The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-06-06
A GROWING COUNTY.
HOW WRIT COUNTY is PRosPERlNa.
The Growth of Elizabeth and the Wealth of th.
COuntry-A Democratic Lawyer uhbOsoms
Himssifon RssssssSmtnt-Ths Entsrpri'e
OF treat Journal-O Ohio Politics.

Correspondence orthe In',Vigenoz.
PARERRsnURG, ". Va, June S.-Just
across the way from my window is a lawn
50 full OF June roses royal and red, that the
summer breeze toying with them sends
their rich perfumes in waves this way
"Itis pretty sight, isn'tit?" asks my
friend, jolly attorney from Writ county,
who is here taking depositions in locally
noted civil suit, that Of Newman vs,
Bell. g. g...g
Yes, 1 answer thinking OF other June
days and their wealth OF roses. Silence for
time, and then ask, ''ls Writ county i'm
proving rapidly| .a.
"Vefy" is the reply. 1.-THE changes are
quite remarkable. Considering our re-.
moteness from railroads and their in
husnce, am inclined 10 think few Coun.
ties in theState, all things being equal, are
ahead OF US. Elizabeth the county seat is
twenty-five miles from Parkersburg, and is
reached by a daily line Of steamers on the
Little Kanawha, and an overland "Ftar
Route" mail line. "Yes" he says 10 reply
| 10 u QuLbIlUu, we are uu t1le lLnc VI aI
asterlsked mail route"
A rambling discourse follows, in the
course OF which learn that Elizabeth has
population OF 600 or 700, two church
ediices, several other denominations oCcu-
pyiug balls, and that the lSTELLlGESCER is
read. 'l'm Democrat, 30 is my partner,
Hon. NJ. Ii. Shitlz, but We get the lSTgLLI.
GENcRR-and read it, too. Over 10000
feet Of lumber is sawed in Elz ,beth daily"
continued my visa.vis, who, by the way,
is ID. Q. Caste, "And the business is young
yet. Good timber land is worth from 81
to $40 per acre in our county, while excel
lent farming land can be bought for from
$40 to SO per acre. .
KICKING AGAINST RE ASSESSMENT.
"politicalIy the county is close, and the
local ticket Of either party must be extraor-
tlinarily good il all Of it is elected"
"How about next yeai?'
"Wcll, rm u Democrat, you know, and
want 10 see that party succeed. Perhaps.
naturally, Pm prone to believe 1t will, but
I'lltell you one thing, though you must
not give it away too strong, and that is
this: The Democratic farmers are kicking
like steers over the re'assessnent, and to
tell the truth am looking for big in.
crease in tho Republican vote at the next
election. You won't see much change in
the towns, but I am much mistaken ii
something will not fall at the close OF the
next canvass"
"Do you think the re.assessment j1st?"
We queried.
"ihat is not fair question. ! tell you
what appears TO BIZ the facts. I've been
talkingofthings as they seems to me, looking
ut the matter in the abstract, but as to my
theory on the subject-well, come up aud
see me at Elizabeth, aud write up some
thing concerning the Mccoy murder case
about 10 be called, and may be under the
shadows OF Writ county hills III tell you" !"
find, BY even limited investigation, that
the opinion OF Mr.. Casio is very prevalent
one and that it is quite generally conceded
that the farmers will takea hand in the next
election. -.H....
A GREAT JOURNALS ERupTIoN.
To man even superhcially acquainted
with Ohio politics some things in the Reg.
islsr Of this morning must appear laughable:
The announcement tnHt Geddes has served
zone" term III Congress would cause a
smile on the faces Of constituents whom he
has for years represented in Congress.
Geddes will have opposition in the conven-
ton most certainly, but 1t will not be be.
cause he is trimmer, but because Of per-
sonal hStred OF the bitterest kind from
leading Democrats in his Own town, nota.
bly Hon. B. Burns, who would rs soon
vote for John Sherman Ms for Geddes But
the iuuniest thing is the expression, taGitly
at least, OF donOt as to the charges OF
Hoadly'a apostacy in ~ It Is motor.
ions in Ohio, and the two things to won
der at arc: That ths old line Democrats have
not set down on him long ago, and that he
has the cheek to aspire 10 such n position.
| am told that in the event OF Blokwalter
entering as an avowrd candidate ior
Senator, the pipe of peace will be broken
with accelerated haste aud the painted
warriors Of John G. Thompson will go alter
scalps. In this pretty fight Allen O'Myers,
"Pickaway," will take u hand, and, Doubt
lesa, few scalps, for "Pickaway" never
goes to war for anything less than "blud,"
and as the original and only Ownest dis
coyerer OF Bookwalter be will fsh! till sun
down for him, and il necessary bushwack
q little after dark. want to make pre-.
diction which is this: II something Is not
done soon, the next Democratic convention
in Ohio this year will be the livrliest affair
OF the kind for years-and "PiCkaway"
won't be the one squelched.
NOTES AND GOSSIP.
Parkersburg is city OF churches. Their
spires point heavenward from all quarters
Of the town. The congregations are large
and the pastors talented. attended The
M. E. church this morning and listened to
a scholarly address upon the twenty Fourth
verse OF the seventy-Second Psalm. The
music was good, one voice, q soprano OF rare
power, purity OF tone and having that indie.
fiuable but inestimable quality, so aptly
named "timbreh by the French, quite
charmed me. | am sure that with proper
culture its possessor would make her mark
on the boards
Your correspondent ia promised an arti-
Gle on the Pipe line matter, which he is
assured will be the plain, veneerless facts
In this oleaginons affair.
Il was amused at commercial mission
arv who j1st now threw down Sunday
paper with the remark; ~ read the En-
Fquirer yesterday, and wGs much interested
ID special from New York, having for its.
text The doipgs OF thievcs as related by one
OF Pinkerton's men, and here Is another
paper with It's special" direct from New
York, containing the same pretty fiction.
wasn't awsre tho two papers were run on
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