The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-06-15
WESToN'S GROWTH.

IL loom that 10 Steady md Not of tho
Mushroom HnrIety-TlIe Political Out.
iook-lntrriOr Counties Sour on Pcudlc.
Atkinson mud Doyensr.
Spetai CorrapoaGases OF the In'tgiJnt.r.
WESTON, W. Va, June l4-Situa,ed
IN the mountain ~fa.tncssos OF the cen.
tral part of tho state, VIC have passed
throughttheordeal Of exsravagans boom.
inG, not only By the local pre!s, but by
penny.a'llners Of tho various portions
OF the country. representing not only
tho rural but metropolitan prcsg who
have expended more or less of their
powers in bringing not only this town
but Central West Virginia prominently
TO the front so often As to
cause us 10 blush reading tho roseate
lines Of pen.palnting, There is quite 4
difference between n town doomed and
4 booming town. Weston is Of the lat
ter class, yet partaEes somewhat Of the
mixture Of both. Paper booming often
recoils with sad effect. We possess q
small interior city, built up, and still
building on the practical boom Of steady
growth and enterprise. Fully $780, 900
was expondod the past year by the
people in tho erection OF substantial
buildings, some OF which would be q
credit to any city. Streets and avenues
were improved, walk-Ways newly laid
in short Weston has dropped the
swndling habIlimentS OF q struggling
village and donued metropolitan
airs. We walk at night, guided by the
lurid spark OF electricity, and cook our
plenteous spring chickens by natural
gas. and soon will bo able TO draw. Dur
supply OF water from a reservoir. This
is not all With eight saloons, each
paying sf25, surely tho spiritual wants
oil the people arc well supplied-a So
loon to every City voters in the town.
Now, i. must not be supposed tina.
this town and county alone support and
enable tho s~aloonist to live Handsomely
and build fine houses Of Guinness. The
reader will bear in mind that Weston.i 10
centrally located, surrounded BY
strictly prohibition counties, five in
number, having close railroad connec-
tion. These prohibition counties draw
their spiritual inspiration from this
point AS may be presumed, 4 lively
Jug and package business is the result
between Weston and the many stations
along the line Of thesrailroads.
Yet this is not all. Turn the political
horoscope on and you will find more
politics 10 the square inch in this grow
ing town than you can oven discern in
Clarksburg oil Parkeraburg, aud It even
disputes the ground with Charleston.
Wheeling Ia modest She has outgrowu
her youthful p%enchant for place and
power. only clinsing tenaciously for her
;~ime-honored right TO 4 representative
in Congress. She being modest in her
demands, doubtless the good people OF
the first diatrict will yield to her wishes.
1t mus. not. for 4 moment be supposed
that Of the ak or eight gentlemen OF
Lewis whose names have been mention
cd as candidates for nomination by
Democratic conventions, Tor state and
naionol positions arc really or yet will
be before the Democracy, either for
nomination or election. They are
merely bound together into q kind OF u
mutual admiration society-vou tickle
nc and in return I'll tickle you This
Is q pleasant recreation for them and
mara not the mutual combine for the
ostensible purpose Of an "ad." It Is pc
culiar yet not strange. We all like
good things said about US, and We like
TO read it in a public print In mod
ern times newspapers make great men,
often out OF bad material.
Hon. John 0. Pendleton has sent IN
agent in the person OF Mr.. French
Lynch, formerly OF Gilmer county, a,
present. through the influence OF Mr..
Pendleton, on tho police force al the
capitol. Nj. Lynch, it is understood,
is to look after John O.'s fences in this
portion OF the district. The fences OF
Mr.. Pondleton need no little repair; in
short they are fla, down. judging from
the curses deep and loud heaped upon
him by bis once faithful, now deserving,
friends. The memories OF the past be.
trayals, dating back to the g~ubernatori-
al canvass, coupled with his actions as
to appointments and in Congress. role
gate him 10 the rear in the counties OF
this end OF the distTict. Attorney
Fowler, OF Braxton county, will be n for
midabie competitor Tor the nomination
in the Democratic convention. 1t mat
tiers no, who the nominee may be, de-
feat only awaits him.
The Republicans in the counties
OF Lewis and Braxton, Of which ! can
spcak with correctness, haviag we'll
looked over the field, are somewhat di-
vided as to their choice Tor Congress be-
tween Atkinson and Dovener. Thefact
is both gentlemen are very popular in
these counties, and are regarded as hav-
ing equal claims to the nomination for
Congress From bes, Information OBJ
tsinable | am led TO think Atkinson has
his principal following in the rural por-
tions OF the district, while. on the other
hand, Dovener's strength is much great
or in the towns. With either OF these
gentlemen as the nominee OF the party
We expect SUCCESS at the polls. Yet We
have a willy zoe to contend with; IN apa.
thctic campaign may defeat US in No
yember. Every nan at his post, every
vote in tho ballot-box, will insure sue
cess
The Lewis County Protective club has
been fully r~eorGanized and prepared for
GOOD work. Il will send Z delegation to
Fairmou, on the 10th. 4 county Re-
publican convention has been called for
the I'D inst, for the purpose OF reor-
ganizins the county executive commit
tee and the appointment oil delegates to
the congressional convention.
Immense quantities OF lumber arc
now beiu. shipped east over our road.
Fully twenty-five millions Of feet is
awaiting shipment and will 90 forward
as rapidly ~ possible. Assistant Sup
erintendcnt Lane, OF the West Virginia
d Pittsburgh railroad, having recently
leased the coal mines at St. Glare, be-
tween Weston and Clarksburg, i put