Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-08-25
EN- ROUTE TO CHARLESTON.


POINT PLEASANT, W. Va. Aug.
22d, 1SSS.-Here we are in Mason
County, W. Va, along the Ohio
River. waiting for a train that will
not come until evening, to take us
to Charleston, the seat of West VAS
Capital and the place where the
next officers Of West Virginia will
be named. Riding all day and all
night through pouring rain and
rumbling of long trains through tun.
nels and over grades, without meals
or sleep, unnerves the strongest con.
stitutioned. Delegates to Conventions
so far out of the way, -450 miles,
should be paid five dollars day and
expenses, instead of paying all ex.
penses out of pocket for love OF
country.
Some few of the Republican lead.
ers have passed on through to Char
lesion; quite a number are here, and
the Wheeling train this evening
will bring up the rear. 1t looks as
If many would not get there for the
Convention, as the railroad accom-.
modati0ns are few and far between
We will not be able to give the
readers of THE HERALD any par.
ticulars of the convention this week,
except perhaps the nominees by tel.
egram. The delegates are all in the
best of hopes and spirits, but it is
impossible to give forecast of the
result. There are so many good
men, and hearty disposition to
give the people of the State the best,
that the convention alone can de.
eide. This much we can say, that
BOWERS will show up strong.
After all, the B. q o. is the old
reliable. 1t takes you wherever your
ticket calls for and asks no cues.
tons. The veStibule train is the per.
lection of easy passenger travel but
time and necessity will make trav.
cling one of the modern sciences,
The car vestibule is convenience and
safety compressed into the smallest
space,-neat folding doors, tight
and carpeted passage between the
cars that a child can cross in safety.
no humping or jerking,-and a
bright hall lamp at night where
wind, dust and smoke swept through
before. The cars have dining ac-
commodations, porter, and all
modern convenience,-all for the
commonest travellers, which only
worldly magnates can enjoy by
especial cars " on other roads.
THE DAVIS ROAD.
There is in no place more work and
push going on than on the new Da-
Wis road. Saw mill after saw mill.
one pile of lumber upon another,
coal train after coal train;-new
houses, travel opening, bushes ex.
tending and coming in. No wonder
Henry G. Davis is protectionist
Mills and his anti-American.indus.
try bill offer to put English coal in
here at less than we can mine it if
the iniqaitous tariff is taken off. But
here are tracts upon tracts of tim
Der; beds of coal; vast stretches of
land good only for grazing. Devel-
Oping this means new settlements.
home labor, independence for Amer.
lean people, and no profit for Eng.
land. The general sentiment and
feeling are for Wilson's defeat. He
is to be left at home like Hurd, Har.
rison, Carlisle and other free trad.
ers, and many Democrats feel that
it is party sacrifice we'll made.
The Davis road is finished about
thirty miles into a region of timber
and coal rich and exhaustless.
The West Virginia Central will be
pushed on through the central coun.
ties, down the Elk, to Charleston,
making the distance not over $50
miles. But it costs money,-S2O,-
900 mile in some places. The
damage through one tract of land
was over $4,000. One thousand
men are now at work.
THE FLOOD RUINS.
AT Rowlesburg where the destruc.
ton of the floods was so great, there
is vet an anna limo ciol,t Eoront =,