The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-18
PRETTY PILGRIMS.
NoNDgsoRIpr FoREIaNERs
Who Ha,. Been Disru.u.s TIL. Section of COun.r,
For Aoats,, at Last Beach wheeling ia Their
Airratioa.-TAsIr FItAla.s Gets TAtlr
I,.d.rlsts Ltmss-nAo Thor Are.

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For several months the pspsrs Of this ylci.
nifty have contained notices Of q band OF
strollipg ~vagsbonds, sometimes referred to
as gypsies, sometimes called Indians, and
once or twice Arabs. They were first heard
from at Piedmont, from which point they
went into Pennsylvania, making q peripate-
tic tour OF the southwestern part Of that
State, and hnally~ reaching Pittsburgh. Day be-
fore yesterday they again turned upat Mingor
and later in the day ut Martins Ferry, re-
porters OF this paper mentioning their .ap-
%pearance at both places. Night before last
they cAmped on the National road west oil
Bridgeport, and leaving their horses and a
part o ftheir band there they came over into
the city yesterday, accompanied by three
small performing bears, q monkey, and sew.
eral babies. These people, who scattered
about town and gave performances and beg
ged, were two men and two women. The
women each had u coffee sack strapped over
their shoulders, In which one carried one
baby and the other two.
When they were In Washington county,
Pa, they had four babies, but one OF them
died there, aud IL was reported that the In.
human parents had fed 1t 10 the bears. This
was afterwards denied, and 1t Is believed that
the body OF an infant found in CHARTERS
Creek a few days ago was the one lost by this
party.
afternoon one OF the men, evidently the
leader OF the crowd, was arrested by Officer
Dunlap andlocked up, with n Of the bears,
for indecent exposure on the street. A re.
porter called at the lookup shortly after, and
attempted TO interview the fellow. He is q
swarthy, but not bad looking man, with long
black hair flowing from under q red Turkish
fez, q neatly trimmed black moustache and q
beard OF about a months growth. His garh
Is a striking compound Of oriental hnery and
occidental rags He had slung over one
shoulder q leather pouch, in which was q
small five shot revolver, loaded, q large
pocket knife and some other utensils ap'
parently picked up some place. he had also
] 4 few dollars In nickels and pennies, and In
a diiapidated overcoRt was q small blank
book, nearly filled with writing In several
foreign languages, and Q passport Issued In
1851 by The "CSnial dc Ia Sublime Porte a Bar.
| ~eelota" to Gustav Venderbusch.
He talked but little English, q thailed the
reporter at once with. .epreichen Sc Deitch r.
By dint Of numerous repetitions, enough oil
his lingo was Ineligible to carry on u sort oil
o conversation.
what kind OF people are your he was
asked.
"Turk-Turkey-speak sclavish."
"Nhat part II Turkey are your from?-
Constantinople 2"
mix. Bosnia
"You are a Bosnian, ehT
.Huh.h
Are you q Mohammedan-MoslemT
The fellow shook his head decidedly. and
with profuse explanatory gestures, said:
INC. no, no, Mohammed barber! Me nc
barberi" Indicating that he wore no beard,
while Mohammedans let their boards grow
very long. me mostachios, Greek Catolicl
me-"
"Are You q CatbolicP' spoke up Jimmie
McNamara, the tsish lookup keeper.
Tia fellow nodded.
"How do you bless YOURSELF ~ asked Jim
mie.
With q mystified mir, the Turk turned to
the reporter and apologetically muttered,
mo spreichen muchy Anglia"
do you cross yourself this way?" persisted
Jimmie, and made the sign sacred to all
Catholics.
The mans face frightened, and he ex'
claimed, "No; me do this way!" accompany.
ing the word with a rapid motion, touching
himEelf on the forehead, left breast, right
breast and lips. Then he continued, mo
Pope Catolic-Greek Catolic.n
The man claimed TO hive been q go der In
the Turco-R Russian war, and exhibited several
scars to prove the C aim.
How longln Americs?'' the reporter asked.
"December-N York"
"Where did you sail FRONT"
"Barcelona-Tspaua-big place-big Pitts.
%burgh-big New York"
"What did you come to America foi2'
america big country. good place, many
people. Nakee money" And he folded bis
arms, ash he must indulge in some tatfy, but
it hurt his concience.
"Why don'tyou sell your bear and go to
work."
"Four familee-me frau and six kinder
ravel-not speaka Eoglis."
II believe you're Dutchm said Jimmie
Mcnamara.
"Me got Ia passport In coat the man said.
An examination OF the overcoat showed
this to be correct. The book in which the
passport was kept had the seals OF nearly q
hundred towns, Provinces aud Cantons In
Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France
and Spain, accompanied by inscriptions
showing that the party had visited all these
tOWuN, huu pteu htluWeu tue pflNlleko VI 10
naming a limited time at each place.
While the reporter, lookup keeper and sew.
eral gentlemen attracted out Of curiosity
were examining the book, one Of the women
appeared 1.-THE door, and inquired in bad Ger.
mar for ''dst kinder bear" She was allowed
TO go in aud see the man, and after a brief
consultation she returned and told a sad
story in German, which a Germsn who was
present interpreted. She said Gustav was her
husband, that they had six 'kinder," aud
enc OF them was sick. She was anxious to
have Gustav return to the bosom OF his fam
lily. but bfr pathetic appeal did not have the
desired effect Then she still more patheti.
cally asked TO be allowed 10 take the kinder
bear with her, bnt again she was refused,
and she started of to hunt "Pollitzee Capen'
Bennett
The women in begging about town showed
considerable more familiarity with the Eug-
lish language than this one seemed TO possess.
When refused aims they swore with a cheer.
FIJI abandon and nichty Of accent not often
acquired by the beggar native here and 10 the
manner horn.
Both the man and bea. remained in the
cellls asst night, much 10 the disgust Of Jimmie,
who said he had been lookup keeper for eight
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