The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-07-07

took that ttlip with that admirable states
man and scholar cannot bat help reYer
eneing his talents. He knew the diyid
ing line of the counties on the Ohio side
Of the riYer, and when q few faithful Ger,
mani, whowere hurried across the nYel
from the Ozark hills Of Monroe and
ayerred their allegiance TO Blaine and the
eternal principles. Al the Republican party
through Q German preacher, that great
statesmanyas as much pleased as II the
small coterie that gathered In the woods
bad been q swelling sea Of faces at the
Filth Avenue Hotel, New York.
When that German preacher had finish.
ed his brief speech Of eongratulation Mr..
Blaine came into the car and. said, There
Is no mistakfng that mans nationality;
he .is q German. j like them. 2 Simple,
honest, kind. And yet,-I forbear.
Those dastsrdly Mngwumps loom up, and
/ may forget myself. Hfnc ile ldeFialtet /;
~ .pEE DROPS.
Ihays heard 90 many persons say ..IfI
was only out Of that old. slow town Of
Wheeling. 7 Asfor me andimineI would
rather Be 4 eobbis stone on a rough street
IN The Nail City Than ithe proudest brown
stone frontint the Metropolis Of America.
i would, iora facti =
The Ohio River road, q broached this
subject once before among other things
can boast OF two of the most aentlemanly
and polite conductors of any road in the
country. Neither Captains Gherrington
or Hanlan have bribed me TO say this.
They treated me as thongh / was q conf
mon-eyeryday passenger, and not q, god
who set mp 0 shrine and worshiped HIM
self accounted afew conftesies. The
compliment j wish b convey is drawn
from observation, not experience. will
put those two conductors up against any
on the continent for politenessan general
civility. fsfit
heand aSgood story from the lips of
II. Smith, editorof the Psrkers-
burg Iadsr, which was complimentary 10.
the IsfEtifdEScER and at the kame time
showed the good taste Of Nj. james K.
Bafiey, of Grape Island. Mr.. Bailey told
Mr. Smith that his father, James i BAILEY,
took frstcopYot the eISTElIlGEscER,and
that everybody liked 1t so well that Il has
ever since been in. the family. q
j noticed that Counsellor Woods and
Commodore Darrah were registered at q
hotel in ParkersburgS on: Sunday. As u
tailed tosee them at church l think they
ata political shrine. However,
this Is mere conjecture. but I suppose
they were thinking more of mail pouches
than otprayer books.
The Temperance cause in ParkersburR
seems 10 have gone 10 extremes. Accord
ing 70 modest inquiry OF mine q respect
able colored gentleman said that the bar
ber shops were all closed on Sunday. In
spite of my protestations thatI did not
want adrink but church shave, ny sable
friend persisted Id maintaining that the
people were responsible for
the closing Of the barber shops on the
sabbath. IhaYe no idea that there Is q
bond ofisympathy between the bar room
and the tonsorial parlors Of the sandy
city, and TO this hour j am puzzled rs 10
placing the responsibility OF closing the
barber shops on the temperance people.
There are o few things they are not gull.
ty 81: sai { {
Thereis improvement on every hand
even in the rural districts Of dark and be-
tWetZsl. As the train sped along
| thought i heard the wheels hum, sCiYs
ili'zer, eiy-flfzer.n i may also add in
this connection: More railroads, more
R+publisans.
Vice President Thompson Is vastly i'm
proving the serFirs af the Ohio River
road. III LED.