The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-18
TOWN OF woopsrlELp.
A Progressive Little CIty on tho Other
side q rho itiytr-I'rec silver Mushroom

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A Progressive Little City on tho Other
tieresy.
Special Correspondence.
WoopsFELD, o., Aug. l7,-ThIs Is
not n field OF woods" as Its name SUE
gestCd to II seven-year.old boy; but 1t
IL U beautiful town OF about fifteen
hundred Inhabitants, and M VIII not
nnu a more progressive, up.ko'hntc
Inland town In several days Journey.
Having an Ideal location, pure water
and good drainage, It's inhabitants
from grcat-grandmothcr down to baby
nro hGaltllful aud robust, progressive
and prosperous, cultivated and refined.
happy ana c%ontentcd. What more could
anyone want unywhCreP (Of course,
Dnby'S culture depends upon Its nge.)
II there IL Il cool breeze In circulation
II Is sure to ONT this way. Its four
hotels serve good meals, well cooked ut
reasonable rates, making Il altogether
n delightful place for regt and rccrea-
ton for city folks. who are lcss fortli-
nate In many ways.
II has Il large public square sur
rounded by shhpcly shade trees which
would be Il credit to many Il big town
where city 'airs" obtain, When st ia
hs old 1t may be az pretty, II not as
grand und renowned, as Inter den
Linden. In III" suburbs are numerous
groves and native parks which are not
cmbnlllshcd ut every turn with Il Sign
90 keep OF the grnsa."
y magnificent public school building
or pressed brick and stone, il now be-
ing erected. II Is modern In design,
equipment and furnishings, unl VIII be
Il credit alike to the architects, Fran
"heln' ileHy 4 FlrIg, the builders, the
board OF education and the town.
J.. .. johnson, "thc gas man." fur
hlSlcs natural gas In abundance FOR
iuel ana light, at Il satisfactory price.
The good housewives patience Is never
tried to It's llmit attempting to cook on
n fifteen or twenty degree Fahrenheit
stove, like her good sister In Wheeling,
who has had this experience on divers
occasions.
I'VE never miss the water til the
well runs dry" has been prominently
demonstrated In the temporary stop
ping of all traffic on the line Of the
Bcllnire. GAINESVILLE & Cincinnati, on
account OF washouts several times
during the past six weeks. The
Knockout drops came In battallOnS
and followed each other in quick sue
cession. The people did not seem TO
appreciate the immense advantage OF
this enterprIslng road until they found
II could not serve them at the moment
Of their needs. The officers showed
Conmcndable energy In making tempo
rory repairs and getting trains through
with but little delay. II is now equip
ped With steel rails 10 this point. and
will soon replace It's wooden bridges
with steel. During these storms this
county has lost forty-three bridges.
Two English papers are published
here: 1.-The Monroe Gazette" an enter
prISinE, progressive Republican week.
~, ably edited by o. ". G%reenbank;
and the spirit OF Democracy" whose
editor, j.. II. Alexander, Is up with the
times. and gets u u I've Spirit"
which Circulates largely among kin
GrCd spirits. B. Zitznan publishes
''The Monroe Journal" n German pa
per, which enjoys a liberal patronage.
Hon. L. Danforl was here Saturday
afternoon and opened the campaign
with q remarkably strong and forcIble
speech on the live issues Of the day.
His argument was pointed with
known facts and emphasized with SIM
lNN Aio dklOilSi "IlGl WIZ AT bIIGt
convincing and u~nrefutable. His logic
NJ facts and missiles OF examples rid
died the Chicago POpocrnttc platform
out OF all sCmbtance OF what some OF
Its friends thought II to be. and gave
the Democrats some political nuts IN
crack which Will puzzle them for 4
good many moons. Some people be-
come SO permeated with one idea Mt
times, that they do not seem to be able
to exercise the power Of reasonable
Judgment and discretion. When the
MUSHROOM heresy OF free silver Is prop
erly diagnosed and Understood, 1t will
fade away md be gone; which reminds
me Of the remarks Of Rev. r.. S.. Nc
Arthur, who said In the course OF his
sermon luSt Sunday week, in New
York, that all the speeches he Ind read
on free silver were made up Of equal
parts OF lungs, lunacy and larceny.
Dr.. Buckley writing on the silver
question says 1T Is a dIscouraging and
p~erplexing fact that the nature OF this
subject Is such that those WIN know
the least about It can be the most e,o-
quent md tenacious, and that SO many
OF the factors are capable OF such dif-
fercnt interpretations that a wild and
un~reasonins excitement which shuts
thu eyes to truth and hardeus the heart
ngainst persuasion. may be cngen-
dered," II r.