Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-02-02

haunor river, over which they haul their
timber. They have p mill of their own at
Buckhannon with a capacity of 10, OOO ieel
per day, besides two or three other mills
along the line saving for them by the
thousand The lumber is shipped prlncl-
pal.y 10 the 7 stern markets DE-. Ne"
Ion, the General Manager, Is a very pleas
ant gentleman, and is using every en-
deavor to make success of the b. K l.. "a.
BuckhanHOn without I doubt Is one
among the prettiest sites for q town,
/ ever saw. saw the size for the new
college to be erected by the NJ. E Church
and | must say if the Good Being had
made it to order He would scarcely have
made any improvement. The site for the
college is on the land of Mr.. Levi Leonard.
Nr. Leonard is one of the live and sub
stantial men Of Buckhannon. He Is a
large land owner here and President OF the
BuckhanOn Bank. had quite a lengthy
talk with ex-senator Thomas j. Farms
worth about politics of course, espec'
tally the tariff and prohibition
He is well posted on tariff
and l fear knows something about profit
bition, judging from the able manne In
which he handled those subjects. The
Senator is looking extremely well, n !
have no doubt possesses all the health and
vigor necessary 10 fill the g~ubernatorlal
! chair with entire satisfaction to the GOOD
people of West Virginia. / wanted very
much to have remained in Buckhannon
another day. but my time was limited.
Friday, at 4:05 o'clock p. IN, l LETT Buck
L. - .-..-nl - VVaufng of h.lA N
IN. Weston has grown since l Was here
last, two and a half years ago. This town
doubtless is destined TO be one Of the most
prosperous inland towns in the State. IL
has the country behind it to make 1t. 1t
is general headquarters for the c. w. & u.
railroad. 1t has many live business men.
| The completion of Senator Camden's pro-
iected railroad from New Martinsville on
the Ohio river to the coal fields and Clarks-
burg would. in my opinion, be Infinitely
more advantageous 10 the people OF
Weston and Buckhannon and the entire
region of country lying adjacent than
the completion of any other single pro-
iected railroad they have in view. 1t
would give these people a shorter and
more direct route to Wheeling, besides the
benefit of competition. Should Dir. Cam
den build the line from New MartinsVllle,
it looks very reasonable that he would soon
widen the narrow guage from Clarksourg
TO Buckhannon.
The first acquaintance l met on my ar
| rival ut Weston was Hon. Andrew Ed
Winston. The meeting awakened old
"reminiscences. | recalled the time when
E(during the session of the Legislature 81
| ISL and 1892 Andy and l sat up all
night sometimes at the NcLure House
DOring orer matters Of State; how laboriously
we worked our constituency will probably
never know, and perhaps ii Is best. | bad
the pleasure of meeting that prime OF good
fellows, Hon. Albert A. Lewis. My first
acquaintance with Mr.. Lewis was at
Charleston during the sessions OF
the Legislature OF ~ ana
'73 Mr.. L.. was q member Of the
House of Delegates and Chairman OF the
Committee on Education, and as such he
did most excellent and efficient work. He
prepared the law found in the actsof "T2-3
on Education. DR.. Bland is q gentleman
probably 20 or 10 OF aye. He told me
roc that when he was & small boy, prODa'
bly, Is or : years Of age, he attempted ION
one 0cCasiOD) to cross the West Fork river,
but could not vide the stream, a gentle
mai came along on horseback and said;
"My son, do you want over the river
Tie doctor replied, II do" The gentle
man said, here, lad, get OH the horse be-
hind Tue, and l will take you over That
gentleman, the doctor said was Mr.. Albert
Lewis. | could not imagine nat motive
actuated the doctor i'll telling this, unless
it was TO iniure hlr. Lewis matrimonial
prospects, which are now thought by his
friends 10 lee very bright. l can assure
the reader that Mr.. l. looks younger and
/ believe Is younger, than when first met
him in -.
through the kindness of the efficient
Superintendent, DR.. Bland, ! attended the
usual Friday evening dance Of the
patients at the Insane Hos,
pi!ai There were 400 patients
assembled in the chapel. The dance IL an
innocent diversion for them. A large mum
Der OF patients Join in the dance, but a still
larger number are merely spectators. How
they did enjoy il! At $50 O'Clock when
the festivities closed, they all seem
ugly regretted to leave. A patient, an
OLD man from Wheeling, was dancing IN
the last cotilli0n, as seen as the dance
closed. and as the patients were retiring,
he went to the centre of the chapel, knelt
down upon his knees and offered up ashOrt
PRAYER. The Doctor says the patients
look forward to the Friday evening enter
tairment with a great deal OF pleasure,
and | do not doubt it. The patients all
looked clean and tidy.
| presume nearly one-third OF the entire
State revenue is appropriated to the sup
port of this Hospital. Whilst it is a ter
rible drain from the pockets of the people,
| think the money is freely given. All the
people ask in return is that the unfortu-
nate people be properly cared for, and
the Institution be economically managed.
! This much the people have a right to de-
mand. There are now 800 patients in the
Hospital.
believe the law governing the hospital
ought to be changed. Create \ medical
department and give it in charge Of a COM
petent physician with a competent corps
of assistants. Let the physicians have full
charge of the health of the patients. Then
appoint a superintendent, not II physician,
with reference solely to his peculiar fitness
as a ~fnancier and executive officer. Satur-
day at l o'clock, p. ~, l lett Weston on
nv return. On the train met Rev. A. B.
Rorhbaugh, the gentleman recently
chosen TO succeed Dan johnson as Chair
man of the Executive Committee of the
Prohibition Amendment League. Mr..
Rorhbaugh says there will be a Prohihi-
ton mass meeting held some time in
March next. either at Grafton Of Parkers-
burg, at which time a plan Of campaign
will i've adopted. Mr.. K. is very much OPP
posed TO the third party movement and
saws that more than tour-itths OF the
friends of the amendment in the State are
likewise. According to this Dan john
sons third party cannot extend far be-
yond the johnson family.
Yours truly,
ELIXIR.
MARTINS FERRY.
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