The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-23

part III lue regular IeEmAn IRON eleven
. one the same day, and arc on hand for Il
: regular ball from s 10 II o'clock in Il
r evening. Eight hours and half out
the twenty.iour are devoted to saltator
performances and three-fourths Of II
round dancing. Shades OF Mrs. Sherman
No wonder that the portly form oi YOU
own orchestral leader, Kramer, has con
menced to dwindle, that the FalStaffia
girth OF Col. Gaus begins 10 bate, tha
Roller has blown himself well uig
through his cornet, and that proi. Ma,
Feinler has sucked all the paint of the on,
Of his aageolet,
THE WATER.
White Sulphur water Is said 10 hay
wonderful curative powers. II ought b
have. II ought TO renew q man ike th
tabled fountain Of Ponce De Leon, bring
Ing back the color to his cheek and thI
faded visions 10 his heart. Il tastes baC
enough to do anything. There was ono,
q venerable chemist in your city Wit
would put a malarious egg in the Sherr,
he served his patrons, unless he was close
ly watched. l do not know whether h,
still keeps up this putrcscent practice o.
not. 1.-The does 1t Is a waste OF time. A
dash OF White Sulphur water would have
the same effect, and It would give his slcl
hens a chance 10 recuperate.
There Is no analysis OF tho water within
present reach, but | believe sulphuretted
hydrogen, burnt matches and asaioetida
are the principal components. You car
get used TO It, as you can get used 10 anv.
thing; and that II clears complexions and
reyives exhausted digestions | am ready
to believe. It serves, too, as temperance
agent here, for people who drink 1t can.
not drink liquor safely. Some use both,
and "let EN- fight" but whichever pIan
is adopted so far as drinking Is concerned,
It's general bathing uses are unsurpassed
by any have seen, either as simpie lux.
ury or as q curative for rheumatic or Gu.
taneous affections.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Perhaps | have said enough about the
Springs. 0..e days routine ia 40 mncb
like another that in looking back over a
week It is hard TO pick out incidents Of
special interest. -
Ihere was a meeting OF the Southern
Historical Society here on Friday last
and Congressman Chalmers, of Mississinpi
delivered lecture OH Gen. N. B. Forrest
The only portion OF II which Interested
me particularly was defence OF the action
o. the South, in embarking in the business
OF secession, which seemed lame and In.
conclusive. Judging from the applause
which followed many Of his assertions the
bulk Of his audience thought differently.
The band ball, which occurred three
days previous, was the swell affair Of the
season, and netted quite handsome sum
for the benefciaries. Speaking Of the
band in which a good many people of
your city are interested, everybody con-
cedes that the lawn music, made uI with
brass and reed instruments, is better than
that OF any previous season. CONCERNING
the orchestral music there is some dis.
cusslon, more on the character Of the
music than the way in which It Is render.
ed. ! can only say that / have never
heard your orchestra play better than on
several occasions when have been pres.
ent in the ball room, f'NS
The tiger" does not appear to bo doing
well this year, and the other gambling, SO
far as openly conducted, does not seem 10
amount 10 much.
AS 70 future happenings OF interest, |
have heard Of only one contemnlaicd az.
clrsion on the little boat which runs from
Hinton to apointabout twelve miles above
on the New River, which is set for the 2Otf
inst; will send you an account OF It il /
am here. y " :
POLITICS.
This gathering is SO generally Democrat.
ic that the political discussion is mainly
one sided and confined to a consideration
Of the chances Of Democratic aspiranis.
As national politics are talked, / have been
surprised at the amount OF strength Bay.
ard shows as Presidential Candidate
among Southern representative men.
Next 10 him, il the expression here ia
fair one, comes Thurman, and Tilden has
sprinkling Of quiet adherents, Among
those, however, who least admire the lat.
ter there is an evident feeling that when
the time comes q majority OF The working
Democratic politicians OF the South wifi
be found tavoring him, and from what is
not said, as much as from what Is uttered,
itlooks likely that the old man in Gramner.
cy Park will capture the Southern CeIera.
tons as readily as he did before,
State politics are dull. Con. JelFers of
your city, who has been here for couple
ot weeks, is working up his chances for a
nomination quietly, and
seems to be making friends. Some of Inc
rural Ioosters in the neighborhooi think
he might devote his time TO coming TO see
them, instead Of spending it here, and in.
innate that only small proportion Of the
voters ot the State are at the Springs, but
suppose when he gets his system In first.
class condition here he will make them re.
gret he came SO early. Besides this, there
are no educational institutes in Session
near here which he could address, and
greenback picnics, believe, are not in his
line. - 50
Speaking Of the latter reminds me that
Walker is still cavorting around this dis
trict, or was up to the time OF his recent
accident, stirring up the faithful 10 SUP.
port the greenback doctrine, at least TO the
extent OF sending him 10 Congress. His
caucus apparently gives the Democratic or
Republican. leaders hereSery little concern,
The former admits that he has a majority
in Kanawha, Mason and Putnam. hut
state that it is simple by reason Of his hay.
ing hitched on the secret association term.
ing itself the Knights OF Labor, and which
is referred TO by good many
Of the State papers as tho IIoodoo
organization. Outside Of this they claim
he has no following OF any consequence
and could not be elected even II tho fun
Republican vote Of the district were given
him in addition. How this is I am not
able TO judge. He made a powerful
skeery time" for tho Democratic managers
in the last contest, and there are tiose
here who think il he had not taken to
the woods" after his Lewisburg speech, he
would have been elected. Possibly in this
canvass his opponents are relying upon
his natural disposition to kick over dc
milk whenever his bucket is nearly full.
He has certainly shown considerable anil.
tude for that sort of business heretofore
One Of the effects OF his present canvas
is a movement to pitch Kenna overheard
and take up Judge Charlie Moore, Of I'M
SuDFeme Court asa DemnrraFic con J;JnIS