) ana beech, and of chestnut on the poorer ridges. The climate of these counties is mild, the air healthful and waters cool and pure. West of these counties extends the J great timber belt of the State, a hilly re 'H gion broken by tho valleys of streaim j whose general flow is to the northwest 8 along which water courses are level hot j torn lands of rich soil, and on whose hi! utniuw mid in whoso deep dales and hoi i. lows grows the chief hard wood forest > uk yet uncut, east of tho Mississippi or o i- the Eastern States. Here are the coun ?- ties of Randolph, Webster, part?.of Po o eahontas, Nicholas, parts of Greenbrier of Hraxton, Clay, parts of Fayette, o it Raleigh; of Boone, and west of these, 01 <? (.Suyandotto waters, Wyoming, McDow ell and Lnipin, Lincoln and Wayne !J These counties are all underlaid with thi J1 lower measure and tniddlo measur* 8 coals. Tho land, the most of it, whei '* cleared, springs up in bluegrassof spon taueous growth, ond cultivated, yield : the best wrapper tobaceo in market, al the 'cereals, apples, j?eare, small fruit .a and jrrapeH. Tho forests whero tbinnec beeomo velveted with blue grass and al jo ford line cattle ranges*, andneneath th t, soil lies abundant coal for the domesti iu use of the fanner and of v&luo some da; iu for exportation, These coals are high ii carbon, GO per cent; low in ash. 4 and s. per cent; almost without sulnhur, a >o -17-JOOto 31-100 per cent, and wher ? coked along New river yield a cok 1,0 more excellent than Conneljsyilje, an* ,ls which fetches lfi to 20 cents per to higher price in tho open Chicago mai " ket. ;t tii? ouTirux mixixo coi*xti?. \t'. Next WOTt of thonu conn tics He th jit prooont (treat .mining counliwi o( Fa; ctve, (west) Kauuwha and l'utmui whore these lower and middle aud uj>]>er measure coals are mined mid coked to considerable mid increasing extent, and beyond these again lie the lowland | and corn yielding counties of Jacksou, ' Muson and Cabell, with their big farms and rich river bottoms along the Kanawha and Ohio and adjacent streams. 1 n not one of these counties is more than half of the hind under cultivation, but the ' chief part of them is still in primeval timber, while the mining, where begun , in Fayette and Kanawha and Putnam, is but a mere earth scratch compared with the very great coal area accessible to water mid that may be made accessible by rail. T1IK UUKAT KAXAWIIA IMPROVEMENT. Here iu these coal beds has the United States Government for some years percuiveu tne future treasure noum; mm fuel store of the mighty "West, and has bought to rentier thin near western coal deposit the more accessible and it* transport the clieapor by an elaborate system of permanent and "movable" dams and accompanying locks. Already about two millions of dollars have been expended on this great national work and the improvement contemplates the ex! penditure of as many millions more, for the Great Kanawha is IJCK) miles nearer western markets than are the coal fields of Pennsylvania. Here in this Kanawha Valley were and are still the mill making works so long so famous in the country for the manufacture of "Kanawha Salt," noted for its strength, freedom from lime, and meat curing qualities. For twenty years salt was here made by natural gas, from lH4tt, to 18<>-l, the iirat practical application of natural gas to manufacture in the United States, by whieli fortunes still effectito were then built up. Now again is this salt industry reviving under the re-apnlieation of this nature's fuel to this industry, and it will not be long before the bulk of the wilt trade of the Ohio Valley and adjacent states will again be centred in and controlled in tn Great Kanawha Valley. TIIM CAPITAL CITY?ADVAMTAGKS FOll UAXUPACTl'lilXO. The chief, indeed only, trade centre of this great region so rich in soil and minerals and timbers, is Charlcston-Konawha, set like a gem amidst the hills of Kanawha at the meeting of Kanawha and Elk waters. It is a growing city of some eleven thousand people and with a wide trade focusscd in it reaching out into Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio, besides the twenty or more counties dependent on it it West Virginia. l'nr sixty miles above the city