Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-08-07
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{ "The grand stand at the State Fair
/ grounds was completed this evening, "
said Secretary George Hook, last night,
and It makes a great addition to the
eonvenienoes and accommodations over
there. There are four sections Of 1O4
reserved seats each In the new addition,
and that gives US seating capacity Of
5000 people in the stand, allowing
eighteen inches OF space to each per-
son. Add to that the bleaching boards
between the stand and the track and
we have seating room for three thou
sand people. We have now about as
large a grand stand as will be found IN
this portion OF the country"
when electric light cars were first
run in Wheeling" said a jeweler, last
evening, "and for some months there
after, there was much talk about de-
magnetizing watches and about the
current destroying their value as time
indicators. Its now generally admit
ted that the complaints were not well
founded, and where q hundred men
made them not one does so now. There
IS not enough electricity In an electric
car to affect an average watch, and the
reason so many watches got out OF order
when rapid transit first came 10 the city
was the number Of iOlts and jars they
received when their wearerS jumped on
and of the cars. The very best Of
watches may be stopped by a man
Jumping of a car when It is travelling
eight or ten miles an hour, especially II
he alights firmly on his feet and does
not check the conclusion by alighting
on one foot and running a few steps
with the car. That this was the cause
OF complaints as 10 alleged electrical et-
fects Is evident from She fact that
riders on trains experience just
the same annoyance. People are now
beginning to realize the danger Of
Jumping of cars that are moving rap
Idly, and, as a result, their watches
keep better time and are more reliable.
wheat Is getting into bad shape In
the country" said Deputy Sheriff Gar
den, yesterday. 1.-The weather has been
too wet. The wheat, for the most part
Is standing In the shock, 1t having been
neglected by farmers who were anxious
to get 10 their hay. Now IL has Cotton
wet and IS moulding, swelling, and In
bad shape generally. We have threshed
out and sold our own hay, cleaning
ID 500 bushels of OF about twenty
three acres OF land, which is not bad. "
"The generous advertising OF expen-
sive cures for the drink habit" said a
gentleman last evening, "have led TO a
large number Of opinions being ex-
changed among those who have cured
themselves OF the disease, or vice, with
out medical assistance Of any kind. The
old cure, which consisted Of chewing
raisins every time drink was desired,
mas been tried In number OF cases
with great success, and is now being
freely recommended in various quart
ers Another remedy, which Is indOrs-
ed quite often by the medical fraternity,
consists In eating apples in great
Qusntity both during meals and
whenever thirst is felt. 10
Is singular that both these remedies are
strictly homeopathic in their use and
application, because wine can be made
from rasins in large qUsntity, while
raisins themselves are practically dried
grapes. From apples, Of course, cider
can be made, and the argument appears
TO be that using both these ingredients
In small quantities kills the desire 70
partake 10 excess Of their more danger
Gus products. An excellent brandy Is
made, especially in the South, from
peaches, and the treatment TO be logical
should include the free use OF peaches
by those who have little love for either
wine or cider, but who can. scent brandy
through q stone wall or across half q
dozen blocks.
"Old friends turn up in the most IN
expected places" said Richard Robert
son, Yesterday. "DOwn at Huntington
] heard talk OF Thomas Z. Davis for
Governor, but 10 was not until he was
nominated that l discovered he was
the First Lieutenant Of my old COM
pany, Company c, Fourth Cavalry, and
a man whom 1 knew well thirty years
AGO. He enlisted when he was
rs, and was but II when
] was in his company As soon as in
troduced myself he recalled me, al
though each had long since grown out
OF the knowledge OF the other, we not
having seen each other since we were
mustered out. He recalled be by the
knowledge that l was.a printer, and that
a. Weston, where we captured print
ing office, Bill Boyer and myself got out
the First Battalion Gazette, little sheet
devoted to army news"
~ was second for q Union Colonel in
a duel" said Justice W. w. Rogers, ad
dressing a group Of Old soldiers, who
were recOuntering their experiences in
the days Of '61-'6j. 1T was just al the
beginning OF the war, in tho spring OF
81, when the feeling was running high.
Kentucky, you will remember, was neu-
trail ground. ] was but a young man,
and was helping Col. LeOnidus Metcalf
to recruit a company in MaySville.
Gen. VIM. B. Caste was organizing
company for the Confederate service.
One day we were all seated in the din
ing room OF the Lee House, at supper.
/ was seated at table with Col. Net
calf. Gen. Casio occupied a seat at a