Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-02-02
EIINl. w. VA. SATURDAY MORNING. a

ported upon an iron rail by the power of
steam, he was contemptuously spurned by
the wise and great and admonished to ply
his vocation with pick and shovel in the
coal mine. But not discouraged he worked
on in the mine and in the workshop OF the
brain till his engine was complete-his
victory perfect. His engine now pulls
The Car OF Commerce.
The horse and cog wheel gave way to
steam engines. To day at Newcastle-on.
the-Tyne bronze monument MARKS his
resting place, and the engineis as common
ss boys kite. The Baltimore and OHIO
began with car drawn by horse as far as
the relay, and when the road was perfect,
ed through to Wheeling it was thought
impossible to get through the intervening
hills and mountains. But it was accom-
plished. When the idea seized the human
brain OF a trans-continental railroad,
even our wise men in Con-
gress reported it as impracticsole
and indeed impossible on account OF noun
tains and snow. But now Several railroad,
span the continent east and west aud north
and south. When we talked OF making
railroad from Grafton to Philippi, Beverly
and southwark, many men doubted aud
ridiculed the idea. They said the money
built, and made numerous
= Predictions Of Disaster.
But we are here to-day on our way to Bev-
erly. We only stop to greet you. Do you
believe now, doubling Thomas Il don't
to the depot and thrust your hand
in the mouth of the iron horse. Have you
heard the train come laundering up the
valley to your town? Did you hear the
iron horse neigh little while ago? Have
you seen the smoke of his nostrils? Do
you believe now? II you don't, 60 down
and put your hand on his slick sides and
his fiery ribs.
said We are on our way to Beverly and
only stop to greet you. And We are. We
are going to Beverly and do not intend to
stop there either. We have only begun
what in less than ten years will be mag,
nificent railroad line. We have come a1d
with our coming bring the
Sunlight Of Commercial Activity.
which must improve the financial condi.
ton Of all, or nearly all, who hear ne. We
come TO lay deep and strong the founda
tiCn OF a poteDtieiity Tor wealth never
thought Of in the widest dreams vi avarice.
We come 10 prove that the old prophets
are ell dead and the young ones are all
fools. Evil prophecies can lot stop the
stately tread Of our tireless stead, which
feeds on nothing but little black prov
ender and water which You have in such
abundance.
From the way he pants and blows, you
might think he has the heayes. He has
But the heaves do not hurt our horse. He
is made to heave heavy loads of burden.
Bring in your produce, coal, timber, cattle
hogs, sheep, and we will show you that the
beaves do not hurt him; that they only
make him fat anG slick and give him
greater strength and greater speed. Per
haps you think We joke when we say We are
On Our Way 10 Beverly
and are going there. Perhaps some OF you
will say we will never get there. Quit your
evil prophecies! Join in the march OF
civilization and progress.
General -. r. Kelly.
who was recognized on the platform by
many of the old gray.h1i:ed veters"s OF
the late war, was loudly called for and
came forward to greet many OF the men ne
had fought against Just Lwcnty.three yr.r'
ago. 1t was on the nicht OF the third Of
June, 1851, that General Kelly aid his
army marched from Grafton over the
mountains to this inland town
The General this morning
QeSCTlU6u very RTdpuiCa!iS W IlS LNe Nllacl-
les Of that eventful night. 1t was a dark
and s. ormy one snd the march through the
dense forests was as difficult as could bs i'm.
agined. Several streams were fo-ded with
General Kelly always in the lead. At day
break the Union forces covered the hill
tops surrounding the little town Of Phil
ippi. The Confedera'es were not long in
discovering their position end 70 time was
lost in making q hasty flight southw2rd.
Upon that morning General Kelly was shot
through the body and taken to Graf
ton on stretcher. In sixty days
be was sgain in the saddle and o. the field
times General Kelly treated these people
very kindly. Instead OF burDing and de-
vastatng the country he prohibited it
being done, although doing so in the face
of Northern opinion and the demands OF
Union people. The official reports OF the
alleged
Battle at PhiIippi
tay that there We're II or ~ soid'ers led.
am asked 10 state on the authority OF
most prominent CitiZ'I Of this country
that there is no truth in il. No one was
killed and but three Iuen were wounded.
They were General Kelly, rebel by the
anne OF Sims, and another South rder who
ad bis lsg shot Off Gen. Kelly's gun fred
over Philippi on the 81 OF June, in 'Gl, was
the first Of the war alter the firing OF Fort
Sumpter.
The presence OF the General hare at this
time is quite a memorable event, and
can say that he received very hoSpia5le
welcome and appreciated it. In his
speech before the large assemolage hs
referred TO the events of - years ago. In
speaking OF the day he was wounded he
said: "On that day, gentlemen, the President
of your railroad was my captive. | am his
captive to-day The General was loudly
applsuded. President Martin then made
happy point in responding when he satd
that "tbe triumphs Of peace are
greater than the tri1mphs o. war
aud have greater captive to DIV
than he bad twenty-three years ago Al
ter he speech making was over the poop"
were supplied with a larch served o.
wooden plates, which were much prized
by all as souvenirs of the occasion.
The hospitality of
Judge woods Beautiful Home
was extended TO many OF the prominent
guests. A most elaborate dinner was
served by Mrs. Woods, at which were pres
ent the following: General Kelly and
wife, OF Washington city; Hon. Esn Mar.
tin, Hon. B. l.. Butcher, VIM. G. Worley,
a kirgwood, attorney; Joseph M1rum, OF
Grafton; Miss Nav Shuttleworth, OF Clarks-
burg, and Judge Woods family.
1t was 10 be regretted that the
Judge himself, one Of the pioneers OF The
road, was unavoitably absent, being in
Charleston where the court is in session.
The Judges estimable wife is sister OF
Hon. Jas Neeson, who was a talented law
yer at Fairmont before the war, and now
stands at the head OF the Richmond bar.
At four o'clock the train of excursionists
left here for Grafton, at which place they
arrived at twelve o'clock last night. Ire
ride was slow one on account
OF the many slides on the
track caused by the heavy rain fall during
the day. In every way the celebration "
a great success, and one that the people
who participated in it may always feel
proud Of. This Grafton and Greenbrier
road is one OF great number that will soon
span different sections of the State from
north TO south, and is itself link in the
great chain of narrow gauge railroads that
will extend across our entire STATE from
Pittsburgh to the White Sulphur Springs
through one Of the most fertile, rica, and
picturesque sections Of this or any other
State.
Notes and Gssstp-