Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-17

and children, reseuing his household goods
from the Wster. and filling sick from over.
work and exposure, Jim robbed the bnoee
Company OF his service, and thereiore
must ho A moro 'self-sacrificing, noble
hearted and estimable young man tnsn
james Richardson does not live, and ms
prompt reinstatement by the directors was
very Satisfactory.
Members Of the relief committee relate
many rare and rscy experiences. One gen.
tleman said to me on Wednesday: while
our skiff was passing through one OF the
inundated streets In the Sixth ward on FRI
day, I saw q woman reckoning to Us from
q second story window. Getting our boat
to the house with much trouble, We en-
quired into the nature OF her wants.
have you any good fresh butterr she re-
piled. We answered in the negati We, when
she sorrowfully said, Well, that was about
all cared for except some comb honey
Talking TO a Wheeling gentleman who
was in New York City during the freshet.
he said: THE Wheeling correspondents OF
some of the Eastern papers have made
good record for themselves Some OF the
big dsil!es had graphic and accurate
accounts of the flood, aud it was
subject o. e. neral remark that Wheeling
had more spscs devoted to her than either
Pittsburgh or Cincinnati. One or two pa.
pers, like the Sun, for example, depended
entirely on the Associated Press, and, con-
sequently, the reports they printed were
meager, frsguentary and unsatisfactory
The consumption OF whisky was i'm
mense. Probably more firs-water was
Drank in the past two weeks than during
any similar period since the war. Men
who ordinarily are total abstainers took
drink after drink ito keep out the cold
and keep them up" l doubt IL 1t did any
good. From personal observation men
who did not touch whisky during the
whole time were able to work incessantly
for three, four and even FIVE days at time,
and we're able to labor long after their
whisky drinking companions were e1-
hAusted.
One of the most urgent necessities OF the
city is new and reliable set Of marks at
the landing. For half dozen years the
present fraudulent figures have been an
eye-sore to rivermen and disgrace TO our
city, ard the press and public should see
to il that the Board Of Public Works make
use OF the first opportunity to replace them
by others. Inverted railroad rails should
be laid on q solid foundation from low
water mark to a height Of fifty feet, and
the figures cut in them plainly and accu-
rately. The present nuisance should 20.
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The cats on the Island had hard time
of it. Dozens OF Toms and Tables were
CON PEELED to roost on the house tops and
in trees without grub of any kind, and
were woefully thin when their former
homes were again tensnted. Many OF these
household pets were crazy with hunger,
and fought like tigers when caught. saw
well known Islander coming up street on
Wednesday holding freazied and strug'
Cling tom cat in his arms, his hands being
badly torn by his teeth and claws.
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Talking with contractor yesterday, he
said: "Of course this thing is terrible
disaster, but it will keep many a carpen.
ter, bricklayer, mason, painter and laborer
in work, at good wages, during the entire
summer. There will be more lumber used
in this city in the next six months than
ever before, and the result will be that
houses will be more comfortable, property
enhanced in value and the inundated dis
tricts more inviting to the eye than they
we're before the delnge came upon u.s."
4 few spectators in real estate who
rushed frantically to the Island as soon as
the water had departed, intending to buy
up real estate at 80 per cent. discount from
pre- freshet prices, met with very poor sue.
GEES. AS far as have been able to ascer-
tain not a single proprietor OF real estate
over there was willing to take one dollar
less for his property. / know personally
OF one man, who paid 81. 500 for a house
ard lot two years ego, and who refused Q
cash offer of $4,000 one day last week.
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Some OF the sufferers were great kickers
They we're to-, fsslidious for anything.
Nothing short OF cream aud cut loaf sugar
for their old government Java would suit
them. One family was uncerem oniously
bounced out OF the market house hall for
insuguratipg a row because brown sugar
was offered them. On the South Side a
colnred female left the Relief Committee
headquarters in huff because a pair Of
colorfd blankets vera offered her. She
wanted white ones, or none at all.
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some Ot the DnlOer Drought down from
up stream points is very valuable. saw
quite number of walnut logs sixteen
feet long and two feet six inches in
diameter, lying at various points about the
Island At ere plar" there was pile con.
tanning shout 5000 feet OF dressed cherry
boards, and scattered around promiscuous.
ly were many valuable walnut, oak and
maple knots, cut from trees TO be sawed
up into yeneers, and worth several hun.
dred dollars each.
went down to the New Fair Grounds
the other day, and took a look at the place.
The flood made clean sweep Of every.
thing but the dining hall and the main
buildipg. All the fences, email buildings,
grand stand, stables, and everything else
was carried off. and the spot which once
held out such bright promises to the stock.
holders ard our citizens at large, is now
barren ard unattraCtive as q section OF the
Sahara.
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Talkir & wi bag ntleman from Powhatau
a day or two after the subsistence of the
water, lie said: when the hotel at Pow
batan was projected the builders were al
considerable trouble to ascertain the exact
height Of the water in 1892 and laid the
floor OF the building IA inches higher than
The water reached that year, thinking to
thus place it beyond all possible danger
from fresbets. This year there was "a
inches OF water on the floor