Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-29
CLARK SBURG.
Cattle Shipping and Fine Horse
Flesh.
Good BLUEGRASS Country Coming Rival
of Kentucky's Le,ngton-The Horse
Boom Stated-General News
of the Town.
Special 10 the REGISTER.


CLARKsBuRG, w. "A, July 2S-lt has
been the prevailing Ielief of our business
men, that this year would be a blue one
fer our cattle shippers, and that much
money would be lostby these enterprising
gentlemen. Your correspondent had a
conversation a few days since with two
prominent shippers and has been assured
that the shippers do lot feel alarmed. I'm
fact" said my informant, I'VE have hedged
n our purchass, and believe
that we will make money. We won't
Il axe Zig money like We made last year,
rut We don't expect II do asummer's work,
without reward OF agoOd per diem. We
expect to live and let live There are
sital many cattle in this county yet unsold,
and if these cattle are bought by shippers,
ey will be purchased at a careful figure.
ludying from what his gentleman SAID,
We think the shippers are a little uncon-
,erned abCu Increasing their purchases
this var. They can't afford to pay the big
rricts. which We believe they would prefer.
Last year there seemed to be little ambi'
ton about who ship the most" We
think the ambition now is the reverse.
The horse interest is increasing every
wear, and the horse element is now as i'm
portant 10 the revenue Of this county, as
the steer. A good horse brings the cash, at
any season. IL has been estimated that
seventy-tive per cent. OF the money IN cir
cuatiOn from the LIST OF January to the lst
Of August, comes from the sale OF horses
That is, the money circulating through the
country.
We have just as good blue grass coun-
try for the production of good hOrsefesh as
20 ha ole hnrspS
for fine prices and at any time OF the year,
why on earth don't some Of the owners
Of these fine blue grass estates stock then
farms with pedigreed stock? Inere IS less
variance in the horse market than in any
other, and a good horse depreCiates very
little, no matter what the market is Is
this true of a bullock? Harrison's capital
already has an inevitable reputation as
horse market and how easy it would be to
make the reputation OF
Harrison Comfy, w. Va,
as famous for its Hambletonisns and Nor
gans as Kentucky's Lexington. We pre-
dict that in less than ten years we will
have the second best horse market in this
country. The horse boom is started, and
its Self.sustainirg success is our guarantee
for its continuance.
Col. Ben Wilson has been retained TO
prosecute the Kinneys. A motion was
made to asking bail for Big Bill, at west
Union, this week, but was refused. There
st ems to be many conflicting statements
made by Little Bill, who is charged as an
sccomplice, and on whose testimony Big
Bill is held.
Four OF our oldest citizens are quite fee
BILE and are rapidly descending on the
other side of the hill"
A wedding may be expected about the
middle Of September that will surprise the
natives.
The ladies of the NJ. F. Church, South,
viii have an ice cream and cake entertain
II fni next Thursday and Friday evenings,
a. he court house. This entertainment is
q, en- for the benefit Of the church and
l,u.d be well patronized. The young
II mister in charge of this church is very
' serving and we hope the youLg folks of
rsrksburg will show their appreciation in
substantial way Of one so deserving.
ampmeeting begins at the fair grounds
Au .ust 4th, and continues ten days. A
go Il time is expected.