The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-06-05
CITY AND STATE NEWS.
The Gold and Other Markets, and
Miscellaneous Matter. 70 be feand On
ths Fourth Page.

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and the aim of a large number of oui
enterprise g capitalists this spring seems
10 have been to make their dwellings
aud store-rooms conform more to the
modern style of architecture. In every
section of our city important and CON-
mendable changes have been made in
both tenement and business buildings.
and in many localities it seems that old
things have passed away and all have
become new Such improvements not
.,nly add to the beauty of orr city, but
greatly enhance the value of property,
and the owners Of all such improved
buildings cannot but he repaid for their
pains and trouble with compound in
terest.
Among the many evidences of the
growing wealth and prosperity OF the
city, we may note the Improvements
made in the M'Lure House This large
and c~ommodious house, second to none
in the West, has been thoroughly reftted
and painted from cellar TO garnet. New
carpets, wall naper, and window curtains
have been supplied where needed, and
every room in the house has been thor
oughly cleansed aud put in order" The
new store-rooln built by Mr. Aug Pol
lack. on Main street. TO he occupied as a
wholesale notion house. j. a credit to
this or any other city. The front ia
built of the finest pressed brick, the win-
dow frames Of the finest iron, and the
entire binding is neatly and handsome
" fitted up throughout. The handsome
new front built for the First National
Bank that erected by MesSrs Booth,
Battelle 81 Co. near the corner OF Mon
roe and Water streets; that of Mr.. NJ. L.
Otis residence, on Main street that of
Mr.. J. Eckhart, near the bridge corner;
together with the many other valuable
and note worthy additions and improve
mcnts made in all parts Of the city dur
ING the past few months, all speak well
for the enterprise aud goaheadativene IS
of our people The work goes bravely
on, and in almost every section the sound
of the trowe! and hammer is heard
Wheeling is beginning to put forth her
better qualities, and We hope to be able
TO continue the announcement that i'm
prOvement is the order OF the day
II is seldom that city folks, IN their
perambulationS, look at or closely oh
serve the signs painted on the business
houses Of merchants, and it is generally
conceded that country folks alone sur
vey and scrutinize the lettering marked
on the different places OF business. Not
withstanding the fact that it is consid-
cred the heighth of verdancv 10 saunter
along the streets gaping at signs and
cards displayed to denote who he is, and
in what trade the business man is engag-
ed, on Saturday we leisurely Strolled
along several of our streets gaping in
wonder and amazemcnt at the many IN
dicrous errors made by the sign painter
Modern photography has been terribly
bnngled, and one half OF our business
houses bear witness To the fact. Not on
IL has photography heen sadly neglected
in painting the signs. hut punctuation
and the art of pointing seems to have
been utterly ignored. The lettering
on nine tenths of the buildings in the
city is admirably executed, and had the
photographic construction been as we'll
done, we would have been spared the
task ofpenning this article.
RIvER.-The river was falling last eve
ming, with between four and five feet
water in the channel
An order was received in the city about
ten o'clock Saturday morning to impress
two or three boats into the government
service and send them to Parkersburg.-
The steamers Bostona No. 2 and Express
left rather hurriedly for that port.
The J. T McCombs, stern-wheeler, re-
Gently sunk in the Missouri, has been
raised by the Submarine No. 3, and ar
rived at st. Louis Monday. Will he put
in dock Immediately.
The large and fine steamer Julia, re-
Gently sunk in the Missouri, below Sioux
city, has passed B~oonville on her wayto
st Louis.
Or Saturday two returned soldiers en-