Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-11
CITY CHATTER.
The Sayings and Gossip Of the
Metropolis.
Notes and Comments on Various Matters
and News Of Interest About Town
and Public Sentiment.


and Public Sentiment.
sIt's a great pity" remarked Council
| man last night. 'that August Walter was
shut out of q speech on his license, on
Tuesday night" efjtvs
"How was that?"
ooh. he had an incendiary speech all
| ready to fire off, claiming b.ackmail, intim.
| idatfon, etc. He had prepared 1t, and 1t
was great pity to shut him OF.
It the general opinion that tomorrow's
| Democratic mass meeting will be very
Quiet and the work be quickly disposed OF.
"As far as the Congressional business is
concerned" said q prominent Democrat,
''tbat will be quickly disposed OF and so
will the rest unless some OF our omcials
try to run in an endorsement, In that
case they may be some fun and chin
music"
Col. Sam. Miller, the aesthetic land clerk
at the Auditors office, is happy. Sam is a
romantic, imaginative young fellow, with
longngs for the unattainable, the never
seen, etc., and has Florentine fourteenth
century ideas of some things. OF course
his distracted manners and far away looks
tell all this and that it was known was
evident from the fact that the Board OF
Public Works sent him box OF hne and
full bloom sunaowers from Parkersburg,
Yesterday. Sam is meditating revenge.
Beware a nephew's curse"
The city is putting on a good deal OF style
about her Office on Main street, and visit
there shows q marked contrast with the
rickety old city building. The latter has
recently been beautified with new wall
paper, but any attempt at ornamentation,
there is like rich Jewel In an Ethiope's
ear" The old hull has surprised every
body by standing so long, but about the
time the next Council elects otficers, large
crowd will assemble, the shell will collapse
and the candidates and councilmen be con-
siderably thinned out
MAJOR Scroggins, the silyer-haired chief
clerk in the Department Of State has gone
to Keyser, to attend the convention. The
Major is an old war horse IN the political
field. For. the past six months ne mas
been very busy and very quiet, but the
moment the canvass began he pricked up
his ears and became all life and animation.
He will, no doubt, figure conspicuously TO-
day.
Buoyed up by the success OF their recent
table,ux, the Leatherwood young ladies
are now to essay a new departure. The
we'll known little French play, "IcI On pdrlc:
Francois" is in process OF preparation ana
will be given at an early date. Knowing
little of their histrionic ability, and caring
less the genius of the REGISTER local will
venture the prediction the ladies will make
a glittering success of it. In the lexicon OF
their youth which fate has already given
bright present, there is no such word as :
fail.
A few weeks ago REGISTER correspon-
dent at White Sulphur predicted that Miss
Pauline Rambo, of Philadelphia, wolld
blossom out as the belle Miss Humphries
the correspondent OF the n. Y. World, does
not think so. She says: "As she has not
vet appeared among the candidates now
discussed, she may have something surpris-
ing in store or be meditating coup detat::
But this is a subject on which, in view OF
the coming agitation, it is well TO be dis
Greet.
Manager Rester, of the Opera House, is
very proud of his new scenery at the
Opera House. Very quietly an imported
artist has been at work and the result of
his labors seem enterely satisfactory.
Sometime in the future, Mr.. Reister will
thrown open the house, turn on the lights
and exhibit this scenery. He looks for
ward to a splendid season and has a long
list of attractions booked.
Health officer Edwards had a plan, a
short time ago. which was unfortunately
frustrated, but which must have had an ex.
ccllent result 1t was to have the dredge
boat Oswego remove the bar from the
mouth of the creek, so as to do away with
the stagn ant pools of water which become
so offensive and disease.breeding during
low water in warm weather. unfortun-
ately, inst ut the time the plan was
thought of Captain Williamson was order
ed to take the boats up to Glenn's run.
Legislative candidates have rot blossom
ed out to any particular extent, though
the season is well advancing. 1t is not,
however, at all likely that the offices will
have to seek the men. 1t is currently lie.
ported that Senator Joe Woods is an aspi-
rant for a seat in the House, this time
though he only meets the intimation with
genial smile A profound politician told a
REGISTER commissioner, that the Senator's
programme is as follows: This fall he
will go to the House and be a candidate for
Speaker. In 1884 he will give Lou Jordan
a tussle for the Prosecuting Attorneyship
and probably beat him. AT the end of four
years from then he will suppose Hans
Good has had enough Of Congress and Joe /
will be coming up smiling for his place, aud
then, you know, he will be good timber for
Senator" Senator Woods, when told of
this, merely said it was a brilliant career,
wasntit?
Special dispatches to the REGISTER from ]
the A. 4. convention, AT Chicago, an
nounces that c. d. Thompson and Ed.
Rodgers have changed offices Neal be-
coming vice president for this district and
Ed. trustee. Both OF them have given
eminent satisfaction in their respective
positions and their continuance in office is
quite complimentary testimonial. Neal
has been vice president before and is per-
fcctly familiar with its difficult and de-
plomatic duties.
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