Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-01-31
STREET TALK
Interesting Gossip One Hears Here and
There-Some Interesting Matters Dis

There-some Interesting Matters Dis
cussed,
Harry Mendel, of the steamer Phil
| lips, is creature OF luck at present,
and should thank Providence for the
situation. Mendel could not make suit
able terms for landing the Phillips at
the wharf-boat at Bellaire, and gave no.
tice that he would put in a wharf-boat
Of his own II satisfactory settlement
was not made. Terms were not made
and Mendel put in boat for the recep-
tion OF freight as he promised. Tho
river got on high few days after the
new wharf was anchored, the ice came
down from the regions above, complete
| ly filling the Ohio. The old wharf-boat
was pulled close to the shore for pro-
! lection, and when the waters receded
was left high and dry. Harry's boat is
| floating nicely and is in shape for
freight. 1t looks at present as If the
new wharf-boat is strictly "in it"
just now the shareholders Of a GER
tain beneficial order On the other side
of the river are on the alert and are
fearing something will drop. The or
der fourished and grew large owing to
the inducements held out TO the men,
| bers. 1t was claimed by some newspa-
pers that the organization promised
pecuniary return it couldn't possibly
| fulfill. The prospects held out TO share
holders are indeed promising, but the
company makes no guarantee as to
/ what IL will do. Under certain condi-
tions the company promises so and so,
! etc. The present scare may blow over,
but it is an unfortunate circumstance
| for a company that is in its infancy.
Just at present, however, there are sew
eral beneficial societies suffering from
the grip and going into liquidation.
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1t is all very we'll to read about the
| elegantly equipped trains the b. IL o. is
running between New York and Wash
| ington and from Baltimore to Cincin-
natl. 1t may be comforting to know
| that down East the i. & o. slides you
along at a mile-a-minute gait; but we
! don't see it. What the people Of
Wheeling want is little of the expert
ence one reads so much about. Nice
downy reclining seats without extra
| Cudlkb WOulu OI upplONl0bOO VII VIZ 80
| vision OF the road from Pittsburg to this
| city, or between here and Grafton. II
there ever was any necessity for easy
chairs they are required on the divisions
| just named.
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Notwithstanding there are individuals
in this city who have been trying to
rival Monte Carlo we have heard OF
none who have become successful eX-
cept ten, limited degree. A Chicago
man intends to arrange matters so that
it will soon be unnecessary for gamblers
to go abroad TO wreck their fortunes
and commit suicide at the gaming ia
bic. He will establish domestic
Monte Carlo. 1t is said that Santa Cruz,
opposite Santa Barbara, on the Caiif0r-
MIA coast, Is the chosen spot, where al
ready, in imagination, magnificent ho-
tells, casinos and gambling halls rise.
The only obstacle to the grand vision is
the United States Government, which
has spaSmodic attacks of conscientious
Scruples."
A well dressed woman with a five
dollar poCket-book prominently in her
| hand is a gilded snare for the pocket
book snatcher. The chances that IL
contains more than thirty-seven cents
and a car ticket have been taken by
highwaymen now in durance vile, but
their bad luck and worse Judgment have
deferred others from following that
means of livelihood. It is the quietly
and often poorly dressed old lady with
q greasy, time-worn "le0ther," the
country visitor and the small shop
keepers who are likely to have money
on the person. The rich never carry
much money. There are miliOnaires
who never carry more than one to five
dollars habitualy. They have theory
that they are more likely TO be "held
up" than any body else, and are always
afraid of being robbed 1t is one of the
penalties of wealth. The rObber would
be more apt to find money in greater
quantity on the body Of one OF their
clerks. The clerk has no bank account
and carries his,little surplus n his trous-
ers pocket The pocket check book is
the safe guard of the millionaire.
~
There were good many patriots in
town last week. 1t is wonderful the
number of individuals who wanted I'm
Gle Sam to go TO war. Chile is small
nation, but it is a mistake to suppose
that she would make feeble resistance
in case Of war with the United States.
She is all fight, what there IS OF her.
Every citizen is soldier or sailor. With
her navy disabled and seaports captured
which would probably involve good
deal of tough work-there would be left
an army of at least $4,000 well-trained,
well-armed soldiers in the interior,
fighting for existence. OF course there
would be no uncertainty as to the out
come, but the job of cleaning out the
little country would be pretty expen-
sive.
~
speaking of beans" said we'll
known merchant, reminds me that
several years ago | was advised to
eat beans TO drive away bad
case of dyspepsia. / ate the Boston
favorite until I was ashamed OF
myself Beans are low in price, in fact,
the lowest of anything in nearly all eat
ing houses, and that fact made me sens
tive, thinking that the people who saw
me eating them at every meal would
Judge that II was from poverty, or, at
least, from poor business in my store,
that | was obliged to economic.
suppose that people suffering from dys-
pepsa are peculiarly sensitive, and
became so ashamed of calling for the
same dish day after day that, though
could III afford the loss of time, l would
hunt up new restaurants further away
and eat few meals, and then, as felt