Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-08-08
OUR PHONOGRAPH
What Leading Citizens Have to Say to
Reporters.
WALKS AND TALKS ABOUT TOWN,
Everybody More or Less Interested IN the
Topics Mentioned
BRIEF CHATS ALONG THE CURB

"How are things down at the Benwood
mill, President Hoffman,
"All right"
Start up sOon?"
YES. We put on one heating furnace
to-day, and the Others will follow right
along We will. have the factory at work
by Wednesday or Thursday, and the mill
will then be in full blast. We have our
old heaters back on private terms, and the
situation is perfectly satisfactory to every
body"
Tell me something, Postmaster Simp-
son."
What"
Anything interesting. How about
those resignatiOns?'
"Oh, they leave us in good shape.
There will be no delay to the public and
no inconvenience about the office. | had
two sub-carriers, and put them on the
routes affected by the designations a once.
To be sure, a week is little enough time to
learn route, but guess we shall have no
trouble. / have put new man, George
Rodenbaugh, on rs u sub on the North
Wheeling route, and Will Wier-goes Oh as
mailing clerk on the 18th, vice Carmack.
Anything new at the Central, Prcsl-
dent y. Il. Scott
eyes, unfortunately"
why unfortunately? y
a furnace full of pots were destroyed
to-day. We had put new clay eye in the
furnace, and it is supposed the mOstnrc
from it was absorbed by the pots Any
how, they split, and the whole thing will
have to be torn ont and new pots set The
direct loss will probably be s., 800, but the
indirect loss will I've much greater"
Flows business in the hotel line, SAM
Harrison?'
''Improving."
Register list growing"
eyes, and travelling men tell me they
find IN improvement in trade, IN all lines
OF goods. ! vas just talking with \ gentle
man who has not been in Wheeling for
nearly year, lie says he notices marked
improvement,
whats going on, Mr.. Barney Stanley"
Nothing"
What document are you labOring Over?'
"Thc report of the representatives from
the Grand Lodge K. ofP. of West Virginia
to the Supreme Lodge of the world. Mr..
James II. Stout, of Grafton, and myself
got il up. The order in the United States
is in most furnishing condition. We
have 40 grand lodges and 1866 subordinate
lodgeS. with "a membership of l3O, 36l.
From the report of the Supreme Keeper oi
the Records, | find the receipts of the or
der for 1855 to he 81, 1872, 73S. 0l, which,
with the balance on hand from ISL, makes
a total of 81, BAG, }96. VI There were cx-
ueudcd SIT, Iis - Tor relief and burialS
and SGO6, i339j for current expenses, lcav-
ing balance on hand and invested OF
81, 262, 43193.
Flows the Fire Department. Chief
Dunning2h
IAN right"
Going to get along rs well without the
old cxtramen as you did with them:'
That's a question experience will have
to decide. Twcnty-threc eXtramcn were
dismissed, and three st0kers and three
pipemen substituted, The first hig fire
will settle tho question OF which plan Is
best
what are you studying over, Uncle
John BOring?'
'Old time Wheeling"
what about it"'
81 was thinking | would - over the
city some Of these days aud map all the
old hills and hollOws and swampS as they
existed away back rs far rs l-:!S. The city
then contained but 1000 people, and a
more uninlitng spot on which TO locate a
large town did not exist in the United
States
"What'a sning Oh at the Gas Works
Oscar Scclcy?'
THE improvements arc progressing"
Tell me about them
"Wcll; Well contemplating in thenew
retQrts Monday, and the roof joists of the
new Office and blacksmith shop will be
laid this afternoon. That iSa cheap build
ing, by the way, and will add much to the
convenience and value of the works"
''Whcn does the t. 3 Court meet, Mr..
Commissioner FOrbcs?'
The fist Monday in September"
Making any preparations yctH'
"Not exactly, hui ought to hear from
Mr.. Watts, the newly appointed District
Attorney, pretty soon, about the grand
Jury. However, he has not received his
commission yet, and will probably do moth
ing for few days. The session here in
Wheeling is the first Court he will be call
ed upon To attend, unless he goes TO the
extra session of the L. ). Circuit Court,
which conyenes ID Parkcrsburg about the
last of the month"
'HGw the big well, Ed, Rose"
AN right"
"What is she doing to-day"
Thirty barrels an hour right along.
We have done no further drilling, being
content with the output. That is, it is better
to let the hole alone as long rs it does we'll,