The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-14
Two wetzel County Lawyers
On Their Travel Over the Pennsylvania
RaIIroad-Thcy Have u Difficulty tn a
EIeeDinE Car, But Come out Ahead.
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WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. II, 1878.
Editors IntsllisencOr:
Wehel county, not such IN out-of'the-
way placc after all If it is poWeyuiiy Demo
cratic only "a hours travel from our Ma
tional Capital. We left New Marttnsville
Yesterday morning on thcstcamer Ph@ton,
and this morning after travelling by the
way Of Pittsburgh, Harrisburg and Baltif
more We find ourselves safcly housed at
the National Hotel in this city. Nothing
OF particular interest occurred on our way
hither except M anticipated battle in the
sleppinp car from Pittsburgh. We ptir.
chased our tickets from that ge~ntlelnanly
General Ticket Agent, Mr.. Baltic, OF Your
city, and he kindly suggested that he
would secure places for us in the WASH
ington sleeping car. He accordingly sept a
telegram TO Pittsburgh securing two
lower berths in the name OF Bowers.
Upon our arrival in Pittsburgh we were
shown the Washington car, which we en-
tered and found full OF people and more
baggage to the passenger than | ever saw,
not y excepting an old mild with six
bundles, three bandboXes, four yalises
and a cauary bird and cage. We inquired
for the conductor, and soon learned from
him that there was u gentleman on the
car who claimed our section-an lsraeiite,
IL YOU please "A dark Completed and
heavy eyebrowc1 gentleman, who 'said
his name was Bower, and that he must
have our section for himself and two COM
panions. The case was referred to the
conductor, who, utter hearing il, decided
that the section was ours, as it had been
reserved in the name OF Bowers, and our
Teutonic ~Israelite spelled his Bauer. Then
came the tug Of war. The Israelite re-
.tircdfor aminute or two and came on us
in force with dark and lowering looks.
Can't. Bob, who had been quietly sitting
in the back ground all this time, now arose
in all his magnificent proportions OF.
height and breadth, fucGd the tllrpe lsrl.
elites, and with head erect and shoulders
thrown back, and without saying n word
10 them, allowed them TO measure the
dimensions Of one oftheir opponents, and
after n moment or two they rctiredap-
%parently satisfied with tho conductors de-
cision, andwith themuscul0r development
of Capt. Bob. The trip from Pittsburgh
East, atthis season Of the year, especially
Mt night with an October moonto light up
and embellisllt the sccncry srcallyenchant-
ing. After leaving the city with lis SCOT
and glare, We pass through q fine agricul.
tnrai country, the residences, barns and
other outbuildfngs denoting wealthy, tlrll'
~ and happy homes. Wesoon reach the
foot hills Of the Allegheny range, ,iorour
train is running ut the rateo Smiles per
hour. Here We arc attracted by the p!!ct,.
urcsQue beauty OF the wild" Concmaugh.Ha
The hills assume graudGr proportions.
Wemay now call them mountains. Tower
ing up towards heaven on either hand,
their mighty shadow, ut times c%overingthe
track with blackncss, but before one could
think 1--WE have cut that shadow through
and through" hr
We are now nearing the summit and
tired nature needs rest, Capt Bob has-Aecn
in bed for two hours. y a
WASHINGTON CITY.
This city is surely one Of tho finest on
the continent. There arc localities here
where all that nature and art could do to
beautify aud adorn, has been done and Is
now being done. The advantages for max
ing this one OF the most beautiful cities in
the world arc apparent 10 every visitor.
Boss Shepherd did good thing for Wash
ington, and although ccrtuin parties may
curse himfor electromagnetic, the benefits
derived from his administration here will
always remain, and cannot be computed
in dollars and cents. We will remain here
to-day. This evening at 9 O'Clock we will
go to Manassas Station, where We will re-
main until Sunday or Monday, when VIC
will 20 to New York. Until then adieu.
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