The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-21

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,1,,is,.d Al ite PcStolice at Whesllngi n. Va, =
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WIS WHISPERING GALLERY.
I sThis d d dull old town Of yours said
4 parkersburg man. "You oughtto come
down % The burg Il you want sport
We're gettirgit both ways now, catching
ii going and coming"
j didn't quite understand the Language,
and / asked the Parkesburg man il 1t was
the skating rink he was booming;
Z; isPshayI You've heard about the Grand
Z Tnyvis rid ON the boys who HIT the
teeiis. ior a little sumthin' TO make II ~.
terestin.D Well, thought you had; BUY
Il reckon you don't appreciate the nun o.
Il "A We do on the spot. You see tue
Iovs-som OF 'em white-headed ana
wffnkled- have been running things pretty
lively. There was o. young fellow WIG
was running things with q pretty D9lu
liand! 8 4, certain gentleman who was IN IN
terested 10 stop his performances nag q, MN
brought before the Grand Jury. Ihefe
the,fouse Of cards fell, and great was 'tile
!. faII thereof. An older man, and one o.
creater prominence was ished out 81 the
nnool and he refused to peach on
his pals., They sent the erring
brother before the eour.-Ilhast 1 .Ss
tie most highly. favored Joke 5ot t l1s
season-and lie told the court ne ;M " !i.a
rather be fined than give his TRENDS 70 .le
leyouring wolves Of the Law. For some
rea,on which 1 don't quite undeIstanu,
the court said they Wonldn : talk' aoou w =
! fine for contempt they ~ just discuss ny ~
subject in the light OF dungeon ecu:
II'his made the picture darker and tue con,
tumacious man begged for time. Inc ne ~
day' he showed mp with list that would
reacli from Petersburg oAlariettaittt were
fwritbip., | believe he managed 70 crowd
;nabout 1856 names. There was one very
,irominent name lie left out, as ne
said. because be didn't.want 10 make q
Ecandal IN official circles"
81 didn't catch the name!p
aIknow;yo didn't said the Parkefs-
l,nra man with d chuckle, sand you are
. Not likely 10 catch it from me. Well,
there were about 200 in the batch. Lyon
innltiply that by Sl7 in tines and cost N
eaeh case you}will haye-7-or semepody
eIse. wiil1about S. 400 as the crow aies.
Half That goes TO the Prosecuting Attor-
{ yney. who las lust been building himself q
lo,se. and nov along comes this, pretty
little windfall. But Idon't think the con-
tribulors 10 the fund are awfully Jolly over
Ii, Yori may imagine that society is con-
vulsei from center 10 circumference.
WouIdn'tths publication otthose names
make astir2" "
i remarked that Thought 1t wonld, but
form own part i could not see thatany
good could come OF it, and | hadn't much
taste for the yulture line Of business, The
parkersburg man is pretty good fellow,
INT Ia mustn't run down Wheeling He
musn't say that We are sloE here and
thaye no sport. II ever q 9f 1Msas yafy
makes q dash Of that kind II, W heeiinS,
/ tell you my penny ante trtends, you ate
going to hear the hurricane roar. as ief
as lean see, the only difference on this
point between Parketsblrg and Wheel-
Ing Is that lightning has struck there,
willie. here II hasn't began t2
play around the house-tops. y
the tlrag.net We're to go out
here j suppose that every social
condition and pretty nearly al the occu,
pations-except OF course the reverend
clergy and the spotless newspaper writers
would be represented in the banl. 4
should be very sorry II they were 70 eaten
me, The exposure would wound my ieet-
ings. But there is not much risk 81 any
boiyi being pounced on in Wheeiing. as
lar as my knowledge goes II would be per-
iectly sale 10 set up any game Of chance
on the Court House steps. The idea seems
10 be that we are. not going to recognize
this thing by executing the law AGAINST II,
You know how the Ohio Ptohibittonists
feel about the liquor business.
4 81. III ,.ls,S,.
That IA a er.debate which has been
-. Z l., .,;o "a n,,sa "a nsls.ates over
go.he on ~ s.e ~. i
eoseducauon IN the state Shisstei''.
Delegate Lucas, OF Jefferson, said about
ure, and said II with great beauty Of
diction and high q st ",
!. men y, S,.e s The Jetierson
mans dietiont and style. / noticed that
these two speakers, first Lucas and then
White did what they could 70 arouse Us ,h me
paafa asesl y tSs admiresa n
sas henSaga 1--WE ssIyhits bowled himself
~ n Il, n was
ns.,.;s.. . ;..e s,ns,,s IN tbe sotS Il was
H. ,sa I aaro c Me- nd tSsn he look.
~ aga. ~ aonss a.. much as n saw 10
fs;ands sna' yon catch the
In .,;..sas schs,sa oa1t IsnsrIn Goin.
lSa ~, " ,;ssy fnnd q caII;na IN his od
~ si tass ;ts Ss s ios him AMI iii speeeh
W Ia III, " 7.ts y tS;nd ~ th;ne Far In.
Nas Z celIsd ~, lSoS n witnesa that IN
M il heart lie Believed that men were made