The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-23
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EeOnOmieAl CommIIIee Of RaVIsl0n.


EeOnOmieaI Committee Of RsVisiOn.
WHIFR SULPHUR SPRINGS, July 10.
There are hundreds Of people here FOL
their health, though few Of these are con
fned to their rooms, Moat Of them join
the crowd Of pleasnre-sseksrs and pas fol
we'll folks. This is particularly 80 with
the men who are seeking to undo the
work Of ovsrWork. Rest from business il
q good thing; rest and cheerful society
better.
In the groups OF men formed on the
porch or under the shade Of the trees
THE STORY TELLER
has full scope for his genius, What 10 It
that they do not talk about2 The Garfield
shooting, the Virginia debt, the Revised
Testament, bookkeeping, music, stocks,
railroad snteEprises-all these and q thou
sand other subjects, Every follow tries to
tell what he knows and 10 conceal what
he doesn't know.
Sleeping, eating, drinking sulphur
water, hearing or telling stories, walks,
drives, ten pins, lawn tennis, getting and
sending letters, gathering in the parlor
Immediately after supper and in the ball
room at 8 O'Clock, about constitute the
round here. There 10 fine dressing among
the ladies, OF course, but l doubt II they
have unpacked their very best yet, One
lady brought ten trunks. / hardly think
she has opened more than eight yet, The
others are probably held in reserve, their
contents to be used to dazzle when the
crowd is at It's greatest, "a 1t will be in q
week or ten days.
ATIGHT ROPE
walker has been giving performances
here, and very good ones, too, His socks
ran up To his throat, and were OF the lash.
louable stripes. Lawn.tennis continues
q fashionable pastime. It is very mild
exercise. There are many visitors from
the North and West who are anxious TO
viait Richmond. Numbers Of these say
that they chiefly want TO hear Rev, John
Jasper. So the fame oil that city spreads.
CARRIER, who is doing the transfer business
here also, has o iour.hoTse omnibus run.
ming from the White Sulphur 70 Dry
Greek and the Beauregard swimming
baths, Every indication is that the York.
town Centennial celebration will be OF.
tended by tens Of thousands. Richmond
will have to house and feed nearly all oil
these, going or coming. The Centennial
will benefit all OF the Virginia springs, ]
believe, inasmuch as many persons will
stay at the springs until the time comes
for moving towards Richmond and York.
town.
GIRLS AND BOYS,
There are a plenty Of pretty girIs-and
not a few rich ones-here, but the supply
OF beaux Is not yet quite equal to the de.
mand. Still the dancing goes on at q lively
rate every night, The girls make the best
possible use Of available material.
ExCursion parties may now leave the
White In the morning, 90 to the Natural
Bridge, remain two hours, and return by
supper.
Agentleman now here informs me that
q Washington journalist made $1,000 on
his frst days dispatches about the Presi.
dent. That Ia more than most newspaper
men average per month.
/ notice the following
RICHMOND PEOPLE
here: R A, Lancaster and family, Mrs. B.
H. Mach, W. II. Lucke's family, G. B.
Davenport and family, Thomas Nowlan
and vile, F. R. SCOTS family, Byrd War.
wick and family, Mark Downey, James
Alfred Jones's family, Mr.. and Mrs. Boil
ing W. HAxall, PAker Campbell, /. Il. Oar.
rington and family, E, B, Snead, Miss
Peterkin, D. Axtell and vile. John p.
Branch and family, Judge Robert Ould
and family, E. l., Hobsou and family, Z.
Cuthbert, II. W, Fuller and family, q. W.
Smith and wife, A. 0sterloh's family, Jas.
II. Dooley, E. Il. Archer, L. D. Dean, Mis-
MatoaCa Gay, P. L. Wormeley and wife,
Colonel W. W. Gordon, o. E. Belyin and
wife, J. H. Mayo, Alfred T. Harris, F. ]. |
.Oabell,sE. D. r. MyerS's family, j. P.
Bfinton president Of the Richmond,
fredericksburg i Potomac Railroad Com.
pany) and family and W.. L. Royal.
rHE WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES,
consisting OF J. H. Ferguson, Of Kanawha;
W. P. Hubbard, Of Wheeling; E. Boyd
Faulkner, Of Berkeley; Robert F. Dennis,
OF Greenbfier, who are here, and Alexan.
der Monroe, Of Hampshire, who is absent,
are not, az has sometimes been stated, au.
thoriGsd TO revise the laws OF West Vir.
ginis, strictly speaking. They are to offer
suggestions merely, | am told. The West
Virginia Code, like ours, has been badly
butchered by the Legislature, and really
the chief object Of the committee will be
10 fnd.out what 10 and isn't law. They
are proceeding on an economical schedule
indeed. Their own pay 10 but s. per day,
and they have not appointed 0 clerk - one
Of their own number does the clerical
work. o