Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-26
DON'T APPRECIATE FUN.
AND STOP ANrLcHRlsrMAs MlsTH.
Christmas Turkeys and the Trouble They
Caused---What the President Found
in His Stocking.
LOOKING FOR NOISY BOY.

NEw YORK, December 25.-0n Christmas
Eve, as usual thing, the bulls and bears Of
Wall street have a grand joi6cation and
rolhcking festivities on the floor Of the
Stock Exchange; but their annual excess
yesterday was remarkable for new depart
pre, as they impressed into the entertain
ment host Of professional variety talent,
which included chiefly acrobatic' and gym
nasic experts 1t had been decided on to
commence the fun at ii o'clock, but at the
opening hour of 10 o'clock visitors came
AOcking into the galleries. The ladies'. US
matter Of course, were given front seats
and awaited with impatience the beginning
of the horse-plsy that they had heard so
much about during the past few days.
AT ii o clock business was going on in
the exchange the same as usual.
The Howllng, Yelling Mob. of Brokers
continued wrestling with the various stocks
in which they were interested without Civ
ing any sign Of the approaching holiday.
The galleries in the meantime pack
ed by the anxious crowd impatiently await
ing the first act in the performance. At
quarter past eleven the managers Of the
show made their appearance, fling in on
the floor ofthe Exchange from the Board
street side.
They came in double column, each one
carving aloft a banner. r. Il. HalStead,
said 10 be the funniest man in the Board,
linked arm-iu-arm with Joe George, the
fayorite broker Of the big bears. Then
came Cliff Tower, F. Ellison, Sam Camp
bell, Rute Schach, Emory Hodges, jim
Wilson, n de Goicouris, Bob Murphy, c.
\. Brown, II. KhOwlton and Mr.. Quick.
The standard bearers marched round and
rOund the Exchange, trying in quiet
way to
Put a stop to Business.
They were met with jeers and cries, and
finally spread themselves out on the floor to
try and make room for the professional
talent they had engaged.
At q signal from Mr. Halstead two
Sco.chmen in Highland costume entered,
PLAYING bag pipes. A lane was cut through
the crowd of brokers for the musicians, and
they went slowly around playing something
that could be only family heard in the gal
leries.
The men with the bag-pipes marched
around a few times, exciting little fun or
interest. The brokers themselves were
more objects of interest at the time than
the musicians. There was some goot'
natured skylarking during which a few
DERBY hats were more or less damaged, but
The Boisterous Merriment
that was expected was not shown.
Four uniformed musicians, with brass in
strumeuts, succeeded the men with the
bag-pipes. They marched mournfully
around the Exchange, playing the Dead
March in Saul, and then to put some life
into the boys. gave st. Patrick's Day in
the Morning"
The brokers clapped aud cheered, and
made some hdeous noise when the strains
/ of the lively Irish tune fell upon their ears.
/ The musicians grew pale as the bulls and
l bears crowded around them. and suddenly
made bee-line for the main exit on the
Broad street side, through which they dis
appeared with Ggbtning-like rapidity.
They were coaxed back after awhile and
undertook to play some more, but they were
50 scared that they
Could Not strike True Note.
The exhibition by acrobats, with wonder
full legs, did not come of.
A grand kick was made BY the brokers
/ who were opposed to the jollihcation cere
monies, and the rest OF the entertainment
had to be abandoned. The manager had
secured talent at a cost of 81 900, but on &C
count of the opposition they were compelled
TO send the majority of the actors home.
Those of the actors who did not appesl
were Paid Just the same as those who did
At o'clock business in the exchange was
resumed the same as usual