The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-04-30
FOR THE DRA.Ar,c FESTIVAL.
Tho ST. Lawrence Party OR-The StaI
hnd the peopIe Who Went.

and the People who Went.
The scene in the spacious cabin OF the s..
Lawrence Saturday night was spirited one.
1t was filed with excursionists 10 the Gin
einnatt Dramatic Festival; some were dancing
to the superb music furnished by the WHEEL
ing city band orchestra. led by Joe Kramer;
Others With that excited pm.afraid pll.never.
get.OG look on thets faces that all excursion.
lists wear, were chasing porters about, trying
TO find their luggage. Cabin boys d3rted
here and there with an eye open for those
excursionists whose locks indicated an
and collected, moved slowly aud made them
selves comfortable. The usual crowd gath
cred around the Office TO crack jokes with the
clerk aud tho favored few ALLOW ed inside that
easy sanctum. Then there were friends say.
ing goodbye, a.d a crowd Of merry people
who were going down 10 meet the ktockdale
and dance on the st. Lawrence, Looking
down The long cabin one felt gay in spite Of
himself.
The large, handsome steamer did not arrive
at the wharf until o'clock Saturday night,
and did not get away from this vicinity until
So'clock yesterday morning. She had freight
at the Etna, Top, Belmont, Riverside, Bel,
laire and Bsnwood mills, and could not halp
being late. However, Capt, Billy List al.
drmed by all the river dogs that he would
have. bis Ene list OF passengers In Cincinnati
Monday afternoon. The 81 Lawrence is fast
and onre out Of the nail region will probably
"hum.n
The weather was very unpropitious at the
start but yesterday was lovely day, ex.
cepting a slight chiIiness In the
air. The excursion list Is splen.
did one, as can be seen from the follow.
ing names: Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Du uHois, Mr..
sud Mrs. H. II. Russell, Misses Mamie and
Mamie Dubois. Lucy and Minnie Loring,
Lulu Laughlin, Mrs. Dr.. Edwards, Mrs Frank
z. Jepson, Miss Lizzie Pendleton, Miss Amelia
Paxton, OF Wellshurg, Mrs Harry Stamm and
daughter, Miss Emma, Mrs Louis Blond and
daughter, Miss Emma, Mrs. Z. G. Cracraft
and daughter, Miss Jnlia, Mr. and Mrs ! G,
Dillon, Misses Ella Lewis, Ida Armstrong
and Carrie Brues, Mrs. N. A. Thornton. Miss
Alice Mcdonald. Miss Dupero, Mr..and Mrs.
benville, Messrs H. c. Sherrard, A. @.
Mckee and J. q. CASTOR, OF Steubsn.
Vile, Mrs. DR.. Hildreth and daughter,
Miss Dora, Mr J. R. Greer, Jr., and Miss
libbie Greer, Misses Laura Harden, Sidney
Heiskell, Jennie edI, AbbIe Brown, SalIie
White, Ella Turner, Jennie Caldwell, Annie
Chapline, Messrs. Dr.. Charlie FrisselI, James
Adams, J. J. Holloway. John pogue, viii
Grubb. Charles FISHER, Burnie McMechen,
Alex. Laughlin. Jf., Will schwertfeger, Con.
ners, Moran, VIM. Hoffman, Sinclsir, Mr..
Charlie Hart and sister, Clarksburg, Mr.. and
Mrs. David shriver, Mr.. aud Mrs. A. T.
Young; Airs. Veazie. In addition, there were
several people from Pittsburgh.
By the time Parkersburg was passed the
staterooms must have all been filled. The
excursiouists leave Cincinnati, on the 70.
turn, tomorrow at midnight Uuder Cap
tain LISTS care they will have glorious
time. TIE dinciog party that went down
returned to the city early yesterday morn.