The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-04-03
CITY ANDSFATENEWS.
The Gold and Other Mnrkeis, ana
ni'eelle"scs.s Matter 9. p f'""na On
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The Gold and !Other Markets, and
Misccllarcs.t Natter - De f'ana 'n
the FssSih Paxe. ell-'ed 20 :. 5oa ~ 4
ALL Fools DAY-Saturday being the
first of Apfi1, was regarded, AS "'all fools
day" and many were the tricks and
pranksplayed by the ways Of the city,
One poor fellow in passing. down Main
street, rspied hat lying on thesidewalk,
and bethought himself to remove the
obstruction BY Q slight, motion of the
lower limb. no sooner had the stump
toed boot touched the Hat than the toes
Of the young man were sensitive Of great
pain, snd ip<his agony he vowed tnaf
hereafter he would allow the street
Commissioner to keep DISTINCTIONS from
the sidewalks, and would not again SOON
tenderlhis seryices to thel&tysEA cOan.
tryman going home from market ID, 9
covered wagoh was suddenly aroused by
the announcement that one the wheels
of the.sYagoi, was coming of: He
stopped his team, and jumped out of the
vehicle to hear the response of the wags,
April fool Many young ladies re.
oeived notes requesting their company
for the opera, and answered willing
ness to 60 At the appointed hour the
fair damsels were in readiness to 60
and witness the performance, but after
waiting some time after. the time desiig-,
mated. they we're relieved by receiving a
card endorsed, April fool" But the,
worst sell we heard of was that where o
drayman was engaged tomovethe house
hold goods of a gentlemen from a 'house
in North Wheeling to a tenement on Cen
ire street, The dray was loaded and the
driver given instructions to proceed to
Centre street The drayman, who was
fair Celtic specimen, did not know where
Centre street was, bat said lie conld find
it from the directions given, Arriving at
the post Office corner, the drayman askeda
bystander where Centre street was, when
he was directed to cross the creek, go
down Main street three squares, turn to
the left, 60 up to Chapline street, and
then 90 down to the second street below,
which, the man told him, was the street
he wished to find Of course any one at
all conversant with our streets, will read
ily see that the drayman was being sent
q mile out of the way, but the gentleman
from Cork drove off his horse, and pro-
ceeded according to directions, Arriving
at the place directed; he saw AN empty
house which answered to the description
given him by the man who employed him,
and the dray was soon unloaded. The
drayman returned to North Wheeling for a
second load, and upon being asked if he
found the right house, replied that he
had, and that as it was mile further
than he had understood it to behe would
be compelled to charge fifty cents more
than agreed. The employer of the dray-
man said he would settle that question
satisfactorily, and proceeded to load the
dray. The dray being filed, the gentle
man accompanied the drayman. Upon
reaching the corner of Monroe street. the
drayman was told to turn offand drive
up to Fourth, but. as he said he knew
the best route to reach the house, the
man went up Monroe street and left the
drayman to follow or take any route he
wished. The surprise of.the man when
he reached the house and found that his
goods had not been taken to the proper
place can be better imagined than de-
scribed. He fastened after the drayman,
and caught him ON the creek 'bridgei
where a short jar snsued and the dray
was turned back, and the driver shown
the right house and convinced that he
had been april fooled"