The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-11-17
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PIttsburgh's InsulIS-WheOling Reap
ing the Benefits Of the RuetiOn.

graph Of this evening prints the following
which will be interesting to Wheeling peo'
pie: "There is a smouldering volcano ol
almost universal indignation among the
good people Of Washington county, oil
vast concern to Pittsburghers, which prom
ises to break out in damaging eruption
one Of these days, Indeed, the overflow
Of popular sentiment in that community
has already manifested itself, and il it does
not finally pour forth in general and sud
den upheayal, it is evident that its evil ef-
fects will be just as strongly felt Pitts
burghes, especially those who carefully
peruse the local newspapers, cannot fail to
have observed that for some time past GER
tain tiippant paragraphers have, at inter.
vals Of singular frequency, taken ad-
vantage OF every occasion to refer to
Washington county residents, more
especially in connection with our
police reports, II has been al.
legged Just as often that the Washington
county citizens have thus been misrepre-
sented, that there was in nine cases out
Of every ten absolutely no reason whatever
for coupling Washington county with the
cases OF individuals who had received pro.
lection while wallowing in the slums OF
our own city. Were all these police re,
ports true, then the people Of Washington
county say they would have no reason to
complain, But items like the following
crop out almost daily in the columns Of
certain irreverent newspapers in this city,
and make them mad. One to this effect
appeared in an evening paper only q day
or two ago:
"Sara Bernhardt' was in the lookup
last night, This female Is getting to be quite
as common n subject In our police courts
as that more or less ubiquitous individual
known as the Washington county man"
The unfathomable lack OF respect for
Washington county men, and the utter ir-
relevancy as revealed in this graveyard
joke Is obviously apparent. Why should
Washington county be made to bear the
odium which the constant reproduction OF
this cauSeless attack reflects upon them?
This Is what the Washington county man
would like TO know. He does not Intend
to question the matter, however. The
Washington county man has borne the
burdens OF these senseless assaults until
forbearance has ceased to be virtue, and
now he proposes TO fight back in way
which to tile authors Of the poor attempt
to throw him into ridiCule and contempt
as well rs to everybody else, was altogether
unlocked for.
Washington county people," said Mr.
W. T. Braden, the representative Of
a Pittsburgh manufacturing house,
who has been travelling over that
county for four months, "are
gradually withdrawing their trade from
Pittsburgh. Within the past six months,
investigation will show that thousands OF
dollars, which might have accrued to the
business men Of Pittsburgh, has been
scooped in by the merchants OF Wheeling,
because the Washington county folk claim
that courtesy has failed TO be a avirtuethere.
You have no idea Of the deep feeling which
exists over this matter. Every time par
agraph appears in a Pittsburgh paper,
bearing on its face, rs they nearly always
do, the transparent imprint OF fiction, the
Washington county people are stung TO the
quick by the base Nllusion. The county
papers have often taken up the cudgel in
but instead OF check.
ing the evil, seem to have only provoked
its continuance. On account OF these cut.
Ging little items which, in more cases than
one, seem 10 have influenced Pittsburgh
business men to look upon Washington
county people also as representatives Of a
mongrel community, unworthy OF respect
and easy to wheedle money out OF any way,
the Washington county people are going to
prove TO them how wrong they are, 30 they
tell me. The railroad records will show
that the decrease in the numbero of Washing
ton county people who attended the recent
State Fair and Exposition was remarkable
as compared with last year. Then they
spentSl0,0O0 in the city. This seasonthey
claim that this amount was laid out in
Wheeling, and that Pittsburgh did not get
$1,000. The Wheeling merchants seem 10
be throwing out overwhelming induce
merts 10 secure the heavy trade OF the
county, and they claim 10 be now getting
really the bulk Of 1t. The distance thither
Is not more than to Pittsburgh by rail. It
Is natural TO expect that the larger city
would therefore derive The most benefit.
But, judging by what have seen and
have been told BY the indignant Washing.
ton countyites, Il does not, and will not
until ample reparation has been made, and
future respect Is assured"
Washington county" said lady resi-.
dent to reporter yesterday, in speaking Of
this matter, us known all over the country
as the home OF SO many Of the most bril-
liant statesmen, lawyers and literary men,
that II the idiotic statements OF carping
paragraphers abouther furnishing so many
greenhorns and drunkards TO fll up the
city's lockups be true, II il passing strange.
The insul 5 they have heaped upon the
fair fame OF this county and her people
will not be forgiven. The papers they rep
resent have already been the losers by the
recognition which their assaults have re.
ceived at home and abroad. Other estab-
lishments will suffer, too. I, for one, will
buy no more in Pittsburgh"