Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-13
WEBSTER COUNTY.
Early Opening of the Addison
Springs.
Partial List of the Visitors Already Present
At This Popular Resort,
!SI,erin' ~ me RsgiSisr.

ADDISON, W. Va. June l0.-Ihe season
At this popular health resort has been fully
inauguratcd and visitors are NOW arriving
almost daily. Those who have secured par
;ial benefit from the famous Salt Sulphur
Springs of Webster county, are here again
earlier than usual to receive full benefit
from copious use of the health invigo.
rating water Extensive preparations are
being made to entertain all who visit Addi-
son this summer, and from all indica-
tionS it is going to be the bus
lest season for several years. The
hotel accommodations are not what
they should be, but are improving greatly
every year. The table fare is all that could
be expected in mountain retreat, but the
rooms are not numerous enough to accom-
modate all when the season is at It's hcighth
Varions improvements have been made in
the three hotels since last summer. Mrs
Woodell, at the Addison Hotel, Is having
built an addition to her popular house,
which is an improvement to that part Of
the town. and which she expects to have
finished in time to accommodate her nu
merous guests Mr. r. H. Townsend, of
the Curry House, and Mr. W. b. Standard
of the Inyalids Home, have both made
Improvements
in the houses and will be prepared to ac-
commodate all who may visit Addison.
Still would advise those who contemplate
visiting here this season to write for rooms
in advance, from the fact that the season
has opened here two weeks earlier than
usual which is indicative of n crowd at all
of the hotels before it is at its heighth.
The best roads are via. Buckhannon or
Beverly. the latter is the best as il is most
" good turnpike from there to this place,
but thereis no public conveyance Those who
come in their own conveyance will find that
the hest road and the distance not much
further The tables are now supplied with
the finest trout that can be canght in the
Elk river and its tributaries. TO say nothing
of the fine venison and other game with
which this section aDounds.
The salt sulphur Water
is becoming more famous every year, and
as it, fame increases. So does the influx oi
visitors. There are great many visitors
here now, and some have departed TO re-
turn later in the season. The following is
a partial list Of some Of the most prominent
visitors
H.P. Hathaway and L. f. Fuller Lon
don, England; |. c. RalPhsnyder, King
wood; Ralph King, Clay county; Dever
Pickcns. Barbour county; 5. ]. Moore,
Clover Lick; Miss Anna Duncan, Bridge
port W. Var John Bruce, Cheshire, Eng
land; W. n. Cutlip, }. J. CutGp, 6. Lake,
Oscar Gosney. wife and child Of Braxton
county; Hon. G. j. Arnold, wife and son, of
Weston, W. Va; Miss Christina Christian,
of jacksonville, W. Va; J. ID. Anderson,
ESQ. wife and three children, Of Nicholas
county: Miss Emma McEvoy, Vernon Rem,
nett Robert Houghton, Aaron Liggett,
James Windel, Kansas; c, W. Morgan and
wife. Randolph county, DR.. J. II. Wey-
mouth, Beverly, W. Va; George Ward,
Nicholas county; Rev Mr.. Pearl, Of the
American Bible Society, Nathan Smith,
Ohio.
The regular visitors to Webster will miss
this season the jovial
Trigger"
Ben Hamrick, who was drowned last win
ter in Elk river. while attemptireto cross
that stream six miles above this place.
Ben was a great hunter and fisherman, and
had piloted many hunting and fishing
party through the mountain fastnesses Of
Webster. Ben lived on stream twelve
miles from here, called Beryoo, and his
bospifable home was the rendezvous for all
for all the fishing parties that left this
place. e
heard / very amusing joke the othe day
about Ben and from the prominence OF the
other parties | think il will bear repetition.
II occurred at the time the Hon John
Brannon presided on this judicial circuit:
Court was in session, and Ben had employed
Hon Spencer Dayton TO look after his in
terest. Mr. DAYTON had made some motion
that was not satisfactory to Ben, and being
full almost to overfo~ing with
Mountain Dew,
hc determined to plead his own cause.
When Ben commenced the Sheriff COM
manded silence and went around to enforce
hi command when Ben showed Sight II
Is difficult to tell what would have occurred
Il DR.. Huff, Of Randolph had not have
eoaxed Ben out. After reaching the out
SIDE Ben opened his pocket book placing q
five dollar bin in the doctors hand, and said
he would give him that FIVE dollars il ne
would let him 90 back and attack the ID
Judge on his "roost" OF course the doctor
would not consent, and III. Judge remain
81 on his "rocst' until court ADJOURNED.
Political Matters
are getting lively in the Independent State
cf Webster" The fuison Of the Greenback
en- ard Republicans viii have salatary
effect on tee Democracy Of Webster The
Exeeutige Committee have gone 10 vori