The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-28
SIXTY YEARS AGO..
Copies Of Wheeling nndINcw York
Newspapers OF that Time.
CONTAIN MUCH OF3INTEREST
Even at this Late Doy--Was Sound Money
Sentiment In Those Early Dny,-Ths In.
comotlon Of the Forte, Wheeling
rhrn Seemed TO he On tho We,trrn i,or-
der, rrnrticniiy-Nvhai u Half Century
Has Developed III Many Zines.

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Has Developed, III Many Ane..
ny tho kindness OF Mr.. George W.
Stocking, OF sIstersvllle. The 1ntellIgCn.
Ger has been furnished With three copies
OF newspapers dated back over hnlt a
century ago. They are the New York
Daily Express, September ., 1887; the
Ladies' Morning Star, May,1. 1886; and
the Western Virginia Times, Jhne5, 1874,
the latter published In Wheeling. Even
n cursory perusal OF those papers Is en-
Pertaining, affOrdng as It does glimpse
OF the times, since oil newspapers re-
fleet .ne times In which they are printed:
but closer scrutiny throws much light
upon question now much discussed
the question OF national currency. This
Is particularly true In the copies Of the
New York Express and tho Western
Virginia Times.
The former, nm eight column, four
page paper, OF very ilne print, among
Its advertising matter, which constl-
tutes Its chief rcadng,has two columns
devoted to the quotations OF state bank
notes. In the review OF market reports,
money as 4 commodity. Is tabulated
with cotton, wines, etc. The quotations
for specie include those OF American
gold, Spanish and Mexican dollars CIV
Ing the present-dny reader q good OBJ
ject lesson. II the PopOcrRtIc doctrine
Of free and unlimited coinage OF silver
was carried Into practice. After specie,
follows the report on money, which
Says
Money-Thcre Is not as much complaint
about money as there has been: the banks
do not screw UP SO tight, still there Is
but little relief. The message OF the PreSi-
dent has cast cloud over all operations
OF stocks and money: It VIII require
little time before there will be any recov-
cry, Now business men will wait to see
the strength OF parties. Should the Henu-
ments OF the Executive prevail In the
council! OF the nation there can be no I'M
Uncurrent Money-Thc circulation OF
the safety fund banks OF this state Is ut
an end: the great wants of the people are
for small bills. md our banks issuing
none under FIVE dollars. the bills OF the
New England banks take the whole
ground. All sorts OF rags make their
appearance Notes OF southern and west
erp banks are In partial circulation. some
OF them at 70 per cent discount. There Is
no material change In the rate at which
bills are taken by the bankers this week.
The attention paid to travel by sea
to points like Mobile and New Orleans,
IL seen by the many shipping llrec-
tories, and tells OF when the locomo-
tlYe's whistle was almost unheard OF.
npa to FrtN fn ha n
the secretary OF the treasury on the
finances, and the few editorials consist
In relating the latest gossip OF England
and France. Brief mention OF one or
two accidents, completes the local news
OF New York City, and the Gothamltes
must have been content With what they
heard on the streets. for the New York
Daily Express OF 1857, Ignores every
thing OF local interest but the adver-
tiSsmcnts. and the names OF the ad-
vert!sers do not denote so much OF
Teutonic origin. as those OF modern
metropolitan dailIes. Summed up. the
New York Express, as newsEa therer.
will not bear comparison with that OF
West Virginia county weekly.
In New York also. was the home %
the Ladies' Morning Star. II Is OF The
vintage OF lsSG.and made OF four pages.
with three columns on each page of
extremely fine print. Though small. It
is fairly readable for Its general make
up. and S'not devoted exclusively to
matters OF feminine interest as It's title
suggests. 1t contains news OF the In
dian war in Florida, and several Items
OF happenings In New York city. The
patent medicine lads" In Its columns
have been much improved since then,
D.. H-Ez - hs.n. ~,
unknown quantity.
OF the three papers the greatest In
tcrcst attaches itself 10 the Western
Virginia Times, a weekly paper edited
by James Wharton II Is OF the usual
size of the majority OF wecklies, but
contains only four pages. with larger
type than the two papers mentioned.
Like those, 1t uses no headlines. and
the reader to get the sense OF an article.
had to read 1t through.
The paper supports Clay for Prcsl-
dent, against Polk. and among the
Wing principles printed, the first
strikes the eye: "a sound national cur
rency. regulated by the will and au-
tfsority of the nation"
The Clay-Polk campaign was then
beginning to rage, and political news
takes up the majority OF space. A
meeting OF the Wings OF Ohio and
Brooke counties Is called for on Sntur-
day. June s, 1914. at IL 4. M. at West
Liberty. The meeting was to be held to
ratify the nomination OF Clay and FIRE.
linghuysen, and the names OF those
calling IT,. meeting are familiar to
present Inhabitants of the Pan Handle.
A report Is given OF Wing meeting
held at Triadelphia, and satlres In verse
on Polk are scattered through the gen.
eral news. though the general news Is
chiefly political.
In speaking OF trip made from
Montreal to Boston by tramway.
distance OF $40 miles In nearly thirty
that It IS very quick travelling, and
well may be called Through by day
light" An accident in Boston Of two
weeks previous. In which boy was
buried III sand banks IL mentioned,
While from top to bottom of Its pages,
there is nothing Of local interest chrOn-
ic.ed. Wheeling IL not mentioned eX-
cept In tho few advertisements. Two
rival shoe stores, with respective signs
OF the "Blg Red Boot" and the Mann
moth Black Boot" the latter ut the
foot OF the market, while the former
takes It for granted everyone viii
know and does not designate street or
number. To show how business has
changed since then. It Is only necessary
to note that Rihcldafrer and Faris, In
informing the public they have opened
furniture store. agree to send all
chairs. bouGht OF them, 10 the pur-
chaser's home. free ni charge
The Western Virginia Times OF over
Gfty-tw0 years aGl. with Its l!tHi,cd
circulation, IS far ahead Of the Now
York Daily Express. ard to It's readers
must have boon . lrcaaurr every week.
carried though It wnH hy trrrnitc AID
river. The te!cErnph mud raIrIdtl were
thnn MnknnMn In lhia sAri lln and