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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-24
Cnnrressmen,s Houses.


From the Boston Journals Washington Letter.
The other houses in this locality are
the new residences of Senator Pendle-
ton and Representative Robson, on
Sixteenth street. They are both to be
occupied this winter. Robeson's house
has gilded sunflowers at the top of the
lightning rods. Although in the queen
Anne style of architecture, it has a
front pOrticO supported by Corintlan
columns.
Col. Jerome Bonaparte has for two
wears been building house on h street,
1iagonally across from Boss Shepherds
mansion, now occupied by the Chinese
legation, and facing Winnie Ream's
statue of Admiral Farragut. 1t is in
the Queen Anne style.
On the opposite side Of the square OF X
street Col. Nick. Anderson Of Cincin-
natl is building one of the largest
houses in the city. 1t is medley in
architecture, having some of the ele-
ments of French country house. 1t
Is particularly noteworthy for the indi-
Gallons of comfort which surround 1t.
Col. Anderson went to the war as col
onel of an Ohio regiment is genial,
social man and very wealthy. He is a
relative Of the famous Nicholas Long
worth, from whom he was named,
while his wife was Cincinnati kilgore.
Secretary Chandler has remOdelled
his house. which is in another part OF
the city, until it is nearly twice its old
size, and it Is expected that he will give
many entertainments this winter.
For some months Don Cameron has
occupied his house, which, although
rather forDidding in its exterior, Is one
of the most comfortable in the city. 1t
is located on Scott Circle, and Is I'M
me6iately opposite the new house OF
Senator Window, while the houses Of
Senator Pendleton and Representative
Robson aGjoin it on the north. The
mansion stands diagonally, so that the
radiating line of the circle passes through
the hallway in the centre of the build
ing, making a very pretty effect, per-
spectively. 1t is three stories high, with
easement and attic, with four bay-win-
dows running the entire height OF the
superstructure. There is a handsome
granite block paved carriage drive from
the street, passing directly under an
elegant porte cOchere. The window
sills are of brown stone. The building
represents four fronts well faced with
pressed bricks and finished in the finest
style. The windows Of the principal
story are glazed with polished plate
glass, and the residue with English
crystal sheet.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-24
Jumped Into a Blast Furnace.
Manchester { England } Examiner.

A stoker named William Clegg COM
mitted suicide in q most horrible man
ner Mt Low Moor Iron works yesterday
morning. The deceased, who was SIN
gle, and twenty-eight years OF age, was
employed at what are known as the
New Works, Low Moor, but is said tn
have been in depressed state OF mind
for some time past. He resided close to
the works, and having finished his
work on the night SHIFT went home
and retired to rest early yesterday morn
ing. His brother, who Is also employed
at Low Moor, left him in bed just before
6 O'clock, but about twenty minutes to
7 he was seen by two men named
Joseph Crowther and Abraham Collins
to enter the works and ascend the long
fight of steps leading to the blast fur
mace. Fearing that something was
amiss with the deceased, they called TO
his brother, but before assistance could
came to hand the young man jumped
into the furnace and disappeared. A
few minutes prior to this the furnace
had been charged with iron ore ana
coke, and by at once stopping the 6iast
il was hoped that at least the body
would be recovered, but although the
whole operation only occupied two or
three minutes the efforts were OF no
avail, and the only remains OF the de
ceased obtained as the result Of - dill
gent search with the long furnace shoy-
els and rakes was piece OF bone. IL
was subsequently discovered that be;
fore ascending the steps the deceased
had taken off his boots.
Rich gifts wax poor when giver'
move nnkipd,-ShakSpea
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-24
Has Changed Color.

There lives in Henry county, Virginia,
a negro man whose color ten years ago
was dark brown, but since that time he
has gradually whitened, until to-day
he is as white as the average Caucasian.
The change commenced some years ago
upon the hands, and extended gradually
to the limbs, body and face, and finally
altered the entire appearance OF the
man. The subject of this notice, Jack
Preston by name, once a slave OF the
late William Ballad Preston, Is sixty
years old, in good health. and lives on
the Chestnut knob, in Henry county.
Jack would pass anywhere for white
man but for his hair, which plainly be-
trays his race,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-24
The BEIIER CHRISTMAS.

