The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-02

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As TO THE THERMOMETER.
The City Of the "Royal Mountain" Is
not the place for q traveller 10 come II he
wants to keep cool. 1verily believe the
thermometer 10 higher here to-day than
u Is IN New Orleans. Once In q while q
friendly, Vigorimpartipg breeze struggles
into the business part Of town, but II soon
becomes thin from exhaustion In these
narrow furnaces they call streets. The
city Is destitute Of shade trees. Even
Victoria Square Is favored with but few
black spots; and Her Majesty In bronze
has to stand, all day long, sweltering in
me sun. 1t is great wonder she don't
2 A HISTORIC SPOT. III.
The Place d'Armes 10 q point Of some
interest TO States tourist. for It was here
Gen. Montgomery had the parade ground
FOR his army when tho Americans held
the city In IT'S. In Nelson Square may
be seen the monument erected by the cit.
liens oil Montreal to tho memory Of the
naval celebrity. We need not be ashamed
OF our Washington monument any more.
IL II should present such an appearance
when finished as this Nelson Monument
does, we should be worse of than ever.
Lord Nelson, mounted on o column
which resembles saw-log with the bark
peeled of more than anything else, Is not
9 very interesting nor imposing spectacle.
Republics are not the only governments
In the world that are ungrateful. II the
old hero Of many sea battles could break
away from his resting place and behold
the tagrant injustice that has been done
him BY his countrymen he would weep for
sorrow. 'A - --'-
t TIE FAMOUS RAPIDS.
Every stranger who visits Montreal and
goes away without running the Lachine
Rapids Is set down on the list as coward,
unworthy Of being countenanced by in:
trepid men. It is happy thing that
these rapids have been put here, or
rather that the city has been built SO near
to them. After spending a day or two
In sluggish, monotonous Montreal, a man
Is willing 70 pay most anything to see and
experience something lively. Ny guide
book told Of the interest connected with
trip down the rapids and then remarked
that "the descent, though full OF excite
ment and apparent danger, Is as safe as
travel on any part Of the river" Col
Letting In one mass all the courage about
me, l lett the city one morning in COM
pany with number Of ladies and gentle.
men, all OF Us determined TO run through
those rapids or perish nobly in the at.
tempt. Our train made close connection
with the little market steamer which un.
dertakes the perilous journey. And as
the adventurous crowd assembled 10 the
cabin, q pallid, death-like appearance
pervaded the whole. It really seemed as
though It was destined to attend its own
funeral. -....r-.. ...f.-
AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE.
A word from the pilot to the engineer
and the steamer started down the river.
all was silent as death for awhile, but at
last, when we drew near on to our ap.
psrant doom, tho stiffness was broken by
couple OF individuals whose courage
had given out, and who had been sud.
denly seized with desire to go back to
the starting place and get something
which had been left behind. But 1t was
too late. This little performance was not
down on the bills. At last we struck the
rapids, and l think every man and wo-
man on the boat had panoramic view
Of past sins float before them, and all re-
solved to forever after be good, II per-
United to reach dry land intact.
EccENTR1cTTtEs OF TIE STEAMER.
The steamer would run for while on
It's side and then turn over on its back;
In another second 1t would skip along on
its bow, and then, for tho amusement Of
the passengers suddenly change ends.
The motion OF the boat was not the most
pleasant In the world. II was calculated
to make ones stomach dizzy. From the
suspicious attitude of several persons
around the guards l concluded they were
paying their compliments to the river.
"The descent Of the rapids, though so full
Of excitement and apparent danger, Is as
safe as any other part Of the river" Any
man who can deliberately and in cold
blood write such gigantic lie as that,
ought 10 be looked after by his govern
ment. Il Is true the little steamer has
run through these rapids thousands Of
times; but this does not prove that she
will not be swallowed up on her next
trip.
THE WONDERFUL BRIDGE.
On our way up from the rapids we pass.
ed under the central span Of the victoria
tubular bridge, which Is one Of the great.
est ieats Of civil engineering on this con-
tlnent. The length oithis bridge Is 1854
feet; height from the water 60 feet; cubic
feet Of masonry 5000, 0O0;' tons Of iron in
tubes, $3.50. They paint this bridge by
the aero. There are 80 acres Of 1t. The
entire cost Of the structure was G1,600,
600, and II weighs considerably more
than It cost. From the top Of the bridge
an excellent view can be had OF the mag.
nihcent harbor Of the city, which Ia by
far the best thing connected with the
place. a-
CANADA HOTEL PRICES.
Hotel proprietors up here are as well
acquainted with the art Of making up q
bill as they are over in the United States.
Three dollars and a half o day 10 the
regular price for board, In Canada money,
and when paid in our currency It gets
into the edge OF four dollars. Il Ia rather
humtliating to give one Of these Canadian
Frenchmen . dollar greenbsck and re-
ceive S7i cents In return. It makes one
feel as though 1871 per cent OF his country
Is bankrupt H.F.J,
"The Way the Money Goes"
Editors OF tho Intslligeneet nslfl aaai
As the voters Of Wheeling will soon be
called upon To eXpFess themaelvaa at Tim