The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-08-03
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Gossip '''1Ti Villages, Sc
correspondent. S :, ~ that, like ths
t !. - ,i sSl &c Iss.Se, I.5oalSah GSsihP
sso9 ~ x! "" od yet !, T. seems ~ Fe en a,
lighted 'sop@,Si II 40, tcrtaer communication .
S Wy Fsy Grove and Gn So Item Si from
coming ,..ai6I'r ma may be made interesting !"
y ,It readers, .,,,,,D, 7 SEQ the Gilmore
By your COI !. Tor sale, tue owner owner
iyisr more land than ne .s aG 0roncrty will
he tguTs arc S, 'oS az q there seems TO DC
goa change ,i 5SGa ISt land sloDg The o, Ma
, T,yR oSa So much ior 60 good ,S SH%%G
Gssi such as rod, SEnsas, TSISs
Tse creek here-L ils hanks " JS aad rough
%! have u! mel beIGV, and between here
BILL sues ~ iaa,,nler are some OIL inc hnes1
sid Wes; a Alt soany. New buildings are
arms ,. - 'ns sosS up at GilmoIes S eros:
constantly any !, i tbIs respect improves laser
sag or instest growing cities !ss. a "
u S.' rel bat flag station on '0''."' 80 -
BRR ,So ,orm Of the Whit.
!ai S, o1 Who swear by the lNTELLI'
lsa , brand and Toledo BLads, and kno" all
SsS u, S, mi as we'll as the Presidential
..s o.Jt al lhey 50 earnestly oppose. Iney
S,,e recently completed another, r.. U \ -
NV, S, IN burning, having lost two Dy lte
, r'SIn a Year. Neither d supposed 70 u
WEI eo,t IF an inceudiAry unless Ffoyl.
I I.;, %I has shown bis hand 10 that way, lor
. ssssI y, T,I supposed to not have IN enemy
NJ ibS world, and live as amiCably togsta'
y 'a' 'bcse more famous brothers, the Har'
Hs. .NSiiks them also four in number
, T., I' Joe, Ben. Fairs and Poker-
% 4S Isyis probably the best customer
r wy ne he 6orIst has In this section, and
l ,sS Inst how TO arrange a boquet. But
i A.v%o h., flower beds, which she does
nj exactly keep under o bushel Out 30
, 1n' he'll brilliant hues cannot be seen
,,o", the iSs rosd, we pass the site oil the
s sU.,, III barn and soon catch view OF the
gi'ueu I Ia Academy building,
wSo,e DroIeclon surely followed the IN
',rciio6 Of setting your light on q bill, SIT
r,,Sdasitis on the apex Of an easy slop
=, NM from which flow the waters Of
n Ii1,le Wheeling, Middle Wheeling and
PSiFtIo, and which gave TO the town It's
IN, name Of Three Ridges.
# travelling up the National road, one
rnDot but notice the better laying land
t-b,p striking the hill to ascend into
Nj. ia some respects, model village, Sit
r,ej ia that model seciion& our coun-
IN Western Pennsylvania, We seem to
% into town from The back side, which,
is5eJ seems 10 be o popularity with
moSt osvsfy towns-it this Is not a'parG'
jOI-ge seem to come in on the wrong
gIe How blessed are ye who can front
o9ariyer or bay! ..fI
Likepsssipg through a gateway formed
By tbe crossing Of the railroad over the
National road, we enter the Keystone
State and begin the ascent Of Hard ScrAb.
Ne MIN, from which old wagoners gave
nolher name to the village situated on
beummit and Hard Scrabble was known
both east and west Of the mountains,
Down by tue railroad station is the old
Bell mansion, now the residence Of Mr.,
James Rel, whose son MNyes runs
The ticket and express office, in shabby
.hanly-Wcst Alexander should afford a
be,ef-built on the "dump" which has
tanRn The old brick mansion out OF 10
cation, and left its occupants no view bu
The weeied declivlty OF the dump ant
he bick side OF West Alexander, alore
sail.
To the west Is pointed out the spO'
where Sn old lady BY the name of Ross
Vas killed by Indians in looking after hel
COWS, IS kept up by tradition here, anC
mentioned In Willis De Hass' History o.
Western Virginia. On the north, bcauti
fully located, stands the residence Of A
Strauss, formerly of Baltimore, but more
'cenlya merchant OF West Alexander
where charming Miss Rose ia by nj
mean, the last rose of summer lett bloom
ingsIOne, for shave you seen her sister 2
You must not suppose yourself in towr
because you pass Centre House." KEEP
by Dwight Warren, a patriarchal old gen
tIenan, who looks as il he had heart loI
sny iate," as well rs histcllOw man.i Gen
Ire House simply means about midwa,
between Wheeling and Washington. WI
pass the unpretehdlng livery stable KEEP
by our friend ], W. Clemens, to front u
Ospile OF brick and stone TRANSFORMED
into the residence Of Thos. Frazier, ESQ
No pun, uncle T., you know they cal
those wonders Of architecture in tho oil
world pi!S,. But here We arc, on tn
public squlre-Ciy Hall Park it would
be called in New York, II a thrce.corner
ed plat LET by the awkwarduess of III
town projectors could he called such
With Uncle Benny Craven's fine residenc
Standing most conspicuously in sigh
The chattetlng Of the martins attracts al
lenlIOn to the sign Of the Hallway HOUSE
ihe old lawson stand, and YOU stop, 70
they know how to keep hotel. An,
While dinner is being partaken of,
HPIopeE 10 gossip u little.
lle Harmonic Society recently CAV
smother Of their concerts, which in poip
o numbers was not as satisfactory as tn
last, yet much more so to the perIormer
themselves. intended giving Won ~ s sI,Tr