Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-12-01


From 'hs r,,tsbofsh Gi1r,te OF SUNDAY. (
No,ymj.r p.
a WARNING FOR BNLTlMoRE.-wcl
hefTi With n-grei. yesterday. that the Direc.
io's 81 the CpnneilSyilc Railroad had With I
"nWh ihrif corrs OF Engioeers inom the line. /
ant Susp .nifd operations Tor The pr...pt - /
Tie reason gwen Tor ibis step. Is the uuac. I
couuiap," d'iay. and he provoking uncertain
y which hang, over al the movements of
i9e Directors 81 the Biliimore Railroad. -
W. >1Y Wc heard of this o,emeni with re-
Ltr. NOS het aus Se diiier with th. Board AN
r.irr.uce % tle pToprirty oi their action bat
II paiu- tts ihat ali our ond hops OF a direct
Railroad connection with Baltimore are in
danger oi being blasted forever. oar Direc-
tora douh less acted right. We ncvefcxpect.
81 tn make thl, cnilre road Ourselves lis
useless Ton us To- 90 on without lhe co.otera-
ion oi the Baltimo,o Company end a. We
have me- with unexpected Hesitation, and lie
+ i'!s m that gnaret. 10 is la 40 purpose tha,
We waste COR cncfeiss on tbs. project
We ycl' however, cauuot give up an hope
oi decided action on the part Of the b Iii.
more Board. We Canuot think that tina,
bv1tti whose movements have hcrrtoior.
been conducted with 40 much Judgment. will
nnw, in iii" CRISIS at the destiny at their road
a"d their riiy, commit thc suicidslacl oi per.
"iiilns giant ui abe right ui way to Pitts
t"''-h Z" ,'ip through their fingers They yet
have thc decision of this an,.tion The
! Pittsburgh Directors have psus.d IN their
movements because they were utterly unable
to ascertain whsi Baltimore intended to do.
ana ihet could not tell whether IL was OF any
use 20 % on &c not II the Baltimore com
pans sal 81 oH, the work viii procc,d M
once. But 81 they continue their hcsitatims
policy 'he subject Is most probably a, test
I forever.
From ihe ome papcr
PENNSYLVANIA RAuROAD.-.Thc
! fmiadcil hil papers Unliiua lengthy aud able
sdircss Il m thc Commissioner, of ,h. Penn
/ syiSuu'a Rnilrood, to The public. on the in.
pofonce OF securing further subscriptions
! to the stock oi the company. They ash Tor
subscriptions amounting to 5000 600 mor-,
which they 10Y iS ucttss.iry go enable tlrtu Co I
secure the 50 uOu 900 subscribed b, the CITY. I
anJ which ~ al give them au ag.nratc capi- 4
Gal Of S3O)0001. They ssy that II is conf 1
drni'y believed that lhi, sum oi i've million,
Ntioi lI>ell- ot vtTy nearly with or without
safes oi stock 10 contractors. enable them 10
complete railway councxion io Pitt~burlh.
oliers have already bacu msd,. by we'll known
dnd responsible. persons, iu take contracts al
prices below thc estimates II S,hl8urr. aud
To- fecclvc ga paymeut from 20 To 30 percent.
~ N'i' 'N'fN "a W iiN ANillilliN. !
DRAGON FESTIVAL IN CANTON. A
correspondent ia Canton, Chua, li,cs some
account Of Jhc gua, Dragon Festival cclebrs.
'rd every year Ia that city il may be- inter.
caing to such @! our readers az have l,s,k.l
m ihe famous dragon lantern ia The Chinese
Museum OF 'hI, city, without compr,hendtag
~ 'se. The letter is dated June lsi, 1916
For three days .hst week the ri,r, sb,,
''"'oi' N"S ga siSlc OF great c0mmotiou
caused by the veal, commemorate, ~ -
Dragon Festival. The intes,ont liri,,,.'f .' '..'
non ana crdchtTs iurCihly reminded lur AT 49,.
q ttoaf 81 one oi our lourh 0i july crlrh,.,,o,.
lht cay WAS crowded with cnup,,y .,.,..,i.
awl every hody seemed TO b. iu ,,l.f.,,i.. "a d
delight. IL Was really 5mtsiug tn wall o,, q
Iual To- see ihc crowd that would s,,,,,,,...i I
! u", aud such NOISE cot tongues a, ~, .
ihuk Was ever heard out of China. Tbe,r;n 3
Cipdi part o The show WAS thtt of ih. -, {
bod's, or snake blais az they are called H..
are upwards ol an hundred feet iong. s,r,n,,,,, !
yea al either end 10y a dragons head OF tail =
''u fa"''o TO lnltoic snakes body and th,
appearance i NOT dissimiiar Thts' hat..,.
padded by about fits men on each go. 49,.
iiefs and lanterns are displayed in ever, MAJ,
ol ihr boat, 8uj they are Furnished LII
multitude 81 drums and gong, pnnn ,,b;,h
l"'h arr necessarily pounding ani maxine =
most fearful din. Those bisis AR. nnI3.i
win a great deaf of speed up ami down he
river and as near as eau understand mr., :
supposed TO be chasing the dropsn. Thr,,
c"urse d chiucd' as they pass by M, a..
'ii'afsy 81 guns and crackers Toa lorrigne,
vac Whole show seems like a farce but s,,p.
p'se There isa meaning ian il all. which al,
Chinese conprchcndcd
SP"aklug o. the "ohin chin JOS. /" If vb;rb /,
Niiu'Ne thinks 80 much, | was mpch siru,k /
10y Whist saw and beard the othrr d,y .,
WhsHiu9. noticed woman with a Gulc
,hui ia Der arms, about Nhoua She was t,lL
'"ei au.l in the cuUrsc OF tlie COW er~,tinn "a.
SUI. the was going 60 hay the clild. I,>L- !
81 lnr pa. e. only $40. said She. ,,bil3 I
some h'c yeHrs old ] saw ilr woman I.
irw hpur, after auj asked her III sh,. BAD ,l,.
s.d ite bargain. SIC replied. She ,,,nI3 I
CHA chin jos FIRST, TO see 81 I'd would a., a.,
hef 20 bny thr child--to ascertain ,,b.tb., ,s /
would d. hungry with her II ,'ir b9uaI, IL ~ I
ln laci nothing done B., the Chimes vitb,p,
A''' chm Ginning Jus, as they tenn the re,.
',n"ny oi attempting TO rBgi.iatc hsir IDOL
deiil,s. -BosioH Trap.