The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-09-14
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OCCASIONAL NOTES BY A TRAVELLER
NEWARK. o. Sept, 3. 1911.
sTEEBESFILLE,
One of my points, in travelling, is an old Ohio
River city of 10000 inhabitants. Having once
been built and finished, it is now beginning. like
potatoes left too long in the ground, to take
second growth The closely built streets.
with their lines of low brick houses flush with
the sidewalks still remain, in common with a
very ancient market-house and many other con-
servatiye landmarks. But magnificent stone
Court House, to cost upwards of two hundred
thousand dollars now in process of erection;
massive church edifce, in which upwards Of one
hundred thousand more Will contribute to the
worship and glory of God, and many new and
stately business blocks growing and expanding
on ali Sides attest to the fact that, under the in
spiration and progress of new age, steuben.
vile is pushing forward in the race for wealth
and power. Her manufactures are many and
good and the citizens steady and wealthy.
One of the oldest and best female seminaries in
the West is located here. It is endorsed yearly
by the attendance of from three to four hundred
young ladies, and its venerable proprietor Rev.
DIR. Beatty, under whose able management it
has fiourished for the past forty years. can point
with pride to an influence he has exerted thro'
the daughters, wives and mothers of Ohio, Sec
ond to that of no other man in the common
wealth How vast a measure of good can one
such man dol His has been one of the steady
old fashioned, good institutions oflong ago, and
it is somewhat questionable to me whether our
modern polishing schools can do accomplish
the same results. steubenville has one very
good daily paper.
Business next took me to
WHEELING e
The first impression a man gets in approach
ing this city is smoke: the next is imprisonment.
1t tries to rival Pittsburg in blackness and is so
cramped and confined that it cannot spread un-
less the hills are first moved back. The city is
now about two squares wide, and extends up
and down the river, perhaps two miles in length.
Its beauty, if it ever had any, has gone to decay,
and but for the island in the Ohio on which part
of it is built there would be redeeming feature
to make. it desirable place in which to live.
The island is connected with the main city by
rickety suspension bridge, and TO Bridgeport
on the Ohio side, by good wooden structure
The nail factory here, turning out its daily quo
ia of millions, is of the largest in the United
States (since writing, destroyed by fire) and has
justly made a worldwide reputation for ..Whee-
ling nails.'' A large Stove Foundry gives us
some of the best and cheapest of our cooking
SODVeS LaOlllnS ulltiS slnQOBIi0r lnanuIdClOIleS
contribute much to the material prosperity of
the city; and when the hills above it become ap-
proachable by inclined railways (as at Pitts.
burgh) or misunderstanding. as they would,
magnificent building sites,-its beauty and COM
fort need not be slighted. One serious blow has
been struck, unwittingly, at Wheeling within
the past year; that is, the completion of the
gigantic railroad bridge of the b. & o. r. R. at
Bellair, idiverting the whole through traffic of
that immense corporation past the. city, and
leaving it with only switch connection. To be
revenged Wheeling will soon have to take
g new departure in regard to railroads
In political circles the excitement of the hour
had been the contest for and against a conven-
ton to revise the Constitution of West Virginia.
The Convention carried, as it should have done,
and the result is generally satisfactory; for,
aprat from any knowledge of the features and
provisions of the present constitution, it is
| enough to know that it was made and promul-
| gated by small minority of the citizens of the
State Thus, one by one, those abominable en-
forcement acts, misnamed constitutions, given
to the reconstructed States by the Radical party
are crumbliDg into dust. 3i
My next stop, worthy of note, was at
| rs sil ZANESyILLE.
This, too is, one of the ancient boroughs'' of
Southern Ohio. Situated directly on the Nation
al Road, ON the banks of the Muskingum river,
l and connected with the outside world by seve-
raj railroads, it has long been place of wealth
and business. Its manufactures are varied and
| important, and the surrounding country rich in
1 agriculture and minerals. 2. has two daily pa
pers. The Court House is modelled after the old
/ State House in Philadelphia, and, with its large
quaint milestone tmuch like a tombstone) set at
/ one corner of the enclosure, telling the miles to
4 Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia, it
/ carries in iraa aorin In
time when q journey to those cities was accom-
| plished by weeks instead of hours, and it was an
event of lifetime to have visited the Capital
from this g far West" In a little back room in
! this classic Temple of Justice, perched on high
i stool, sat and toiled for many days in the COM
mencement of his career; the now brilliant, tai
ented orator, S. S. Cox. Here. perhaps, he drew
his first Inspiration. Here, at least. he acquired
1 much knowledge and gained the admiration
and esteem of his fellow-citizens. His venera-
Bile father still resides here. saw him on the
street and was forcibly struck by his appear:
ance. There is a nameless something in the
presence of men of force and character difficult
to describe or name, but which always distin-
/ guish them from their associates.
Is Charles Reemelin, of Cincinnati, adistinguish-
1 ed Democrat, and short time ago valuable
| correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial
| was here. He is not much in favor of the new
| Q6paT6ufe,' SO CdlleO7 IN MS Opp0-
sition he brought up the old story of the death OF
4 Socrates. When the Philosopher was condemn
ed to die by poison he professed to be resigned
lI'' for.', said he, my time earth (being now
upwards of eighty years of age) must, in the ma
! ture of things, be short. have passed my days
: in opposition to the stupidities of the age and
!, they have proved stronger than have, and
/ must die. My consolation is. that the stupfdi.
ties will not always triumph, and some day the
/ world will do me Justice" Apply this to Reem
elm and the present leaders of the Democracy
at least such was the inference gathered from
an overheard conversation of that gentleman.
Another incident saw at 2. is worthy of re
mark. Twas refi eshed and astonished, in thi,
age of false hair false teeth false beauties of al
kinds, to see woman with most remarkable
head of natural hair. 1t was perfect wealth O
long, brown. silky locks. cannot tell how tc
describe it. Enough to say that it was braided
down the back and hanging down behind and
before it was long enough to tie.e C..