The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-18

Wheeling X Kentucky road IN this city ut
9o'clock every Sunday morning for the up
river country, stopping at all stations be-
tween Wheeling and the Junction, and
connecting there with train for Pittsburgh,
During the summer, and thus fur in the
fall, it has been popular train, and has
been extensively patroRized bypeople who
want to go out oftown for several hours on
the only day OF the week that they can call
their own,
After the wet weather that characterized
the closing OF last week, and the lowering
outlook Of Sunday morning, We were sur
prised to see 80 many passengers at the de-
Pot buying tickets for the different stations
along the line, There were among them
good many persons who held excursion
tickets to the fair, and who We're on their
return after sojourn OF two or three days
The Fair was prominent topic Of dicusS-
ion with the passengers for haitian hour be-
fore the train started, and the gratifying
feature OF the discussion was that nearly
every visitor seemed to have been pleased,
The remark was common that It was very
creditable Fair-well worth coming to see
and that Wheeling, and especially those
Immediately concerned, had done them
selves proud in undertaking and carrying
ont the project,
The Pittsburgh, Wheeling Il Kentucky,
like the Cleveland Il Pittsburgh on the
other side OF the river, is local road, 1t
makes many stops, stopping first at the Top
Mill and continuing to stop at very short
intervals all the way up to the Junction.
The writer hereof got of ut Wellsburg, the
principal station between Wheeling and
Steubenvillo, md found as usual large
crowd gathered to see the train and get u
Sunday morning paper. We did not see
our good friend, the editor OF the Herald,
among the number. lie Is considerably
opposed to both Sunday trains Nnd Sunday
papers, and patronizes neither one nor the
other. The crowd is there however, all
the Qnle. We are writing history and must
record the facts without expressing any
opinion on the question. Brother jacob
has his way, and the railroad and the Sun
day papers have theirs, and SO the world
ways on between them.
Attho depot We fell in Disappointment
with the carriage Of Colonel G. II. Bcall,
who lives in the Maryland district OF
Brooke county, distant eight miles, and
who goes to church at Franklin, in u little
brick meeting house that stands on the
south side Of the Washington pike, about
half way between Wcllsburg and Indie
pen1enCe, by some geographical mistake
Brooke and Hancock counties arc not in.
Cluded in the West Virginia Conference,
but remain in the bounds Of the more
ancient Pittsburgh diocese, The Pitts.
burgh Conference being in session there
was no church at franklin on Sunday, and
hence this was M of day for the Colonel,
leaving him free for good Samaritan offices
towards newspaper man in quest OF
country airand the other good and substan.
tial refreshments Of his immortal home,
Just about the time that the war OF 1879
was threatened number OF families emf.
grated from Baltimore and vicinity into
the wilds OF the fur West. The Ohio river
country was then further west from the
seaboard than Is the country beyond the
Missouri today. There WIS no National
road and the country roads were barely
passable. These Maryland cmgrants
started west in their carriages and wagons
bringing their household goods and their
slaves with them. Being from u slave
State they naturally wanted to settle in IL
slave Suite, and 10 they chose the Pan.
handle OF Virginia; and having an eye to
rich land and d well watcrCd countrythGy,
tls matter OF course, singled out Brooke
county rs their future home. Among
them were the Beals, the Gists, the Apple
gates, BuChanans, CartCrsand COunSClmNns,
and they settled one and all near the Penn
sylvanil line, taking good care, however, to
keep little west ofthNt line, although ut that
early day MiddletOwn and West AlCxan-
tier were not known Us stations on the un-
dergrOund railroad, and there was no such
thing ~ nm organized anti-savery senti-
ment In the land. However, like Abraham
when he left Ur Of the ChaldCGs for the
Promised Land, these Cmigrating Mary
landeB looked forward perhaps with n
prophetic eye Hnd saw the irrcpressible
conflict looming IN the distance, and con-
cluded to Cast their lines where the institu-
tuition would ut lcast last out their dayAnd
then enable them to leave their pOsterity
safe from the scenes Of futricidal war.
The 10th day Of October ordinarily sees
the forests Of the Panhandle "dOnc brown"
by the frosts which ARE due after the
equinOCtial, rains Of September But this
year Inns been an exception. WclavG had
ils yet only Il couple OF light frosts-lardly
enough TO fNirly initiate the customary
varigatlOn oil the leaves. Green is yet the
predominant color Even the D0gwoOd
ind the Gum trees have not put on their
clear bright red, and the Naples have not
assumed their orange hue. The pasture fields
are grCening after the warm rains, lust us
they often do in April, und some Of
the grass looks us tender md
succulCnt us the first growth OF
spring. Tho iloCks are graSing In the
fields, the cattle seek the siiade trees, flies
abound, the earth and the mir nrO warm,
the brooks arc dry, the apples in the orch.
ards nre hid among the green leaves.
there is everywhere summery look, and
altogether II seems as il the Seasons Ind
been turned half way round
We noticed that all the corn Ind been
cut and that generally the shocks stand us
thick In the field rs in average years. One
farmer said that II took eighteen shocks
this year, instead Of fourteen us last year,
to fill II wagon that holds thirty.thrcc
bushels OF shelled corn. Others Nid that
the corn was deceptive in appearance, and
did not pan out in weight. Some said one
thing and some said another, but the gen.
eral appearance indicated full two.
thirds crop at the least. The fact that the
local boom IN corn has not been sustained
shows that the Children Of lsrnel will not
be obliged 70 50 TO Egypt or elsewhere for
their supplies his year. There is enough
and 10 spare ID home.
The farmers Of the Panhandle have Ind
four very fair crops Of wheat in succession
something very unusual in the ex.
perienCe Of this generation-nnh hence
they have Again sown large acrcage-not
quite. 30 large us last year ION account of
the, dry weather. but large us COmpated
with five years ngo, and despite the tltouth |
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