The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-09-10
Letter from White suIphur-Close of
the Ssason-Sale Of the Property
PersOnal-Ladies' Hats, Je"e'rS'

PersOnal-Lad1es HAM,
de-, &c.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, Sept-o. -
Correspondence OF the Register.
As YOUR Interesting and regular cor
RESPONDENT al this place is absent on
haunt in the mountains, thought lew
notes from here in the meantime would
not be smiss. -.-
The hett OF the season at this fashion,
sble resort is past. The number OF
guests have dwindled from ten or twelve
hundred TO ope-iourth that amount.
Even this number will gradually
diminish, so that by the close OF
the season, which ends October LIST, there
will not be more than score or TWO,
who will be so 10th 10 part from the ea-
hilersting effects of the pure air ana
salphur water that they would probably
STAY all winter, if Colonel Peyton would
entertain them. 1t was for the purpose
O! accommodating this class OF guests
that the fine brick hotel adjoining the
railroad DEPOT was built last. year, but
WAS unfortunately destroyed by fire
early in the spring. 1t is, l believe, the
proprietors' intention TO rebuild 1t ut an
early day This season has been
a truly successful one for the whit
SULPHUR" Since the first of June, about
SIX thousand guests have registered at
the hotel and it is anticipated that By the
end of the month five hundred more Will
be added.
In accordance with q decree of the U.
S. District Court OF West Virginia, this
valuable property is TO be sold on the
firs: Tuesday in August, 1878. Gov. ii.
NJ. Mathews, Gen. Echols, A. &. Snider,
aud j. Y. Moore, four of the commission
ers appointed by the court there are SIX
in all, any two of whom are en-
powered TO act TO provide Tor the
disposition of the property, in way that
snail realize 10 the best advantage Tor
the creditors, have had it surveyed and
divided of into tour parcels tor the pur-
pose OF selling each separately. Inc
whole tract comprises about 1915 acres
The divisions or parcels contain 800,
100, $50 and 100 acres respectively. If
the property is solo in this way, thlrty-six
acres, which include the lawn and cele-
brated spring, will be reserved
and common to all the other par
cells. In case the property will
bring more by selling it entire than In
parcels, it will be disposed of in that way.
/ is thought by many that the coming
purchaser will be William A. Stuart, u
very wealthy Vlrginian, who lives near
SslIville, in Washington county, and
who made the principal portion OF his
wealth during the war from his salt
works, and invested the Confederate
script which he received for salt in lands.
Excuse the diversion, but l thought 1T
OF sufficient interest to say word about
his vast domain in southwestern
Virginia. l, is so immense that one can
ride on horseback twenty-seven miles In
oae direction before reaching the boun-
d4ry of his lands, and nearly all blue
grass at that.
This wise old gentleman invested much
of the now worthless Southern script in
all the White Sulphur Springs bonds
he could get his hands on, and to-day he
controls in one way or another,
one third of the great debt that
is saddled on to the Springs, which
in round numbers amounts TO
Sl,2OO,OO0. 1t is not likely that Mr..
Stuart will have much competition IN
bidding for these lands, that is, in force
ing them up to anything like their real
value. Unless another Jim Fisk could
be found who, as the story goes, offered u
round million Tor the Springs, in his
pslmy days. But the company were,
collectively, asses enough to hold the
property. Later they offered to let II go
at the million, but the munihcent Fisk
was not in the humor. They have wor
red along ever since piling up the interest
until now it is to be sold under the hammer.
A nobler specimen Of the big fish eating
up all the little ones, venture to say,
when this sale takes place, will not be
found on record, except in the sale of
railroads. But railroad wreckers have
done it so often that it has got to be
matter OF course, and therefore one don't
expect anything else.
Governor Mathews and family are
here; also Judge jackson and family, of
Parkersburg Hon. q. d. Camden, OF
Clarksburg, and Mr.. II. B. Miller, of
your city, were here last week, but have
since departed. Your Governor is the
agent appointed by the Court to receive
al monies from rents due by the les
sees OF the Springs. 1t is also
he through whom all funds pass
to the creditors. Just now his
presence is required here for that pur-
pose. He expects to start for the seat OF
government next Monday.
Before closing 1 must refer to the
hats worn by the lady guests-a subject
which may interest the ladies. They
wear them at breakfast, at dinner, on
dress parade, at supper and in the ball
ROOM Hats of every conceivable shape
and size, from the sober plain to the gay
fantastic Anything and everything so
it is hat and becoming .. to the fair
face, it either shades, halt ConCeals, or
fully and boldly exposes. At dinner
and in the ball room, when the general
toilet is more elegant than at other
hours, it is the most conspicuous. In
most instances the effect on the locker on
IN Venice is pleasant. To see the pOlse
of these ultra Maud Muller" chGpeQuc
is bound to rivet the attention of the new
conner. be he of the sterner sex,
when he peeps into the ball room,
The crowns of these hats are very dimin-
utive, while the brims are something
wonderful. Perhaps q good comparison
for size would be to think of the biggest
spider you ever saw of that species
known among children as daddy long
legs" The body of the said daddy"
might be compared to the crown, and the
length of his legs TO the dimensions OF
the brim, you then have about the exact
proportions. The way they "cockbill,"
twist and skew them is remarkable. |
must say however in many instances they
have very jsunty and fascinating APP
pesrsnce, which after all is probably the
effect the wearer wants TO produce. This
description of the hats does not apply to
all. There are some very modest ones, and
worn with exquisite taste. | said the
toilets were elegant and handsome. So
they are, but there is the greatest
latitude imaginable, in the way