The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-06-18

gathered here from other parts Of tn
State, and while they talked politics
there were frequent breaks in their tall
about Presidential preierences,g gdurinl
which they pf,ised and compliments
the B,& o. for kindne$ and efost
TO please. As tone we'll known gentle
man settled back in IN easy chair in on'
Of the private cars, he refnHfkedtA s'>'e
81 wonder how those enemies OF Capt
Bill Clements, who circulated the storI
that as soon as he got back on the b. .
o. every Republican employe woult
have to walk the plank, feel now? Thii
kind O. gives the lieItb that, eh?"
With the ,arfiYal. OF the Parkersburt
sleeper, the leepers Tor the people iron
here wetS, (brodght sup from the yardi
and the excursionists began to hunt FOL
their sections. Everything was nov
hustle and confusion, and it became mort
and more so as the time for departure
drew near.
The Black Eagle drum corps appeared
followed by bigCrowd, and the rattlln1g
drums andsqueaking ffes aided in max
ing the event q regular 9ld'ume cam
paign occurrences. About the same time
several Republicans who had determin'
ed to make the send-of one worthy the
occasion, the crowd and the train itself,
let off some fireworks at the lower end
OF the station. Rockets shot high in the
air, colored fire balls from Roman
candles glanced about in all directions,
red fire made things red and cannon
crackers helped swell the din and con-
fusion. -, =,
At $50 Capt. Bob Moore swung his
lantern, the bell rang yeverybodE in the
crowd OF 1000 on the platfdfm cheered,
the crowd on the train gnswerdd back,
and the train was of. The men in
charge OF the fireworks went with the
train us far rs BenwoOd, and kept up
the burning OF red fire and candles and
the shooting Of crackers all the way
through tile city!
- AS the mills on the South Side were
passed the workmen Cheered, and at
Benwood there was more cheering.
At Benwood Junction there
was another display OF fire.
works, the rockets ascending
announcing to the Ohio friends that
West Virginia was on her way to the
front. No time was lost in getting
away. AS the heavy train steamed up
on the bridge there was a heavy salute
of crackers and then the firing, party
settled down ito wait for the regular
train, which was over an hour late. On
its arrival 1t was given a rocket AMI red
fire salute.
The excursion train was run as the
first section OF the "Daisy Limited"
from the river to Chicago. Capt. Moore
was not the conductor first detailed for
the trip, but hs soon asit was found out
that they were not to have jolly Bob
Moore to take their train, there was a
hurrying to and fro among the head
men OF the delegation, conference with
Capt. Devries, little telegraphing, and
at 1880 o'clock Capt. Moore had orders
to take out that train.
The other conductors were inclined to
kick o. little, but Captain Qevries' an
'swer, FThey want, Bob, and that settles
it'll. Settled that matter. A better man
than Capt. Moope,nor better crew than
the one he commands "a hotto be found
on the road. Engineer John Moore ran
the train as far rs Newark and made
things hum. Engineer John Cummins,
whom everybody knows, was among the
alternates, and it was the understanding
that he had in his pocket permission to
Tuntthe train into Chicago. He wanted
the honor Of guiding the train into the
big depot, and had been promised q
pilotin order tolbsEable to do so.
I The regular train had four sleepers on
and after crossing the river Mt ll:45
o'clock ran as second section. 1t was
followed by still another section made
up almost entirely OF sleepers, carrying
Maryland Republicans, principally from
Baltimore. The sleeperiurnished by the
company for the ladies' OF the Wheeling
party was beauty.
Nearly all the conductors running out
Of here Saturday and Sunday had spe-
cial train check. 1t was q strip Of white
cardboard, onwhich was printed Blaines
picture. these were stuck in hat bands.
Yesterday afternoon the B. x .. took
out nearly thirty excursionists for Chi
cago, and last night there was sleeper
and two day coaches full Of people from
here, nearly all bound for Chicago
More are going to-day. The b.
& o. caught the people big on
this trip, and the patronage is
surely deserved, for the company has
spared mo painsto arrange il 80 that all
shall have agood time 80 far jas the COM
pauy is concerned 2 Z S.g.sS
The Saturday night train, the distin.
guished party it carried and the send-otf
II got will long be remembered. 3,.a