Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-04-20
OLD-TINE WHEELING.
A Glimpse Of the City Fify-fve Years
Ago.
THE STAGE LINES AND HOTELS.
Raising Money for Building the Suspension
Bridge
THE ISLAND FOR RENT ASA FARM.

THE ISLAND FOR RENT ASA FARM.
Councilman Albert Hadlich Yesterday
showed q REGISTER reporter two literary
curiosities, in the shape of copies of the
Wheeling Tri-Weellly Times, of the dates Of
Tuesday. March -, 1885, and Saturday.
November Il. 1885. The first copy had the
names of \. w. and L. ID. Newton dis
played as editors aud proprietors, while
the older copy had simply the name Of
E. w. Newton The venerable relics are
very interesting. and their pages afford an
entertaining glimpse of life in Wheeling
more than half a century ago.
The earlier issue, among the river items.
chronicles that the steamboat Siam, from
St Louis. landed ON our wharf, yesterday,
about 40 tons OF freight, consisting princi-
pallv of lard in kegs, destined for the Bal
timore market" An editorial paragraph
indicates that the pike question was agita-
ting our Ohio neighbOrs at that early
dav there being "a movement 10 make q
McAdamized road from Steubenville
through Cadiz TO Cambridge, the cap
ital of Guernsey county, situated on
the National road, about fifty miles
west of Wheeling In the advertising
columns are the announcements that Edgar
c. Wilson. and William :. Morgan are the
Congressional nominees, while General
Moses w Chapline is candidate for the
General Assembly from Ohio county, and
John Davis from Tyler
There were few city improvements. in
the way of paved streets on water mains,
then in existence, but the authorities were
engaged in grading and paving some of the
principal streets II. Mckee, Thos. Hughes
and A. Paxton. the Committee on Water
Works, asked for bids for 5,S91 feet of +
inch pipe and 5000 feet of 6-inch pipe for
the extension of the mains, and j. Upde-
graf Street Commissioner, asked FOR bids
for grading and paving Main street, from
the south side of Monroe street 10 Oak
alley. land from Union 70 jefferson street, '
grading and paving Water street from
Union to Monroe and for grading Mar
ket street from Washington street to the
creek" which included filling in some
swamp land from the Mcclure House south
Bids are also asked for by Richard Dele
field. Captain of Engineers, L. =. ~, for
repairing the National road
The old stage lines were then running at
their best, and John w. Weaver, pro
prictor of the Peoples Line, announces
that stages will leave the general stage
house-the United States Hotel-everv
other day for washington. Pa, Union
town. Pa. Cumberland. HagerstOwn and
Frderickstown To the railroad, 222 miles;
thence by railroad to Baltimore. in %
hours from Wheeling and TO "Philadel-
phia $50 miles. in 80 hours from Wheeling.
The line also reached Pittsburg, - miles,
in - hours
The old Wheeling House had just been
changed TO the Virginia House. and Mr..
Mcdonald. the proprietor, announced, as
one of the inducements 10 stop there that
''steamboats never leave the wharf with
out first notifying the bar keeper-thus
giving 10 the traveller who wishes TO de
sCend the river "a sure medium OF mtelll-
gence and ample time for preparation 10
depart" This probably meant one more
drink.
There are two or three familiar names in
this issue one being that of Daniel Lamb,
agent and secretary of the Fire and Marine
Insurance Company, and another that OF
Thomas Sweeney, then conducting store
for the sale of stoves and hollow ware.
Ebenezer Zane advertises Wheeling
Island 10 Let for "a term Of years and Oil
lard Hardwicl offers SO reward for slave
Benjamin. who has evidently strayed off.
There are several advertisements OF Balu-
more business houses in the paper.
The issue of November IA, lS35, is almost
identical with the earlier one. Among the
marriage notices appear those of Thomas
Deverel TO Miss Ann Kennedy; Benz. =.
Lilley to Miss Eliza Gordon George Der
gazer 10 Miss Dorcas Huggans. ana Mr..
John Waddle. Merchant, of the firm OF VIII
son and Waddle, West Liberty. to Miss
Mary. DaughtcrO Of John SnOdgrass, esq, OF
Short Greek"
From the river news. taken from the
books of the United States Hotel IL APP
pears that among the packets were the Day
ton. Capt Stone: Arabian, Capt. For
syth: Canton, Capt Frampton; Rufus Put
nam. Capt Bosworth; Despatch, Capt.
johnson: Lady Madison; Capt Bennett;
Juniata. Capt. Price; Visitor, Capt Clark
Hero. Capt. Page; Roanoke, Capt. Mason.
This issue of the paper booms William
Henry Harrison for President
A local article says 'books for subscrip-
tons to the capital stock for constructing
bridge over the Ohio at this place We're
opened on Monday, and all the stock, TO the
amount of 500, 900 taken in few minutes.
On Thursday the contract for building the
bridge over the west branch was signed,
sealed and delivered. NJ. lie Baron, one
of the most distinguished bridge builders
IN luc country. HAS ldh'li Nlio
at S6S 800 This is the gentleman that had
the contract for building the bridge over
the Monongahela at Brownville, for the
one at Harrisburg, and for various other
magnificent structures of similar kind IN
other sections of the country. The work
will commence forthwith. Thisis, TO use
western phrase, doing the thing in the
right way
The United States Court for the Western
District Of Virginia, Judge Caldwell. was
in session at Clarksburg, and there is
full report Of the proceedings.
There are many other interesting bits OF
information. which space forbids our refer
ring TO at this time.