Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-09-25

of temperature on the arch Of the stone
bridge, said City Engineer F. D. Hoge.
"Along in the afternoon on warm day
the stones of the arch expand, and the
arch rises, the effect being to open tiny
Joints, about wide enough to get horse
hair in, In some places. In the early
morning, when the temperature is low
est, the arch sinks, and the little cracks
are all closed up tight"
81 don't know whether I'm going to
get show at feeding the visitors at the
Worlds Fair or not" said local res
taurant man, yesterday. 81 have been
making an attempt in that direction for
a good while back, but so far with no
success. The West Virginia Board
don't seem to have great amount OF
Influence, and the General Board wants
the earth. want to get in the West
Virginia building, and have offered
what 1 consider a good price for the
privilege, including keeping the build
ing clean and in order, but what III 90
don't know, for can get no satisfac-
tion out of any one"
There is an active, healthy small boy
on the Island who can not comprehend
what nervousness really is. He knows
that it is something extremely disagree
able, for his mother has been nervous
as long as he can remember. His pri-
vate opinion, expressed to his father,
one night, is that nerves are things
brought on earth by evil spirits for the
purpose of making little boys misera-
BILE. One day last week he overheard
his mother telling a neighbor that her
nerves were completely destroyed. The
lad was overjoyed, and TO cele-
brate what he considered to be
an emancipation, he went out In
the back yard and romped with his
big dog, with damaging results TO his
clothing as well as to his mothers IA
vorite flowers. After the neighbor had
gone away he burst into his mothers
presence with a velocity that almost
threw her into spasms, and before she
could utter the usual ooh, don't be so
noisy, Harry!" he had his arms around
her neck and was exclaiming; "Oh,
mamma, we won't have any more troub-
| le with nerves, shall we? / heard you
tell Mrs B. that yours were completely
destroyed. Isn't that nice"
"Some OF the kicks we get about the
reassessment of property are honeys,"
said 4 city official, yesterday, as he
tossed a petition onto a pile and sighed.
''There was a property owner who is
type of a good many men who have
come here this week. He wanted TO
object to his assessment, but he didn't
know what the new valuation was, or
what reduction he wanted, and after
| talking to him for time l found he
| couldn't even tell what the valuation
was last year. Then 1 caught on, and
asked him what he wanted done, and he
said he didn't know, and in reply to
! further questions he said he Just came
up because some of his neighbors came
and he thought he had as much right to
get a reduction as anyone else. A good
many Of the objections to the valuations
are Just about as reasonable as that"
That's So" said another official,
land while we're talking about the as
sessment, 1 want to say that good
many people are loosing time, consult
ing attorneys and making trips to the
City Hall, who, If asked to perform the
same amount OF work for the money
represented by their increased taxes,
would Indignantly refuse and give you
| TO understand they expected TO be paid
for working. There was case here
| to-day where a taxpayer called who
| had been increased from 81, 300 TO ST.
400. The city and school tax last year
was SLIP per 500, while this year it is
| 81. OF, a reduction Of five cents. The
difference between 81, 300 at SLIP and
81, 400 at Sl.O7 is just acc, and yet that
| citizen would travel from away down
town, hunt over the books for his pro-
perty, get blank, fill 1t out, file it with
the clerk, and have subcommittee go
down, view his property and come to
| decision, for the purpose OF possibly
saving that 42c once year. 1t isn't
worth the trouble, Of course. There
are cases, on some pieces of property,
where although the assessment is in
creased, the tax bills will be no larger,
or very little. Take a man who is in
creased from "a, 600 to s4, 200. His taxes
are lust increased SAC. Take an in
| crease from Sc, 600 to So, 300, and the in
crease is 21c, and man who is jumped
from IS, 600 to SIS, 500 only gets 35c the
! 2 6nyonC ~ q
on things like those, when they are not
worth one-quarter the trouble 1t takes. "
There is q remarkable coincidence in
connection with the accidental death Of
Architect o. S. PhilpOtt on Thursday
night. Mr.. Philpott intended to leave
next morning for Beverly, the county
seat of Randolph, TO spperintend the
work on the new Court House at that
place. The plans for the Court House
were originally prepared by Architect
E. w. Wells, and Mr.. Wells had made
arran gements TO leave for Beverly on
the day following the afternoon when
he was drowned in the Ohio by the cap
sizing OF a steam yacht. The plans
were afterward changed by Mr.. Phil
pott.
"If the cholera reaches Wheeling"
said a well known barber who was am
putating the REGISTER mans whisker-
lets, II will close up my shop at once.
It's bad enough to stand over healthy
man aud inhale his breath, but your
paper states cholera germs must be
taken through the mouth. II that is
true, the BARRIERS will be victims, sure
enough"