Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-05-15
From Wheeling.
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having Deefl TcdueI VI Tue In
DEPENDENT for number of years
past, / have concluded to initiate
the example of many Others whose
published letters / have read with
much interest and qualification, and
send you a workman's letter from
this locality, to be published or not
as you may think best.
In this city, just now, there is a
good outlook for workingmen of al
most every sort, The difficulty be-
tween the carpenters and the con-
tractors which caused 80 much dis
cussion a few weeks ago has been
satisfactorily arranged, and within
the past few days the difference be-
tween the muck rollers and the
managers of the iron mills has been
adjusted, and every branch of in
dustry here is now in full blast. The
price of nails has fallen far below
the speculative figure reached during
"the boom,n but the mills are now
all at work and the number of loaf
ers on the street corners is visibly
diminished. In fact, there are no
loafers at all, for when all of the
varied industries of this city are in
full operation as they are now, we
have no idlers, no loafers who wear
the garb and the hard hands OF
honest mechanics.
During the past two months the
city has been exceptionally I'M
healthy. The deaths for the month
of April were more than those in
any month in the previous history of
the city, with only one exception,
that. of August 1871. Measles and
typhoid fever have prevailed In viz
ulent form, but during the past two
weeks we have been visited by copi-
GUS rains and lightning and thun-
der, end these have been followed by
a marked decrease in the rate OF
mortality. Ordinarily the city of
Wheeling, despite its smoke and SCOT
and dust, is one of the healthiest
cities on the Continent, and the ex-
cessiye mortality of the past two
months is attributed in part to the
unusually mild and open winter re-
Gently past, and to some other causes
which the health committee is now
vigorously striving to remove.
AS the time for the Democratic
State Convention approaches, the
political cauldron begins to bubble.
Your readers would not be generally
interested in any statement of our
local sauabbles and the prospective
chances of this or that aspirant for
the sheriffalty, but l wish to say
that Ohio county has a candidate
who is her choice for the head of the
State ticket. refer to the Hon. Geo.
w. LETTERS, whom the Ohio county
delegation to the State Convention
| to be held in your city on the 2Sth
of July, of which body | hope to be
myself a member, will insist upon
placing in nomination for Governor
of West Virginia, if the wishes of
the people of the county are Obeyed.
Mr.. LETTERS has been repeatedly elect
ed Mayor of this city, and in that
position has shown rare executive
ability; he is immensely popular
with those who know him best, and
no more acceptable candidate TO the
workingmen of Wheeling can be put
forward. The two German newspa.
pers published in this city are out
spoken in his favor and indeed all
classes of our people are DESTROYS
of his nomination. He would fill
the office of Governor with distin-
guished ability and the interests OF
the State, its respect at home and
abroad, would be safe in his hands
He don't belong to the wire-workine
school of politicians, but is young
man whose record needs no apology
and no covering up of this slip and
CLOSING over of that, but his whole
life has been consistent and honest
and fair. Ohio county will insist
upon his nomination, and | trust
that "the Eastern Panhandle" will
cooperate with that of the West
in this respect and that thus both
"handles" may be utilized in plac,
ing the State in proper posi-
tion and giving her officers worthy
of her choice.
But | find that what | intended
for a mere gossipping letter has al
ready extended far beyond what
originally expected to write, and
shut down for the present with the
threat that if you publish this you
may expect to hear again from
Yours very truly,
| ID. w. f. p