The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-08-31

{ thanked me so protusely and called sc
many blessings upon my head that Eel
repaid as business investment anc
something over.
Yet taken AS a whole, there is not
great deal more begging here than one
would find in place of this size under
ordinary circumstances. There Is much
TO be sure. but less than one would sup
pose And rs for restitution, there Il
mu OF that, but not greatly more than
one would find n city OF this s'Z" IN
other sections. But each day In" Ike
is pers sted in adds to the sufierIf MT.
Some Of the citizens don't apes ne
very sympathetic, regarding tn Re
~ such u folly a. this time. In Hyde
Park | asked citizen how the miner
replenished their relief store. BY beg
glDg and stealing, he replied, "tutPrln-
cipslly BY stealing" thought this un-
kim. for there is reilly little tneit-ht-
tie compared with the Ia'geness OF idle
population. | watch all the Local papers
closely for accounts of theft and la"less-
ness and find little OF either. Apples
and potatoes some. but not more perhaps
than in tho neIghborhOOd of other cities
OF this SIZE. some OF the reports ot THEFT
and Awlessness sent from this region to
the Eastern papers are gross "XagSer-
atInus or bare!aCe lies, made up by pug
nosed city reporters, who come mere
with the idea That they are valuable TO
their papers in proportion to their ability
TO color up the situation and make 1t
sensational.
AN IRISH MAN TALKS.
On one of the back streets met al
freshman who was thoughttully leaning
against fence I'D chewing cud OF
tobacco Of siZa suggesting anything
bu. nard times He %as dressed In red
shirt and pants, coarse shoes and wool
ma We engaged in conversation, ana
ne told me he was An ODD cltIZeH, "llved
here SAID he, lever since there Was II
shovel struck in the town OF Scranton.
He had seen good times and hard times
and war times, bu. these were about the
worst times in his experience. These.
said he, are worse times than IN the war,
when Llncoln was taking men ont OF
Their beds to 20 and fight for the buck
uagar-d-n the nlgar!' he exclaimed,
being unable t. suppre his feelings on
the subject He tn ,ught the poor magyar
WAS responsible Tor large assortment ot
the evils which atflict the country.
he did not greatly sympathlze with the
strikers. Amt 1t better to work ut
seventy i've cents day than 1t Is to
starye?' | Told him IL locked so at tiFs!
view. I'm poor man, he continued,
"bu, | know It's hard times on everybody,
rich and poor. The rich men who own
the mines are hurting the most, because
the mules have 10 eat, the pumps have
To- 20 and taxes cunt up. The poor
man only suffers hunger, and ne
can sop that with n potato. The rich
man cant ,.op his troubles with potato.
tel you there to- many men here fer
the work. If hal. Won leave the other
half would get far wages and plenty to
DO Ain that so?'
1t looked that way.
am Il TREND to the miners, no coG.
tinued, and believe IN strikes in cool
times, but they are no Use in bad times.
True enough; this lrishman Is bit OF n
philosopher.
REMARKABLE GROWTH OF SCRANTON.
The wholesale way IN which miners
and laburing men came into this region
during the flush times Is seen in the
alm,s. unparalleled growth oithe city,
lncquslsd east OF the Allegheny meun
aims. In 1860 the population WAS
, 223, IN 1870 1t had risen 10 35,O92. 1t
became perfect beehive OF industry,
railroads, railroad shops, coal miners,
rail mills and ail the iron industries that
90 to make up our complex civilization
Wqges were high and the tide o. pros
peritv flowed steadily until the panic
struck the iron ana coal trade and sent it
hesdIong downward. Since then Scran-
ton has suffered, although, with all the
shrinkage. there Is yet an immense deal
q wealth here and indications o. wealth.
OF the population III 1870 10000 were
foreigners, showing a great influx from
the old country on account OF hlgh
wages. OF these 1856 were German,
l,4l5 English, G,l9l hish ard ALL
Welsh For some time after 1870 the
population continued to increase, and 1t
Is now probably $4,000. What growth
is this from the 5000 of 1860! The Popu-
ln,iun of the county Is about 100000,
while in 1850 Il WAS go 600. This shows
the rapidly of development and the
serious consequences OF the present
check. The future is yelled but busl-
ness men are still hopeful. This splendid
region, they say, cannot l,e dormanti the
present stagnation cannot last, ct
they are forced TO confess that 1t has
l4stad well so lar. and that the immedl-
ate signs of revival are not OF the best.
There are few sales OF real estate
unless forced Sal"s are spoken OF rs
sacrifices, 80 shrunkcn are the prices
compared with icw Years ago. Tue
disposition of all * to hol on, and not
accept the present do,c.u condition OF
things as permanent. Sad gentlemen to
me Yesterday: Eve years ago thought l
WAS worth $4,000. Now | cont know
whether my property would bring 500.
600 II put up ut IorceI sale. People talk
of sutferings OF tGe poor. and they are
having hard time. but | tell you some
OF us who thought we were worth some
thing are being squeezed. Don t 1t hurt q
rich man just rs bad to
lose half his property rs
1t does poor man 20 lose hail his wages ?
What's the differ nee? Halt Is hal. Ill
b,l there is more lying awake uign's
among well to do 'opIe than among the
poor.
No doubt; for tired - and - clear
conscience are conducive 80 sleep, and
even an empty stomach vii. no. keep a
fellow awake. The reflections OF msn
VINO has worked all his lie to sccumu-
nte Spmethlng and then see 1t dissolve
through "shrlnka,e which he Is power
los to prevent, a. not conducive to sleep.
There Is go,i desI Of lying awake
nights about tus time IL mansions as