The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-01

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write.
The 6tsG article in the creed Of an Oak.
lander IL that his village has much TO Be
proud Of. She Is proud o. her 800. 900
hotel, which belongs 10 the B. & o. Z. &,
and does an immense business in the
summer with that golden bird Of paSsage,
the American seeker after pleasure.
She Il proud Of her factories and mills,
her handsome churches, her numerous
STOKES, her high.toned ndexelusive soci.
ETY., her cottages belonging 10 rich Bal.
timoTeans, her pretty girls, her bran new
court house and lets Of bran new babies,
and lastly, but By no means leastly, che,
like Miss Mcbride, il
Proud q her beauty and prOua q her Pride,
And Proud Of thoaand thinsI besias
For several years alter the creation Of
Garrett county, oakland fought bitter
6gh: with several other towns for the 10.
cation Of the county seat bit she won al
last and the political battles Of both par.
ties in the county are carried on here.
Among the Democrats there was live
y struggle this fall foE legislative
nominations. Bannon and his eonfrereS
Of the Canal Board came 10 consult with
local leaders a. to the best manner Of
obtaining the members and the matter
was put in the hands Of Patrick HRmill,
our Congressman from this Dutrict-a
man Of small intellect, bombastic style,
and laughable vanity, whose present ami.
mostly 10 the B. so. 4. Z. Co. is oceR.
stoned by their refusing 10 give him q
pass on the road. Considerable money
was used in the canvas, but the oppoSi.
ton was strong enough 10 divide the
convention 60 evenly that neither party
could succeed, and compromise was
effected uufavorsble to Bsnnon. The
energetic movements Of both sides indi.
cate that members Of The Legislature are
valuable.
Speaking Of Hamill reminds me Of =
story that was told TO me not long since
OF his connection with Senator Henry G.
Davis in & matter that was Of considera-
BILE interest to several Of the eastern coun.
ties Of West Virginia.
When ths,Baltimore & Ohio Company
frat began talking Of removing the terni.
nus Of the Second Division from Pied
monte Keyser, there was q great deal oil
hard feeling toward Senator Davis, who
vas accused Of uSing his influence toward
prostrating the business OF the former
plaee. The following was told to my in.
Dormant BY prominent member of the
company, and | tell it in justice 10 Mr..
Davis.
AZ there was but little or no room 10
erect necessary buildings in Piedmont
the company wished to purchase land
from Mr.. Davis at Keyser and put them
there, but that gentleman advised Mr..
Garrett the buy the island near Piedmont
which belonged TO Mr.. S. Long, saying 1t
was 3 suitable place for the company's
purposes, and in this Mr.. Garrett &C.
quiesed and ssked Mr.. Davis to effect the
Transaction. Mr.. Pat. Hamill was agent
Tor the owners, and when Mr.. Davis
opened negotiations with him he
said in 4 lofty, consequential tone
peculiarly his oEn-that II any such
sale was made he would act directly with
his own personal friend and crony (oh ye
gods and little fishes John W. Garrett,
and did not desire any interference from
a third party. Upon Mr.. Davis inform
ing Mr.. Garrett OF the result Of his inter-
view with Hamill, Garrett said he would
have nothing further 10 do with HamilI,
ard the round house, machine shops, &c,
went TO Keyser. There Is some talk,
however, among the powers that be, Of
moving to Piedmont portion Of the car
building works from Mount Clair.
Many person has said after closing a
novel OF Charles Reade, Wilkie Collins,
Alexander Dumas or some other writer
Of the highly sensational school, that not
only was it impossible for such things to
take place In real life, but that there
could not have been even u shadowy
skeleton Of fact upon which TO place the
desh, blood and muscular life OF fiction.
But let theae disbelieyers OF the marvel.
Gus enter the ranks Of journalism and
they Will constantly meet with things SO
strange az to cause them TO quote the we'll
known motto OF the tue journalist.
"Let your belief in a story increase with
its impsoblbilityi1l Ia proof OF this will
give you the history OF one OF the most
remarkable cases that ever met with
and the truth Of which can vouch for.
The names Of those concerned and Of the
localities are changed At the request Of
one Of the principals.
Thirty-three years ago family named
Benton, consisting OF father, mother, son
and daughter, resided in one Of the West.
ern States near email town called Blank.
The father was wealthy and lived in ntyle,
and his daughter Mabel, a child between
two and three years Of age, was always
elegantly dressed, and Geroee, the SOD, a
boy Of seven, was preparing to enter an
Eastern school. O1e day little Mabel
disappeared and her parents never heard
OF her again, Rlthoug ID they spent thou.
sands Of dollars in searching for her.
The heart-broken mother died soon al.
ter the loss Of her darling, and the faith.
er wandered over this country and En-.
rope and finally settled in New York,
where he died. George grew to manhood
and the memory Of his lost sister was al
most effaced from his mind. In his 9th
year, while visiting married friend, he
fell in lore with the goTernesz OF his
friends children, beautifulgirl OF about
%, and after come months they we're mar.
ried and lived happily for FIVE or six
years, boy and girl being born to them
during that time.
While in his Office one morning 4
gentleman called upon him and intro.
duced himself as lawyer from Calaior.
mia. He asked George number Of ques-
tons in regard TO his parents, where be
was born, etc, and wound up BY saying
that nearly year before this an unmar-
ried brother Of his (Georges) father had
died in San Francisco, leaving consid.
cradle fortune to his nephew, and enjoin.
ed his lawyer 10 seek for his niece. For
some time no trace Of George could be
discovered, but at LAST the search was sue.
cesstul. "Sow, my dea. SIR continued
the lawyer, u have something else to tell
your sister has been found, or at least
she can be IN half an hour As may be
Imagined, this was 4 sumner, bat the ex.
PLANTATION vas short and simple.
A tramp on his death bedin 4 St. I.ouis
police station coniessed that he and two
companions had stolen little Mabel Ben.
ton for her clothes and locket which
abe wore, and that abe had continued
with them for several year,, when her