Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-06-01


The bot,, ne! lem 10 b about the only
neonle whose n Iness is NOT appreciably
sfiec,ed by the ID Falent stagnation in labor
ana trade. Lool ing over the registers OF
our principal holds, since January first, l
observe that the humber of arrivals eacn
day shows, on an average, quite q handsome
increase over the corresponding period OF
lost wear. called the attention OF an old
hotel man to the evident prosperous condi-
ton of business in his line, when ne con-
6rmed the conclusion had had arrived al,
and expressed himself as more than sans'
fed with the seasons return. While rates
have been maintained at the old figures,
nroyisions, supplies, and, in some instances
wages of employees, have decreased very
~precep6bly. and as a consequence pfohls
tbow I'D in a very satisfactory manner.
inst now, too, q little squirt is IN progress,
which bids fair TO continue for the next
three or four weeks.
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talked with a prominent Baltimore and
Ohio official a few days ago concerning the
lime when their extension through this
city would probably be taken hold OF IN
earnest, and from the tenor of his remarks
I'm inclined 10 think little or no progress
will be made this year. The company seems
10 be concentrating all its recources upon
lis Philadelphia extension, and as our local
improvements are of comparatively little
Importance, we must possess our souls IN
patience until the eastern matter has been
completed.
One day last week met with a per-
ambulating strawberry salesmsn,-one who
has followed the business in season tor sew
eral years-and he presently fell to discours'
Ing of the scarcity OF money among the mid.
die and lower classes, among whom he was
wont, in former years, to distribute the most
of bis crop. His method was to start out IN
the morning, pushing a crate ofone hundred
boxes of freshly picked berries on Il hand
cart, sometimes selling two or three crates
in a day within q limited area. On this oc-
casion he was returning home, it being eve
ming, and as we walked along together he
took occasion TO tell Of the times as he found
them, saying he had been on the tramp all
day with a single crate, and had barely sue
ceeded in ~disposing OF his wares at a price
which only reimbursed him for the first
cost of his goods. He had been through
the Seventh ward, Bridgeport, up the rail.
road to Martins Ferry, over the river and
down through the First ward, a trip extend
ing to six or eight miles, if one takes into
account the different streets traversed. In
former years he said the same labor would
have resulted in the sale Of half a dozen
o-o,oa ~ N \ ,pIsoma prnfit
On all sides sportsmen are telling won
derful stories Of the excellence OF the fishing
this year. For some reason or other the river
and numerous creeks out seem TO be fairly
swarming with all the local varieties OF the
fnny tribe, and "fsherman's luck has lost
its oldtime significance. One cause Of this
great increase is certainly due to the efforts
OF our fish commissioners, State and Nation
al. and if the almost daily attractions OF the
law BY seiners could be prevented, sports
men would feel greatly encouraged,
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Nothing shakes a town up like public
demonstration like that Of Saturday, and it
is to be regretted that our city cannot have
more of them. They.keep our people from
going to sleep, and besides, put a goodly
quantity of money in circulation which would
otherwise remain well down in the toe OF
the stocking. However, with Decoration
Day, the |. o. o. +. demonstration, next
Saturday, and the great Saengerfest in July,
we are doing fairly well in this line this
year.
At last the trees have condescended to
put on their summer attire, and things are
beginning to near a s%easonable aspect An
aged agriculturist assured US yesterday that
garden stuff and crops generally were fully
a month late, and Judging by his general
respondent air, we may look for oar local
crop OF strawberries sometime in August,
and watermelons and roasting ears, about
next Christmas.
There are many strange things in this
world Of ours, and one of the strangest IS
the persistence with which people-ln nine
cases out of ten ladies-stick to kerosene as
a fire kinder. Surely there have been
enough terrible accidents arising from this
pernicious practice to serve as a warning for
all time 10 come, and yet in scores Of tamil
lies in this city the coal oil can is brought
into daily requisition by hurried house
wives or impatient domestics. Three times
in the past fifteen days have women met
death in its most horrible form in this city,
from this entirely inexcusable practice, but
The warnings will 60 unheeded and doctors
will be kept busy as Of yore. DELTA.
4 DisRbling Disease.