The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-26
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Tot away
From he summer heat and racket Of the
They Ten the namo ola tales Of sweet do
me s.stfaI stroiis % cool and mo0alis
But theS seem to stretch It - that the
chap who couldn't 90
down.
rhoIE tongues roll on the pleasures q their
win eSsbusiasm bpbbllnE At the lip;
Thsy repeat I Ger md Ger tIil the whole
thing u bore.
And thtiF auditoF considers suicide.
me quality. Of mercy. SAID Portia, Isn't
So, summer touriita- this season plealo re,
From rabbIns IN the dose to the chaps
And atafy IN the town to there abide;
An argument for criminal heredlty
Is contained IN an experience Of camp
life related by Major ", ]. W. cowdeu.
who was an army paymastsr in the
Spanish war Major cowden was loca-
ted IN the southern states where most
Of the volunteer regiments were sta
toned. One of.the companies In a Ten
nesSee regiment, a colored Organization,
had three brothers named Abernethy
who were destined to leave their mark
before muatering out day was followed
by another day. In a saloon brawi, one
OF the brothers shot man, but was ao-
quilted. owing to the doubt as 70 his
guilt In the minds o. the Jury. The
second Abernsthy "gunned" his man
soon afterward, was convicted and
sent to Fort Leavsnworth for life. The
regiment was mustered out at Macon,
Ca, where, by the way, all the shoot
Ing festivities occurred, and the day OF
departure was enlivened by the rivalry
OF two competing railroads to getto carry
the bulk OF the men. As one train was
leaving amid a certain amount OF eX-
element, the third Abernethy became
involved n dispute, and whipping out
his revolver shot his man dead. No
arrest was made. The good people OF
Macon were doubtless glad to be rid OF
the coiored clan Abernethy. The muir
ders accustomed no little talk In army
circles and on investigation Major Cow
den learned that the father OF the
Abernethys was confirmed thief, with
other criminal characteristics and that
the only remaining restraining factor a
good mother, was q minus number
Aside from the Abernethys the regt-
ment was considered good one.
M. ,..o,t ,,..,.,, - t.os,si Sor pronn-
enRdsra IN the evening fg the west slde
OF Market street, between Twelfth and
Fourteenth streets. From to 10 o'clock
there Is a constant succession Of fomil-
lar faces and otherwise. but the grand
rush occurs on Saturday and Sunday
nights. on the former evening an ex-
oduS OF shoppers from the surrounding
towns SweiiS the native population, ana
prosperity at the mills produces rat
purses. This great crowd on Market
street, between the points mentioned,
rivals the thurOughfRres OF eastern c!t-
les, and by reason OF his troubles in
hurryinR through It, a thoughtful citi-
zen rises to suggest widening OF the
sidewalk from Twelfth to Fourteenth.
Extension OF the curb out Into the
street would relieve the burden, he ar
CUES, without materially lmpairing wa
gon traffic. Expansion Is the ruling
idea, he continues, and more width OF
walk is the thing.
The observer OF the practice Of
Jumping freight trains at the corner Of
Sixteenth and Chapllne streets, Won
ders at the ANAL accident list thereby.
Every evening as the trains pull up the
grade and rumble through the Hemp
feld yards. sees at least dozen young
men adopt this plan Of getting a free
ride. They are not all Of the genus
hobo. some being residents OF Elm
Grove. and they take great risks, II
the trainmen are watchful the gang
Sorsakel the bumpers" or open door
entrance to o box car, for the more
dangerous rod method, and leap under I
the cars with deXterlty that saves
coroney's inquest Riding on the RODS
under car VIII be done by a man who
would think twice Of monkeying with
revolver before he found out whether 1t
was loaded.
These are the days when Wheeling
creek Foes TO China by the sub terra
route. At present the stream is in tho
Glenn's run class and the residents
along It's banks look on II only as
cuspIdor. The various chemicals and
efher kinds Of deposits from the creek
have given to the shall
low water many tintB, though the
same must be said TO lack any color
beauty, The dunB and browns and
coppers and oily green's are too realis-
Tic for artistic reflections these dog
days, even after nightfall. when the
white light OF an August moon Is doing
its best to halo the Landscape eftects.
The county fairs are IN full blast and
will succeed ench other until the end OF
October The festive candidate 10 ex-
ercislng biennial interest In things agri-
cultural and his fee-receiVing palms
clash IN fervent greeting the horny
hands OF the soil. Campaign year COM
Ing IN 1900 he viii be more In evidence
then, but It is always well to take time
BY the eyebrows. And the primaries,
you know, are due for next summer.
The peach crop in this section is kill
ed beyond q doubt. The usual reports
to this end were received IN the spring
but the suspectlng public wlnked It's
other eve. Lincoin's maxim about fool
ing the people was eNempllhed after the
peach Killers ran the thing in the
ground. So the lovers OF the downy
peach blded their time, and are salts
ned OF the truth Of last springs pre-
dlctlon. Jack Frost made a touchdown
and kicked goal. and the fruit Will have
to come entirely from other localities.
Dog days show no iet-up IN the court
ing in Clay county, according to these
clippings from the Star:
Raymond Bragg mnde flying trip TO
Turkey Lick with his best giri.-The
hog Fielding Rose traded his mare for,
Ia now very bad with cholera'-Ward
Riley, Of Pordon, was up Sunday, look