Atlensth the long nights with their chilling
Have murmured In the Christmas tide again,
And once more men are listning 10 the voice
That made the good men OF old time rejoice
That still will sanctity our lives, and cheer
The sick and sad who suffer through the year.
All! much the name of Christ is at this time;
More than the preachers word, the poets
For these NAV not interpret what Is known
Unto the spirit when the rose full.olown
Makes our eyes dim with JOY IN early june
II is beyond all sermon, song, or tune
sothe thought of Christ beyond our speech
Beyond the sublety that song can reach
The little learned men too wise TO know
May fret Us, but the name of Christ shall
grow;
And His old teaching wond'ring men shall
heed;
There is no other light-it is their need.
And though We pray the less may yet some
BE better prayers for US than counting beads:
About our hills, throughout our crowded
land,
Great homes for poor and helpless people
For Orphans, for the sick, the halt, and old;
Built in the unbelieving age OF gold.
Because good work Is done from east to west
We have the Better Christmas-not the best;
sin IL shall grow to greater goodness yet;
AhS OLuN Va NAAlss "a VIC uASA o-e'.A NV 49,
get.
But Knowing them the juster they shall be,
Whether TO Him or not they bend the knee.
The right because OF Him Is stu made strong,
And His name weakens yet, the work OF
wrong;
But wrong Is with us still: we laugh aloud,
Wefeast and mingle with the unthinking
And there are men this moment lying dead
Forwant of human love and help, and bread.
Isthisnot so9 The children of the poor
They are not seen; they are so small, they
pass
Below the level of the window glass;
They are not heard they walk the frozen
In silence, for they tread with shoeless feet.
You do not see nor hear, but you must know
That by your window now aud then they goi
Your pet dog has good meat upon his mat,
And warm and well fed Is your sleeping cat;
But poor BARNS have not food. nor warmth,
You dare think where they will sleep this
night.
Why do we not remember Let US share
A little, and enjoy our Christmas fare;
And now 10 all, who think or who forget,
May some new worth or happiness come yet;
And may hest thoughts, browning the festal
shape better lives TO make the better year.
Health is the vital principle Of. bliss.
-Ballou.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-24
wcIeLLAN's piRnoUs RIDE.
How Policeman Dawson Drove tue
General over TorPedOes Into YORK
pailade,phta Times.

Philadelphia Times.
Lewis Il. Dawson, the big policeman
who stands at Eighth and Arch streets,
claims the honor of having taken Gen.
Mcclellan safely through, or rather
over, one of the greatest perils OF MS
life. at was the time the rebels
evacuated Yorktown" said the police
man, Ubefore the seven days fight in
the peninsula. / was then driving Nc
Clelian's private ambulance, sort OF
Germantown wagon that he had had
fitted I'D for his own use. 1t would
carry four persons comfortably, and
had a team of four splendid horses to
draw it. Well, the rebels skipped out
of Yorktown one Saturday night, but
before they went they filled all the
roads in and around the town with tor.
pedoes-buried I'm under thin scum OF
earth. YOU know, so that you couldn't
see the blamed things till you stepped
on ,em, and then after that you never
saw anything else. The Sunday after
the evacuation was a beautiful day, but
that night it rained as it just knew how
to rain down on the peninsula, and the
mud-well, it knew how to make mud,
too, 1t was about a foot deep, l reckon,
when started ON Monday morning for
McClellan's headquarters, four miles
out, to drive to Yorktown. There were
four officers in the ambulance-Gen.
Mcclellan, Col. Colburn, his chief OF
staff, Gen. Franklin, and Gen. Fitz- John
Porter. 1t was still raining, and the
ambulance curtains were closed. We
got along all right till we came to the
he III fInng
and there, right in the narrowest part
of the way, was an ammunition wagon,
broken down in the mud, and besides 1t
was q stick planted in the mud with
little red flag hanging from 1t. l knew
what it was as soon as L saw 1t; the
rain had washed the dirt off one OF
them bloody torpedoes, and the soldiers
had found it and marked 1t; you bet
they wasn't going to dig it up without
positive orders.
"WelI, Istopped my team and Gen.
Mcclellan stuck his head through the
curtains aud looked about him. There
were some soldiers standing around and
among them was a lieutenant. Nc
Clellan called him up and said:
"Don't let our men take up any of
these torpedoes. Make the prisoners
do it,
"Then he looked at the wagon and
said to me: DO you think that you
can get past"
eyes / said. Il guess l can if I
straddle that torpedo
"'Well,' said he, go ahead. I eX-
pect we'll all be blown to thunder to-
gether.' Those were the very words he
used. So / threw my long whip down
between the horses, to keep them apart
as far as possible, and drove ahead, and
we got into Yorktown without touching
the torpedo"
"And what did Mcclellan say then?n
"He never said a word. When we
got into Yorktown he left the ambulance
and went into house, and presently
he sent an order out to tell me to 60 back
to headquarters. / had no sooner
reached there than received orders to
turn around, return to Yorktown and
follow the army, so / had to drive over
that blamed torpedo three times. got
kinder used to it at last and was ready
to bet that could do it every time"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-24
A ChrissmAs Gin.