and south of it extends a ribbon of mining towns und vitiligo# bearing u population of Home 50,000 miners unci urticans who depend largely on thin city for supplies und necessaries and who come to it to spend their money in holiday*. Charleston?Kanawha, the capital city of West Virginia, is happily placed. In the midst of a great and fertile valley, watered by a great and navigable river upon one side, laved upon the other by a lessor but important stream, Elk river, flowing from forest counties, which semi down their wealth of logs and lumber upon every tide for her wood mills and factories; seated at the doorway of the great coal and coke regions of the State, fast growing with astouishing development, it is tlio only city of importance 111 their vicinage. Located right at the famous Kanawha Salines, where natural gas made ehcap the best salt of the west and where natural gas again revives this important industry; having natural wis itself in abundance for the city ana her people and their manufactories close at hand; having clays of remarkable excellence about and under her for brick and tiling and pottery; having silicious sandstonesforbuildingnndthemanufacturcof glass; having a waterway improved by the skilled hand of a patriotic government which has viewed the Kanawha Valley as perhaps the greatest treasure house of the west and acted accordingly in improving by elaborate public works this thorough faro; having the Southern Pacific transcontinental railway system passing through the city's borders"; the Kanawha & Ohio trunk line entering her doors, and the Baltimore & Ohio and Pennsylvania Railway systems pushing to her; having all these gifts of God and the most genial climate in the world, what city is securer for fairer fortune! To Charleston?Kanawha the cheap irons of the South, of North Carolinaand of Virginia may bo brought. Hero the rich irons of the Lakes can he fetched and delivered as ehcap as at Pittsburgh, cheaper than nt Bridgeport, Steubenville or at Wheeling, and here with the natural gas may iron be manufactured and a cheaper product produced than at Chattanooga, or at Birmingham, or any 'city of the South, or than even at Pittsburgh or any northern point. A CIIAXC8 FOR CAPITALISTS AND SRTTMillS. Of the oxtensivo coal territory upon the Kanawha and New rivers and adja centto thorn, the greater part instill undeveloped and is j>urchasablo, at from $5 to $-10 par aero, depending upon locality and ascertained quantity and quality of coal. Of tho great limestone farming nn<l grazing belt stil eastward, iinprored faring mar be bought with varying buildings on thorn at priees ranging from $10 to $50 per acre, while wild, rich-soiled laud covered with timber enough to pay for it, may be bought at from to $G per aero. Of tho vast region outlying from tho Groat Kanawha Valley, both oast and west of it, tho greater part is still wild land, awaiting the farmer and husbandman, ami may bo bought at these low prices and usually on easy time. TUB COMISO MARKET GANDES'. For tho great valley itself, with its stretches of wide and fertile bottoms winding southward from the Ohio, between continually raising hills and mountains, on whoso rich (loop soil corn baa grown for a hundred successive years in scarcely diminished luxuriance and fruitfulncss?these fertile lands though cultivated over since young George Washington first surveyed and patented them and opened them to settlement in 1757, are still to bo bought at fair prices considering what they may return to proper care. Upon their broad acres will yet ripen tho market gardens of Chicagoarulotuercitiesof the North. The warm waters of tho southern-sprung river always temper the cliinato of the Valley and tho air is warmer and more humid than that of similar latitudes either cast or west. ? We have nil that God could givo but - ? man. anil we usk him to come in and i be with u? and of us. Our lands are ac, ccssiblo to settlement and wo ask for dear head* and sturdy arum. The lands I are cheaper than as good lands of the west and more fertile. Our climate is , subjo?t to none of the terrible extremes f of cold and cyclone and drouth. We - have 110 blimrds frecr.ing the infant to - its mother's breast, as m Dakota; no , scourges of grasshoppers and locusts def vastAt ing the farms and crops, as in Kani gas; no sand storms, no drouths, no - northers blinding, liotblasting ami . blighting the pastures, tho cattle and the j people, as in Texas. No whirling toma? does to ruin villages and wrcck homes, i Wo havo a mild and genial and equable - climate. Tho mercury sometimes, but a rarely, falls to roroforafew hours; the 1 winters are temperately cold, and there k ts no suffering, with abundant wood and 1 coal and gas at hand. Our Hooka and herds browse in the woods of a wintcrp time and do not suffer, and freely range c in summer, needing but little caro. Our y human stock is fecund, and vjrilo and n prolific, showing the breed still vigorous i and strong, and in our woodland oouns ties ten nn<l even sixteen children are the e proud families of our sturdy matron#, A e waxing folk, wo are in a rich and fruitful [\ commonwealth and nature's band has n marked ua for industrial empire, r. . * w kst \ moixia, on nor extreme western bonier, is onlv a night's journey from e New York or Chicago, Um Oalon Cough Syrup, CLAY DEPOSITS. Tlio Basis for the Development of a Great Industry. A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY Fortlio CupltullMt?The Future Paving: for Our Large Cities?The Siiperlor Furnace UHek That Can he Made?Their Cost, One of the lending; iniluHtrieg of West Virginia, if not of the country, which in now on the eve of a vury rapid develop* mi'tit, will Ihj tliu utilizing of the ricli bids of Are clay, vast deposits of which are found in tho cotd regions of this State. Fire brick fur paving purpose# are fuse growing in jtopular favor, and ure destined to take the place of all other paving material, several cities having already adopted them. Much of the lire clay found in West Virginia is peculiarly adapted for tho manufacture of paving brick, having a sufficient amount of iron in it to produce a hard and lasting brick. The great demand for this class of brick that tho near futuro will witness, the cheapness with which thoy can Ih> manufactured in this State, as well as tho superiority of tho product, will conspire to builu up in West Virginia a great industry, second only in iuii>ortaiico to the coal and coke interests, von OTUKK I'UIiroSKS. It must not bo inferred, however, that paving brick is to bo tho only product of the great fields of West Virginia. There is a quality of clay, cxistingin inexhaust;i.u itiiui ?i... ii.w.u* furnace brick in tlio world in mailt*. This great industry, therefore, will not onlxymbrace the manufacture of paving brick, but brick'Ior gas retorts, retorts ot zinc works, and other metallurgical purposes, glass ]>oLs, stove, coko orun and furnace lininus, chemists' and assayer's utensils. All these various qualities of lire clay are found principally in Hancock, Unix ton, Marion, Monotfgalia, Taylor, Preston, Harbour, Fayette, Kan?wha, Logan, Wayne und Clay counties, and, in short, in almost all tho localities in thu coal meusures. In Ilanoock county the clay is most extensively worked. Here twenty llrrns are engaged in tho manufacture of furnuce and puying bricks, tiles, sewer pipoa, Ac., tueir combined capacity being over 45,000,000 brick per year. Here wero manufactured tue brick used in paving tho city " of Wheeling. At Nuzum's Mills, in Marion county, tho famous "Glade" property is extensively worked, the factory having a capacity of 10,000 brick per day. At present tho company is engaged in making tho highly refractory bricks used in coke ovens. Two veins of clay exist in this section, from one of which, containing a fair amount of iron, an excellent paviug brick can bo made. FURTIIKK IJKVELOl'MHNT. 1 A syndicate composed of Grafton gen- ' tleinen are also preparing to construct un extensive plant opposite Nuium'fl mills, on the IVfmrts Valley river, and ami other similar enterprises are contemplated. At Thornton, in Taylor county, a vein of fire clay twelve feet iiKilnrliMmt anvnrnl ihiMmnnd nnwnm of land, will bo developed soon. Excellent paving brick will be manufactured. No richer deposit of clay crista in the | Suite than here. Near Morgantown, on tho Fairmont, J Morgantown it Pittsburgh road are rich debits. in Kanawha