The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-03-06
WEST VIRGINIA.
AT THE anEAT INAUGURATION.
How tho Hardy aroantaIneers Farsd Mt the
capitai-seoaes and incidents The Pick.
pOeke. Abroad In the eIand-psnonal
mention and General Gossip.

pocket Abroad In the Land Personal
Mention aud General Gossip.
Special oOrapoadae Of sAs Hts9baier.
WASHINGTON, D. O., March 6-The
J. West Virginia eontingentat the National
] Capital on Inaugural day was large and
comprised many prominent men Of this:
city and State. and many othera who,
while perhaps less prominent had more
fun. Many Of those who came down from
4 Wheeling spent Monday night and part Of
Tuesday in Baltimore, fearful that they
would be unable to secure quarters in
Washington. The latter tear was not well.
founded. There were plenty Of accoinmo:
dations for dodgers here. But the mer.
cenary boarding house keepers seemed to
desire to make it an object for visitors to
sit inathe parks or walk the streets all
might. The hotels were ali quickly filed,
and did not raise their rates; but
from 81 to, s. or 81 was charged
by lodging house keepers for a
nights accommodations which on
any other occasion would have been dear
at q quarter. Six West Virginians were
unfortunate enough to secure lodgings In
one room on o Street-at s. a,bed,s Eight
Pennsylyanians occupied the adjoining
room. One OF them isnored like q fog
horn, and the Others took turns in getting
up every half hour and heaping Goals on
the glowing crate, making all the noise
they could. Between them the West Yir-
ginians managed to get about IN hours
sleep. In the morning one OF them said
to the landlord: ~ can't take my bed
home now; Just keep it till send forit.
Or wouldn't you like to purchase IL back
for about 70 cents?p This precipitated on
the crowd a speech longer than Cleyelands
inaugural. FL, lss
late Tuesday night q party Of fpedestri.
ans found a man asleep on the steps Of
the Metropolitan n. L. Church. Fearful
that he would take cold one Good Samari-
tan walked him up. "Lem'me lone p
said he. 81 never made three dollars
easier n my liie.o e,
He was let alone. Z.
Last night many mon slept on the
benches erected for spectators along the
Avenue, and others found lodging gin door
ways. The hotel Offices were full Of
loungerp, many Of them without even
seats, aud the stairwsys. and corridors
were iammed with people who preferred
to sit up 10 being bled TO death for ID lew
hours slumber. Some poor unfortnnates
walked the streets all night.
PROMINENT wngRIlNarrEs.
Among the prominent Wheeling people
in Washington were Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Speidel, uSpt. John NJ. Birch, Thomas M.
Darrah, Chief Of Police Smith, Guy r. o.
Allen. Clement Hess, Major Anderson,
County Commissioners Delbrugge and
Pickett, Robert Simpson, John II. Hall,
Alex. Updegraff, Walter Rinehart, Deputy
|'U. s. Marshal Ramp, Joe Webb, Joe Fer.
rell and hundreds Of others. Charley
Seabright was in the ranks ot the New
York Tammany Club, and he and the
Davis Guards, Of Keyser, were the only
representatives West Virginia had in the
big procession. That Is, excepting, OF
course, Senator .kenna, who rode in the
carriage with Vice PRECEDENT Hendricks.
A finer or more distinguished looking
man was not in. that distinguished com-
pany.
Among the prominent West virginians
outside OF tho city were w. s. Sinclair, e8-
Attorney General Watts, Hon. Dave
Leonard, Judge ]. NJ. Jackson and L. b.
Dellicker, OF Parkersburg, John w. Har-
ris aud Alex Matthews, OF Lewisburg,
Cam Thompson, ofthe Hinton Herald,
Julian i. Fleming, OF the Ne0 Dominion,
and Prof. Wiley, OF Morgantown.
The West Nirginians were conspicuous
| In one unfortunate respect. Mr.. Joe Fer