Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-09
WHEELING. W. A. MONDAY MORNING, MARCH g. lSS

Belmont, who accompanied Gen. Meigs and
his daughter. Her display of diamonds was
a remarkable one. These were some OF the
notable costumes: Mrs. Hendricks wore
cold colored brocade with front OF PLAIN
cold colored velvet, covered with embroidery
in seed pearls The eorsage was aiso
wrought in pearls. Miss Vlrgie Niles, who
was with the Vice-President and Mrs. HeI-
bricks, wore a pale blue satin, with with
wide cream -colored lace founces and low
neck waist of pale blue plush, relieved with
mink crushed roses. Miss Cleveland wore
white Ottoman silk trimmed with point lace
A magnificent toilet was worn by Speaker
CarlisIe's wife. The back was wholly oil
violet velvet, so closely wrought in gold that
it looked as If it were of gold. The front
was made entirely of pearl and pink beads,
over lilac satin. The sides were of puthngs
of lilac satin, with ornaments hanging over
them of pearl and pink beads. Mrs. Sheri'
dan wore white satin brocsde, relieved with
lunches Of water grasses. The front
was covered with point lace
Her Jewels were very beautiful.
Judge Davis Of the Court of Claims accom-
panied his wife and her sister, Miss Lucy
Frefnghuysen. The latter, with white lace
skirts, wore crimson velvet waist. Mrs
Davis wore black satin with trimmings oil
falcon satin, made with low corsage. Mrs.
Mcclellan, wife of Gen. Mcclellan, wore
white satin with the front covered with
hand embroidery in colors.. Mrs. Tyler,
widow of President Tyler, wore lilac six
trimmed with fine black lace. Mrs. BelYa
lockwood went to the ball purely from
sense of duty and patriotism; but she could
net bring herself to dress in colors indlca-
tive of rejoicing, since Clevelands success
had depended on her own defeat. She
were a rich black velvet dress with point
lace ornamentatiou.
southerners.
The Southerners, whose wide spreading,
gray felt hats and liz hit overcoats distinguish
them and the throngs they mingle with,
seem to be in no hurry to 90 away. They
have been honizing handsome Gen: tltz-
hugh Lee, and their brethren Of the North
do not take exception to their assertion
that Gen. Lee, sir made the finest appear
ance, sir, of any man in the parade, sir. lie
looked the gentleman, sir, and the soldier
and the man, sir, to a degree, by C,
sir. that no one else approached
They have been toasting the gallant son
of virginia steadily now for twenty-tour
hours, and have made him the talk of the
town, though he is in all probability
wholly unconscious of it. Beyond the rebel
veil, as the peculiar high-keyed Southern
manner OF applauding is callet2 here has
been very little here to offend the over
sensitive sectional feeling of the most rsbid
Republicans. There is, however, one house
! i, Washington on whose front a portrait OF
Robert E. Lee hangs beside picture OF
Grover Cleveland.
Handling Great Crowds.
The estimate that there were about l5O,-
OCU strangess in the city on Inauguration
dsy is confirmed by the statements OF the
railroad officials. 1t is said that the Penn
sylyania read carried 10000, the Baltimore
and Ohio carried $4,000, and $4,000 came
By Southern roads and the boats. Forty
thousand persons came from Baltimore yes
te, !ay morning. The Baltimore and Poto-
mac road brought in heavily laden passen-
ger trains at intervals of eight minutes
TLue are fifteen blocks between here aud
Baltimore, and at no time from Il o clock
at night on the Sd to past noon yesterday
! wss either one of the blocks
clesr of a train, and often
there were as many as seven trains
made up in Baltimore waiting signals to
pass through the tunnels. The trains on
the Baltimore aud Ohio ran much in the
same way, and the frequent trains were
thus handled readily and without an acci
dent. After the procession left the Capitol
at Il o'clock return trains were made up,
loaded, md despatched at short intervals,
over ,orty trains to Baltimore being sent
out in the FIRST twelve hours. The Western
trains are not included in this number. II
is not likely that the average outlay Of the
strangers ia town was less than $40; yet that
would show that the people OF the capital are
three million dollars better off than If the
crowds had not come. The Washington
newspapers report only six accidents that
were sufficiently serious for the victims
TO he sent to the Emergency Hospital. One
ms Il had fail, and was run over, another
wss hit By skyrocket stick, another had
al attack of vertigo, another was punched
in the eye, and the remaining sufferer
bu, ned his hand with Roman candle.
Only one serious row is reported. This was
lar room shooting scrape, in which Cor.
poral Chas. Miller, of the Fifteenth Penn
sylvania was shot in the face During the
fortyeight hours ending at 8 o'clock tn s
morning, 339 arrests were made. 1t is
against the law to use profane language in
Washington, and number of New Workers,
wi merely commented on the characters
cf our ofIicious policemen, or INDUCED in
foul and informal language with regard to
those who stepped on their toes in the
crowds, were lugged off and $40.