The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-16
WHEELING IN
BY CONE DAYS
DESCRIBED IN COPY OF HE
WEEKLY GAZETTE" DATED
APRIL I, 1852.
Interesting Story Of Promotion Of
Cleveland and Wheeling Railroad.
Ads Of Former Oay8.

Unusually Interesting information or
hygunc days Is found in the Wheeling
Weekly Gazette. issued Thursday.
April !. 1852. copy OF which has
been furnished the lntclligcncer.
The copy Is we'll preserved and
makeup 10 other papers of that Day
il presents vivid contrast 10 modern
daiIcs. 1t Is Of four pages, each OF
eight columns, and contains not more
thnn Il dozen small headlines. Sew
rral articles a half-cnlumn or longer
do not carry headlines. The largest
heads arr of the size now usually us
playing items only an inch or two ID
length.
The copy was issued In the early
part Of n heated presidential cam
paign. The paper declares itself Il
family, literary. political and mlscei-
lanrnus newspaper. devoted TO news
literature. the arts and sciences, IN
Gliding agriculture. commercial al
fairs. Whtg principles. the measures
based upon them. and the men VINO
sustain them"
Considerable space Is given me
Whlg cause and announcement Is
made Of meeting for the purpose
of selecting the delegate TO the wing
state convent hon 10 hc held In ltlch'
mOnd Over the rhitnrlnl column ap'
pears The national ticket: For presl-
dent, Willard Fillmore Of \. !. For
vice president. a. H. II. Stuart. or
! Va"
New Railroad Boosted.
Considerable space In that ISSUE Oh
| the Gazette Is given 10 the proposed
| Cleveland and Wheeling railroad. On
he front page ls story concerning
"a meeting OF citizens of Cleveland
Wheeling and other points at Empire
hall. Cleveland. Tho object or II was
10 raise money to construct oranch
road from Wcllsvillr 10 Wheeling. IN
connection with tho cleveland ana
Pittsburgh and Baltimore and ONO
railroads"
i f. Wharton. who. ny tho wnv: whs
editor nr Tho Gazette. and Capt. Wheat.
ur Wheeling. addressed IN" meeting 10
show IT," importance" or III" ROAD.
! Wheeling. the Item says. was lhrE"IE rep
resented. AMI among hos" present were
, 'hr following: i'npt J. Whrnf, j. u.
Wharton. Hon. l.. Str"nrod. william pct
.rsnn Esq Inn. Mathews f.. NJ. Norton.
Inc. Nnrnal1 \. T. Woods j. i. Com
drry %rnrEd"'. Mcdonald. Jn". Hnmli-
ION. Hm : Wi"hhnm. S Clemens. EhQ..
uIh K IT, Wil""n.
rinr. ,hr"" md n hllr columns long con
=. rninE tn" rniIr"nd. II tells "f TN"
,IDnt Of u delegation "f Wheeling men
In ''Irv"Iail ''rur ia" purpose Of pro
curing tn" completion or ihIr road.
E,lI"viIl" WINS "fll"h tn nvcrfl"wlnE
With removing tnlIfnrninn- md other
truvrlrrS Ihnt had come In hr rnllrnnd.
mud u great abundance 0f freight Th"
rt'Itnr then dIpr"Harr mud f"r III" next
-"y"rnI pnraErnr hS rp"nl" nr n vl"It TO
"ihr Justly celebrated Union S"h"l. ih"
pride" III" hrnutv. tho gem Of tho town.
Interesting Advertisements.
In view nf tho large display Hdr"r-
Using Of aurC"safuI merchants nr Inhny.
D. tho nhr"rIi"InE columns nf that cnrly
| isruc Of Tn" t;nzrtir nrr interesting.
! Display ADVERTISING. apparently. WINS
Ihcn unknown. Much nf tho advertising
resembles the modern classified nds and
there arr nearly four columns Of small
IrRHl nhs
I'rd"r tho heading PLANK Road Meet
Ing" siorkholh~rs If tho Mount Pleasant
and MnrtInevIllc Plank Rond Company
April -. 10 elect directors. Mrs Mac
. r0rIiIirk Prospect fully Informs The
ladies Of Wheeling that shH Is sim en-
aged In N" millinery business on Cen
tor street. Alex. Herman ndv"rtiscs
that The subscriber has Just r"turYrd
from III" cnsicrn riti"a md brought with
him four largo trunks OF fancy silks
md Other dress gnoG- I'll" HrmpfIrld
The H. & o.. publishes 4 motto" to con-