The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-02-25
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and their sheet measured 10 inches Il
length by 10 in breadth. The volume be
fore % contains numbers Issued between
April, 1878, and October, 1891. We motto,
that each one Of them has the name o
JACOB GRuBD written omit. The GasstI
Is q peculiar looking paper It's make vi
differs materially from thomodern style o
newspapers, and the nearest fac slmllt
that we know TO 1t Is the Wetzel county
Findieator. It has reading matter and
advertisements in the same type and 9
good deal jumbled together. The editor
dealt spAringly In editorial, especially
local news: We suppose that one issue
ot q Wheeling paper noW.A.da ys
contains more editorial and local news
than Is found in q three months run Of
the Gazette. The paper Is given up to
foreign and domestic news Of ancient
date. River news nearly q month old is
published from Louisville. Certain boats
are announced ITO sail" from that place
for points south, There Is also some for
eign news In regard 10 NAPOLEON Bona
PARTE on the Island'of 81 Helena. The
Northwestern Bank was just starting in
those days under the auspices OF NOAH
ZANE, JOHN WHITE, ARCHIE WOODS,
SAMUEL sPRIaG and GEO. Knox. Owing
to some defect in its charter the organi-
zauon had to be delayed year, until the
next meeting Of the Virginia Legislature.
Weinier that the editor Of the Gazstte
was not more aimiAble than modern edi-
tors, as we notice that he spats with the
Gazette, Of RellSburg, and the Spectator,
ol MorgantoWn. His remarks cannot be
considered digniHed towards the
WsllsburG editor. For instance, he
commences an article about him
thus:s %The very sapient and in
genious little personage who black
ems the yspid sheet which islssued week.
ly from the above mentioned place" &C.,
&C. he devotes good share Of his edi-
torial space TO the Wellsburg man, and
has one paragraph about him that would
have shocked even the Eatonswill Ga
sttts. As q specimen Of his power as Q
writer Of sentimental editorials, we no.
tice some labored remarks on Ghymenial.
ism" In Wheeling. he bewails the fact
that he has not been able to record 3
single marriage in his paper since he
commenced Its publication. The fault he
gallantly remarks. Is not with the ladies
of Wheeling. "They are handsome, So
cial, gay, witty, polite, intelligent, senti.
mental, captivating, and, dare we say,
amorous." The fault Is with the other
sex. "'Tis likely dread Of cent. per
cent. being deducted from their incomes"
he says. As an encouragement to those
matrimonially inclined he finishes his ar
ticle by quoting several marriage notices
from his exchanges, one Of which Is from
the Washington, Pa, Examiner, announc.
ing the marriage Of Henry McElroy, aged
% years, TO Miss Rosanna Patterson, aged
40, both Of Cross Creek, Washington
county. Pa. .I 1888 .4 , .i
Among the advertisements contained in
the Gasstte there are some that read very
queer these days. OF this sort Is one
signed by L. A. WASHINGTON, who lived
four miles out of Wheeling, and who In
forms the public Of his desire to "sell the
unexplred term Of service Of . family Of
German servants, consisting Of 9 man Of
SO, his vile Of 40, their son Of 13, and their
dsughter.of s years OF age, who have to
serve until the 22d Of August, 1890"
Among the local items in one Of the pa
pers we find q statement that the stages
come through from Washington City in
five days; that "there are four mails which
converge here" and that "every day there
is an arrival from one point or other"
Also that at Is expected that dlstribu,
ting Office will shortly be established in
this place" ~.
We do not discover much oil Q political
character In the Gaaab. Perhaps as It
was the only paper in Wheeling 1t was
neutral in politics. We notice that on the
9Th Of February, 1919, 20 number Of the
freeholders Of Brooke and Hancock
counties convened in West Liberty for
the purpose Of taking into consideration
the pretensions Of General JOHN G. JACK.
SON and Colonel JAMES PrNDAL1, who
are proposed as candidates for the next
Congress-" WILLIAM MCKINLEY was
called to the chair. and 8. CURTIS was
appointed Secretary. After some time
spent In consultation, the following pre-
amble and resolutions were unanimously
agreed 10, viz: ~ f .oslislr
nhkhK1s, 1t Is now upwards Of 20
years since Gen, J. G. jackson was called
BY his fellow citizens into the service Of
the people In the capacity Of Their renre.
tentative TO transact their public businepa
And taking into view the great variety Of
opinions and transactions which have IA.
ken place Within the above period. II
ought not 10 be expected that his conduct
would have received the appreciation Of
every individual, nor even Of all those
Iprotessing the same politics. Therefore,
on taking review Of his whole public
conduct, we are Of tho opinion that but
few men, u any, would have given more
general satisfaction. Resolved, Therefore
that We recommend him 70 our Repnbll.
can fellow citizens as 0 suitable person 10
represent them in the next Congress Of the
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