The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-22
KNOCK-AB0UT NOTES.

Raleigh Is one Of our counties which
and a very substantial and convenient
brick building II Is. ] notice that the
new court houses OF West Virginia are
furnished with modern appliances for
the dispatch Of business and The n
keeping OF records. These things pay
and arr In the line OF. good business.
KaleIgh has 4 hotel which will surprise
the traveller who comes upon II for the
first dine. Ii has f0rty-three atty. we'll
furnished Ooms and good enough beds
TO rest any weary body. There Is Il
hOme-lIke air about the house, and peo-
PIE who know the place seem to like
TO get there when they can. Raleigh Is
IL good county. There Is outcome in It.
and under favorable conditions It Will
come out.
The road from LHwlsburs to Hills
horo leads over DroOp Mountain. AS
We passed along we came upon n de-
serted Methodist cnmpmcetIng ground.
The tabernacle looked like "a fossil
skeleton. The cabins In which the wor-
shippers were won to sojourn were In Il
state az wreck. | could not get a very
intelliSIble idea OF what had happened,
but there seemed to have been some
sort OF north and south trouble among
the brethren, n split, and the place was
abandoned. a little further on, on the
top OF Dr0op Mountain. from a high
flag pole Old Glory waved In the breeze,
waved In peace and unchallenCed trl-
umph where Il third of n century ago
the Blue and the Grey contendcd dcs-
pcratcly for the mastery. There North
and South lie together under the same
sod awaiting the final bugle call. Stand
Ing on this mountain top ana looking
into the valley below, 1t seemed impOs-
slblc that the Union artillery could
have been trained so. as TO do any effect
I've work against the Confederatcs on
the mountain top; but effective work
was done, and while the cnLlnon were
throwing shot and shell from below.
the Boys In Blue swept around and up
h steep mountain side and drove the
J%nhnnies before them. IT seems impns-
siblc that this position could be car
rlrd. The impossible Is often accom-
llished In war. George ". McCarty.
who owns this mountain top OF the
Dro0p Mountain battle field greeted th
MS "" drove up. The flag ilics IN front
OF his door from a Mckinley and ll0-
bart flag pole raised with great Ccrr-
mony by the n~eighbors two weeks be-
for. our coming.
MCCarty, a very intelligent and agree
able man. tells m Interesting l!ttl" story
or thu reclamation W Che body or Il
Union soldier who fell on this field.
Eighteen years after the fight the mans
brother came back to search for the
body and take It 10 the family home
In New York state. In memory he had
marked tho spot where IN the hurry
OF Oh" hour his brothers. remains were
Ind away. The ground was opened n
not much remained but the skull. Pick
Ing this up the brother, overcome with
emotion, exclaimed: "My God. that's
Jake FrcnCh's heal" Memories Of boy
hood, of the camp. the march nnd thr
bloody field came back. Dust II bones
were all That was l"ft of the Stout young
fellow who responded to his country's
call. Most Of the Unlnn soldiers were
long since removed TO their homes or tn
National cemeteries, ana mos or the
CO~nfcdrratcs slpcp on whore they fell.
From the mountain top the Ilttl" Levels
sprrod ont below, a beautiful stretch of
rolling cnuntry in n valley about two
miles wide and six miles long, and
ncytllnr in It's bosom Is III" pleasant
.llt:Ir hAAmln, Of llillsDoro, lllllshoro IL
moi overwhelmingly Republican, but
here We had one Of our best meetings.
1t was II delight to talk to the people.
Within a ycar n large and vcry Inter-
cstIuv drpOsi, OF marble has been ,iIt-
covered In POCnhuntns county. Some OF
II ia on the farm Of Capt, W. l.. Mcneil,
ncnr H%IllghOrD. II has always been I'M
dnrytood THAT there was nothing OF this