The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-04

Some Readable Feia.. About H. Recent

l d. .
Col. Kemple has been in the city Sc,
eral days, but bis time seems to have bee
occupied in social pleasures. Last nigh
an 1srEIIIoESoER reporter corraled tn
ubiquitous hunorist and gathered from
him the following scraps Of information
Colonel, how has the lecture seasol
been. with you?a
"only fair. I suppose all things consid
cred ought to feel glad that have mad
q living and gotten home without walking
Mr.. II. L. Slayton, my manager, Gays
was the worst season in the amusemen
line that he has seen in twelve years, ant
attributes 1t to three causes: Hard times
bad weather and skating rinks.
1.-THE skating rink % o cheap place 0
amusement. The people have taken to |
as enthusiastically as q calf takes to warn
milk, and consequently the lecture, opers
and drama have had TO suffer. We lo0l
forward to better times and business mex
year. ! had confidence enough in thu
future 10 renew my contract with Mr.
Siayton for the season OF 1866, and au
getting out some fine printing and litho.
graphs. have learned. that success de
pends on good management and judiciou:
advertising"
"Whatihas been your field the past sea.
san?n
Everywhere betweenth the Atlantic coast
and Missouri river. Regular routes could
not be made, and we have To ell engage.
ments wherever We can get them"
AtUhat to .tafx tba kt.pf .. non :.
look2"
SIN the East found manyof the iacto-
ries stopped and employees idle; cause
over.productfon and limited demand. In
the West there are millions Of bushels ef
grain awaiting q market. Money is scarce
and bringing from s TO 12 percent inter.
est. Now, lin that connection, would
like to see some Of the Wheeling grain
merchantsarise to on, explanation, and it is
this: In Nebraska No. corn Is only worth
20 TO % cents bushel. Here In this city
1t Is selling at 90 to 65 cents, so / am in
formed. 1would like to know fit costs
from 35 to 10 cents q bushel TO transport
corn from Nebraska TO West Virginia?
'In converting with leading business
men everywhere there was but one opin-
ion, and 1t was that times will improve as
our country unioads It's vast oyer-produc-
ton Of grain and manufactured goods. /
also found that Wheeling has q splendid
reputation in the West, resting mainly on
the excellence Of her nails, although her
glassware is highly spoken of. As mat
ter rofpride aud pleasure / always register
Jacob Kemple, Wheeling, w. Va When.
that Is observed there are always plenty
OF people who waut to talk TO me about
West Virginia and her resources, winding
up with an inquiry about the Wheeling
steel nail: What Is claimed for It above
the iron nail2 In what does its snperi-
ofity consist? What Is the process Of
manufacturing? Isitregarded as asuccess
and will 1t run the iron nail out of the
market? etc. To all these interrogatories
! usually answer very frankly and intelli-
gently,tI don't know anything about It,
but presume so.' But while at home this
time ] will inform myself on the nail
question:"
when and where do you go from
here?"
81 will be in this neighborhood for the
next ten days, finishing ups few engage
ments, and will then go'FEast, close the
season and spend the summer in Maine,
rewriting, revising and improving my
lectures forinext season. ~ -
One Of the local rink proprietors wants
Col. .Kemple to give lecture on skates.
This would be immense. can Hour at
the Rink; or, Why Eat Sanding has
been suggested as o title.