Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-11-01
AN AFFECTING SCENE.
Mayor Grub Dragged From His
House in the Dead Of Night,
BY the Editors of the lntelIigencer and q
Brass Band.--Carried on the Shoulders
of Men to Washington Hail.
Speeches and Red Fire.

This city was, last evening, the scene OF
very remarkable display of bad taste.
Not satisfied with the great measure OF
pain and humiliation which the course OF
the Intelligencer, during the past four
weeks, has brought upon the head OF His
Honor, Mayor Grub. 0And not content
with the happy ending of the late display
Of municipal nastinesu, the Iutelligencer
people saw fit to disregard the old saying
of LET well enough alone" and yesterday
put on foot scheme which was 70 result
in popular ovation" to the head OF our
city government. To this end the hat was
passed around yesterday by reporters for the
Fourteenth street journals brass band and
a drum corps engaged, q large supply OF
red Ere laid in, and other preliminaries
incident 10 o demonstration attended 10.
To Mayor Grub, who early became cog
infant of the Intelligencer's plans, all this
must have been
PAINFUL IN TIE EXTREME.
Not at any time counting notorieiy, he was
personally yerv thankful at the action OF
Council in the matter of the Smith
charges, and, with bis friends, hoped sin
cerely that the last had been heard Of the
late unpleasantress. But Providence,
in the shape of the Intelligen-
Ger, ruled otherwise, and so
it happened that last evening, about II
o'clock, while sitting quietly at his resi-
dence with his family, the Mayors home
was rudely invaded, the Intelligencer men
acting as leaders, by q crowd OF several
hundred people, the unwilling otficial
brought, almost by force, to the sidewalk,
unceremoniously elevated to seat on the
shoulders of two stalwsrt friends and
carried, behind q brass band and in
front Of cheering mass of humanity,
through the streets TO the stage
of Washington Hall. What the Mayors
feelings were can be imsglned. Inwardly
he must have sincerely regretted the part
he has been compelled to play in this
Comedy of Errors, although outwardly he
smiled response to the cheers, and put
on look of satisfaction as he took mat q
glance the red fire, the band and the busy
editors who fitted 10 and fro in their en-
ergetic endeavors to keep up the enthu.
siasm of the crowd.
THE WHOLE AFFAIR
was timed so that the unwonted glare Of
the colored lights and the inspiring strains
of the band, stationed at the corner OF Four
teenth and Market streets, would catch
the crowds as they drifted cut of the
Opera House and Academy, and with this
advantspgeit only took a 1out twenty min
utes of persistent playing to gather a crowd
of two or three hundred people. To these
) red fire was distributed with lavish hand,
and about q quarter OF ii the column,
, headed by the band and an Inteligencer
, man with an extra supply of fireworks,
} started up Market street The column
marched up ss far as Twelfth street, where
it crossed to the east aide of Market street
, and countermarched down Market to
Fourteenth, proceeding up that street to
Chapline and thence to No. 1907, the res
idence of Mayor Grub, Arriving here the
band halted, and the crowd, swollen by this
time to about one thousand people, closed up
about the front Of the residenoe. For q
moment the silence was unbroken, cave
by the blare of the band, and then an In
telligencer man, who had pimbly elbowed
bis way to the top of the front steps,
{ raised shout of "drubbl Grubb!" This
was taken up by number Of Others, aud
. in few moments the unfortunate Mayor
appeared. AS far as the REGISTER reporter
could see, the Mayor seemed disipchned TO
take the prominent part in the proceed
ings called for on the programme, but
here
THI IYTELLIGENCER REPORTER
once more came to the front. Here, a
, couple of you, put him up on your shoulders
and take him to Washington Hall!' he
cried with the stentorian voice of the first
, mate OF q circus, and the command was
, obeyad. The Mayor was boosted upon the
, shoulders OF two men, one OF whom was an
!, Intelligencer employe, carried down on
the sidewalk, and the procession started
for the Hall, arriving IN few moments.
Reaching the Hall, which, tut o few
minutes before had been vacated by the
members Of the dramatic company hold.
ing the boards there, the Mayor was car
ried TO the stage and deposited in big
chair, while the crowd followed, partly
from feelings Of friendship and partly
IRON CURIOSITY quickly filling every avail
able sest in the house, The meeting was
CALLED TO ORDER
BY Col. William Travis who moved that
DIR. T. Il. Logan take the chair. The
editor Of the lLtelligencer seconded this,
others chimed in, and the Doctor came to
the front ard said
FELLOW CITIZENS 1t is a striking char.
asteristic OF Americans that when they
feel happy they want some one to tell il to.
That iS SkI So hsny eiTi4ens are gathered
here this evening. ] regret very much
that circumstances have been such as to
prevent me setting forth what you no
doubt feel in your hesrts There is no
preceds0t Of sGsh On occasion. sach an
outpoQring Of people FIR such laudsble
purpose. Mr. Mayor, addressing that
gentleman with wonderful spontaneous
ness and entirely natural feeling under the
circumstances. q large number of ci,izeps
have gathered together here to give you
an expression Of their feeling for you in
TIE COMPLETE MEDICATION
given your personal and public career
The public bad before this action already
INDICATED you. Although your official ca.
reer ASS been short yet you have no doubt
discovered that lis bonOIs are overcome by
its burdens and responsibilities 1t is q
great qualification to your friends to cay
that your errors have been few and far be
tween. They have assured you that you
have earnes0Y struggled 10 preserve the
peace and morality Of the city. Your
motives bavs been vindieated as correct
and reasonsble throughout. For this
reason your friends are here to hoaor you.
In your uisl you had our sympathy. In
your virdication you have our congratRla-
tons
At the conclusion Of d.. Losan's speech
Mr.. Grub was loudly called for. He
aToae snd merely said -
"My friends, l thank you "
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