The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-03
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Gen, DIxAI "shOot Him on the Bpolr
Letter, and One Of LineOln's Famous
UtIerRnees, and other InieresiIRgD OC.
HmenIs-O Other Exhibits Al the BellhIFo
Loan.
Atthe Loan ares number Of interesting
autographs, principally those Of eminent
Americans, from the time Of Washington
down-clear dOwu-to Private Dalzell.
One OF Washington's is to John Sinclair,
Whitehall, London, written to accompany
a'paCket OF letters forwarded as duplicates
Of a number lost by capture at sea.
A greatly treasured letter Of A. Lin.
coins is an autograph copy Of part OF his
Gettysburg speech. 1t contains the tol.
lowing:
"FondIY do we hope, ierVsntly do We
pray, that this mighty scouFge Of war may
speedily pass away, Yet, If God wills
that it continue until all the wealth piled
by the bondmRn's two hundred and tlty
years OF uurequited toll shall be sunk,
and until every drop Of blood drawn with
the lash shall be paid by another drawn
Will tu6 bNJIut N Whn oAtu tAtoo tHuuhAuA
years ago, so still it must be said, The
Judgments Of the Lord are true and right
sous sltogether.' A. LINCOLN"
An autograph Of Gen. Hancock Ia shown
with a letter to the secretary Of the Loan.
The writing is as easily recognized 40 John
HRnGoCk's own.
There is also q portion Of the papers in
the Andrew Johnson impeachment case,
one being q direction about testimony, in
the writing OF Edwin NJ. Stanton and
signed by MIN.
There are several autographs Of U. S.
Grant As Secretary OF War dd Interim.
Another letter OF Washingtou's, dated
August 0, 1893, is 10 Arch MCLEAN, Of
Moundsville, IN reference 10 q track oil
land,
Gen. John A. Dix's letter Of 1851, when
he was Secretary Of the Treasury, ending
with the sentence, III any one attempts 10
haul down the American Tag shoot him
on the spot" Is here, carefully framed,
There are y number Of autographs oil
prominent rebsls-Jetf Davis, Floyd,
Toombs and Mason, Of mason and
Slidell" fame, etc,
Some Of the letters, owing 10 want OIL
room, are arranged 10 show only the sigma.
ture. One OF Joshua r. Glddings Is
Characterization reference to q runaway
slave once killed In this county,
There are q number Of autographs Of
Grant, Lincoln, one OF Blaine, Bristow,
VIM. Allen, Presidents Fillmore and
Taylor, L1ngIellow, Whittier, BayArd
Taylor, BeeCher, Gems. Sherman, Sheri.
dan, Winfield Scott, Lewis OSSs, etc, One
Of Thos. Mast IL backwards, written az he
puts 1t on the blocks Tor the engraver.
LOAN NOTES.
j. ]. WsstlAks has Just added TO his col.
lection OF Indian Curioaitiss q war club
covered with raw hide; O tobacco stick,
held In a case oil beadwork In an ingenious
manner; and q long handled tomahawk
with Q fine hole In the handle for o pipe,
the bowl being the hammer end OF the
tomshawk blade. There has been con.
siderable work put on the iron head. lie
also has a scalp Of ap Indian, held together
by a piece oil red flannel stretched on and
attached TO q strip Of fur.
Those who take an interest In the old
war flags Of Ohio should remember that
at the Loan Is probably the last place they
will ever have an opportunity Of seeing
these relics, outside Of the State House.
Such q tu.s has been made In oil parts oil
the State this time that the flags will hard.
ly be allowed TO 90 out again.
Davenport, the facial artist and reOita.
ZIONIST, will exhibit his %eloculion and ven.
triloquism at the Loan on Friday evening,
change hiG Countenance and his costume,
etc. There will 10 no extra charge Tor
this.
The people turned out In much larger
numbers than were expected, Thursday
afternoon and many %strRngers, from every
direction, no place In particular, were on
hands.
The flowers came In all Thursday alter.
noon, and called or reinforCements at the
Floral Department to arrange them all
properly. A very beautiful floral design
that occupied q place Of honor, came from
sohreiber, Of Wheeling.
Some lady took OCCASION 10 remember
Castor, oil the Stencil Works, and Contrl.
buted her share Of the 4 oral treasures 10
his corner.
Fred Eberie exhibits some German
papers-a certificate OF character and q
passport allowing the bearer 10 leave
Germany. Also a disCharge from the
German army,
The Wheeling and Bellaire Druids will
visit the Loan Friday evening. The Bel.
laire lodges will receive the Wheeling
lodges
We cannot, at this hour, mention the
many beautiful floral designs on exhibi.
ton as they are coming In by Grmiulls,
box fulls and wheslbarrow loads. Some
are very elaborate.
The Colored baby show did not turn out
a great crowd Of youngsters. Only one
appeared. She, Viola johnson, aged elk
months, took the prize, o gold chain. She
is tho child Of George johnson.
There wSs almost 90 Lreat q rush 10 see
the baby as there was on last Tuesday.
There would have been o good number Of
contestants, but ofTenss was taken at some.
thing that had been said In connection
with the matter by the Indepndent.
1t is reported that the Loan has already
"mashedn a couple that started for "Hard
Scrabble" They did not start soon
enough or did not 60 fast enough, how.
ever, to elude one oil the persona who was
A. Nal.- L-az