The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-11-19

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Va have before us copy Of the Wheel.
n, Ge:s,,s Of September s, 1882. 1t was a
...sly paper, about half the size Of the
nnly ISrrLLIGEScEE, and was edited and
,obshed by r. l. Curtis, who died at
uopudsyille a few years ago. Mr.. R. O.
gabin, s!ill living in our midst, used to
,.,rpein Mr.. Curtis office.
Tine GJ.tlr flies at its masthead the
.Srional Republican" ticket, under which
ara, the names OF Henry Clay for Presi.
J4ut and John Sergeant for Vice Presi.
j,pt.. Strange as it may seem, that was
be precise meme Of the ticket under
,bich Republicans voted for Garfield and
4tbur this year.
Tho la,es. foreign news in the Gazette
81, sup to the Goth OF July, dated at Lon.
Iou-rews about seven weeks old.
A picture Of Reside & Co.'s stage line
.rosnen.s the Go=ette's advertising col.
.ups-lhrough to baltimore in two days
udahaIf. lts Office was at the "Colum.
sa, Iar," on Water street.
The local column is largely taken up
si,h The appointments OF the Pittsburgh
ME- Conference, which convened at the
"Me,hoIist meeting house, in Wellsburg,
an tie 18th inst, and adjourned the Fri.
diy week following" (How long was
,h,l +. Hopkins was appointed Pre-
.dpS Elder Of tho Wheeling district, and
T. n. Hudson lstill living assigned to
wheeling Station" S. Il. Brockunier
90 assigned TO Williams5ort, and.T.
hammond to Pittsburgh Station" The
Conference Included large territory in
Ptnasylyauil, West Virginia and Ohio,
ukins in Cleveland.
VI ". ChapIine was Mayor OF Wheel
LAP iu those days, and his name is sffixed
% an ordinance that reCites that sit shall
baunawlnl TO sell, vend or purchase any.
tspp 10 or at the Market House after twi.
Ight," and "ai,er tho first day OF October
i shall be unlawful to sell, vend or pur-
taue anything in or at the Market House
L,er 0He NJ" The ordinance also re.
dies that, Whereas, riotous and dissolute
.efsons are 10 the habit Of assembling at
lie Market House alter dark for purposes
d mischief" therefore, latter this time
t!l,t August, 1882 1t shall be unlawful for
tEo or more persons to assemble together
aorGbout the Market House after twi.
light"
In tho way OF business, Wheat, Rice &
%, advertise "new Hint glass maDufac.
nry,n Graham & Helm the South Wheel.
pgSleam Engine Shop" John Dulty q
sius were "coppersmiths and tin.plate
workers" Hughes Il Graham carried on q
sash lactory," KuoN 4 Mckee shipped
gocd, per keel, ia: or steamboats," and
lid an insurance business: s. King was In
the drug businets, John GallAher in dry
FOODS aud groceries, j. Fisher & Sons in
he took business, Stout < Hull sold bs.
c9n, Samuel Neal Was prominent dealer
10 hardware, John F. Clark (who died re-
Gently in New York. was 8 wholesale gro.
at, Wade II. Heiskill was selling
pf dry goods at cost, intending to
leave 10. Philadelphia or Loulsvilie";
John Lamb Earnestly requests those in
debled to him to make immediate pay.
ueaL lie finds himseIf failing, and
sshes to pay his Just debts before he en-.
drey iaiIs": W. +. Selby was "ssent OF
the Protective Fire Insurance Company OF
H4nlOrd," Robert Boyd advertised for 10.
III bushels good clean wheat" Dore q
lamison were in the hat business. Moses
Ford made saddles and brides at his shop
between Mr. stones tavern and Mr.. No
COtney's, Main street, Hamilton Pol.
OcI sold boots and shoes, and number Of
ether people carried on other sorts OF busi'
Hes in more or less important way.
Mallory ( Co. published "clrcIlar" 10
Ehich they gave Wheeling big puff az 8
place Of business. We equote 1t, as follows:
"WHRELINo, Va. September, 1882.
subscribers, in rendering yon their
RlviceS 10 transact any business that you
may have here, deem il an opposite oces;;
iiOn to say something OF the trade and
@mmerce OF the place.
From small village . few years siuce,
thas gown to more than sevon thousand
nhabitants; and there is no place west OF
he mountains that is In a more ilourishing
&ndition. It is emphatiCalIy at the head
d navigation on the 0hio-ior during the
Dry season steamboats, do not ascend be-
yOnd It, and 1t has the advantage OF an
immense extent Of a well settled country
hSupport IL.
There are here numerous manufactures
ullron, Cotton, Wool. Lead, Copper, Tin,
Glass Of every description, Nails, Paper,
Saddles and Brides, Cabinet ware, Hats,
Boots and Shoes, Stone Hollow. Ware,and
Chemicals OF many kinds; Steam Engines
iad Castings, Brewery, White Wax re-
suery, Steamboat building, and tits one Of
the bet places on theriver for that purpose.
ut is the most eligible pointer the river
!or the reception OF merchandise intended
lorthe west, A limo Of wagons ls estab.
H,hed, with n capital OF two hundred
thousand dollars, for the purpose 0t CIV
iahgrea,er facility and expedition to goods
l;om Baltimore.
There are vast quantities Of produce
shipped from here. Within a distance OF
tEenty.hvo miles, there Is manufactured
annually more than two hundred aud fifty
thousand barrels OF flour. Whiskey, pork,
lard and bacon. are, also, large items OF
tIporation. And although the under.
Egned intendto transact general com.
Mission business, prominent object with
hem Is the purchase and sale OK country
p'oduCc."
There were poets in Wheeling in those
tn.y'-st least one poet-tor we find 10 4 the e
GastLs poem entitled "wheeling Hill"
Nobody would think OF heading his verses
that way nova days, but then We are told
Wheeling hill was very different AFFAIR
those days. it was covered with trees
Aud did not look so unpoetic as 1t does
Gow. The first verso Of the poem before
9teads as iollows!
"lt have ranb'el far and vide,
Through our own favored h1ppy cline,
The NOnh, the W,h lhH south I've tried,
And sung their pISiAa Ia humble rhyme
Sgt VnG hUcc' scsue on which [ dRet,
10 hIl hootS ear les, Joyous hour,
hsll With rAItuFO never felt,
10 mountain glen and 'hNdy b0WOI,
lbs Winding val s-lhe hIfeaH, thOIIu,
That HlAd IhV eye rom Wheeling HILL"
Pedestrian Contest NJ Broeton.