The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-09

The election returns from the outly-
ing country districts Of Ohio county
we're received by tho txrE1ttoEScEs
Tuesday night far in advance Of the
official returns that came by the horse
back route. The bicycle riders who
volunteered to do this did their work
nobly in the face Of innumerable dill
culties. The National pike was in fear
ful condition, and tho other roads were
twice as bad. In addition rain. sleet
and snow added to the pleasures( y Of
the ride. II the weather had been good
the wheelmen would have made much
better time, but in that event their per-
Torrance would not have been 60 note
worthy as II was With the difficulties
that strewed the way Tuesday night.
Walter Worls. who was tho first man
10 arrive at the 1STRLLtGENcER office. had
variegated' experience. His destina'
ton was the Adams school house, In
Richie district. His route was out
Caldwell's run and on the old Fairmont
pike, ak miles. Caldwelrs run was a
sea Of mud and the rider experienced
great difficulty In keeping 10 his wheel.
On his arrival at the toll gate, half way
out, he was misdirected by the gate
keeper and went four miles out OF his
way in the darkness and mud before n
coterie OF election iollifiers sent him
back to the toll house. He arrived at
the school house long before the votes
had all been csunted. The last forty
votes that went in were straight Repub.
lican, and when the result at this
Republican stronghold was announced
80 Republican aud % Democratlc-a
scene OF enthusiasm followed. WORKS
made great time coming in with the
returns, taking the hills at 1885 clip
that astonished the natives.
Herbert Riheldaffer had one Of the
hardest OF the four routes-to the brick
school house in Richland. On his ar
rival there he was unable TO find shelter
anywhere and was forced to hunt
warmth under a hay stack. This didn't
pan out very well, SO bio started fro in
the roadway, which be Rugged until he
received the returns at 10 o'clock.
RiheldahFer was "a sight" to see when
lie arrived at the 1sTELLiaEScER Office
about II o'clock-mud from head to
foot, And his wheel looked as though
it weighed 200 pounds.
Stamp got the returns at Crumback-
er's, ten miles out tho pike, about 10
O'Clock and made good time into town.
Out the creek valley he struck storm OF
mingled snow, sleet and rain. Tho snow
gathered on the lamp on his wheel and
the rider was after that unable to see
the roadway. Several times he went
into stone heaps on the roadside and
was sent sprawling yards away. Hap.
PLY he did not puncture the tire Of his
machine.
Ellsworth schofeld, the fourth mem
Der Of the quartette, was pursued by
more III luck than the others even. He
started out with pacemaker, but the
latter went into heap OF ciuders before
leaving the city and was knocked out.
Schofeld's route was up the river road
Ia Glenn's Run school house, five miles.
At the Top mill toll house SchoGeld,
who, by the way, weighs 200 pounds,
punctured his tire. Leaving his ma
chine behind Schofeld tramped 1t to
the, school house, three miles up the
river. Upon his arrival there he found
the votes had not all been counted, aud
trudged back to fix his wheel. lie then
rode up and got the returns. He got
into town at II o'clock, and was almost
benumbed with the cold. He Rugged a
stove for four hours after he had deliv-
cred the returns.
The boys surely did remarkably well,
taking the circumstances into consider
alton.