West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1892-05-19


/ Cincinnati over the O. & NJ. Il. r..
This road is controlled by the b. Il
o., MS it has controlling interest
in 1t. We came through southern
Indiana and ILLINOIS and saw some
line farming country, mostly level
rs 4 floor; The beautiful, green
prairies stretching away in the dis
tance as far as the eye could reach
until they scemed to run up and
unite with the pale blue sky, some
thing like being out on the ocean.
On the train was happy young
couple on their wedding tour. She
leaned up to him like sick kitten
to II warm jam and his arm made
glad the waist places. We were all
interested IN them, but they seemed
totally oblivious to us.
This hotel is one of the finest i'm
the West, and in some respects beats
the Palmer House and Auditorium
Hotel in Chicago. The table ser
vice is better and the walters more
attentive. In fact, everyone is very
polite and seem to anticipate every
wish of the guest. All the walters
and employees are white except the
old fellow who takes your hat ut
the door Of the dining room. In
this he is specialist and never
makes a mistake. Hundreds of
guests from all over the world com
ing and going, and he will take your
hat and lay it on the shelf, and
when you come out hand it to you
with a very polite bow.
Last night Mr.. Jacobs and
started ont after supper to attend
church. We made enquiry of a
citizen about the nearest and best
church, and he didn't seem to know
whether there were any in the city
or not-another said he didn't think
they were open OF Sunday, so VIC
went down to the Spruce Street
Mission. This is right i'm the heart
of the toughest part of the city.
and the audience was about as hard
looking a crowd ms ever saw out
side OF pcnltentiary. A regular
old-fasbioned class meeting, prayer
meeting. experience meeting and
hallelujnh time generally was in
full blast. There were some very
respectable looking people there,
but most Of them looked like tOughs.
x-convicts, broken. down street
walkers, etc. All natlonalIties were
represented. The people m charge
of the Mission do good work and
get people to attend services there
that would not 60 to regular
church. Right across the street
was a church that has been turned
into variety theater, and regular
free and easy performance was in
full blast--in fact, most OF the thea.
ters were open last night.
To-day, in the hotel lobby here,
VIC met viii Duyall, son Of Gen.
Duvall, Of Wellsburg, u young Kcl-
ly, from GAINESVILLE, Ohio, a relative
Of the Kellys in Preston. lie asked
abont AL Kelly and J. J. Kelly and
the Preston county Kellys generally.
We have been around over the
city considerably and find st. Louis
great business town. it knocks
out Terra Alta, and even talrmont,
with all her boom, is nowhere. We
visited the RepUbifc building and
saw them making one of the best
Democratic papers in the West. We
have our arrangements all made to
leave here at A. VI. over the Santa
Fee Route for California. Our next
stop VIII be at Colorado Springs.
Colorado, and will write more from
there.
This hotel is the one where the
great Trunk Mystery" was enacted
two or three yetes ago, wherein -
young Englisbman murdered his
roommate and packed aud shipped
him in trunk and was finally run
down by detectives and brought
here and tried and hung for it. The
case attracted a great deal Of atten
ton. and the papers were full Of it,.
Westward the Star Of Empires
and tho Press Association takes Its
way. More anown.
ARGUS WgsT.
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