Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-07-31
OUT WEST.
From Wheeling, Through Ohio to
The Windy City.
A Sea of Grain Fields Features Of 0hio.s
Greainess-cattle and the Price OF
Bsefchicago Chatter
The Cable System.
TIDE IMMIGRATION POURING WEST.
Etnm q Hof Cbrreu,ondent.

road, from the river to the lakes, appears
to the summer rambler like one great
chain of wheat and grain fields. From the
very suburbs of Bellaire to Sandusky, this
scene is almost UNMARRIED. In the southern
part of the State the hills seem to relieve
the monotony, but from Newark north
wardly, when nothing but the horizon
''limits the range of vision" nothing but
an occasional field of waving corn ..set like
an emerald in sea of gohrn varies the
sameness of the almost "tiresome yellow"
ssThe wheat Crop
this year" said an old agriculturalist who
boarded the train at Mansfield 'is almost
phenomenal, and if nothing intervenes,
il is safely threshed and garnered, it will
be one of the most wonderful crops in my
recollection. The. acreage sown was con-
siderably in, excess of that of any preced.
ing year of the last FIVE, and the turnout
will be largely superior to any Of them.
Corn is coming on with astonishing rapid
Ity, and Notwithstanding the untoward
circumstances of May and June in the way
of cold damp weather, il has shot forward
and is now fully as we'll developed, and to
my judgment more promising than il was
at this time last year. Oats is much
better crop this year than they have
been for many years, while other grams
are good crops.
Turning from the voluble granger 10
quiet contemplation Of the landscape was
more than ever impressed with the fact
that Ohio is
A Great State.
and the mystery of its greatnessis no mys-
k1rr a1I . 20 irh flxra 10
physically, agriculturally and intellectual
ly great, all of which are elements that go
to make greatness and combine to produce
it. The liberal distribution OF school
houses all over the State is one OF the first
things that attracts stranger, and the
elegance of architecture, beauty of finish
and situation show Enthusiastically that this
State is in earnest in the cause OF education.
Then again the farms are the most sub
stantial tokens" of prosperity. They are
all presentable, we'll titled, well kept, and
the
Splendid Farm Buildings
on nearly all OF them attest the substanti-
ality of their owners. The display OF stock
on Ohio farms is not nearly so obtrusiye
as one encounters on trip through New
York or Pennsylvania focks of large sheep
being conspicuously absent. Asking the
reason of this from our travelling compau-
ion, he said he could not explain it except
on the hypothesis that agriculture was
more carefully attended than stock raising,
although the statistics show that Ohio is
one of the foremost stock raising States in
the Union. Northern Indiana is not nearly
so attractivein appearance as Ohio, neither
in country nor town. The farms do not
present that thrifty, pleasant exterior that
is 80 apparent in Ohio, and the towns in
many ways have look Of an "Old Virgiana"
village of 200 years standing that re-
minds one of trip up the Shenandoah.
Nearing Chicago and the lake the land be-
comes marshy and undesirable, and in the
language of the granger at my side, THE
very dogs have the ager out here" These
marshes continue to the very gatss OF CHI
cago, and suppose will until the requisi-
tions of civilization make their drainage
Summer Travellers.
Noticing the paucity of passengers on the
trains, asked the conductor il this was an
average trip. "Oh no; Sunday is always a
poor day for our through trains. Now yes
terday evening l had not train room
sufficient to accommodate the demands.
Going east Just now there are very large
numbers of tourists. Some of these 60 to
Deer Park, some to Oakland, but a majori-
ty appear to be going to Newport and Sara
toga, while a very fair proportion go to
Long Branch and other Atlantic coast re.
sorts White Sulphur Springs are becom-
ing very popular, but the most OF Western
people 60 there by way OF Cincinnati. The
alleged stagnation in business just now has
had no peroeptible effect upon the annual
exodus, and II appears to me that although
still little early in the season the rush is
much greater than il was last year at this
time."
Chicago and wheeling.
Going int the smoking car for few min
utes, encountered well known Wheel
ing butcher and stock dealer on his road to
Chicago to attend the daily market, and
from him | learned that annually several
thousand came into Wheeling for local con-
sumption. "Since the 5th Of last January,
with the exception of few weeks, have
made weekly, and sometimes semi-weekly
trips out here for cattle, and in that time,
in connection with another gentleman OF
Wheeling, have taken over 1000 cattle
home, some of which use myself, and the
others dispose OF to the local butchers"
In answer to my question at TO the quail.
ity OF meat sold in Wheeling, he replied
of it very bad. "The fact of the matter is
that all the good cattle raised by the farm
ers about Wheeling are shipped out of the
country and sent to Eastern mar rkets,
where better prices are obtained,
and good meat appreciated. Let me give
you few figures about beef. A good bul.
lock costs me about 5 &c on foot. | kill il,
dress it and get the carcass ready for mar
ket, and by that time it stands me l0(glOH
cents per pound. Now the best steak only
commands Is cents a pound, roast and
steak l2H cents and boiling pieces s cents
per pound. The heart brings 10 cents.
The liver and tongue 25 cents each. Six
soup bones about 10 cents each. The
hide, il good one, will bring cents per
pound. The fat, OF which there are from
40 to 60 pounds, brings &nts pound at
the soap factories. OF The best cuts Of
steak there are not over Is or 20 pounds,
and the next pieces in point OF
quality are small in quantity. So
Won see that the butchers
do not make the money that they are ac-
cused Of making. Several times this spring
gave my son q bullock TO kill and sell in
the market, charging him what il cost me,
and every time he fell short from five TO
ten dollsrs. There are seasons, however,
in which butchers make very respectable
living out OF the business, but the high
prices of the last year have served to knock
on prOnts, Tell you SpedhlHS VI oounS VI
the cattle that are sold in the wheeling
market, / have no hesitation in saying
that many of them had better been turned
out to die OF old age and leanness than had
their lives abridged by few months for
the sake Of Wheeling people"
Chieaso.
Chicago is very brisk just now, notwith-
standing the hot weather. The harvest
and its outcome is q matter OF speculation
with SPECTATORS, and already deals" are
being made on August wheat and October
corn" On Monday there was great excite
ment in the Board Of Trade, the bears hay.
ing succeeded in putting down the price OF
wheat over two cents q bushel On Tues
day August wheat sold from So Ne to 81 and
closed at 997zc The broker shops present
a scene of the widest excitement at al
times, and to the uninitiated. ("of whom i
am which"). the iargon is unintelligible
and meaningless.
Theodore Thomas is giyinga series Of in.
strumental concerts in the Exposition
Building which are only fairly attended,
the people apparently caring more for the
strofls in the parks in the cool and pleas
ant evenings than for the pleasure of q
German concert in hot buildine. Some
of The theatres are in full blast. giving in
different dramas and comedies TO more in
different audiences of small expectations