The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-01-08
THE PERMANENT SEAT.
THE LAND OF "pEaEHNlAL" SPRING.
The CITY In Darkness and til, Streets Flooded
with Mud, aid Citizens Compelled to Hunt
Their usI Home with Laatsrn'-A Railroad
Boom-Would be Senators Of the Valley.
From Our Special Correspondent.

Boom-Would. be Senators Ofthe Valley.
From Our Special Correspondent
CHARLESTON, W. Va, January 6.-We
are in the midst of an unusual flood Of
mud. Our streets are impossible for foot
men, unless they make up their minds to
wade knee deep at the crossings. In street
paving, however, We are making some i'm
provements. A short time ago We laid
one block OF our fayorite brick paving,
which, we believe, excels all other styles
Of paving. 1t is nothing more than hard
burnt brick set ou edge. 1t is cheap, neat
and enduring. We believe down here that
it is the pavement Of the future. 1t is GER
tainly success. II our city authorities
keep on, we feel hopeful that by the begin
ming Of the twentieth century, all Of the
principal streets OF the city will be paved.
We have a dog-iennel city government.
That's the name-dog.fehnel. We are run
on the Cheap John plan. A kind OF a cent
per cent basis, as it were. For five years
The street lamps haye been turned out.
We carry our lanterns OF night, or fall
in the ditch. We take cur choice, as we
pay for the privilege. Any time Of night
YOU can see lanterns bobbing around in
The dark places, like Jack o'.lanterns above
the swamps. When the Capital comes
down here in 1885, we expect TO light up
the street corners any way. In iact we
will have to, as it Is a well established fact
that a legislator can't drink our liquor and
walk in the dark. We are looking out for
the Capital. Send ii on as soon as you can.
We need it.
JOURNALISM.
We have small daily newspaper here
called the "Daily Gimlet." 1t is quite newsy
and has a good circulation. 1t bores with
small auger, however; but it is good as
far as 1t goes. Irwin & Co. promise to
start another daily in a day or 50, or
week or so, or year or so. We were
promised that it should come forth Janu-
ary lst; but mary come" yet: The said
company are, and have been for some time
past, trying to publish a weekly, and have
not done that. So they thought they
would show to the world and all mankind
that, II they couldn't get out weekly
they would do the next best thing and
launch daily on an inofiending populace.
Let her come boys. We believe in enter.
prise, brains and get-up.and.git. Let on
the water.
A NEW RAILROAD.
We have a new railroad, and are happy.
1t is called the Ohio Central, and runs
down the Kanawha to Gallipolis. 1t will
be great help 10 Charleston. 1t is not
quite ballasted all the way along. But in
about three weeks 1t will be done, and the
iron horse will snort along our valley and
shake up our fellow citizens even worse
than the forthcoming daily newspaper.
We are going to have another railroad in
about year. It's the "Black Jack" and
will run from Charleston up Elk river to
tap the coal OF that valley. Il will help us
more than all the rest. More than the
promised Daily. There's some coed in
Don. II he can't run Pennsylvania, he is
going to show the world that he can run a
railroad. Hurrah for Don Cameron and
the Black Jack Give us. the Black Jack
and the new Daily, and we'll be happy as
u clam on high tide.
LONG FELT WANT TO De SUPPLIED.
Thank the good Lord, We are going to
have a new ferry boat across the Hanawha
at this place. 1t has been long time
coming; but it is here and will start up
shortly. The present ferry boat is run ip
an unbearable manner. There is no &C.
commodation in Its operators. They charge
two prices, and force you to wade through
mud up to your vest pockets TO get up and
down the banks. 1t is one Of the most out.
rageous mouopolies | ever knew anywhere.
am glad 1t is about run out, and so are
nearly all our people.
SENATORIAL TIMBER.
Our Senatorial timber starts for Wheel
ing to-day. So do our Legislators. About
twenty-five left to-day for Huntington.
Their intentions are to go up the river on
the steamer Andes. heard Mr.. Quarter,
who has hi, lightning rod high in the air,
say to-day that he wag ahead. He eEpect1
seventeen votes on the first ballot, says
Hereford will get almost as many, Governor
Mathews will be next, and Mr.. Kenna will
suck the hind teat, as he will only get
three voteS on the first ballot. Well, il
Johnny is behind this time, it will be the
first time. None Of our fellows can get it.
There's too many Of them. II all will draw
Of but one Of them, then he could win.
But they won't do that. So ! suspect all will
get cleaned out. Like Bragie, Of the Fdy.
elteriiIe Enterprise, who has recently hung
his gate on the other post, feel like the
Southern Confederacy has run the ma
chipe long enough Fling in little loyalty
once in while. Can't the Democrats find
man fit for the Senate who didn't fight,
bleed and die for State sovereignty II
they can't, they ought to step down and
out.
A CHANGE NEEDED.
BY the way, did yoH eyer stop to think
that this State had gone DemoOratiO 40
often as It need to. 1t can be wrested
from the Bourbons in 'S4, just as easy as
you spstrhel the political wool off Hans
Goods eapm last iall, il only the right
kind Of an effort is made. The only draw.
back is right here in Kanawha. II a half
dozen political Republican nalcontents
are thrown overheard, the way will be
clear, and the work will begin. But when
a lot OF howlers In your Own party are al.
ways kicking at everything that Is done,
no one has the heart to do any work.
This entire district was given to the Bour.
bons iaEa fall by these few croakers. II
the Third District had panned out like the
other three last fall, no Bourbon would go
TO the Senate from West Virginia this win.
ter, Look at the returns, and you will see
that ! speak the truth. The respectable
members Of the party here and elsewhere
throughout the State are waking Up 70 the
eporgity Of the wrongs that have been
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