Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-09-02
OVER in OHIO.
BFLLAIRE.

Tae roof of the Elysiau theater has been
leaking for a long time and the scenery has
been suffering in consequence. Already
more damage has been done this place OF
amusement than it would have cost to re-
pair the roof
The Wheeling Iatelligencer bohs up Sc
renely with the REGISTER and offers ssye
raj premiums to the street fair.
The small boy recognizes that it is bht a
short time until school resumes and he is
fishing out his last years books and Won
deriug if the studies this term will be as
hard as last. Parks and Dickens have ar
ranged to take back all the old Rays
Test Examples" and will allow each
scholar 80 cents cash for them.
The face of the new town clock will be
about feet in diameter. The clock should
be illuminated at night.
About % females, some quite young,
make themselves quite conspicuous on the
streets these nights at late hours. II they
were locked up it would be good thing
for many an unwary individual.
Miss Annie Warnock. of Wsrnock, is the
guest of Fonrth ward friends.
Rev. w. s. Campbell is home and will
hold service in the Episcopal church to-
pay.
The Natural Gas Company cuts very
prominent figure this season. Most every
body is stuck on il. Some like it for the
good (?) it has done, some for the good II
has failed to do, and some are infatuated (?)
with il for the devilment it has accom-
plished. Natural gas has caused Bellaire
more harm than any enterprise she ever
coddled to.
The daily Times has reduced the prices
for advertising and subscription about one
half. The paper is now furnished at ak
cents week. II the sheet don't become
popular at this price the rate will be cut
again The editor goes on the principal
that if you can't get whole melon be con-
tented with slice. The man from
Youngstown certainly has grit
Every merchant in the city is waiting
for revival in business. The past several
weeks have been very dull, but there are
better times coming But still business
is not SO good as year ago OF this season.
The addition to the Stamping Company
il nearing completion. New machinery
will be put in the new part of the works
as soon az convenient. The stamping
works has had a very rapid increase Of
business within the last year. Concerns
that run the year round make a prosperous
city.
Miss Maggie Fittou has returned from
a visit at Martins Ferry.
II has been some years since nature ia
vOred this country as she has in 1888. On
every hand fruit of every variety is 30 plen,
tiful that prices are very low. Hundreds
of our people are taking advantage of the
condition Of things, aud are preserving
fruit in large quantities. II is seldom that
plums and peaches sell at the low figure
they are at this time. The expense OF
storing away fruit comes heavy at once,
but it il the proper way to economic in
the long ruu.l
Base ball was not 80 popular among the
boys this summer as for several seasons
past The national game is losing its pres
tige, hut il will be long time ere another
game will be invented that will prove as
popular as base ball. The Englishmau
may be contented with cricket, but he
would soon give up the sport if he had a
little taste OF the American curved ball
and n sample Of our base running. An
English crowd can find pleasure sitting in
the sun all afternoon watching one man
defend the cricket and bat easy balls, but
the sports on this side Of the Atlantic
want something more exciting.
There was revival in the line of even.
ing parties last week. At least a dozen
are reported. Some extravsgant reports
concerning the amount of cake and ice
cream devoured by crowd of Fourth
warders at = birthday celebration are
sfost, but such feats make business for
some one.
Just ut this time there are great many
people suffering from biles. These erup.
tons are very treacherous and make q
showing where leas. expected. Woe 70
the man who suffereth and can not take A
chair Pity the individual who findeth II
convenient to carry his neck as if he were
afraid of splitting glass of water stationed
on his head! Having boil may be worth
S. but most Of the afflicted would be will.
ing to allow q good cash discount. Have
you been theref
E c. Morris has gone to Baltimore on q
visit.
w. S. Carroll will remain in the North.
west couple of weeks.
Muth is confident that he can beat Jas.
White.
Most all Bellaire people who have been
away on summer trips have returned home
The dirt dumped on the Public Square
q couple Of weeks since may be expected
30 sink several inches.
1t WAS thought that Casper Glass got
$500 judgment against Mrs. Shanley.
through Lawyer E. B. Kennedy, but Il
turns out that the Judgment was only s.,
and when the proper party came to collect