The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-01
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TIE WHISPERING eAtLERX.
happened to be in aparty the otner
evening when the never uninterestins SUB.
isct Of The removal OF the State Capital
came M. Rx.stale Senator Al Caldwell
vas there. and he told something about
The true inwardness Of the passage OF me
removal bill which do not remember 70
hayo heard before. "Those Third distilc1
fellows" said he, "were afraid Of the thing.
Jim Ferguson would not allow II 70 come
cut Of committee while the Senatorial hght
was pending. There were two Third dls-
trict fellows, Walker and Hereford. we
Ohio county men would 60 into caucus ana
boom Henry s. away up, and then we
would eointo joint session and let MN
down. We could have defeated the BILL,
but Robert G. Barr, Robert Simpson and
Mr.. Hearne cast their votes for Henry g.
Davis, and that settled II. We couldn't do
a darn raj did not say darn" but darn
will do. thing, because we had delivered
our goods before we got the price. They
rushed that bill through the House q
whooping; and then our Delegates came
over and asked rae to stop It In the sen.
ater That was pretty time 70 tax about
stopping i'll Then they put Clarksburg IN
the Bin, and that olear,headed, tar.sighted
statesman, [This was irony.l Marsh Tur'
ner. voted forit and thought he had i'm.
mortalized himself. Blu. you can Just thank
the three men name for taking the CAPT
tai away.
Somebody observed: "Whst good doei
the Capital do here, anyhow" "Wait till
1t is moved to Charleston and every bust
ness man here has to chip in with con
tribulion 10 send lobby down there tc
kin The pernicious legislation that always
abounds, and you will find out. Those ieI
lows will kill Wheeling with fool laws gov
erning financial and commercial transac
tions, about which they know as little al
hog knows about latin. II is suicidal tc
let the Capital leave Wheeling. What do
the members from Lincoln aud Logan and
McD jwell know about the needs OF oul
business community here? II they see
City dollars in a year they think they're
thriving community. Just wait and see !
| hope it isn't going to ba SO bad as this.
K
Col. Key, who will be Joe Emmetts ad
vance agent when he starts on the roat
with his new play, "Fritz, the bohemian
was in the city short time the other day
on private business, and told me that En-
NETT will be here in March. "Lord blest
you," says the Colonel, "they say Joe cant
sing any mora. He sings better than ever
and he has some excellent new eon9s. The
play Is the best he ever had, too" People
who know old Tom Kean, OF the Buffalo
Courier the author Of the play, will believe
the last statement. Tom couldn't write q
bad play II ho were to try.
Il
Did you ever hear about the lne amt
Hon. John X. Thompson, the jolly, one
eyed, G.esnbacker, ex-msmber OF the Leg
islature from Putnam county, had at the
Yorktown celebration? 1t seems that be
in company with prominent State House
official started 10 take in that glorious oc-
casion. That is, they left Richmond TO-
gether on the steamer. The trip was q
Tough one, but Thompson had good time,
and by a proper application Of antidotes
was not sick. Arriving at Yorktown, the
official became disguised with the aspect
OF affairs, as seen from the steamers deck,
and decided to return on that boat.
Not so with Thompson. He had
partaken Of 80 much antidote, he i'm.
agined himself bigger man than old
Grant. Ia the oiting was a U. s. man-oi-
war on which the Congressional committee
was quartered. BY some means, know
not how, Thompson managed to be rowed
over to the ship, and bulldczing the
guards established himselt there for two
days. am told that in relating bis expe-
rience he winds up with IAN such eatin',
drinkin' and smokin' as they did have on
that boat" -
What do you suppose would be the rev.
citation II q competent milk inspector
should suddenly and without warning in.
spect the supposed tactical fluid that Is re-
tailed in Wheeling every morning from
numerous milk wagons? l believe that a
supply OF watered and adulterated milk
would be found that would be simply as
founding, and at times believe that much
OF the sickness in the city, especially fe.
yers, might be traced TO impure milk. 1t
is great absorbent you know.
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And we are to have Rhea in December,
Pm told. OF course she will be greeted
with crowded houses She is one Of the
greatest stage favorites Wheeling has. She
also possesses large circle OF friends
among our society people. l can name
several ladies who have met her here and
fallen madly in love with her. And as for
the gentemen-well wait till she arrives
and then sec Tor yourself the well known
gentlemen who will BIO only too happy to
pay her some little attention. This is not
to be wondered at, however, for her manners
are certainly very winning.
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I see that Barley Campbell is back from
his foreign tour, flushed with the play.
wright's triumphs. 1recall the time when
Barley couldn't have paid his passage half
way across in the s,eerage. Not many
years ago he was in New Orleans about
Christmastide, and he couldn't see far
enough into the future to know how he
was going to get Christmas dinner. In
the nick Of time along came a $40 bill for a
story he had sent to a Northern paper.
Good dinner. Happy Barley. 1t must
have been q tip.top story or 1t wouldn't
have fetched so much.
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Barley Campbell's plays must be bring.
ing him in more than $4,000 a year-per.
haps good deal more. Two years ago l
heard him say that he had cleaned up
$40 900 on the season just closed. Barley