The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-23

and We Of the Ohio Waller as living in the.
extreme East, aud the people here speak
OF "out West" the same as We do ut home,
only 1t signifies here Colorado, Kansas,
Nebraska, &c, while we regard the West
as any portion Of the country lying west
Of the State Of Ohio. 1t is over nine hun.
bred miles BY rail from here to your city,
requiring many long and weary hours Of
travel. The town from which ! write this
letter (Pfinceton) is the county town OF
Mercer county. 1t is very neat, thrifty
place Of some twelve hundred inhabitants,
situated in the valley Of tho Grand
river aud on the line OF the ChicSgo,
Rock Island L Pacific railroad-oue Of our
great national thoroughlaTes. Politically
L is sound, giving over six hundred
majority for Garfield and Arthur last No.
vember. The Republicans are hoRefni OF
being able to redeem the State ere long
from the rule Of the Democracy, whG since
they came into power here have been deal
ing out political reaction to this State
about on par with our own experience
in West Virginia. They had TO take dose
here OF New Constitution, the same as
we had, but they have no amendments to
swallow here yet. The lawyers hero pre-
tend TO know the laws and how toI
administer them, which is more than We
do in West Virginia. The omnipresent
"Ohio man" is here full Of push aud, bust.
ness. He has fine stores, beautiful and
well improved farms, nice houses and out.
buildings. 1.-The breaches he draws khe
largest congregation. The is q lawyer he
generally wins his cases. He was mostly
in the army, in the Wal. OF 1861 lighting to
preserve the Union, and in his new house
here in the west he votes as he shot. l
am visiting while here st Rev. Z. 5. Wei
ler's. the ii. E. minister. He was form
erly well known in Eastern Ohio, being
for many years member Of the
Pittsburgh Conference Of the NJ. E.
Church. It will no doubt be pleas.
ant TO many OF his old friends
in the Ohio Valley, readers OF the ISLELL-
IGEScER, to know that he is still hale and
hearty and doingwell in his western home,
being recognized as one Of the main
props in the ". E. Church in northern
Missouri, which church is alike the pic.
Deer OF Christianity and loyalty in this
State. left your city last Friday, the 9th
inst, by way OF the Pittsburgh, Cincin.
natl & St. Louis Z. T., for Chic9go. This |
railroad has fst class accommodations for
as far as Bradford junction, |
station in Western Ohio; from there on TO
ChicsSo "caboose" would have been pre-. |
ierable to the Accommodations furnished
dirty cars, no water, no IRE, nothing TO
eat, from 9 A. n. 10 $50 P. ", the time o!
reaching Chicago. From Chicago on 10 |
this point the accommodations are exsell.
palace cars and dining cars
on all trains. This is via the G., +, l. 4 z.
r, r. On this road your correspondent
had an opportunity Of taking meals in one
of those tar famed dining cars, palace OF
luxury on wheels. How would you like
il, yUur appetite whetted up sharp BY the
keen winds OF the prAiries, to sit AMI par.
take OF sumptuous repast made up from
the earth, the air and the sea. Oysters and
fish from the Atlantic, mammoth fruit
from the Pacific slope-prairie chickens
and Quail on toast? These diniDgcsys are
aptly named the "Orien" and the "0cci-
DENT, and YOU sit and chat and eat forty
miles an hour. When ! left the Ohio
Valley It was cold, plenty OF ice and
snow. AS l came westward the snow
grew thinner and thinner with les ice,
bat at Chicsgo, where l spent Sunday,
the weather was quite wintry, it showing |
all day, and there was fine sleighing. saw |
ice there Is inches thick cut for packing
AS came west OF Chicago, one hundred |
miles, there was no snow, while here We
are having for the last few days fine 1ndian |
summer weather, all kinds OF out door
work being performed BY men in their
light clothes. We read somewhere Of
Joseph going down into Egypt for corn.
II he hsd known Of it he would, have |
given Egypt the go.by, and came here
where he could have got more corn for |
less money, g cents per bushel, and miles |
OF cribs oil it, as nice looking corn as cav |
in the Ohio Valley. What will
ever be done with it is past
my comprehension, unless they make |
il into corn whisky" and utilize tin in.
creaSing the Democratic vote in 1851, but
it will take a 'bar'r OF money to do it,
and the candidates Of that party usually
refuse to 'shell ont"
ike Chicago real well, 1t is boss
place il the people are wicked. They
have some Of their theatres open Sunday
afternoon anu nlSuII anu tne AeaGuLuSS VI
her Liberal clergy" hAs been such that
the "orthodox Hell" has few terrrors for
the average ChicagoAn. l had an idea
they we're terrible set in Chicago before
went there, expected them to set on
me, beat me nearly to death, take all my
money from me, and even steal my dirty
socks, but they did not, they charged me
very reasonably for all I got from them
and treated me frstrate.
expect before return to be in Kansas
City, where l will visit the wheeling
Colony" In case l do will let You know
how they look, what they are doing, &c,
mill then adieu. W,