The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-03
CHE WRalNAs-eutEl

the Fall Of nlncty-two when Parson
scharley" Caldwell was opposing Far
ner'' Capehnrt for Congress. Bearing
the name she doe5fit was especially
iitung that West Virginia town
should Guido itself in its salute 10 tae
new queen OF la Belle RiVIere. a.
Tiun.ington.s by the way, the virginia
ared her SIX lpoundef for the first time
IsIks the Huntington piece 1t Is a
a'bcant' Tor noise.
X tho several smaller towns above
runtington that were passed during
the might. large and noisy crowds were
ne a Political scribe so aptly puts IT,
sI,rrTlJ IN evidence" Everywhere,
west VIrgininns take pride In the tact
that the finest steamboat In. the upper
river has received the name that APP
niles 70 the war-born commonwealth.
BY the way. 1t was the western state
~ Virginla. that was In view when the
neN boat was named and the handle
West-was dropped simply because tts
addition to the name made 1t some
what unhandy. Captain Ellison, super
intendent of the packet line, who Is
making the trip UP the river tells now
the boat received It's name. Captains
henderson. Calhoun and Ellison met IN
Cincinnati last spring to complete ar
rangements for the proposed addition
TO the packet fleet, and. among other
matters, were to settle on name.
Messrs Henderson and Caihouny were
OF the opinion that Allegheny was luss
the proper thing. while Captain Ellison
ably chatnp!oned the cause of Virginia
An all-day's session ended with the
boat a nameless creation. Just as the
hoard OF directors was about to ad-
iourn. Mr.. Ellison proposed that the
mater should be settled by the toss OF
n nenny Heads" won and ,Ellison's
choice .iwent." Had the penny Hoped
tails" the Allekheny would now pe
coming up the river ana the NlrSInlh
nothing but desire unfultiled: seeing
which, all VEGinians should adhere 70
'.heads'' in future transactions %ith
coppers.
During the night, Point Pleasant and
GalIlpoils were passed. but so tar aa-
body hut sleepy wharfman or two
shaved front. Wednesday morning
MIddleport and Pomeroy gave the Vir-
rinia effusive receptions. As usual, the
cannon doomed and the mobs played
havoc with the cabin. Ravenswood was
another West Virginia town that didn't
do the thing by halves. Hail OF Jack
son county turned out and the town
had circus day appearance. The sew
eral smaller towns between Ravens
wood and Parkersburg also did them-
selves proud. At Parkersburg mag
ni1cent reception was given the boat
AT Petersburg. the Thursday
Club" OF SistersvIlle, came aboard, un.
der the chaperonaSc OF Colonel Clint
Moore. They were gay party and
soon had the main cabin cleared and
TOOK to the festive dance. At Marietta,
another Slstersvillle social organiza.
tIon. the twentieth Century Club"
came aboard and added TO the festivlty
Of the evening. These two clubs, by the
way, represent two sections OF social
life in the hustlIng oil town. The
'aThursdays" are composed OF newcom-
ers. while the other Is made up OF peo-
ple native to the soil Each claims to
occupy tho premier position and rep
resent the beau monde" OF the place.
Certain 1t is that both nre full OF very
agreeable people.
Yesterday morning found the Virgin
IN above SIstersvIlle. At Darlington,
Powhatan and MoundsvIlle large
crowds welcomed her. while Bellnirc
turned out almost en- masse. But II
was Mt WhecIlnR tHht oHt VI tue III ReHl
crowds seen along the river turned out
Just ns the new boat whlstlcd. when
opposite the Belmont Iron works, the
several boats In the harbor, Including
the Lexington, Liberty and Charleston
united in n steam whistle salute that
was noisy enough to suit anybody. The
virginia responded with whistle and
cannon. The racket attracted n great
crowd to the river front, who took nd.
vantage OF the opportunity TO. inspect
the boat. AS has been true elsewhere
on the river, nothing but words OF
praise were heard. During the hour. 10
10 II n. M, while the Virginia was here.
she was crowded with people, a del
egatlon OF PlttsburGhcrs came aboard
70 make the trip to the Smoky CITY
Cnptnina ELLISON and Calhoun were
greatly pleased with the reception ac-
corded the packet here,
on n steamboat an appetite lnvnrl.
ably In In good working order There
seems 10 be something In the air and
gurroundngs that sends the worst dis
pcptlc aboard to the front In tho rush
limo Tor the dinner table. II may not
be n profitable or altogether desirable
feature from the pnckctman's point OF
view. but It's fact. Some OF the boya
were telling grub" stories AMI
Captain Ellison contributed the pre-
micr one Of the lot Several years ago
he was monarch or NIL he surveyed on
the Hudson. Once. coming up tho river
a representative OF the buckeye state