Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-01-10
WELLS BURG
ENaNant Over tho New Railroad
Boom.
How It Has Bec0 Charged From a DeA d
Village to a Lively, Busy Little
City-The Cold Wea;her's Hint
70 the City Fathers.
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|=%WELLsDUEG,J J auuary 9-1Our citizen, were
gratitied at the news in Monday mornings
REGISTER that the Pennsylvania, Virgins
and Ohio railway means business. Az
stated in the REGlsTgE the route has been
surveyed through Wsllsburg and the right
OF way has been granted by Council and
the same accepted by the railway company.
Our people are very anxious that this road
should be built from the fact that one road
las transformed us liom dead village to
almost city within fe~ years. without
the F., W. & Ky. we never would have had
what we have now. II one is So0d will not
two Of kind be bcttera
Then We Say Come On.
Wellsburg welcomes any and every kind
&; enterprise that will increase her popu-
Ia ion, provide employment for her cti-
ems and increase the welfare and prosper
ity OF the country.
fhe inclement weather of the past few
d%ys has put q stop to outdoor work. Sost
OF the builders are in good shape, however,
10 take advantage Of moderate weather
when ii comes.
Dealers in ice are obtaining a nice article
cut OF Buffalo Creek.
The SUIT between J. c. Miller and DR..
II. II. Arnold was again tried before jury
OF Monday The jury faile! to agree.
Dr.. Arnold will give one Of his enter
tG!nments here again on Friday evening.
The Entertainments Given
10y DR.. Arnold are superior to those given in
tie smaller cities and towns, entertaining,
hJIal and instructive. The Doctors
fr reHdS here, also the friends OF the j. A.
T. h.yS Shpuli "a nllrnuiya lis
Friday evening benefit.
owing to the severe cold weather last
Sunday the paper mills and other steam
works were compelled TO keep up full
h' al OF steam all day to prevent them
from freezing up.
Tie Pittsburgh, Virginia and Ohio rail-
wy Will occupy Commerce street. Il will
b. COnvCnIspt TO oar ts%torieS.
The late below zero weather played tight
81 fastwlth anumber Of our town pumps.
Any number Of weary citizens
Can be Seen HOurIy
pi cking water for the space OF three or four
squares. II the town government can't do
ally better by the pumps than they have
been doing for some time past they had
better tex us like thunder and build
water works, or else throw the pumps back
where they took them from, viz: the care
Oi their respective ncighborhOods. We are
prepared to say that when the town pumps
were put up by ucighborhocd subscrip-
ton that our water supply was Tar better
thsn it has been at any time since the town
took charge. There seems 10 he don't
care a continental on the part Of some of
our officials whether school keeps or not.
Get down to business, gentlemen, and stop
monkGying.
TOrbenrancp CoR,r> TO bo Virtue
et times.
Every now and then a poor God forsaken
looking tramp can be seen dodging in the
biCk ways To the residences of citizens in
quest Of cold bite. Query. Have they
! - home M fixed place Of abode? Why
can't they srt;lG dnwr somewhere? Strange
tGat stout, ah!c.bJdled man should pre-
fe- to be- his a. 81 from Il p"r 10 door wear
old clothes. aud sleep wherever he can, TO
working at some hu.."al calling. During
the heavy snow storm Of this morning we
noticed one e thcs2 IrIrNs surveying the
exterior of y rCssieuce and then dodge in
trc back wrv. He looked like the last
~ IN that ought 10 br engaged in such q
ca lirg. Trrmps read the newspapers that
charitable folks wrap their cold lunches up
in Ilsa wonder that If they have any
81 ark OF manhood lett that they do not
b come ashamed OF themselves alter sesing
low the Iapers expose them.