The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-21

From here the Btate-dtlven by that
very clever fellow, Page Buckley, took
US 10 Beverly, six miles distant. The
roads were badly cut up through 80
much timber having been hauled over
them tho past summer. OF cOurse they
were muddy, they always are, and a
drizzling rain which was falling added
to the discomforts OF the drive.
It was almost eight o'clock when we
arrived, cold and wet, In Beverly, and
stopped at the Buckley House. Here,
however, a good warm supper, put up
In the style for which Mrj. Buckley Is
uoted, soon puts the traveller In better
frame Of mind, and reconCileS him to
his situation. Mine host Buckley ~
quite a character, and after supper l
drew up a chair before the large open
Fireplace In the hotel Office, and listened
10 his uufailing supply Of stories. He
has lived In Beverly all his life, and no
matter how good yarn may be told oil
days hunt or tramp over the noun
tain, he can always cap 1t with some'
thing better.
He tells one which Is worth repeating
II was some years ago, when game was
more plentiful than 1t Is now, and ht
had occasion To take a team up In the
mountains for some purpose. At one
point along the road he came across .
lock Of wild turkeys feeding. He hat
u long blaCksnake whip, aud with thil
fused lasso fashion, he caught then
around the neck US he passed, and
pulled them one by one into the wagon
By the way, II was near here, JUS
across the line in Upshur county, that 1
surveyor from Philadelphia was aul
pushed and shot a few months ago. HI
had been sent out with asnrveying party
by Eastern parties, TO run new survey
through some disputed land, and thu
settlers took that very decided way o
showing their diBapproYal Ot any BuCl
measure. The settlers certainly hav,
the sympathy Of people In that section
and while their method Of stopping III
survey Is open 10 serious objection, the
opinion Is generally Expressed that II
nearly every case they have tho bes
title 10 the lands indispute, aud that thil
will put q atopto their being interieret
with In the future, and no doubt II viii
for some time at least,
HISTORIC GROUND.
There 10 some historic ground In thi
part OF the State. Near here was Tough
thc battle Of Rich Mountain and skifm
iBheB were q matter Of daily occurrence
Beverly itself was occupied BeyerA
times BY both the Union and Conieder
ate forces, and the inhabitants, whet
they retired at night, were never sur,
whether they would wake up under ID,
Stars and Stripes or the Confederate
Aag. The BympathlzeH with Nottl
and South Beatn 70 bave been pretty
evenly divided. One gentleman, wht
served with the Southern iorces, toll
lue that once he was with q suall fore
on O iOrAeinH expedition, and 40 the!
we're about to Cauip for the night the!
we're surprised by q force Of UnlOl
soldiers, aud only escaped capture b.
taking 10 the woods. After tue war WI
over and he had returned home, h
learned that his cousin had been II
command Of the party which had 0
nearly captured them.
However, Beverly 10 quiet aud peace
full enough now, aud court week or
circus is the only excitement they eS
periUnce from one years end 10 III
other.
/ armly believe II rains all the tim
there, al least II always las been dutin
| INV ViRlta. and VIVA told IL had fniuB
almost evtty day for tue past twelv
months, aud that Vic only place the
have soon dust ID Oh d covered bfldg
which crosses the river, and they loo
upon II as quite d curiosity, Possibly
however, this Is only q yarn which the
tell Ia "tendctioot" W.