The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-18

SUNDAY AFTERNOON
We found General Wallace seated In
Ma Office. waiting for arrivals In
AZ busipess.like manner as tho ay-
erape hotel clerk. We intimate
desire to inspect the 0trampsn in the
nolico eourt room, and the General leads
The wuy, Il Is now 8 o'clock, and the room
IA crowded We count sixty.Ryemen and
bovs. the majority Of whom are lying on
ne boor Or nodding into dreamIand on
chair, or desks, or whatever piece Of
fnrniture uermits Of the most comfortable
dIsnosition Of their lem. A foul smell
nrevadss The APARTMENT This II IL i'm.
rossibIe n avoid for where seyenty.fiye or
sigbtv ner,ons many oi them without n
obSrSs N eIotbiny for months. frequently
sIoon IN one room the orhnlations from
thoir hodio. can not In got nwuy bv any
device short Of taking The roof off the
bnildinv
SUNDAY PICTURE
Surely II was scene to fix itself on
the memory. sixty.fye unfortunates, no.
one like hls neighbor, each With a trag.
edy in his personal history, and all in the
same plight. Nohome, no father, mother,
brother sister, wife or child The past
painful, because Of opportunities lost in
il. the present miserable; the future hope.
less, Here were old men, white.bearded
and bent-yery Rip Van Wrinkles, DESC
late, pcnniless, friendless, unknown; boys
ragged and unkempt, with heads hanging
In Jull despair; decent.looking mechanics
irving 10 be clean and cheerful under dit.
6cullies, stupid sots, not vet recovered
from their drunken carousais; low.browed
cbans. who might be sneak. thieves, burg.
lars or bullies, II only opportunity
ofTered. easy and contented bundles Of
rars with @IIabitual Vagrant" and
lgTrampS written on their iealures--be-
aides more other sad types Of humanity
tban would fill an album. Hunger, rags
md despair are common to them all vet
the majority of them are "a stout and
Misunderstanding Nd ony set II men com.
Inv nnjo, the notice n The wti,pr Tn.
ia Il /. q common rsmork among MI.
rion. vi.itors that thsre Il seldom seon n
r,Oso sLIo.Lod;od as.on,hlnoo n man thon
nLnn, h.It ~ tLoSo Win sooL sbolier In
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nv tne na'e iGS ss Oes1 i.a u ~ S Iii.
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1 5netS are o'nen sroup I'll, III ' n 'O ..
soliU I,e .U'.,v to ~, tl'" n.s"!. NV d
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ilNe eo""P'' "'O'ni "'1' ""i vu''
move when any Ot their fellow
....oto.. oo,,o ,i,ot wo, Af,rv n.o
HHfeleS SUlne uiat way many Me
Btttlng, nee0le Ill manu-, carefully
and patiently patching pants, coat or
shirt. One Is washinghis feet. Two have
taken off their shirts and are washing
them in common water buckets. Four
or five arc as far as possible screening
themselves from observation while they
hunt for vermln In their garments. boy
Of twenty near us takes from hiS pocket a
piece Of bread and butter which he had
probably put by until sorer pressed by
hunger, and after looking wishfhlly at 1t a
moment, proceeds to eat. ..,......
Oh y jANoUroAsTs LYNN afJG
These poor devils sing! The spectator
would rather think that on opening their
mouths all the breath they had would 20
ou, Ia ona simultaneous vail nj wrnIrh.
ou' III JUG 'it'' u. s' "H' " "''''"
e1negS, But no Suddenly we hear q
III .s.oLh,, ',,r.ranI. yoico I, on tn,o.
s sa..,s,as, fi",osi w. '''''
ntn ' una ,,,v NJ s,bst III. tori wifi provIds
1 may g ~ way,
gs1U fIu P' II Hi Ii i S!S WA w 2-' eHl-,
Inc Loru VIII Ptovlde'' ..r
Welook at the General for an explana-
tion. lie leads us 10 small room from
which the singing Ia heard, There We
find allttle, dried up old lady, and a little,
Shrlveled up old man, Upon questioning
the old lady lthe old gentleman was asleep
upon q mattress ale tells IA that they
walked from Baltimotej and will walk to
Zanesville, Ohio, where they expect to
md a daughter; vi eourse they were
Y, very poor, put mad , No. alHay' Deen 80
Inc interview , ~ Is evluen' \, annoying 10
Inc lazy, ana g,i aver 'o@ s lur.heT CONVEX
sa!ioh We wi1hur""' soon we near an
othet verse -, =. .,,,.. ..,.,,
AZ ''' 4 T may s. S'F ny lime ,'' VI" r'O''O''
In 4 in 4 h. h t ~ time sT%,i
The Lord viii pfOviden
d..i,.iiy .a,osai nuIsids aIsikn Ia I,
IA somehow a relief to their feelings to
sinV, With nine.tenlhs Of them there Il
no piety, no devotion In II. Nothing but