Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-08-28
NOTES.
Events of the Day Worthy OF a Brief
Notice.

The carpenters carried axes
The hod.carriers marched like trained
soldiers.
The "cute" little pony cart was the
delight OF the small boys.
1t was the first parade to pass over
the Main street stone bridge.
AS usual the playing of the Opera
House Band was "out Of sight"
The Martins Ferry fire team rode
in a wagon through the streets.
The boss rlasterers turned out with
their employees as invited guests.
The dairyman had float with "that
same old cow" a pump, in operation.
Most of the Laughlln mill employees
wore large sunflowers in their lappels.
Kelly Groves lost a silver watch at
the Fair Grounds yesterday afternoon.
The jewelers. clerks did not turn out
very strong. Each carried miniature
clock.
The Y. M. D. c. drum corps in their
handsome uniforms attracted favorable
notice.
Hon. John o. Pendleton circulated
among his friends on the fair grounds
in the afternoon.
The electric motors were all hand
somely decorated by the employees with
flags and bunting.
Jimmy" Nichols drove his 2:1O pony
around the track after the trOttlng race
and was loudly cheered.
One solitary man represented Local
Union No. II, Carpenters and Joiners,
OF Bellalre, in the parade.
Did you notice the number Of bo-
DUETS carried by the boys? The best
girl was there with both feet.
The Wheeling InstalIment Company
was on hand with good display OF
furniture and household goods.
The Plasterer's Union were the most
stylish boys in the pocesh. All occu-
pied hacks. and they were fine body
of men.
A number Of banners. and Transparent
cies asking working people not TO buy
non-union goods were noticed In the
parade.
The Convent school and st. Vlncents
High School at the Cathedral, were
handsomely decorated with flags and
bunting.
Hon. Lave Garden, Sheriff Steenrod,
To Be Sheriff Franzheim and Assessor
Blanchard graced the procession with
their presence.
The Electric Band of Steubenville
complimented the REGISTER with a
fifteen minutes serenade. They played
some excellent selections.
1t took exactly 35 minutes for the pa.
rade to pass the REGISTER Office. or
course there were two or three waits Of
one to two minutes each.
Martin Ferry girls think nothing too
good for the boys in the running team.
Perhaps the boys find an inspiration
in their smiles and cheers.
For some reason Sherman Lodge, A.
A. OF l. and S. W., OF Aetnaville, COM
posed of finishers at the Aetna and
Standard mills, did not turn out.
The painters looked nobby in their
white duck uniforms and black UNI
brellas. They made the most attractive
appearance of all the organizations in
the parade.
G. R. Van Fossen, Of Wellsville, O.,
ex-President Of the Northeastern Ohio
Volunteer Fire Association, was an in
terested spectator during the fremens
race yesterday afternoon.
NJ. H. Sykes, successor to ]. A. Il.
Parsons, had handsome display Of life
sized portraits In the parade. Mr.. Sykes
is young and energetic and deserves the
success with which he is meeting.
Local No. ESQ, of locked-out miners,
at the Bogg's Bun bank, carried a
transparency with picture represent
ing "scab" convention. This union
was frequently applauded by sympa-
thizers with the men.
Block Bros. tobacco workers made q
very pretty display. Handsome Ian
ners hung from the horses, who wore
also trl-colored plumes, and the car
riages were all neatly decorated. The
boys wanted the girls to turn out in
hacks also, agreeing to furnish the
vehicles, but they declined.
Chief Marshal Irwin W. Imhoff and
Assistant Marshal Joseph II. Purcell,
desire TO return thanks to all the aides
for the services rendered. They desire
especially to thank John Minkemyer
and Thos. Fox, who were untiring in
their efforts to make the parade sue
cess.
The printers, with their neat Japan
csc parasols. turned out strong. The
cigar-makers and warehousemen carried
tri-colored parasols and were also nu-
merically strong. These three organi-
cations fairly divided with the painters
the honor OF making the most handsome
appearance.
The absence Of Local Union, No. Q,
A. T. G. w. o., was frequently re-
marked. This union is composed Of
glassworkers in factories H" and 80"
of the United States Glass Company,
and has heretofore made strong and
attractive display. Several other Or
gantzations, for some reason, were not
represented.
When the parade was passing Four
teenth and Chapline streets yesterday,