Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-08-26
MUSIC IN DREAMS.
Midnight Solos Performed on Nasal
Organs.
Some Of Wheeling's Boss Snorers and thu
Peculiaritiss with Which They
Blow Their BazOo.


diyiduals who elsewhere would be promi-
nent for their successful musical perform
ances on their bugle Tor nasal) appsndage.
In certain cases, especially among the
married portion Of the list appended below,
the audience rarely extends above their
family and near n~eighbors, while those
who favor hotels and boarding houses have
listeners whose audible applause would
| furnish tht,,musicians with enough-ets 70
keep him warm through a severe winter.
Major Jim Adams obtained an unparal-
leled record at Mt. Belleyiew last summer.
The boarders often woke up during the
night with the impression that a severe
thunder storm was in progress.
Rud Kennedy's solo of Separation sue
cessfully rendered countless numbers OF
times during the session of the Supreme
Court last winter, is one OF the stereotyPed
tales around the Capitol.
Deacon stones performance at Sunday
morning service, is one of the features oil
the church for the young Christians Of the
Garden Spot on a hot Sunday morning.
Will Faris and Autie Beach, of the In
telligencer, favor belsted passengers at an
early hour in the morning with a success
| Iul leUUlLlOu VI Luc Shb DuCI. 4hO "obS
man wishes they won't do it again, as the
air reminds him too much Of an S. Army
Psalm.
Officer - attracts considerable atten-
ton from the coy little maps he takes In q
n%eighboring restaurant. ITS all right, only
don't do il any more, as too many people
see you, and more hear you.
Fred Horner is appreciated more by the
| citizens Of his ward now when he IS ao-
$3.50 : IL. - thar yrhan hn ~ hnmn
Fred's trombone solos are terrlhc, ana bring
startling remembrances to old soldiers OF a
Commandment during the late unpleasant
ness.
Doctor Lunsford occasionally dozes in
the Public Library when the literary de-
voices steal sadly away, business compel
ing them to reluctantly tear away from
this enthusiastic performer on the Key
bugle.
Stanm. The genial proprietor is fond OF
the Colonel, vet he says something must
be done, as the guests who occupy rooms
below the Colonel, who is ensconced in
the upper story, complain OF a rushing,
roaring sound that reminds them OF
Niagara.
Gus Emsbeimer's friends and %neighbors
always know when Gus is home early, the
sound Of his high falsetto piercing the
| nlglt air WIN u CONSISTENTLY buaG NOuIN
drive d Thomas cat wild with envy.
Pete Moran, Locomotive Inspector OF the
B.. d 0. is q daisy" A near %neighbor OF
his, who is also a railroad man, described
bis midnight performances in the follow
ing graphic manner You've seen a
heavy freight train on an up grade, where
the locomotive drive wheels would slip
every few seconds and spin like lightning;
well, this old fellow will wind up every
Snore with a racket like that, only louder,
and keep it up all night"
. lake Eemple occasionally hunks with a
friend down town. Doc informed the re-
porter yesterday that if Rip Van Wrinkle
had only had Jake for a companion he
wouldn't have slept twenty minutes let
alone twenty years.
Sam Harrison made a record at Somerset,
and since his return to the hotel the pro.
prietor has found it advisable to put tin
sheets on the bed and line the room with
boiler iron, since which Sam has got dis
cOursged, as never again can he reduce the
carpeting to rags and Shiyer the plaster oil
the walls.
Charlie Hancher is getting a fly record on
Market street, as will be testified by the
occupants Of the sanctum. Every evening
his roommate oils him up as regularly as
ore would wind a watch for fear the boy
would wear out in a month.
Stepping into the rotunda OF the st.
James Hotel, yesterday, We ~propunded the
question TO the genial clerk as 10 whether
he had any chronic snorers in stock. Tn
G. C. answered that they had Ian old re
liable batch that he would back for age,
size, and volume, with any in the country.
[ sm so busy now that i haven't time TO
euumerate. The batch are at present quar-
tered in separate portions OF the building
in the second story, their rooms having
been changed from the upper story on &C
count Of the fear We had that the roof
could not stand the pressure of the in
cipient cyclones. The only drawback to
the second story business is the discomfort
the night watchmen undergo by being
obliged 10 wear cotton in their ears to dead
en- the sounds"
As the reporter turned TO leave the CLERK
stopped him, saying: by the way there
was a young fellow here the other night
who made quite a record. Jesse Phillips
IS his name. If he only had a dollar for
every snore he delivered, his fortune
would be colossal
Henry Seibert, of Seibert's Garden, has
also gotten a name for the cultivation OF
this art. 1t is reliably stated that last
Sunday, while taking an afternoon nap.
the occupants of the garden rushed in no;
haste to the station 10 gee what was the
cause Of the racket made by the motors
steam whistle, whereas it was only the
gentle Henry.
When Frank Goudy, the night operator
at the Telephone Exchange, gets down T.
work, it is deemed advisable TO cock W
the receiver; a rule invariably followed a.
this office.
Peter linn is. as every one knows, 8
slender almost invisible gentleman, with
a head like a billiard ball, a defec. h.
covers with a triumph OF Chris Liedls art
Mr.. linn sleeps eighteen hours a day and
INDUCES in music that undoubtedly en-.
titles him TO the Bakery.
Captain McEldowney has made an en-
viable record among hotel men. 81
think" said a prominent representative OF
this class, that If in the curse of a life
time | was to come across a man who could
make things "livelier than the gallant
Captain about midnight around a hotel,
think l would be perfectly justified and
confer an inestimable boon on suffering
humsnity by putting an end to his exist.
eDce.h
Freibolt's neighbors are perfectly happy
since he has been placed on the night
force, as they are now able to sleep after
midnight; a contingency the were unable
TO indulge when he saw duty by daylight
1t is intimated on good authority that
Of Rhodes, of Bridgeport, CRATES his teeth
and talks poetry in his sleep. This may
result from two causes. either indigestion,
or a p~erturbed state of the affections, or
both. From certain indications coming
under the reporters eye, the latter theory
seems the most plausible. The case, how
ever, is one OF interest, and will certainly
repay those who institute an Investigation.
Tuustsll the good.looking Bsltimoresu
has established himself in the affection OF
Mcclure House Force. 4 former night
clerk stated to q reporter yesterday, that
every evening while Tunstall was stopping
al the house, be would take a seat in his
chair early in the evening, and sleep till
Tunstall put in an appearance. 1t is I'm
necessary 10 state that after he arrived he
would play solitaire till daybreak.
Frank Walters always sleeps in a room
with inside shutters the glass being unable
TO stand the terrific conclusion.
Will Mabis occasionally sleeps in store
as a protector, good, bad and indifferent
characters always taking the opposite side
Of the street when siding home in the wee
sma' hours.
George Engle is small but he's dandy
and George We understand has received .