Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-25
A BRITISH SUBJECT
Talks EntertainingIY on a Variety
Of Matters.
A Characteristic Opinion Of Gladstone
The Prince of WaIes---Mhat is
Thought Of General Grant
Abroad.

/. a REGISTER reporter had the pleasure Of
meeting Mr.. ]. Payne Hall on Thursday
evening, as he passed through the city on
his way to Washington City. Mr.. Hall is q
gentleman well informed on topics in re-
gard to America as well as England. He
is from Urtoxeter, England, and is agent of
Henry Hall & Co., of that place. who are
general steamship and forwarding agents.
He has just returned from a three months
tour through Kansas, Nebraska and other
western and southern States. He lisa pleas
ant gentleman and an interesting CONVEX
sationslist. The reporter asked him what
the English people in general thought of
GLADSTONE.
HE is the man. said he, whom the
English people love most-the same as
General Grant in America. Yes; he did
right in not accepting an Earldom, as that
would have taken away his individuality as a
man Of the people, and he has q too firm
hold on their hearts to relinquish it BY any
silly move like that"
DO you think Queen Victoria's reign
will be the last of monarchy in England, as
some seem to thinkY'
mot at All. Of course there are q great
many people who say so, but those who
think 60
RI VERY FEW.
Many people say the Prince Of Wales will
never succeed his mother to the crown and
think he is the worst man in all Christen-
| dom, but when called upon to support the
assertion they fail to do So"
"What do you think Of the Irish ques-
tionY"
II am an Enghshman, but l can assert
c~ouscientiously that Ireland has been made
| a scraping ground for landlords to gather
wealth and spend it in London. 1t re-
sembles a piece of land which has been
cropped too beavily-a,l the nutriment is
| taken from the soil and lone returned, nor
;s il allowed q chance of recuperation.
| However, much of the trouble between
AND TENANTS
has been alleviated by the passage of a bill
which makes it incumbent upon the courts
| to set the price tenant shall pay for the
rental Of a piece of land.
is General Grant much thought Of in
EDgland2'
Eyes, indeed; he holds a warm place in
The hearts of the English people because OF
his greatness. and the sorrow over his death
will be felt almost as generally in England
as in his own country"
Mr.. Hall also further said that he had
travelled extensively in Nebraska, where a
good many emigrants had taken up homes,
paving been sent there by him. He rode
all through the State sscertaining what
.ort of crops each one raised, what distance
hey we're from market, and what price
stuff brought, and many other interesting
statistics. He reports that business
in general was quite dull and
I NOT WHAT IT OUGHT TO BE.
MANY men who settled in Nebraska five
| or six years ago." said to Mr.. Hall, who
\ now have good farms with dwellings there
Cd, landed on this side without a cent, but
have made for themselves good homes,
and are now in q prosperous condition,
considering the dullness OF things"
The gentleman also chatted pleasantly on
many other topics, concerning various
things here and how they compared with
those in England. He and his travelling
companion Mr.. Walker, who is taking a
tour Of the country for pleasure, left yester-
day morning for Washington City.