Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-10-23
CHAT OF THE Town.
TOPICS TALKED ABOUT AROUND TOWN YES
TERDAY.
Soma Echoes Of the Cslebration-POliticS Touched
UpOn--A Railroad Observation-Disclosures
Matters Of Gossip

"I think the Finance Committee OF
the Columbus celebration will be just
about able to settle all the bills" said
a member Of the Committee, yesterday.
''I have been figuring up, and 1 know OF
expenses which will aggregate about
81 900, and there are probably some
small matters outstanding which will
about take up the other 500. didn't
do much hustling in this thing" con-
tinued the gentleman, "but it's my no.
ton that when an affair OF this sort is
undertaken again it would be good
idea to pay compensation, OF say 81 per
day, TO the men who are at the heads
Of the several departments.
It's worth good deal more
than that to have the assurance that
the details are in proper hands, and 1t
is also worth something to the men, who
| take their own time, often when they
cannot afford to loose wages, that the
affair may be success. l have In my
mind several gentlemen whose services
! In the celebration just past were well
worth $50 each, and they have indivld-
ually lost something like that in attend
ing TO the public business. 1t is hardly
right to expect men to give up their
time and often expend their own money
in affairs of this kind, especially when
they hardly ever get any credit Tor u.
l am glad the REGISTER has publicly
acknowledged the services Of a number
of these gentlemen. It's about all the
thanks they have obtained"
"What will become Of all the bun
ting?" was a question which was asked
several times yesterday by persons who
saw hundreds upon hundreds OF yards
of the stuff taken down from the big
buildings, much of it In q somewhat
soiled condition, from TIL ursday nights
rain, but the most Of it In practically as
good condition ss when first put up. 1t
is hard question to answer. When
the matter was broacbed to wholesale
merchant yesterday he said: "Well,
good deal Of it is practically as good as
new, and much Of it will be saved and
will go up on the buildings again on the
occasion of the coming visit Of General
Stevenson, or for the Republican dem
Onstration which l understand is on
foot before the election. Others will put
the stuff away, in the hope that 1t will be
In order when next celebration comes
around, and will thus save considera-
BILE outlay in money. Still, large quaD-
titles was either damaged by the rain OF
Thursday night, or was damaged In be-
ing taken down and will be thrown away.
The poorer classes will also get some Of
it, and thrifty housewives will make q
good use Of many yard Of colored cot
ton. In New York tens OF thousands
of yards of bunting and hundreds OF
fancy decorations, used on the 18th
inst, were sold to parties who resold 1T
to other cities and towns in the East,
where the local Columbus celebrations
were postponed until the 21st, and many
a dollar was turned over in this way.
No, there isn't much money In selling
bunting. In the first place, it has TO be
kept often for years before there is
demand for It; and when the demand
comes it is often so great that the COM
paratively small stocks on hand are run
out, and then more cannot be had In
time. It's something like selling fire.
works and that sort Of thing. We sold
ten or twelve thousand yards this week,
and could have sold more; but although
the telegraph was used, no more could
be obtained in time. We have placed
small order, just to have something in
stock, but there will probably be little
demand for bunting In Wheeling for
year or two, or perhaps longer"
although a good many Wheeling
people travel a good deal, and use
sleepers when they can get them, there
are probably many who do not know Of
the visiting clause in the rules Of the
sleeping car companies" said gentle
man, yesterday. "In the Wagner rules
il is provided that passengers who
have purchased berths will not be pro-
hibted from inviting friends en- route
to share their accommodations. For
persons so invited the regular form of
berth check will be issued, punching
out the cipher and writing the word
''viSttOr" plainly across the face
OF the check. This rule does not
admit OF an invitation being extended so
that more than two persons occupy one
berth. On trains where there
are two or more cars OF this Company,
visiting will be allowed between the
passengers who have purchased accom-
modations In either car, provided in
convenience is not done to any OF the
other occupants of the cars, The rules
OF the Pullman Company are practically
the same, and person paying for one
berth may share it with friend, If
there are no other accommodations to
be had in the car"
"Can I pick out mans business?"
said hotel clerk, in reply to report
er's question. almost every time. OF
course, it is generally easy to pick out
actors, though it is not so easy now as it
was a few years ago. Many of them
will pass, every day in the week, for or
binary travelling men. Particularly is
this so Of men in the business depart
ments. There is one thing about them
which is noticeable-they do not talk
so much shop as they used to, and you
have to go almost altogether by appear
ances. Professional men are generally
easily distinguished. can almost always
pick out lawyer or a doctor, and the
same with newspaper men, although
they are rather harder to detect, as a
rule. The every day drummer is, OF
course, an easy mark,as he generally has
something to give him away. Then he is
generally given to business talk, that