Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-11
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Tie ~ cbtrusige pickpocket seems -
have selected the Main Building as the CHIEF
.cene Of his Isbc;s LOOK cut 70. him.
Cap. N. b Rowe, who has such fine
display OF Jersey cattle is one Of the most
Accommodating ani genial gentleman i'm
agiDable.
The score cnIds sre popular aud hava
quite large demand. They are The o=s
ever gotten up Il; our Fair and ChAs. ; oil
has them in ctarge
Kirdlyretrain from asking Tor admission to
eu,erthe reporters stand hepencil pushers
wculd like to accommodate their friend =,
hut business is business.
There is some remarkably fine wool in the
north end of the Machinery Hall building.
One clip of "crimp' in particular is attract
ing universal attention.
The Young man from the country WAS
there. KS general thing he had his best
girl along, aud az q consequence he was
obliyious to a good deal that was going 0 L.
CAPT. Seamon has a real live Indian, in
al his war paint, on exhibition at his cig At
display. who attracts much attention. tie
is awfully fierce looking and has blue eyes
Ugh!
b f. Adams, the well known plumber,
had On exhibition hot dir pump which
throws water to the top OF the Main Hall
1t is quite handy machine and attracted
much attention.
A vaEse attached to tall mans hand
made waking swfully unpleasant IN the
main hail Tor about ten minutes but very
fcrcible biLt caused him to leave accom-
panied by the grip.
Query-How many souls are there in
crowd OF people half mile in length, three
lay ers thick, leaning up against paNng
.cnce. Please leave answers at the Entry
Clerks office on the grounds.
The policeman had to go down in his
pocket for halt csrtwheel yesterday.
During the morning "Bobbie' McNichoI
was the only blue boat TO be seen. A mum.
Der ATTENDED the races in the afternoon,
however.
The heavy strikers from out of town
amused themselves trying to pound ma
chine called a Yankee boy through the
ground with heavy Sledge hammers-two
strikes for hve-but the conlrivance still
remains unburied.
A good many folks "blew themselves in
at the lung tester yesterday. 1t is very
amusing 10 blow through rubber pipe till
your eyes stick out ike crabs and your
spinal column and YOUR breast bone meet
in fond embrace.
Finer specimens of the bakers art were
never before place on exhibition, Take a
walk through their department and be as.
tonished. We saw two or three married
men. with young and inexperienced wives,
looking at the light, crisp loaves with long.
ing eyes.
\ handsomely designed crazy quilt is ex-
hiJ;t,d by Miss Rhens'rom, OF Fourteenth
street. Ii consists OF six silk handkerchlets
OF various colors, each being hand em5rod.
,-ed and bearing tsst .fu array OF flowers,
ana the quilt is heavily ornamented with
White lace.
Two gentlemen from the country go, into
VERY hot disput yesterday over one OF the
races and were speaking real harsh to each
o her when Big friend came along, and
putting a hand on a shoulder of each IN Il
eOEl OI con t'lOA'AOI ? 70 '''''H W
squelched them.
The contest between the two rival oxhib
itors of ice cream, Mr.. Alex. Durst and
Mrs Iiegen fielder, was extremely close. The
samples OF cream submitted were both so
fine that it took long deliberation before an
awa.d could BE- made. The prize finally
vent TO Mrs. /iegcntelder, but there was
only shade in the difference.
The gentlemen who devote themselves to
catering to the multitude say the demand
for sandwiches and coffee is nothing like
it WAS last year. On the big day OF l0o4,
six thousand five hundred sandwiches were
sold on the ground, while the number dis
POSED OF yesterday was only about three
thousand. The orders for today foot up
pretty we'll however.