The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-07

NHW M|AEtIS4VILLE 4huAI!
E4iton Inisuissnssr.
This place Is an inland town nov; oul
great thoroughiEre, the Ohio river, isgons'
Jack Frost has accomplished the illu'
sion, and where usually our comfortable
vessels Of trade move past in stately gran
deur there is now nothing but ice and
SHOW. Oar people talk Of the pilgrimage
from here % the outer world, and dread
the trip. We get our mail twice q week
from Wheeling, the most reliable rOute
being by way OF Bolton (B. & o. r. RI.
which reaches US here Tuesday and Fri
day Of each week.
The sitting Of the Legislature In your
city on the twelfth inst, will cause Consid'
cradle Of an exodus from this county
Candidates for ssrgeautat.Arms, also
for Clerks Of the Senate and House and
Committee Clerks are here, I coming
and will demand recognition. They are
from the ranks Of the "unWashed," and
this is the "banner county" | will not
name them, though l might do 50 II
wished, All l have TO say, since It's 90, |
hope they will all succeed.
On the SenSt1TiAl IAse, score one from
Wetzsl Tor Camden, "saItin sure" The
"ojl business" and the ''oil barrel busi'
mesa" are closely allied. Should you wish
10 have any OF the WetZel Statesmen in
reviewed your reporter can find them al
the Liugsman House, whore they usually
stop.
We don't want a railroad" down here
II might kill the "toWn COWS" scare our
women and children and Tighten away
the 'possums and 'coons. Old Jimmy
West, nov deceased, (peace TO his athesl
a former kgiIakrmGn from this county
during the old regime, objected to the
Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad coming through
this county for fear it would drive all the
'Rame away" and consequently he voted
to keep it away. The seed thus sown by
him still has o aoE0up gJGELhr and will per
hsps keep railroads away from this section
for wears TO come. II We had q railroad
along the river from Wheeling 10 Parkers.
burg We would not have 10 wait four days
for a mail 1t would reach us at least twice
A day, We could have the Wheeling
daily papers for breakiast-Which would
help US some, inasmuCh as owing 10 THE
freeze up our commissary supplies are
getting phort. We have q coal famine here
right now, half the families in this place
being out Of coal, and only keep from
freezing BY using wood snd & very inferior
quality oil coal mined here from on
eighteen inch vein) for which they pay 10
cents per hushel, and glad 70 get 1t at that,
But, Sir. Editor, this cold weather hRs, II
seems TO me, one good qualily-it In.
Creases the sOCisbility OF our neighbors. !
know 1t 10 60 in many cSseE, Persons l
hardly know or have only speaking &C.
quaintance with come 10 me 70 borrow
coal.
But without doubt there Is more Gocia'
bility here when We are cut OF from the
world, az we are now. We are In a aOeial
moral and political eddy, SO to Speak. We
huddle closer together and are more
friendly, but perhaps after all II Is only 10
keep warm. The health otthis place is un.
usually good. There are very lew deaths,
and these only amongst the old. One Of
our Oldeat and most highly esteemed Cit.
zens, Mr.. Andrew McEldoWney, died In
the latter part OF last month. He was one
oil the pioneers oil this section, and alter a
long life, ended his earthly pilgrimage
without a stain upon his character.
The steamer "DiurnAf' is lying three
miles below here, on this side Of the river
at "Grsnny's." 1t Is considered o very
safe hSFbor by river men.
Ny trip home from Wheeling last week,
by the way OF BelloD, was not alter all,
such an herculeRn undertaking as NIGH
be supposed. am very largely indebted
10 Hon. II. s. White, oil. Bolton, for his
hOspitable care and attention. His well
aupplied table and comfortable quarters
Boitened the bitterness Of a Their
mometer at lG' below zero. must vote
him a prince Of good fellows, to whose
kind care | will dedicate all friends Of mine
from New M~artinsville who travel by the
Bolton route.
From Bolton to New M~artlnsVille came
aCrosB the country in a sled 10 company
with the U. S. mail carrier, q young Mr..
Bonhsm, twenty.hix miles in five hours
and thirty minutes, which | call fast time.
over the Wetzel hills the grades
we're heavy, but 10 compensate, II we
Travelled on an upgrade slowly We travelled
on q down grade fast enough to make up.
We had come OF the Injuries oil modern
Our road bed twas iree from
ours was an "0verlAnd Mail tx.
press" We had no pullman dining cars"
on our train, but the excellent eating
houses Astounding on the route more than
compensated. We bad no connections to
make and could 90 as We pleased, and al.
though we had a very frosted track there
was no danger Of broken rails.
The II. Z. Church (south) Ia finished,
being neat, clean and co%mmodious. Rev.
II. Jackson is now holding revival
meetinRs" in It, with what effect l am I'm.
able 10 say.
The Nj Church Ia not yet repaired,
but will look well when finished. Rev.
David Davies is the pastor In charge.
Rev. L. W. Ryan, Presiding Elder Of
the NJ. 4. Church, Wheeling District,
preached here while / was away. Every.
one speaks highly Of him AZ q preacher.
Even as great a sinner as DR.. Young thinks
he never heard such q sermon; but then
you know, Mr.. Editor, that q man who
won't ride on q railroad never does hear
much.
We have excellent Bleighing here, and
tonight II still SHOWS. Well, II all this
goes of with q rain we will have a
'32 wash out In the Ohio Valley, alter
which no will come up 10 Wheeling In a
boat. W.