The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-18

ou her neck when she plays the 1.-Two
ORPHANS" to make her SILVER. We alwayt
supposed the other orphan touched Kate
with her bare foot to make her shiver
A woman's bare foot beats snow by thirty
degrees Mileauk'c Sun.
BelInIre, nj. CIAirsViIIe and wheeling
The article in another column from the
Wheeling ISTRLLl0ENCER, OF Monday,
gives the true and exact attitude oil thar
CITY toward BelIaire and Belmont county.
What they want is all the trade OF Bel
mont county, and the county seat 10 re-
main where It is. That psy be satisfactory
TO those people in Bellaife who are more
anxious 10 U hold aud help build up, the
Institutions Of that city than they are those
OF Bellaire, but We do not beliVe It Will be
TO those citizens OF Bellaire and Belmont
county who take pride in
their own city, and who. do all they can 70
uphold, maintain and build up the insti-
tn,ions and industries OF BellaiTe and Bel.
mont county. Take away the trade OF
Bslmops county, which now goes to
Wheeling, and that city would feel 1t very
seriously, Ifthat trade remained in Bel
mont county, the county would be that
much better of, and that much more pros
MARQUIS than It is. The benefit OF Belmont
comfy 10 Wheeling and Wheeling 10 Bel
mont county, Is like the handle OF jug
ali on one side-on the side OF wheeling
-BelLdire Democrat.
We fear that the Democrat does not DO
the above subject full justice. We regard
what st. Clairsville has done in the way oil
railroads as something done in sell de-
fence. She has done nothing but what
any other place similarly situated would
naturally do. Iu fact, it was geo
graphical necessity that she should con
meet herself by railroad facilities with al
parts Of Belmont county. Bellaire would
have done the same thing in her place. AS
long as she did not do what she has done
Bsllaire had a ground OF complaint against
her in favor Of the removal Of the
county seat, as had other parts OF the
county. In providing railroad con-
ne ctions St. Clairavillo has weakened
the position OF all her riyals. In doing SC
she has, as we have said, at thesame time
opened an avenue to her own people to
come and go cheaply and expedltiou9ly
and hence her trades.people are
necessarily brought into. more active and
closer competition with such places as
Bellaire, Bridgeport and Wheeling Bel
lsire has no reason 10 complain, inasmuch
as she is really more benefited than
Bridgeport or Wheeling by one OF the
roads built by st. Qlaitsville. TrsveI
from St. Clairsyille has thus been diverted
10 Belaire that would otherwise have
come over the National road to Bridge
por: and Wheeling. 10 this extent Bel
laire has been peculiarly benefited, and
certainly there should be no ground o.
feeling on her part against any OF the
other places because railroad is about tc
be opened.
AS to tho benefits to all the placei
named, Bellaire, St. Clairsvilleaud Whesl
ing, they are certainly reciprocal. What
are these places at last but parts of one
community. Wheeling ia large consum
or of Belmont county products, and she il
return sells a certain amount Of merchan
dice to the people OF Belmont. The money
made is invested on both sides OF the river
aud Bellaire has received her share in thil
way. There is no need Of any Jealousy
for we are all one in many respects, ant
yearly becoming more 80. Bellaire, Bridge
port, and Martins Ferry will in time be
one solid town, and Wheeling and Ben
wood will be one, and both sides OF the
river will at least closely resemble Pitts
burgh and Allegheny City. Each side
will give and take, and the money made ii
the operation will be reciprocally invested
for the prosperity of the large community
IS a whole.
As for St. ClairsVille, she is the "pOol
relation" OF us all, and we ought all to fee
kindly towards :her. We do not NEAR
"poor relation" exceptin tigurstive and
geographical sense, for her people arc as
well to do as most Of US, but simply
that she is little further away and hal
not tho same elsmsnts OF growth to rely
Of, and hence her pluck and spirit in hold
ing on to whatever advantages she hal
ought not to excite snybody's Jealousy
but rather their good will. AS for Wheel
ing, she has naughtbutgood will for al. he'
neighbors. AS they are fortunate she cur
afford to rejoice with them, knowing that
after all, it Is bone OF her bont
and flesh OF her flesh. As they
all grow we all come together. We
are all bound to prosper together. Bel
laire, like Wheeling, grows by virtue o
her foreign trade, not her local trale
The two places bring money into this re
gion from all parts Of the country, ant
dispense it hero for mutual up building
This is as it should be. We form q con
nected community OF $1,000 people, who
aie consumers OF agricultural products
raised on both aides Of the river, and hence
town and country on both sides are thu
connected together in the bonds Of a com
mon prosperity and common destiny.
Mennonite of Tho Chicago Convention