Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-02-20
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tinual rain, and the consequently muddy
and slushy condition Of the streets. II q
safe to say that Columbus takes the priss
for the quantity a. well as the quality a
its mud. High street, the Buckeye Capi
tails principal thoroushfare, has been I'll
this winter, with the exception Of fsW
days that happened to be cold enough -
freeze up the mud, simply . pond Of slusA
and mush. Once or twice nsw-fAAsieA
scrapcr has been draesed up and down ~
sssest, sssd The mud scsspsd iAto hun riA-
ges and left on the street In tAat
condition near the curbstone for people b
get up to their knees in at nisht-time. saA
to make everybody swear. But High strsst
| is comparatively clean, with its asphAltum
pavement when compared with the side
streets where Il seems that the mud u any
where from six inches TO three feet deep.
II was the condition Of High street. how
or two since, offer resolution In the House
10 build
A Psatssa nrtAse
across High street opposite the Capitol for
the benefit Of the members Of the Lssis-
lature. This riled Mr.. F.. l.. Dewitt
q member of our City Council. and
chairman of the committee on ways
and means in that body, who ut the lsst
meeting, in retaliation offered rcsolutiea
that the Legislature be requested 70 buy
no more property In Columbus and build
no more public buildings here unless it
could afford to pay for the improvement ol
the streets In front OF Its real estate, and
that the Legislature be asked 70 remove the
States present public buildings from Col
umbus unless ii could pay 81, 900 for street
impr ,yememts which Columbus had paid
for it, aud hich IL had refused 70 pay and
whicl, sum II now In the city treasury.
would bc auple to improve all the streets.
The resolution was promptly laid on the
table.
Cars~>siaE is NsA,
The citizens, from this battle between
the City Council and the Legislature, took
their cue, and for the last day or tvu.
mounds OF mud have made their appearance
all along High street, placed 50 ~ toattrsct
attention.
The following notices have been noticed
on these piles OF mud: Take me away"
Have We q city councilT' Where. oh!
where is our street commissioner ete.
Some fellow, more enterprising than The
rest, constructed o mud man, and putting
a battered plug hat on his head, labeled
him n President OF our city council"
Repsrter's frtesas,
Yesterday the newspaper boys had .
chance TO test the friendship OF membsry
Of the House for themselves. A resolutioa
was offered that each legislative reporter
be supplied with bound volumes Of the -.
Clair papers. These St. Clair papers. -
called, are the correspondence, private and
public, OF Governor 81. Clair. when he wn
"a. rtat nf
OF State Smith has edited the psr
pers, and they have been pub
iished by Robert Clark 4 Co. q
Cincinnati In six volumes In blue and gold.
This resolution was carried with one vote
against Il, the gentleman who cast this
vote finally changing u 70 the Affirmative.
The next resolution was 10 employ a
additional page for the Legislative ooerss-
pondents, which was carried with ninstssa
votes against II.
had Preeedents.
On the morning Of July +th, 1876. Cea-
tennial Day, Job Evans, q member Of ths
Ohio National Guard. was injured in aring
q Centennial salute with Q cannon. He he's
the sight Of one eye, with the prospect q
being entirely blind soon. Mr.. Hall.
of Franklin county, introduced .
bill for bis relief and providiaS
that the State give him 5000. A lafv0
number OF citizens, headed by ex.Prastdeat
Hayes, signed petition favoriug the paas-
age Of such an act. The members OF ne
Legislature seemed 10 think that the msa
deserved something, but we're Of the opla-
ion that II would be establishing bed pes-
cedent and TINT whenever any member q
the National Gnard WAS injured they woull
expect the same thing. Some said that he
State might as we'll pass pension lsW 70
pension members oi the 10. N. o." Who
were injured in the service.
The bill was finally lost only ten votes
being cast in favor Of its passage.
DistisgsisheA visissn.
The House was honored With visit -
terday by the great sensational presrhsr,
Rev. 7. DEWITT Talmase. The House took
a recess Of ten minutes and the memseU
and che press gaug were introduced 70 sbe
gentleman who has been denouncins Hob
1Bgersoll and Guiteau from the pulpit q
the Brooklyn Tabernacle.
Hon. Dick Parsons, Who was speaker 81
the House twenty years ago, and Wa
owns 0 big interest in both the Clevslssd
LEADER and Hraid, and In also IN eH-mso.
Der OF Congress, called In soon aftsf 80
the House took another recess 70 crest bin.
Speaker Hodge. on both occasious, intse
ducing the members.
TIE Hsw Hefl.
Cincinnati, Cleveland and Toledo hsve
always poked fun at Columbus on seoouet
OF lis poor hotels. They cannot Give lt -
Columbus on that score now, since the nc1
House has been reopened. u 10 certainly
Q magnificent hotel now, and is said 70 pso-
sent handsomer sppearnnce on the tnse.
rior than any hotel IN the Stste. esveeA
of the fine e-hsired members Of he LeGisler
turs went 10 the Neil - soon ~ he ns0S
ter va. known 70 p te OPEN ! -, 70 S.ss.; :e:.i ~
their salaries. Mr.. Mckinney, tbs lsoce
OF the hotel, 10 the proprietor Of tvo hoteas
st Manhattan Beaeh, was lately isteesseHe
I'm the Grand Central. of New York, -
also on ms hotel Ct Fort wsyne. lnd
Tswsss.l's Yssso1A
Secretary of State Townsend is beieG esss-
icised severely by some Of bis Rspubiicoo
brethren, because he shows dispostios -
bring the whole OF Athsns county oowu
here and put them 20 work In ths seerstev
OF Ststs's Office There are oniy ~ IN
he disehsrrpd Q good Republicsn 70 Givs
his dsuehtsr piscs. snd i've of his Athsae
county constituents Gil fat clsfkshaps -
the Office.
s~nsior PsIner. Of Cleveland, ard RsVse-
sensitive Wares, H Gncinnsti, signs6 .
pledge the other Day, thas neithsf voHs1
take . drink for thirty dsyI Aftss
keeping the pledge two % thsee dsys ~
found that tbey had not dsted Il, - ~
dated Il beck thirty days and took pespefss
corn together. -,
There hes been tsesssd.oss lehsy
| here this week, In the intsfsst q c.
legislation. There 10 meessn e
10 abandon . part ol tbs Ohio ssss - -
ifs hed foS n rajlYOod.
Archbi,bop Sands, od Cinftnpstl. s1-
treasurer Do.ry. Mayor yr.nk NeKisasY.
| eIfneul,er Of Congress frsm hgua: nsse
Doc. Norton, Of senscs. I'D nsay 'ss
| lights are here,
They are telling god joke - byrs
| stilyeii, the member from AshIeee u
| csIendsf, the other day. he'd lesge ne9'
| ber of local bills for third res1se
| Sulwell, u order not 70 - sos
| marked esch one the way ~ r4He -
vote, md voted = indIe.s.a s sssa a. a.. -: =:
| snhssituted aposbsr pspsf, chan6eg. -
| - - % on esch bill - thsf etovca
IA yoted Tor tvo o. three bills kssav -
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