Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-29

out front, three good business street
with handsome stores, wholesale ant
retail; several hotels, among them tt,
New McLure, the only one that eve
had clerk / was mashed on (which
expresses my affection for Sam Harri
son, OF the cinnamon mustache), sus
pension bridge across the Ohio with {
sway back, one or two very charming
suburbs, and the poorest railroad con
nections in ten States, notwithstanding
both the Pennsylvania and Baltimore
and Ohio roads have branches into the
town. The river business Is quite s
q feature, and boats ply up and dowr
| the stream pretty much all the time
until the weather gets so low that peo
pie have to go by stage or walk.
PersoaaL
There are three daily English papers.
REGISTER d. aud Batei.igeacGr 4.
morning, and Journal r. evening, two
German dSilies and q whole lot Of
weeklies, Arehy Campbell, the IN.
s9uelchable at the Chicago Convention
some years ago, used to be at the bead
of the IntcEigeRcer, but he has retired.
Mr.. Hart, of Philadelphia has his
|
boys are darlings, and they are Washers
that, though. The Lord made them
20, and they know it would be wrong
to kick. They are marrying off how
ever and that will have tendency to
settle them. Both the HtCNigeaccr and
REGISTER are representative papers and
mold opinions very generally in the
State, as they have no opposition.
West Virginia is small State, you
know, being only a cutoff from the Old
Dominion in 1853.
Speaking Of persons, 1 called on Joe
Miller, auditor of State, and a scnool-
mate Of mine. Joe is as handsome as q
picture, and as popular as ice cream ia
sunIlner. He's genuine Democrat,
and is q
Prospective Candidate for Governor,
and the only thing that makes me
sorry l am a woman is, that l can't
electiOneer for him and vote for him,
and Pm ADVANTAGEOUS Republican,
too, am.
Another one of my stand. bys is Ran
Stalnaker, Secretary of State, and an
old beau Of mine ut White Sulphur.
didn't see the dear boy, and that is why
this letter is sadder than usual. Speak
ing of Secretaries OF State, am re.
minded that they are usually the style
of know among the State Off
GERS. For instance, / mention Stal.
maker of West Virginia, Newman Of
Ohio, Screws ofAlabama, and Johnson
of Kentucky. reckon Pm a ST ates-
man in pettiCoats.
sit seems to me-" said Dicky, looking
over my manuscript, that you are very
familiar with those men,"
How So" said |.
"Why, Joe this and Ran that, and
so on" said she.
"Pshaw,r said !; they are boys to
me. brought lem up on the bottle, 50
to speak, and though one was school
mate and the other beau, they were OF
that kind where the small boy has an
flecliUnate ''vPncratiOn For the girl
about ten sizes too large for him."
Typographical,
Wheeling grew right in the mouth OF
Il hollow, ana its wingsrun up AMI down
the hilIsideS, and not very handsome
hills either since the trees are gone. Ii
is easy to get into the country, though
and that is consideration.
Opposite the town, and hung to it by
the suspension bridge, is the "lsland. >
1t is charming place of residence, and
is novel in that insular residence Is the
exception and not the RUE in America.
1t is less pleasant when the river i
high, but all the same there are many
handsome places on the Island, and
they call it the Garden Spot"
Speaking of islands, I'd like to know
why it is that the Upper Ohio is filled
with them, while in the lower half OF
the river they are the exception. Is it
because the lower half Of the river runs
through sandy country? Will ;.
| Hays will please rise and explain.
"What kind of q town is Wheeling
for good-looking people?" said DIckcy.
"Men or women" said |.
"Both," said she.
"On an average the men are fair tc
middling handsome, but they have q
suaviter in modo which makes up fol
that. They are also slightly rapid
when they get started. AS for the W.
men, am told that the town has al
ways had q reputation for wOmen-p.0'
men of graceful manner and exquisite
| taste in dress. 1t used TO be an adagt
| that the women of Pittsburgh wore the
neetesl clothes, the Steubenville wO'
men were the prettiest and those 0
| Wheeling dress in the best taste. 10
sum it up, think Wheeling is entitled
to congratulations"
| spoke OF strikes awhile back and
their bad effects. Well, n gentleman
who ought to know, told me that, not
| withstanding the advantages the town
| possessed as manufacturing center
and the talk of its prosperity, there were
actually
| there now than at the last census, al
| growing out of the uncertainty Of living
| IN a town subject at all times to these
business disturbances. | don't know
| how true it is, out | do know that there
are men to day in Wheeling with thel,
| hundreds of thousands who have made
| it right there, and they appear abou
as well satisfied rs men generally &c
who have all they want, except the ont
want Of not wanting any mole.
| "Why," asked Dickey, "ls Wheelin!
like the cOOk"'
"Give il up" said I.
"Because," said she, at is at one ent
ofthe Panhandle. Ifyou don't under
stand this one, you will have to stud!
up the map" u
Wheeling is a nice town, all thing
considered, and I'd like to mention
dozen things / have omitted, but can
do everything want to. If anyone d.
sires to learn more of it, he or she viii
find it fifty miles by rail from Pitts
burgh, or 100 by river, the prettiest lG
miles of the Ohio river, too, and woult
advise him to go and see for himself