For several years The London Graphic
and the London Illustrated News have
each sent out costly Pictorial Christ
mas Number which has been eagerly
bought by the people at large In both
hemispheres; and these great pictorals
have come TO be regarded as u part OF
Christmas, and are considered very
suited and much-to-be-coveted Christ.
mas gifts. .. ..
This year Americans have taken up
the idea, and the two largest houses In
the book-trad Messrs. ID. Lothrop u
Co., of Boston, and Harper and Brothers,
of New York, have each sent out Q
"Christmas" that far excels anything
that London publishers have ever at.
tempted. There Is great refinement
and beauty in the Illustrations, and the
stories, poems and articles are oil high.
class literature. Both are In simple
"black and white" but II Is said that
the letter-press and Illustrations OF the
Lothrops' "Christmas'.-the Christmas
Wide Awake dec. No. cost over SlO,-
coo, and that authors and artists, here
and abroad, have been busy for . year
in its preparation; and the result h well
sumed up by the Boston Transcript,
when IL says: "The holiday number
of Wide Awake, Just out, Il the wonder
of all the wonderfully beautiful chill
dren's magazines and books Of America.
Without dispute, the largest, handsom-
est, most artistic and best number OF Q
young peoples periodical ever Issued"
Bound in O new cover In C0lors, pro.
nounced the finest magazine cover In
existence, Il contains l44 pages and l60
pictures.n or the letter-press. the
Boston Traveller says: mo such
store of high class literature
was ever gathered into one
number of any periodical before;'' and
the critic of the Boston Times says OF
the illustrations: "They are genuine
works of art, some of them exquisitely
IDEAL" and the Boston Journal adds,
enumerating the authors-Mrs. A. ID.
Il. Whitney, Miss Phelps, Rose Terry
Cooke, Margaret Sidney, Rose Kings.
ley, Mrs. Mary ID. Brine, Arthur Gil
man, George Eggleston, Celia Thaxter,
Edward +. Hale, NJ. f. B., Mrs. Clara
Doty Bates, Nora Perry, Mrs. Dlaz.
Fred A. ODER, Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowe, Christina Rossetti, Mrs. Mulock
Craik, Philip Bourke Marston, Susan
Coolidge, Marion Harland, Margaret j..
Preston, Prof. j.. a. Sargent, and O
dozen or twenty others-"This is q
brilliant galaxy to be got together be.
tween the covers OF u single number OF
young peoples magazine, and when
Santa Claus understands that this rich
~ laden number can be bought for
twenty-five cents, 1t would not be
strange II he were to order q special
edition for his twenty-fifth. OF December
uses" and we ourselves would add
that should this number Of the Wide
Awake be examined by parents who
feel anxious to put into the hands Of
their young folks q magazine Of high
literature as pure and stimulating as 1t
gay and entertaining, they would nc.
cure the periodical for the year at once
especially as they may be assured that
the same distinguished authors and ar
fists will contribute their best to the
succeeding eleven numbers.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-24

In Chesterfield coun ~, Virginia, two
hunters ran upon two deer In . swamp,
one with ten prougs and the other viii
eight. For some cause or other the one
with the eight prongs had killed The
one with ten prongs with one IT -
prongs. The prong entered near The
eve and came out near tiis en-. BY
some means the prongs Of the bucks
became interlocked, and had eyldeouy
been 70 for several days. - The deAd
animal had been dragged . consider.
able distance and had becn Killed Long
enough 10 become offensive. The live
buck, which had undoubtedly suffered
for food, was In o very peos spd snaA::
ated condition, and was shot and killed
before the marksman couh recognize
what Il was In the dark.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-24

