The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-29

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and daughter Miss Mary. and Mr.. ana
Mrs. W. J. Lukens went to Detroit.
All the Wheeling people were delight
ed with Put-in-Bay especially those
who were content with quiet place.
Some. who sought excitement and
crowds, left at once for other resorts.
This duletness and lack of "attrac-
lions" seems to be the handicap under
which Put-in-Bay struggles. Here is
the Hotel Victory, with capacity for
nearly 1000 guests and service that Is
really excellent, yet 1t Is unusual to find
more than 200 people there, scarcely as
many guests as there are employees. In
fact the big hotel is a white elephant
and has already figured in a receivers
hands. Passenger men say the truoble
is that the resort is not far enough
north, but this doesn't sound reasonable
when comparison is made of the aver
age temperature at Macklnae and Put
in-Bay, there being no aprpeciable diff
ference. Another explanation Is that
the average tourist desires longer
lake ride than he has from Toledo, De-
trolt or Cleveland to Put-in-Bay. and
for that reason prefers going up 20
Macklnac or Charlevolx.
Put-in-Bay boasts the grave Of John
Brown, jr., son of the original John
Brown. and John Brown III lives on one
OF the Islands of the Put-ln-Bay group.
The other night party Of Wheeling
peolpe chartered sail boat and enjoy
ed themselves hugely. though the wind
failed them on the return and the skip
per had to skull the craft home. Pun
Ming was favorite diversion; possibly
this caused the wind to seek other
waters. This was about the worst Of
the lot:
why is Mayor Hamm. of Fulton, al
ways suceessful?"
Because all schenk's hams vote for
him"
Mrs. Samuel Sherman formerly Miss
Lima Hennig) delighted u party Of
Wheeling folks with Rotations In the
assembly hall at the Hotel Victory one
evening this week. Before the finale
came half Of the hotels population was
on hand and applauding enthusiastic
ally.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Mccoy had their
wheels and cycled the island from one
end to the other. Mr.. Mccoy says they
reeled on half hundred miles, but US
the island has an area of less than three
miles 1t is evident his cyclometer was
running overtime.
The big wine cellars were the Mecca
for many of the wheEllng people at the
Bay. Some who imblbed literally in
the GOODNESS OF the cellars found the
walking deucedly rough in the warm
air outside.
When the wheelingites arrived at
Toledo Saturday night 1t was Intended
to come over to Put-in-Bay Sunday
morning, but when the dock was reach
ed and the crowd Of 1900 or 1000 wait
ing to board the steamer was seen,
many waited in Toledo for the Monday
boat. They were repaid Sunday night.
when they witnessed the 100000 c.,
| n. d. grain elevator fire.
Among the attractions Hotel Victory
advertises are Photographic dark
room and a quarter mile track. The
darkroom is merely dark room (thIs
is case of accenp. and the track Is
the cinde- roadway around the big
hotel building. Summer resort men are
equal to the circus people in some re-
spects.
The Wheeling stogIe got more free
advertising out Of Judge Colts decision
at Boston than 1t has received in any
other way, or Will ever get In the flu
tGre probably. The Wheeling tourists
can testIfyt TO this, for almost lnvaria-
bly, the first topic brought up by people
they met on their trip was the stoGie
and the recent decision. That decision
is booming the stogIe everywhere, and
people want the genuine Wheeling art-
Gle. AS the genuine has to be made
in Wheeling, the greatest boom In the
history of the stogie industry at home
is certain to come; In fact, there are al
ready indications Of It's appearance.
All the Wheeling people unite in ex-
tending their thanks to Travelling Pas
senger Agent Sam Sherman, and to the
wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Com
pany, for the complete arrangements
they made for the Builders Exchange
trip. Although the crowd was not so
large as had been expected, their en-
joyment of the outing was without a
shadow.
Midway between Toledo and Put-ln-
Bay. n few miles northwnrd Of the
course between the two points, IS the
spot where the first naval battle in
which an American squadron figured
and victorlously-took place. Who
hasn't heard Of Perry's Victory on Lake
Erie? Its recital forms one OF the
brightest pages In American history.