Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-24
4 CHARMING RESORT.
The Claims of "Cranberry Sum-
nit" rs II Summer ReSOrt-Nis-
itOrS There-Other Matters in
that Section,
Correspondence of the Register.

Correspondence OF the Register.
PORTLAND, w. VA, July 22.
Since the rendering OF the verdict up
on the body OF the man who was sup
posed to have been murdered near this
famous resort, but little has occurred to
change the monotony of this mountain
retreat. Yet Portland is deserving Of
fame and especial notice on account OF
its location and the ever-varying enjoy
ments which it affords all who seek its
quiet and romantic shades. 1t has ever
held high place in the estimation OF
Wheelingitcs, and to-day we see the
faces Of many of your city, who are dis
porting in the fresh brcezes and cool at
mosphere of this famous resort. The
Summit House invites all who may
come, and so popular has it become that
one who has tried to "drive dull care
away" in this cool, romantic haven, has
never been known to forSake it.
Deeply shaded hills "a fairy
vision of Utopia itself-astonishes the
gaze Of all who behold it. Free from all
malaria-not the least shadow OF fog
dimming the brightness of the sky-the
invalid as well as the pleasure-seeker
finds its climate invigorating and invit-
inc. Among the guests at the Summit
House we note the following:
Wheeling-Dr. 4. :. Todd and wife,
Mrs. G. Moulton and son, Mrs y. Stan
ton. Mrs. :. Allison, Miss Kate Allison,
Rev. j. d. MotIatt, 5. j. and f.. f. Boyd,
and c. Brown and three children.
Northumberland G.. Hight and the
Misses Hall.
Parkersburg Mrs. l.. \. Cole, two
daughters and nurse.
Marietta. Or. :. ID. Hart andwie.
West Union, w. Na.-B. Thorndell
and family.
St. Louis-F. y. Crawley and daugh-
tiers.
Powhattan, GA. =. Workman.
Grand and picturesque scenery, fine
hunting and piScatoriaI sports, the fine
hcalth-giving influence of mountain air,
have lent an enChantment TO this sec
ton that, once having been felt, becomes
irresistible. To all who are tired and
long for rest, this summer resort offers,
in addition to enjoyment, health and
repoSc.
The excitement attending the finding
of the body of the murdered peddler
has SubSided. The jury rendered a
verdict to the effect that the man was
murdered, hut that no clue remained as
to the murderer. The peddler met his
death in lonely spot on
the pike that leads to Kingwood,
and people are really forsaking that
route and following another road in
their pilgrimages to kingwoOd. The spot
is certainly a deSolate wild and wierd
one, and those afflicted with the least
superstition will avoid IT,
One day last week, Lee Cooper and
another gentleman of Kingwood, while
crossing Cheat Mountain, were fired
upon bv an unseen enemy, tine shot
passing So close that it only missed Mr.
Cooper bv hairs breadth. This oc-
CURED in the immediate vicinity OF the
place where the body OF the peddler was
found.
DR.. J. b. Foglc has organized fishing
party Of the disciples OF Aesculapins, to
which he has invited the leading
knights of the scalpel of this county,
and tomorrow they will repair to the
waters of Cheat river and spend week
in the classic shades of that tributary TO
the Ohio. We are invited TO spend
dav with them, and if business and a
pardonable alarm at meeting so many
professional "saw bones" in an out Of
the-way place will permit, You may
have a full report of their "conclave.'
The crops, excepting grass, IN this
section will be above the average.
Political matters have scarcely begun
to bubble here as vet, of which We will
write YOU more fully at an early day.
LEO.