Arrangements for the 'elopemenI On
Sunday afternoon tho Lady, dr0esed n
Che, housemaid's clothes, dsDCended. -
the yard where she was met ~ itns
pseudo groom, and putting hef arm
through his, the two edNnced 70
ward the gate before wnicn
Salih Aga, the eunucht Wa eeateos
smoking narghilleh. The keen eye
of the eunuch It once saw through the
disguise, and jumping up, he selzed tne
shrieking woman, whom. howevef, ~
was soon forced to abandon BY Siguor
Peroni. While the two men were -
close quarters, an accompllce OF the
Italians, named Raimondl, presented
himself ct the gate, and according 70 2
pre-a1anged plan, Apple. blossom"
followed the gentleman to-a caroxzA
which drove of at full speed. Signor
Peroni succeeded In flooring the eis
much, upon which he took 10 his heels
and not q moment tlO, soon, "A come
twenty eunuchs were now rushing TO
the rescue, attracted by the cries OF
their brother eunpch.
Now comes the curious part OF the
story. Sgnor Raimondi, the friend
anu dccOulpiiCt VI EiSuOE ICIuut ~
stead of taking his charge to the Grand
Hotel, where rooms had been engaged
took her to a village twelve miles from
here, where he succeeded in gaining
her affections and displaclng his friend.
Signor Peroni upon leaving the palace,
rushed to the Grand Hotel, and after
waiting for q considerable time repaired
TO his friends house, to find out that
the latter had been there with the lady
and, after partaking OF some refresh.
ments, had departed with her In .
travelling diligence, nobody knew
whittier. The young mans anger can
he imagined, and 10 make matters
worse, Signor Raimondihas returned to
town with his Circassian prize, with
whom he goes about in public, and who
has written letter 10 her former lover,
saying that she feels for him, but pre-
fers his friend.
The newspapers are full ofthis affair,
and nothing else has been spoken Of
for the last two days. The matter y
discussed in the cafes, hotels, exchanges,
drawing. rooms, etc, and everybody
blames SigDor Raimondi for his treach.
cry toward Ptroni, who, II h under.
stood, has challenged him, and within
day or two the matter will no doubt
BIZ settled BY an encounter.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-24

.ro,n5 Of obstruction OF nayi.
ssst;on The bridge was ordeten
IN no removed or raised twelve feet. Inc
inridrntal expense Of this alteration was
Y.r,r sreak and excitement ran hign Ia
WI;asi;ng Nav %, 1859, the Legislature
of Virginia passed aresolution emoodying
instructiop TO It's Senators and Representa-
tiyes 10 obtain such Federal legisisuon 81
would abste the controversy ana insure
the permanence OF the oride. Inc 9ues,
ton was brought before Congress. oaiishs
Harry Clay, Of Kentucky
Wheelipg's Representative
in that body, who obtained for her the Ma
tional turnpike, assumed the ieadersnip Oh
the party favorable to the city. ne sue
ceeded in passing an act, August 81, lSlS
Scb;cb declared that the bridges across the
Ohio liver at Wheeling, in the State OF
yiroinia- and Bridgeport IN the
STATE OF Ohio, AUDITING on Zane's
Island. has been lawfully erected IN It's
nreSent elevation and position, anything
In any law or laws OF the United States, 70
tbs ccntrsry notwithstanding The act also
n-ov;Se5 land this was the chief motor OF
H. nasss0eI thatthe said bridg 3 should be
most roads for the passage OF the mails oil
Inc limited States. Congress endorsed the
bridge and il was a 6xity. A year rolled
away and the bridge had ceased to be
topic of conversation. On summer day
I'm 1858, the sky above was sea OF azure,
Aecked with onl" few stray CLOUDS, with
rot breath OF sir stirring. IL was lazy
day in the city, people were Tieins with
nature i'm Incidence. In the course OF the
afternoon. however, a breeze spraug up
from the southwest That breeze gathered
velocity and proportions as IL swept by the
c;fy an A soon developed into
An Irresistible Tornado.
II caught the graceful toy that spanned the
river in its grasp and whirled il from side
10 side with an increasing fury. The
demon of the wind, watching his oppor-
unity. rushed on it from below, lifting IT
up above its towers, and then hurting IL
down with q force that snapped the cables
As though they had been threads. No one
was on the bridge; upon the first vibration
the tendt rs at each end had refused to al.
low pas engers to proceed. The news that
the bridge had been blown down flashed
thrOSgh the sleepy town with incredible ra'
pidity, and soon the population were on their
way to see the phenomenon, Everybody,
pickaninnies. dogs, etc, all joined in the
procession. They came and saw, but 1t was
seven years before they conquered. The
materials were resurrected from the river,
the cables restablished, and Temporary
structure under the supervision OF Mr..
MeComas, was erected, only admitting the
passage OF one team at time. In 1860 the
same efficient gentleman reconstructed the
bridge on its former principles with the adj
dition of the guys. The same structure
with some substantial repairs in 1872,
stands to-day an ornament and an impera-
tive necessity to the city. The present
board of directors are: Messrs. Robert
Crangle, President; Vance, Maxwell, A. A.
Howell. d. c. List, l.. c. Stifel, Wilson
Kelly aud A. J. Clarke.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-24
coLoRs MOST IN STYLE.
How fa,hton Paints she Lily sse GiIas
Renned Geld.
.New York Mad and Eypress.


