Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-03
taxidsrmisfs.. are now fashionable sud
popular gins

Deeerastoan.
The rage sior decOra tion cntinusS ap-
parentiy nnsstisiied IN business ss weiI as
in private establishments.
Some of the former hsse grown to he
wonderful exhibits Of the glaziers and
sfider's art. Rooms like tAose of the
Brunswick cafe, Deimonicos S and the Hoff
man Ho, sc restaurants would have been
thought impossible in New York ten years
ago. outside OF palace or cathedral The
Hoffman establishment, which by the way,
is presided over by Jim Stokes, the man
who shot Fisk, has enough stained glass
silver, rnsrble and plate glass ~ stock
Mississippi steamboat, and itsotber decora-
tions would do credit TO an art gallery.
The barkeepers are clothed in white Ssmite
and the rosebzds they wear would delight
the. heart of Oscar Wilde. As for
the proprietor, who o.ce fifled
so large a portion of the pubic eye and
whose picture ornamented the albums Of
so many young ladies in the ccuntry, he
has grown stout and grey, and unless
specially pointed out, few people would
recognize him in the white headed, ftorid
faced. quiet looking individual who sits at
one of the corner tables and watches the
crowd that iostles by.
Bro~kIyn.
The question of uniting New York aud
Brooklyn comes up periodically, and this
is one Of the periods OF agitation Of that
subject. There are 8 good many reasons
why the two cities should be joined
together the only question being one of
unwieldliness. Brooklyn has now rs many
miles OF streets as New York and more than
half rs many inhabitants, In London whers'
the city is divided into parishes and each
parish has q r. IL aacal b9s5d g whose acts are
there is no trouble resulting from extent
of territory and population. nor in Paris,
where the municipal government is under
the Control in the last instance Of the pre-
feet in whose department it is located. but
whether a city the size of New York and
Brooklyn combined. could he run under a
purely represt tntaiiye system OF govern
ment by recently imported Irish men, is
another matter. The bridge which connects
the two cities is to be- opened next year,
and the increased convenience
Of access is expected TO largely enhance
the value OF Brooklyn property. Now all
the travel between the two cities is through
the ferries, and, As Mayor Grace remarked
to an interviewer recently, every bad acci.
dent puts brooklyn property lawn twenty
per cent.
There are good many West virginians
located in and floating around New York.
] met Neil Brucn, former tlarksburg res
idcnt. at Stewart's where he has been for
twenty years. and made himself
n COOL place. without either Wis
iting 0r forgetting any of his
West Virginia acquaintances. EN agent
whitney. of the G. * L. X. K - is located
here. John ;. Bonham, George Wilson and
Meade McMeChen are interested in Jersey
City manufactures. Will Mason represents
n Pennsylvania coal company s"re, Fly
Swcaringen has grown to be knickcr-
booker Band spells his name with Won.
Most Of the technical schools and colleges
Of the city have temporary representatives
from Your state, among whom arT' promiS-
ing sawbones like John pickcy, Clarke and
Frisscll, OF Wheeling. Las.