county, extensive works supply H splendid quality of furnaee brick used in the construction of coke ovens. This industry in tho Kanawha region is now comparatively in its ihfancy, but is destined to bo of great importance, tho coko business furnishing a heavy demand for tho product. K The comparatively small outlay roquir- jj ed to erect a plant for the develon?ont of K tho industry, the immenso profit in fire brick, and tho large and steady domand for the product, all contribute to mako investments in the fire clay property of West Virginia most desirable. During the next few years tho dovolopment 01 the coke business will furnish a large home nmrkot for furnaco brick. A ooon INVESTMENT. t The cost of a plant with a capacity of \ 10,000 brick per day is about $12,000. The cost of manufacturing lire brick is 0 from $tfto $8 per thousand and their a market price is from $13 to $18. No in- e vestment gives a larger return, and in m view of the demand, none is safer. Thousands of acres of undeveloped coal laud in tliin State contain rich deposit* r nf thin clay, and the capitalist who in- r vesta in sure to get with his purchase not H only coal, but another mineral, which, at a' small cost, may be made to yield a handflomo profit. In the county articles, appearing elsewhere in to-day's IxTKLMOKNCKa, may bo found further mention of firo clay, the localities in which it is found, the extent to which it is operated, Ac, It has boon nrodlcted, and not without reason, that West Virginia will at no distant day be as great a fire-clay centre its is New Jersey at present. rossioiuxiiB. In order to show the possibilities of this industry, the following extract from a recent report of the United States Geological Purvey is quoted: The uses made of fire clay are best shown by a brief statement of the wares mtnufactured from them in New Jersey, since this State probably produces threefourths of the entire amount of such manufactured articles. The largest use of the white clays of New Jersey is in malting lire brick and retorts for gas works and zinc works. Refractory clay is also used for making sewer pipe and chimiey tons; and the poorer qualities are shipped in enormous quantities to other States, to be used there for sewer and drain pipe. Terra cotta is also made from the poorer grades. Porous brick and terra cotta lumber aro made in large quantities, and are used (or fire-proof partitions, doors, oeilin^s, roofs, etc., for safe and refrigerator linings, and for other purposes where non-conducting and fire-proof materials are required. Hoofing tiles and hollow brick are also made, ,Thefto days arc largely used by paper manufacturers in glazing and weighting paper. A considerable quantity is used in the manufacture of alum. The following analysis of clay from the Spragueville property at Nuxum's *Iills, in Marion county, was made by Prof. Kdgar Richards, chemist of tho U. S. Treasury dejwrtment, and will afford an idea of the general charactor of tho ' refractory deposits in the State: Molsturo 1.83 Sllim, B. 02 - M.2V , Alumlnn A12 03. Undetermined lime,etc ?..7.1fl | Use Menthal Liniment. "No State in tho Union surpasses West Virginia in the variety of eualn it contains, nor does any contain an equal amount in proportion to tho area."? , 10th United States Consiis." West Vjkcuha him a well lwhaved and hospiutblo population. Use Onion Cough Syrup, West Viboinu has more hard wood Uuin any other equal territory in America. "West Viboinu's timber lias no equal in the country. West Viroixu has no bliuards, cyclunes, Bond storms, or griuia hopper plagues. Bnlll IE M of / |^\ S / : o / / S?H.H A'. KM 1"' 'U Youmans', Samuels' and Guy< Hi silk, stiff and fCexibl iJraoriptiT* Oataloguv ?c?t on apjiliout If TWO STORES, 1004 HAM AID 38 TWELFT1 Bp J wm.