New York Mad and Eypren.
Pale shades OF rose pink promise TO
be the fashionable color this season.
Salmon, pale Nile green and sea-foam
are all stylish colors. The exces4 OF
white and evening dress has made our
ballroom dresses too often ghost. like
i'm effect: n style which even the sheen
of satin and the brilliancy OF diamonds
could not relieve. The quaint artistic
colors like strawberry pale red. tinb
of terra Gotta, and electric and tele-
graph blue will be used I'm ball toilets.
Pale pink Ottoman silk or satln sufah,
trimmed with pink ostrich feathers, In
a lovely and becoming dress OF those
who can bear the tri-color Of rose.
China grapes In white and pale tints Of
sapphire, rose, salmon or green are OIL
used with satin br0cades In small,
youthful patterns. There is fancy this
season for black silk evening dresses,
with the skirts Aounced TO the waist
with frIlls of black spanish guIpure
lace and the bodice OF brocsde velvet
in pale blue, choudron, strawberry red
or black velvet, striped with gay Jardin.
iere stripes In Pompadour style.
Rich black silk dresses Of Ottoman
silk have vests Of strawberry red satin,
with the same ct the cuff, ana the tab
liers OF the skirt are then Of ned satin
covered with fiounees Of black Spanish
lace. Dresses Of strawberry red AMI
sometimes brilliant cardinal red Otto
man silk or velvet are very siylish this
season ut the opera. Jerseys Of red,
black or white silk, with collars and
cuffs of velvet, are used with skirts OF
Ottoman silk to match the color.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-24
ANNANlAslANA.

WhssssisaIities. Csssieslifsss ss1 ns.s
aiiiies Of The Vegetable 40 Animal
Kingdsm.
Waco TEX Examiner; The grand.
daddy of ell the sweet potatoes was on
exhibition yesterday 1T ths store OF Z.
C.. McCullOch. II WINS q yam, and,
when dug, weighed thiTty.two pounds.
Sweet potatoes, We believe, weigh about
sixty pounds 10 the bushei, 10 that this
one was q little over half bushel oS
sOIid potato.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-24
Ane,her Duca.Shaped Potato.

Mt. Sterling Sentinel: Jee, little son
of Elijah Myers, of Jacksonville, this
county, has sent to our office sweet
potato which is shaped exactly like 3
duck.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-24
Tss neevy . WssOs

Richmond Register: ~ non - ~
can secure tape-lins long enough, or
readers shall know exactly y IL small.
CIT part Of IN inch how 1ofUe eas puDp-
kin n. There have bee0 @ many 81.
Separations In the pipen ~ late about
this overgrswn h1g.fhttesee thai ~
With TO stste the diniens16u1 trothfuuy.
We would Glso IKE very mUph - give
the Weight 81 thh huGe 0onDersseeys
i,ut do. not care sbo9t pagtmG ~ -
scales II would mash.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-24
The Biggest Rect.

Anderson News: James Hill says
his brother, Randall Hill, who lives in
Washington county, raised beet this
year which tips the. beam at eighteen
poueds.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-24

BuIIitt Pioneer: H. H. c. q James
brought u o curiosity % Monday IN
the shape OF Q cnwfish and ~ pfoEesy
Of over 900 ycpp1 cfAWnsh, ~ ~
which were clInbn6 70 Their Mother
after the "'poas9lAp 2yjs.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-24
A SONG OF CHRISTIANS.

A SONG OF CHRISTMAS.
].
There's song In the airl
There's o staF In tiIs skyf
There's . mothers deep pfnyef
And babyt low cryf
And the star rains is nrs while the Bssniifni
For the hanger Of Bsshiehem Grades King.
II.
T1nere,s A tumuit Of 10Y
Ger the wonderful birth,
For the Virgins sweet boy
Is the Lord OF the earth.
Az. the star rains tts nre, and the besuufoi
FOR the msnxer Of bethlehem cradles King!
In the light of that SER.
lie She agcs impaired;
And that song from STAR
Has swept 0ver tbs world.
Every hearth Is sname, and the besut'fei
In the homes Of the nations that Jesus b
King.
We rej0scein the light,
And We echo the cong
That comes down through the ui8ns
FROM the heavenly thrO91
Aytwe shout 70 the lovely evbnget they bnnSf
And We EFse< In his cradle our SAVIOR -
King.