The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-18

Sn Mr.. sni,hOf,.. tho spskilatOt; told US
that il wood cost 10 more than eighty per
cent 10 collect en-, anyhow. BE warned
nS that The Dimocrisy had spent over
iour millions to carry thiseleckshun, and
that wood hey to come out Nv these
claims irst. Then there wuE the agents,
wich wood hey to hey Their slice, the menu
bers thsirselves, wich wood take their
bites, the heads Of departments, and their
fayorites, wich wood hey 10 hey lher
diyys, and 70 on, till by the time the
claimant got his money 1t wood be shaved
down 10 mere nothin. gssYp ~! a. 3 o.l
We lait at him, and remarked that We
Good make tho clAima large enuf to
kiysr all these thing0, and in that way
get wat wuI comm 10 u.s. ~ 5.' 81
"Gentlemen," ser he, aperhaps 700
dom. know that there will be in Wash.
ington, immejitly, the entire gang that
wuz with johnson, No matter how big
yoor claim Is, 700 won't get as much e.
/ offer 700. DO 700 want them 70 60
thro the hands Of Mrs. Cobb, and sich r
That staggered me, foriIl did some
claim bixnis in Washington, myself,
dooring Johnson's time, and ! knowd the
processes. onhesitatingly advised our
iDeople 10 make out their bills large enutf,
and sell 'em, wich they finally agreed TO
do, and we aot about maxim Nv 'em out.
Issaker CAN'T, for horses tslen BY John vi
Morgan, 10 conscience Of Fedrsl lnyaihun,
Rnd 4 ass rtnnent Nv Farm ptodnx con. 'l'
49, all nj "a
one mite On 81. e;
5 rrels Nv whisky left In his distillery2 i
while hU wuE With John Morgan, and 9TH |.
Or property VlGh he eoodn,t fOmemper..;- ~ ,p0O
Deelin fograal, 1T seIsa ienst tsS ~ ~, Iae
property used BY aye fedral plktits....... sarooO
I put in claim Tor lost time In avoid.
In Federal forces, and for gineral anguish
doorln that terrible FIVE years, to the
amount of $4,000, and Bascom put In
his bill for SO 900 for the absence Nv the
people nv the Corners Ave days; while the
| town WI. okkepied by rebel troopa The
other citizens came In and put In bills for
their losses, which footid up, after wehed
doktered EN-, to suthin over 500, 600.
| We bed great deal Nv trouble, Tor the
citizens are ignerent. Why men came In
wich he'd lost some fence with bills for
$50. SIGH We put up to 81, 900 or s., 900
eI the case might be, that there mite be
some show for gittin suthin. hrs1
Some Nv EN- he'd some doubts el to how
we wuI goin to put EN- In eE loyal oiii'
zens, bat ! fixed all that. Iswore to Is
saker Gavit.s loyalty, he swore to mine
Deekin Pogram swore to Captain McPsl
,er's and by three o'clock the next after,
aeon We he'd the papers all made out and
the matter all arranged. The spekilator
footed up the amount and drew his pock
ct book 10 pay 'em of at the rate nv thir'
~ per cent. 1t wuE critikle period
Bascom set there with lis akkount book
TO receive the money, witch he intendid &c
take out wat wuE come to him-he he6
bills agiu US witch wood absorb the mos
Nv it-ard for wat balance wuL doc II
wuE understood that be shood give III
credit at his bar. His eyesglistened, and
I wuz weepin teers otjoy. -.E..
"Thank Hevin" ! exclaimed, "this a
the substanshel froots nv viotoryW 81
At that critikle moment, list When The
Corners VIM TO be made opulent, Pollock
rode up with Looisville paper, which
no thread In tn Us with 4 feendish emile
The spekelater looked at the hed.lin'
end dropt 1t, buttinin up his pockit book
and THROWN the bills down upon the to
bic, stood without sayin awcrd. A3l
"Pay us y shreeked In agony.
"Not dollar" sed be; "them claimi
Nv yoorn amt with the paper they AR
written on. Look at the paper. r5s
I did look, and fell fainting to the floor
"Louisiana, Florida, and South Caro-
lins for Hayes! Hayes. elected by on'
votev ~. *.
That WI. all, but 1t was enua. Tha
one vote hes cost the Corners deerly. w
are dependent. The niggers all CONT
out Nv their houses agin, and POLLOCK
opened his store. z5
The spekilator In Southern war claim!
is still here awaitin reliable Intelligence
| May Heyin send Us the news we want.
PETROLEUM V. Nasty,
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