The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-11
PARKERSBURG LETTER.
4 IIenrncy Grecnbnckors Address
Amusements OF the Season-WhcFc Rns
Despnrd When the Light Went Out
Judicial Proceedings.

Amusenents OF the Season-Whcrc was
Despard When the Light Went Out
judicial Proceedings.
PARKERsBuRG, W. Va, Feb. 9th.
Editors InteIIigencer:
]. II. Randall, OF Ohio, Greenbacker
Of the Kearney sort, addressed his people
ut the Court House Saturday night. His
hearers hung on to his blazing words like
grim death to dead African, and when
the hat was passed, handed out the shekels
quite recklessly. No invectives are too
strong for the advocates OF Greenbackism
in this community. On the contrary, the
fouler and more proiane the language the
greater the applause; the more twists and
turns and wriggles the speaker is capable
Of giving, the greater and more powerful
he is in their eyes. Kearney should be
sent for ut once.
We arc In the height Of the amusement
season. Theatres, masquerades, balls, can
tatas, and SO on, are all the rage, and our
people seem to be in the hHmor to pat
ronize them quite literally. This week we
had the last performance oil the Cantata
OF Joseph, and masquerade ball by the
Germania Society on the same evening
Monday. On Wednesday night Hi Hen
rvs MINISTRIES will regale lis, and on the
succeeding night the naughty Rentz
troupe. This company is made up wholly
OF legs, and rs LEGS are trumps" in this
section OF tho moral vineyard, 1t is pro.
dicted that there will be jam in Rose
Hail on that occasion. Last Thursday
night we had "Uncle Toms Cabin" with
Of "Topsy," who was the sole redeeming
character OF the play. When we get
decent hall, VIC can then imagine ourselves
metropolitanized.
"Where was Despard when the light
went ouL2" is n question that sorely per-
plexeth the Parkersburger. We are in
total darkness, so to speak, with fair
prospects OF remaining so for long
limo to come. Not having the fear OF
Edison, or the devil before his eyes,
Charley" who has furnished us with
light for 10! these many years, has struck
for higher wages, and is determined to
keep striking until the city dads come
down with the requisite amount OF cssh
for the lighting OF our lamps. Our city
dads are as equally determined on setting
their own figures praise to them-and
thus 1t is that We are inyeloped in
Egyptian darkness. We either have TO
ly 10 Edison or Baltimore gasoline
compay Us a last resort, and the prObabili-
ties are that the latter will "catch our
custom" before long. With the hogs
running about the streets in the daytime,
and total darkness covering the face OF
nature at night, we very much have the
appearance Of n struggling country town
OF Two hundred inhabitants.
County Court is in session; been 30 for
week. We've had good siege OF court
during the past-let me see-tive or six
weeks, or more-and the legal gentlemen
are by this time certainly very much
wearied. This court draws pretty well
when there is Small" case on hand, but
ut other times is.a Odd barren ideality"
(quotation), with not SO much 'liie" about
il as to draw half SO well as q month-old
mustard plaster. A sensation was created
in the United States Court room last week
in which your learned and handsome
counsellor, Davenport, was brought prom.
inontly to the front, Twas during the |
progress Of q railroad suit, in which Judge |
Jackson had displayed, as the young at. |
torney thought, Partially for the 3. and
o. Company. "rhere is no use," fear.
lessly spoke Davenport, "to try TO do any.
thing when 1t Is plainly evident that the
United States Court and the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad are working together!"
This was rather bold speech, and OF
course rules were issued against the daring
young man by His Honor, the Judge.
Pull QUop.