Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-03-01
WHEELING EXCURsIoNIsTs.
Sights Seen by Nail City Citizens In ii
Sunny South.

Sights Seen by Nail City Citizens In the
Sunny South.
It will be remembered that on Tuesday,
the 18th inst, a large party Of excursionists
from Wheeling, st. Clairsville and Cadiz,
O., left via the Panhandle road for the
New Orleans Exposition, changing 10 the
Louisville and Nashville at Cincinnati, and
proceeding to the Crescent City by that line.
The party was in charge of Mr.. John Nc,
Mechen, of st. Ciairsville. Aprivate letter
was received at this Office last evening from
a young lady of the party, and from it we
make the following extract:
Much praise is due to the officers of the
road. Mr.. j. G. Tomlinson, the agent at
Wheeling, and Mr.. F. NJ. Caldwell, District
Passenger Agent of the Panhandle at
Columbus, were untiring in their efforts to
secure the handsome Pullman palace car
Colorado" for the accommodation of our
party of twenty.eight through to New Or.
| leans. Conductor G. Alexander was polite
and attentive and full of suggestions regard.
ing points OF interest while en- route. The
patty appreciate the services these Off
| Gers so freely rendered, and desire to
have our friends know that we are indebted
for many of the conveniencies of comfort
and the speed and safety of the trip, to the
above officials of the Panhandle and L. IN
routes.
Everybody was disposed to have a good
time, and at this writing 10y is uncon-
fined" twas the intention of the party at
| the commencement of the trip to pay a visit
!. 20 the wonderful Mammoth Cave of Ken
| lucky, Jul bile en- route we learned that
| the drive from Cave City to the cave, q dis
lance of nine miles, was impracticable by
reason of bad roads. Having missed sight
of this wonderful curiosity we concluded to
take a day at Mobile, Alabama. Here we
rest"
The scenery over the red hills Of Alabama
is grand. We looked with interest on Biz,
mingham, where a number Of Wheelingites
| have pitched their iron tents. The resources
OF this district-iron, ore and coal-seem 10
be inexhaustible.
Mobile is a clean, nice city Of $4,000.
We went to the wharf and boarded the ves-
sells bound for Liverpool and other points,
| but got off again. Fruit vessels, in great
numbers, from Florida, were unloading
\ lutlT JeiIOH udllo NOlouSSoJ ahu Oououao'
After doing up the city, dining and eat,
ing Mobile Bay oysters from the shell, we
| took open street cars for the celebrated oys-
ter shell road along the bay. 1t made no
| difference whether the car was of or on the
track, the little mules galloped along under
the crack of the whip and the shouts of the
driver until we brought up at a resort on
the bay.
There were many fine turnouts on this
boulevard from the city. The drive is seven
and a half miles long, white and clean,
lined on the coast side at intervals
with the beautiful magnolia and live oak
trees, hanging with Spanish moss, as in
Florida, which temper the bright sunlight.
Occasionally there was found a pink
tinged oyster shell, and we fancied it had
gotten its hue from the Chinese magnolia
or Jspinoca. 90,
The party before leaving Mobile called
upon Mr.. Joe Heaton, formerly Of St
| Clairsville. Mr.. Heaton has been a resi-.
dent and a business man Of Mobile for the
last FIVE years. His establishment is a fine
iewelry and brio a-brsc place. Having
enjoyed to the fullest extent the hospitality
of the genial citizens of Mobile, we returned
to our handsome Colorado" and at this
writing, Friday noon, We are nearing New
| Orleans. X. 7. II.