Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-08-19

the Pan Handle, where there was no war.
Governor, this young MAI bears the title
OF Brigadier General earned on the battle
field for gallantry, has been United States
District Attorney for West Virginia, Score
tary of the Navy, and is now member OF
trct. He has heard OF you and l hope you
/ will hear from him.
Now here are some of my Wheeling
friends, who must CONF to know each other.
II is strange they could live so loBg IN the
same town and not get acquainted.
Mr.. A. H. Beach this is Mr.. James Gill
christ, former Surveyor Of the port OF
Wheeling. Mr.. Gilchrist is now suryeyor
OF land and lots and lots Of land. l believe
you are now surveyor of the port (wine)
steamboats,, &c. Mr.. Beach please take Mr..
Gilchrist down TO the beautiful shore Of
the placid Elk and sing sweetly to him,
'Shsll We gather at the river, where bright
angels feet rave trod."
Captain Sterling this is Mr.. David Bell,
Of whom you have no doubt heard IN con
nection with the
wheeling Postomee.
AS you are an Ohio man | would advise
you to 20 to Bells foundry and have your.
sill mCu ded into a first class West Virginia
Republican.
MIR. Fred Miller, former wielder OF the
broom and dust pan at the custom house,
this is Mr.. Charlie Bickerton, present
Wielder OF the same instruments. Veil"
remarked Miller, "Of | been so smard os
Sturlink dot time md sent a latin dts
patches by Garfield, l didn't loose my grip
on dem broom handle yet, Inc dOnd you
forget it,"
Squire Schultze, Mr.. George Parks.
formerly of Wheeling. formerly pork
packer, formerly Republican candidate for
sheriff Of Ohio county, recently applicant
for Consul General Ia modest man to Aus
tralia, nOw a retired politician. Mr.. Parks,
Squire Schul'ze is emperor Of the Eighth
ward of the city Of Wheeling. As q Justice
of the Peace he can render his decision in
Nine Languages,
principally German.
Hon. j. Msrsh HagaRs, / know you will
be pleased TO meet my beautiful ColOred
friend Steph. Tinsley, Of the kanawha val
ley, Mr.. TiGsley, you wouldn't think, to
look at him, that Mr.. Hagans is one OF the
unappreciated great men, not only Of
West Virginia, nor of the United States,
but of the world. He used to carry the
State in his vest pocket, but long and con
! Timed wearing made a hole in the pocket,
the State dropped out, turned upside down
and buried him, and like Moses, nobody
seems to know where he is buried, to his
a FL " OAbldCg Q HoPS AA9 ~
key to the political graveyard in which
Hsgans anu several other of our West Nir-
ginia statesmen are supposed 10 be residing
peacefully in oblivion. y vault was
built for me in this cemetery, but they
failed to provide the corpse. In the Ian
gusge OF Daniel Webster, I'm not dead yet
by a damned sight.
Here is my
Dear Little Friend.
Charlie Scott. Mr.. Scott, this is Mr.. Charlie
ShattoCk. Please tell him what you know
about politics and everything else. IL
wont take you but a minute or two, q
will be 8 slight relief to me.
John Mason o must have herd Of Sam
Mccormick; perhaps met him but an in
PRODUCTION from me will give Mason char
acter and standing with Mccormick. Mac
looks very tired, old, gray, bent and bored.
He has been carrying the Republican party
so long lin his mInd) thai he is about
broken down. The job of carrying the Re
publican party should be given 10 SOM
younger man. When a man gets as old a.
Mccormick he should be relieved. Ma.
must be about 81 years of aye, aud while i
know il will bore him, | must introduce
Mason. Mccormick, | ask it as a personal
favor that you permit me to present thi,
young man, Mason. Take him and
TeN-h Him
the principles of Republicanism. Psrmi'
some Of the scintillations OF your mighty
mind TO radiate around and permeate hiEI
so that he may learn TO respect true politi.
cal greatness. We must learn the youn;
fellows to take our places when We old lei.
lows are gone.
Ex.U. 5 Marshall Slack, have you ever
heard of ES.U. 5. Marshall George Patten?
II not | will introduce You, and you can
talk over old times, when you both used t.
seLd your deputies after m~oonshiners AMI
draw your fees from the Government with
patriotic ~promptneSs.
Col. Jim Davis, of G~reenbrier, here j,
Judge Jim Brown, of Kanawha. Col. Davis,
Judge Brown will tell you in the eloquent
language OF the late VIM. Allen, of Ohio,
that TO be a Republican candidate for Con.
gress in the Third district Of this State is
"a dsmned barren idesllty." Editor White,
Of the ParEershurg Journal, yOu will
shake Hands
with Tol. Bullock and see il you can find
out what is the matter with both of you
Editor Richards, of the Clsrksburg Tele
gram, come and make the acquaintance o.
Captain ShuttleTOrth, former postmaste-
Of Clarksburg
I. W. Morris, Of the Richie Gazette, !
realize that your name aud fame are "a
broad as the State you are known from
| kuc bAlSh NaINs VI IlduCONh 10 tue CD1l-
ysrdS OF kanawha; in the columns of YOU
excellent family paper, you. in years past.
nominated every Republican and Demo
crat in the State for some office, and once
or twice rave mOdestly nominated (bu
never elected yourself. know you can new
erdie happy till you know Hon. Editor Sen
ator William VI. o. Dawson, Of the Pres
ton Journal. Dawson is a statesman, and
will give you some original ideas on how
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The committee on
where Wen Eat"
is now ready TO report, and have only
time to introduce other delegates in a gen
eral way without comment: General
NOrthcott shake with Billy Nsndervort;
General Duval meet Mr.. Jacobs of thu
WellsbuTg Herald; Mr.. G. S McFadden, Of
MUundsville. this Is Mr.. JiH Hooton, form
erly Of MOunGsyille, but now prosecuting
attorney at the campmeetiDg. Mr.. George
Edwards | very much desire to ave You
know DR.. Simonton, Of Cameron, who m 4de
a very Creditable member of the Leyisla
ture from Marshall. Hon. John A. Camp
bell, of Hancock, Mr.. John Atkinson, OF
New Cumberland, Col. Mclean, of Put
But bark! a sound like the swaying and
signing Of the deep forests preceding a
storm, greeted my ears. All was hushed
for = moment; then the storm burst upon
US.
GRked In Unmixed huHeut
upon q scene which will ever BE- impressed
upon my mind. In one corner of the room.
upon . dry goods box, was the detected,
dropping figure Of George B. Caldwell with
Bill Phil ps hanging about his neck weep.
iLg schOOners Of briny tears over the recon
Citation Of bis innocent self with the other
brave young s~talwart, while Sam McCol
lOch was softly singing. There is a board
ing house, no. far away" This scene was
made the more affecting by J. r Cowden
followed By q crowd Of a1miring cohorts.
who was parsding the hall with bsut head.
wrinklsd brow end stately mien, and
swestly damning the whole cabOod,e. As
the scene on the storebox began to i'm,
press itself o. the braiuy minds Of those
present one howl of appreciation and Joy
from every throat made
The Nelkia Ring,
the owl tohoot and the eagle 10 split his
wipdpipe. snd smidst the general r~ejoiciu.
and confusion | adopted the caucus re ola
tion without u dissenting voice, and intro
duced Charles Burdette Conference to eve
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