The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-08-23
CAMP MEETING.
" hat Is Being Done In the sylvia"
..,. Retreat at N0uudsvtlle.
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Editors of the Register:
Your correspo Ldent WAS agFeeAo!y sur
prIsed to note the many improvements
tnst nave been made on the grounds mere
since the meeting last year. = NE a
number of the old tents have been torn
down TO give place u nice new, pieas"t
and rommodious cottages; tssteiuiiy QUIT
aud painted, which give the. IDS
quite n village like appearance. A large
number of shade trees have also been SET
out, which adds very much to 0oth the
appearance OF the grounds and the com
fort of tho worshipers
There are now about seventy ;ai"Iiieo
oceupying tents. md the number Il IN
creasing every hour. Col AleX"ndeI
informs me that there Is one hundred AID
twenty frame tents and eleven Oh
canvass, making total o. one nun
dred and tmrty.One.
The following ministers have reported
at the grounds UP to this time. Presld'
ing Elder w. G. Wilson, ). d. Pneket
G. Conner, &. r. Hte, Dr. Gideon Mar
ton. A. {. Law, George Z. Wildlng
w. f, Barman, j. NJ Warden, j. l.
Clark, Walter Evans, }. I. Thatcher, .
A, Lancaster, }. V. HliIisrd, d II. n
Dix and A. r Riley.
Rev. j: p. Thatcher delivered very
eloquent and impressive sermon lhl'
morning from the text: "Goduness Is
profitable unto all things haVlng the
nromise of the lie that now is and that
which is to come he was
listened to with strict attention
hv the audience, which was not
AS large as 1t should have been from the
number of families now living on the
grounds.
Rev. S. B. Pricket preached at % p. NJ .
&. L. Hte at 6 P. NJ. to the childreh'
and G. G. Wildlpg at y none OF whom
[ heard as | was compelled to leave the
grounds.
lam told that the interest evlnced In
the services are more marked Lnan al
aoy former meeting on the first and
second days. ..---..-.-,;o.
The ground is certainly better supplied
with everything necessary to refresh
the inner man than ever before. ID. D
W 6ite Is prepared with almost any thinS
that the most fsstiGeous might desire.
Fresh meat daily of his own butcherlng'
bread of his own baking, also cakes ana
pies always fresh, and mix III ahy
from his own COWS, kept neaf
the camp ground. lie also has an ice
cream establishment, soda fountain, con
dictionary, ". AT his large airy board
ing house you can get good square
boarding ut seventy i've cents per DAY
HIS grocery contains everything that
can be found in the best regulated gro.
cerv IN the country, both in staple and
green groceries. And last, but not least
by long shot, there is that king OF Jolly
rood fellows, IL. +. Anshutz, 10 manage
It. What Tucker don't know about the
q, ocery business. is not hardly worth
tryiDe TO learn. Mr.. White Is certainly
iortusate in securing the services OF an
assistant so deservedly popular.
Another very important adjunct 10
camp meeting is the means OF getting I"
and from the same In this respect the
grounds here are certainly not behind
ANY ia the country. The Two JACK 5
LIsck Davis and Jack Mathews mean
run y "rIg" which for speed, comfort and
safety is not excelled bV any one on the
track. They are certainly n near uolqu-
itous rs il is given TO mOrtals IT, be. Per.
sons or families wishing to avail them
selves of this safe and pleasant means OF
Will be called for At any
place in town and At any hour by leaving
orders at TIE post office or Globe H"uss.
VIII visit the Pen,tentlary tomorrow
and tell your readers something ABOUT
that institution.
The following are the parties holding
tents on the grounds:
Alfred Games, Jeremiah Jones, Abrsm
Jones, Rev. W. &. Wilson, Mrs. Bates,
Mrs. Boggess, Misses Hughes, John ).
Riggs, Mrs. Hammond, Samuel Jones,
james Alexander, James Lockwood, j..
W. Riggs, 7. }. Thompson, Jesse Riggs,
Mrs Sheppard, Thomas Fain, Mrs.
Dorsey, Mrs. Terrell, A. b. Baker,
V Giesey, Lee GlDbon, Mrs. Mcdonnell,
h. Riggs. Alex. Turner, Alex. kcmple,
NJ j. Lytle, Mrs. Purdy, A. j. LYDIA,
Mrs. Hubbard, j. NJ. Richard. Mrs.
Baggs. Mrs. Warden, Arthur Lille,
john Cowle, +. }. Stone, Mr.. l.. Hall,
Andy Rulong, Alex. Esky, John Bailey
A. romIinson, j, Bonsr, VIM. Ham
mond, Mrs. j. Burley, q. ". Evans,
Zlnknsn Bonar, Mrs. Tippett, Mr..
Frea, Mrs. Hunter +. Manning, Scott
and Mathews, Mrs. Gaddiss, Mr.. Foupie,
Mr.. Miller, A. >. White, Mrs Mossburg,
Mrs. Schslhase, j. NJ. Dowler, Joseph
Crisswall, Mrs Manoing, Thos. Manning,
Isaac Rogers, George Manning, B. New.
man, II. C. Welday, j. +. Roberts, ChSs,
Conner, Edward Leech, Rev Conner,
VIM. Gibson, Rev. PrIckett, j. Z. Rob
erts, George Edwards, Jesse Boner, Rec.
tor Chaddock, Mrs. Bodley, NJ Dunn,
VIM. Rihelkafer, Joseph Bodley, Mrs.
Elson, Mrs. Zane, A. ). Vancieve, Rev.
DR.. George, James Boiley, Mrs. hobbs,
Mrs. Riggs, VIM. Dowler, Mr. Hend-
rrcks. West Marsh, j +. Hootcn, A
Heisus, Mr.. Hudson, }. q. Jones, Thos.
II hammond, ELS Jones, MIR. Brock, Mrs.
Elijah Griffith, Mrs. Taylor, W.
NJ. Gigs, William Hornbrook, james
Carney, Hugh Harris and James Blake,