The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-07-28

| In the country has heavier travel a. III the
market wagons that pass Benwood 10 Wheel.
Ing. would make o train Of miles In length,
and should there b. q good ithoroughiare
down . the river many business men OF
Wheeling would seek homes between this
Sens. Yon have charter. form q company,
put up toll.gates and make money out Of tie
new road.-Benuood Independent E5s
A STORY comes from down the river 10 the
effect that Capt. Robt. Darling and Joe Dorm.
berg. who are floating down the river and
earning an honest dollar by selling china.
ware, were tied up near Captina the other
day, when woman and little child came on
board to purchase some wares. While there.
u steamer came along making q big swell,
which nearly threw the woman Into the
water and would have toppled the child ever,
had not Capt. Darling sprang forward and
grasped Il. As II was, Darling lost bis bal.
ance and went overheard, narrowly escaping
drowning. GgC5E NEII- : :
IL 1872 tho Nail City Boat Club made
application to the city for piece OF property
to build boat house on. THO Committee oil
Streets, Alleys and Grades visited the local.
ity that was asked for and made out deed
conveying TO the club the property on which
their snug, little house now stands. When
| tuC IullIUuu wa ~ Nus luuL
the property did not belong 10 the city but 10
the B.tS @. Company. by the terms OF the com.
promise effected u lew days since between
the two roads, tile right Of way OF the r., W.
4 Ky. lies through the boat house, which
will be torn down. About 5000 was spent
In the erection md furnishing OF the house
and the club Is still about Si00 in debt To
raise this they will soon give ball or concert
that they hope will be well patronized.
LAST evening about / | o'clock several gen.
tlemen were sitting on Market street, when q
buggy came down, with two females In Il,
Just In front OF where the party was, the
horse became unmanageablc, and pranced
around In highly dangerous way, leaning
and plunging and finally bringing up In the
front door OF "The Office" saloon. Col. Jake
Kemple, who was one OF the party, had seen
by the dresses Of the occupants OF the buggy
that they were women, and he
at once sprang 10 the rescue, bis arm nervcd
10 herculean Efforts by the thought OF beauty
In distress He soon had the fiery, untamed
steed quiet, and then turned beaming toward
the parties he had rescued from terrible
fate, II not worse, TO receive their thanks
lie received them: Deed, massa Kempe
we's berry much 'bliged indeed, sab WE
am TO- suah?' kemple set 'em up.
A LARGE number OF our young people went
out 10 that pleasant suburb. Leatherwood
last evening, having been invited out BY the
young ladies OF that delightful retreat, to
witness some tableaux they had, with the
assistance OF one or two gentlemen from the
city, prepared. Quite large crowd was pres
ent and the evening was thoroughly enioyed
by every one. Nine tableau1 were given
in very artistic manner. They oil showed
care and attention to little Details which,
will, tho fine dressing and graceful grouping
served to make them q grand success, The
| subjects chosen were from fiction or his.
tory. After the tableaux were disposed OF
the remainder Of the evening was spent In a
very pleasant social manner. II Is the wish
and desire OF all who were so fortunate rs to
be present that the time Is not far distant
when another like evening may be spent.
a SPECIAL dispatch from Washington to the
Cincinnati Enquirer contains the following
allusion OF local interest here: 1.-THE railroad
and steamboat companies carrying the
United States mails are required to
| within n quarter OF mile from their stations
or landings, as the case may be; but when
| the Office Is over that distance the Govern.
ment assumes the cost OF transportation, To
perform this work class OF persons known
as mail messengers are employed. They a.e
under the direction OF the Second
Assistant Postmaster General, and are
paid at various rates from one cent to $500
each per annum. The one cent officer is,
strange to say, an Ohio man. He carries the
mail six times q week between st. Glars
Vile and Wheeling, distance OF eleven and
one-half miles each way. He Therefore has
to travel Jig miles before earning his cop
per. Next TO him in tho low rates OF com.
pensation is q man on Long Island, n. Y,
who performs service as often as required be.
tween Moriches and the railroad station, two
miles each way, for fifteen cents per annum.n