The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-05-06

FROM WHEELING TO IRELAND.
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was shining brightly, the streets had a gay
seemed cheerful. The principal points d
difference between an American and an
Irish city arc the superior pavemGnts and
moro substantial houses Of die latter. The
streets Of American towns arc lail but
generally in accordance with The mathe.
NAUTICAL laws Of parallels and right angles;
but here they form Obtuse. acute and oil
other angles except q right one. An
American can, hardly suppress laugh Of
: the odd looking vehicles and strange look
Ing. cattle be sees. Foremost inthG list Of
vehicles Is the Irish Jauitng Car. This
maybe described as small spring cart
with o pair Of low wheels, Aseat capable
Of holding three persons Is on each side.
Therearc foot boards tosupport the feet soft
cuShions to sit'on, and ratings to support
the back; the space between the railings
of each seat Is used for luggage. In front
Of all Is the drivers scat, Six persons be.
side the driver can easily travel by one Of
these cOnveyances, and one horse on the
roads Of this country, can make the time
OF eight miles an hour with them. Besides
these there ure the covered isuDtiug car,
and the open carriage, both also drawn by
a single horse. n The number I0R dOnlRys
to be seen on the streets here, Is surprising.
We seldom oversee any other bcastO fBur-
den hauling goods or farming produce.
Her Majesty's steam frigate' Mersey, Is
now riding at anchor in tic harbour, and
has been here nearly two ycar8 Spike
Island, q convict station, issright oppo-
site the town and has a number Of large
government buildings erected there.
on. The harbour itself Is IN estu.
ary' of the river Lee and Is one of the
finest in the kingdom. This place for the
last century has beer, On American packet
station. Pn0r 10 1919 its name was Cove,
but In honor Of the Queens visit that year
1t was changed TO Queenstown. In 1847,
when the famine ragged in Ireland, cargo
Of provisions arrived here the gin of the
people Of the United States. The people
here say that the British Government
stored ihesel provisions on Spike Island
and never gave any Of them to the starry
ing population. After the famine was
over tho provisions were all burnt. Queens
town has a population Of nearly Q, 1000, and
Is connected with Cork, distant about
nine miles, by railroad, Attic railroad
station, and In fact at every railroad station
In the country, there isa branGhpost Office,
and Postal Telegraph" office. All the
telegraph lines in tf6 country are now in
the hands Of the Post Office Department
The Postal Telegraph office IN this place,
is managed by young lady. A uniform
rate Of one shilling, Is charged upon isle-
ErahS not exceeding fifteen word, TiSEes.
peetfVe or distSncA. IA message which /
sent from this Office to place three hun
dred miles oil, was correctly delivered
within fifteen minutes; from the time sent
it. The trains TO Cork run every half
hour. We went down to the station und
found two ticket Offices, one marked, First
and Second ClaSs"-and another "ThiHl
ClAss.'.S I'VE then walked upon the pint
form and found q crowd waiting for the
train. Within the station there Is kind
OF mart for the sale OF refreshments,
liquors, fruit, cigars, and also news stand
filled with books, newspapers, maya
zines and stationery. When tho cars came
in We found them divided into first,
second and third class. The fare upon
the latter Is penny mile, for the dis.
tanco travelled. The third class, carriages
have seats and every desirable comfort,
but arc crowded with passengers Of the
lowest grade Of society The second
class, for which higher fire Is charged,
arc moro comfortable, md used by the
middle classes; the first class cars, which
are really splendid are used by those Of
the upper ten. Every railroad in this
country hasa double truck, and they are
In nil respects more solidly built 'thln
with us. They arc fenced in all the way,
and always cross public roads by bridges
or Eiaducts. No0ne Is permitted TO walk
upon . line Of Railway; and the. crossing
from one platform to another Is done by
bridges over the road.
Tho train having started upon It's jour.
ney, L was looking out upon the beautiful
scenery on the banks Of thei River Lee, at
the green meadows, neatly trimmed hedge
rows, whitewNShCd and matched cottages,
and cultivated fields, wien my mcdita.
tions were disturbed by u female passen.
ger, who climbed over the backs Of the
seats and NCcOsting man before nc. she
shook her fist in his face, and said: "YOu
insultcd me, you spalpcCn
u did moi, " replied the mRn, in aston.
ishnent i'll d WA. ~. "ft
ayes you did, and in trotl I'll make
you rue It. You said l ran off wild pO-
liCcmAn; and thruo enough ! married n
policeman, and was baniSllel from my
home for Il, but my husband is Il daCent
man, and am his honest wife. ! never
ran away indacently wild my husband or
any other. man" or
'"0h, l was only joking" replied tho
man. .4lul eall Eri q
''You told mo you would tell my wife
you seen mo spanking to another woman,
and said that you had run off here wild
policeman, Il was only q Joke, ! meant
no harm by It."
+ s9Ycu areIyipgp replied the woman in
n moro belligcrOls tone, "anl I'll pay you
back in this style" And suitihg the aC-
ton to the words, she dealt the poor fel-
low some furious blows on the face with
hertisS The man did not retNliate, but
sought refuge behind some, Of his fellow
passengers; and the woman having got
satisfaction to her hearts content, return
cd and quietly resumed her former scat,
Peace having been thus established, the
train gently glided into tho station 1t Cork.
AT this station We found q number Of the
local police walking about, with blue
ftock coats, high crowned hats and large
brass buttons, There were also a number
OF Tie Royal Irish Cdnstabulsrf abqht,
clothed in green jackets and pants. A
finer body Of mon than the cOnstabulary
force cannot be found. They are all large,
strong and well.made men, completely
drilled, and perform military and police
duties combined throughout the country.
A few British soldiers were lettering
around, The ?uhitotm of tie army s. Z
short red frock coat, black pants, and
small beaver hat These mon arc always
very neat and clean In their person and
dress A force ofsome 500 Is at present
stationed In this city. At tho railroad
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