Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-04-15
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IOl G0h0 NaA4S Bo
been known to be failing mentally, aud
during the past week he has become worse.
He is now entirely u~nsccountable, and his
reason is almost entirely d%ethroned.
Postmaster Patterson has had the post
office nicely CHASED, and the windows 60
nicely polished that we can see from the
outside to the boxes.
The plate mill at the Etns will be
closed down during the coming week, to
allow the carpenters to "raise" the frame
of the Few building. AT the Standard the
frame Of the new part is all up, and the
work of sheeting and roofing will be COM
menced this week.
A roll on the plate mill and n on the
sheet mill No. 3 in the K.pa were broken
on Friday night.
"This Is not a very pretty ceiling" le'
marked o REGISTER reporter to q Hanover
street business mar yesterday, as he looked
up at the ceiling of his store.
NO." he replied, land just think, it
was papered only last spring. Now, you
can't see any of the figures in the design.
That's what natural gag light does for M.
1t seems a little cheaper in price than oil,
but the filth makes it much more sxpen-
sive in the long run"
'But they tell me there is o scheme on
foot to raise the price of gss still higher
well, it won't be raised any higher on
me, and from tie experience / have had, l
don't think any of our people seem inclined
to stand q raise"
"What'n you do, pass out and let the
gas company have the pot?"
That's the idea. Now, on the qaiet,
I can tell you that there is q secret scheme
on foot for every private consumer to drop
the use Of gas at once if any higher rate is
proposed in the new contracts to be made.
One Of our gas CONSUMERS will In o few
DAYS present an agreement to sill consum-
ers, for their signatures, agreeiug IN event
CT an advance in price to discontinue the
use forthwith"
How does the price of gas compare
with the cost of coal?n
~ pay $l4 a year for my heating stove.
In 1885, when coal was 7 cents per bushel,
l fad by looking over my coal bills that
used o little over 100 bushels. Now / can
get the best coal at 81 and 6 cents, and
the most extremely severe weather would
not run nv coal bill past So for the year"
Bot, then, think how much more con-
venisnt it is than the black diamonds"
"Yes, that ia true. II is q fine lazy
mans pull, hut a majority Of people have
time 10 spare to take out ashes and carry
ND coal, and a fellow il better of doing
the work than doing before an immense
gas fire."
Several other u Of the natural
fuel were spoken to concerning tue mat
ter, and they all seemed to be Of the same
mind. They all think natural gas a very
nice thing, but are also of tie impression
that they wont stand any imposition.
A ten-months old child of John Vickers
died of lung fever at its home on Hanover
street Oh Friday night. The funeral will
take place at 2 o'clock this afternoon. In
terment in Riverside Cemetery.
The Red Stocking Base Ball club went
over to Wheeling yesterday afternoon to
meet the Shamrocks on the Tunnel Green.
They met them, and thumped the life
out of them in a manner highly artistic
and satisfactory to our Reds. Dick PAden,
the invincible pitcher Of the Reds, sue
ceeded in striking u seventeen of the
dear little Shamrocks, and George Feeterer,
who caught him, only allowed two balls to
pass him. All Of our boys played good
ball, and are feeling highly eiated. as they
we'll may be considering the score of 10 to
2 in their favor. The boys play ed in the
following order: Catcher, George Feeterer;
pitcher, Dick Paien; short, Ed. Mallory;
1b, Arch Kirkbride; 2b, Tom Parker; 81,
George Roach; left. Wilson Purcell; centre,
Add Coss; right, Bob Purcell. They will
tackle Manager Buckenberger's aggrega-
ton next.
DR.. F. A. Amermal instituted o tenth
of knight Of the Macabses in this city on
Friday night. There are t~hirty-six charter
members, and o strong tent will surely
grow from this number. The officers are:
Pest Sir Knight Commander. Hon. John
s. Cochran; Sir knight Commander,
| Henry Stecgle; Sir Knight Lieutenant
Commander. NJ. r Snylie; Sir Knight
Record Keeper, Thomas J. irwin; Sir
knight Finance Keeper, w. T. Garrett;
Sir knight PGeiate, M. G. Mitchell; Sir
Knight Physician, Dr.. J. D. Hobensack;
Sir Knight Sergeant, James Gather.
Nearly al the members of the Bridgeport
Tent were in attendance aud q very pleas
ant evening was spent. After the cere-
monies were over the body went to La
fayette Opera Hall, where the Presby-
teria0s are holding u festival, and enjoyed
au elegant supper which had been pre-
pared by the ladies.
Mr.. J. W. Buckingham is building a
two story fame tenement house on Third
street, below Hanover.
This day one year ago at about 4 o'clock
in the afternoon, a most terrible and de-
struCtive wind storm passed over this city,
leveIiog the Walnut Grove and almost
every house in the storms narrow path.
To-day is the first anniversary Of the cele-
brated cyclone, which brought misery to
so many homes and wrought such utter
desolation in III midet.
Prot. G. Il, Shreve, of the Public schools,
is on the sick list.
James Smith is in the city among
friends.
A race in harness has been made between
A. c. Heil's gray geldipg, George, aad
Alex. Inns black mare, Bess. The race
wss made by DR.. J. L. Griffith and is TO
be contested for a purse Of $500 Linn
will drive his mare and DR.. Griffith the
He'll horse.
w. E. II. Connelly, the exp-essmsu, has
placed a telephone in his residence, and
can be called at all times.
There will he no service in st. Paul's
Episcopal Mission today, on account of
the illness of the Rector, Rev. W. S Camp
bell.
Que of the ladies Of ST. Pants Episcopal
Mite Society OF this city paid the REGIS
TER quite a compliment yesterday. She
said TO q friend who in return told the re-
porter. II think the REGISTER is Just the
best paper that comes to MsItin's Ferry.
Why we had a carpet to sell and for Fix
weeks tried every imaginable means to
dispose Of it. We put it in shcw windows
with a placard upon it, we imrortuned
people personally and to save us it would
not go. At last l asked the RGISTER man
to mention it one day, and he very kindly
did SO, and will you believe me, there
we're ten calls for that carpet before nine
o'clock the same day the notice appeared,
aud wa sold it at once to the FIRST caller.
Wonderful isn't it, how people read the
REGIsTEa?"
The Glendale Literary Society closed the
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