^zm Neill & Ellingham, WHOLESALE GROCERS Main and Fourteenth Streets, Wheeling, W. Ya. WE ARE SOLE AGESTS FOR THE UNBTVALED DRAXDS OF Famous and Minnehaha Flour The consumption of which in thin and adjoining Bute* In unprooedonted in tho auuals of the trade for the last quarter of a etiiiiury. Also, Solo Agents for tho MIAMI POWDER COMPANY, eepinc Constantly on hand a full stock, consisting of RIFLE, SHOT-GUI* and DUCKING, in repackages. Alio Mining and Bloating Powder, and Dynamite, 20, 40, 60 and 74 iter cent, Ether with Cup* and Fuiu for same. Proprietors of the Celebrated Famous Baking Powder, l'ut up in Pounds, Hulk and Quarter Pound Cam. IUALITY GUARANTEED TO GIVE ENTIRE SATISFACTI01 The immense and scientifically arranged Warehouse oeeupied by ui, constructod specially ur business, its vust frontage of beautiful architecture on the two great thoroughfares of thee! ecidedly indicate thai we possess the Choicest nnd Largest Selection o! Uood? In this market, xamination of our stock by prompt pnylng buyers will pro?e both pleasant and profitable. GEO. K. McNECIlEN*. W. B. McMECIIEN*. GEO.. K. McMECHEN & SON PHHoid Virginia Preserve! J&gj |? BpS PICKLES, KETCHOP, MINCE MEAT, Sc., ?* Virginia Canned (iooi ^dSllil FACTORY, 1502 SOUTH STREET. If&Nwifle^Oice and Salesroom, 1427 Main Street, 6oo<1b for Export Trade tacked in Special Package*. Forclpti Corrcfpomlcnrc Solicited. WestVirginiaMailPouchTobacc* FOR CHEWING OK SMOKIXU. . IA\ ni(n?iii?mti? /kill ~..r sweet smoke, BestTobacc "UA isf ON EARTH clean tests,] ||A|p)^^|Pyl fob Tim Lasting M0NE1 r.hpw lllcw l^t~"ir r?^eqdaledjby hoh TIN ROOFING! shipped |Felt Roofin wrra I to am. I NO Toot/3 s?sis?sl'"i-?rt.? 1 required. ROOFING! For Circulars, Samples and Prices HI 'ADDRESS, ROOFING I??'A' "SW CO.! "sss? WITH TOOLS. I ithfeiint. w. t?. I Warm and Comfortab ULftUD riKH J3KIUK UUlVIt^AlNl MANUFACTURERS OF The Celebrated Glade Fire Brick and Tile OF ASY DESIRED SHAPE OR SI7,F? COKE OVEN BRICK A SPECIALTY, Also, Fine Ground Fire CIi Works at Nuzum's Mills. Marion Co., W. Va. TTER, [H E HATS. Oil. I STREETS. m THE EQUITABLE I ?LIFE? ! ASSDRANCE SOCIETY Of the United States, Exceed* every nthor Leading Llfo Aanuranri) Company iu the following notable partltulani: The Largest New Business. ASSURANCE WRITTEN IN 1887, The Largest Amount of Outstanding Assurance, $183,029,562. The Largest Surplus. AfirtKT* $W,378,?J04 ST. LUHIUTIttt Grt,274,0!>0 OU (I pr ct vrtlUHtion.) SUUl'LUS. .JIM, 101,3M &i J/,! The Largest Percentage of Assets to Liabilities. 127J4 jMjr com. The Largest Increase in Assets. INCREASE DURING THK YKAlt. 88,868,432. The Largest Income. TOTAL INCOME IN 1887, *23,240.849. N The Largest Premium Income. 1'REMIIIM INCOME IN 1887. for $19,115,775. ^ The Excess of Income Over Disbursements. ... EXCESS, 89,101,01*. After caroful ntudy, the Society has combined In iui Free Tontine Policy I All the advantage* nnd guarantee* which rnii ' wifely uml properly Ik* united. It In without restriction on trnrel, readout* and occupation ijter the llrnt year; It In Incontestable 1 tftnr ttif* Knftinil vi>i?r uml In llion imrnKlu (m 1. iiicsliiitclv u|h.ii tliu receipt- of Mliftfitciorr "Proof* of Hcatlr," it i? "uon-forfcltlliK" (buriiiKimurrvniler viiluc In paid-up asnuranco after the third year); It retain* all the advantage* peculiar to Tontine Amurunce, liiclmlltij; tii? linveKt rtitnniM In dividend*, ami n choice of mIc method* of HCttleinuut at the etui of the tontiu* period. In " The above factn prove toncluffively 'hat the Equinihjtf Society 1* the inoMt profitable ami *ecure Life Arauranre Company for intending ?* nureru. i Communication* nddrewvd to the Society ?r any of i(M Agents will receive prompt attention. I, 11. . HYDE, President. 3 JAMES W. ALEXANDER, Vicc-Presldent. Sweeney & Edwards, Q Gonoral Agents, WHEELING, W. VA. 425 ACRES Coal andTimbered Land ' FOR SALE, Fltunted on Field*' (.'reek, one mile from the CbeMipeAkc <k Ohio llAilnwd. Tlila land contain* E. Splint and Bitominoas and One Small - Seam'.CmerCoal, Above water level. The private railroad of tlio GWlnnlfrcdeC'otnpuny | hi ?? >< by the eutiro fr??>?C. only a few hundred feet di?utnt. Field*' Creole emptier Into the Kanawha about twelve mile* above Charleston, the Capitol of the Ktntc. Calvary Pauley, living upon tho property, will "how It. Price (?? per acre, half conn, Imlunce in one and two yearn. WM. L. HEARN, Whirling, yr. Vn. r For Rent orSale. jr STORE-HOUSES, DWELLINGS, ' Itunrdinfr House, Nleaiu Floiirlnir Mill, And Iliilldlntr I-otn, IK MpRQASTOWK. Iiuiiiron'i untitle* una irannporuitlon, Mat* Uolvondtjr tod excellent Graded SchooU. AddrcM, LOCK BOX NO. 2, Morgaotowo, W. V*.