Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-09-10

little, but will be shortly resumed
with full force Of men,"
81 never keep anything back from the
reporters" said very well-knoWR Of
fetal, yesterday. sit doesn't pay. Oi-
ten there are things which the pubic
ought not TO know about, for various
reasons, but invariably tell the report
ers all about them, aud if there are good
and sufficient reasons for their not be-
ing published, l tell the newspaper
men about them, and leave the matter
10 them. The reporters can DO depend
ed upon to do the right thing, and there
isn't 8 newspaper man in the city but
carries secrets around with him which,
il published, would not only be good
news, but often better news than any
thing which has been published for per-
haps a month. The general public
doesn't know this, Of course, but public
men, business men, and politicians do
know IL, and most Of them would rather
trust newspaper man than anybody
else"
IL know something about that" said
another gentleman, to whom the bulk
of the above was addressed. II hap
pen to know that reporters here In
Wheeling are often entrusted with the
Rrayest matters. When certain very
Important local railroad was being built,
city newspaper man was entrusted
with the innermost secrets appertaining
to the matter, to the acquisition OF
property, rights way, of future plans, ETC.
He was kept fully posted as to all that
| was done, also much that was in con-
temptation, but never done, for various
reasons. He could have created sensa-
tions on several occasions, and might
have done other things, had he not
been a newspaper man, bat like most OF
| the men in his profession, he was en-
tlrely trustworthy, and it was good
policy, on general principles, to let him
| know all about what was going on"
"There have been a number OF good
Worlds Fair stOres," said gentleman,
yesterday, "but one of the best concerns
/ two well-known local gentlemen, who
are great cronies. They went TO the
Fair together, and had good time, as
they always do. After they had been at
a leading hotel for about week, Mr.. A.
found things little dull, one day, and
thought he would play joke on Mr.. b
| Going TO the clerk, he said: Noticed
that gentleman who has been following
me around for several days?' Yes; who
is hep oh, he's a loafer who hangs
about our town, never doing any work
| or earning any money, and l more than
I l. 70
won't do it, and you'd better tackle
| him for your money before he
skips.' 'All right, much obliged
for the pointer said the clerk. Mr.. A.
went down the Office a short dis
lance aud sat down, and pres
emily Mr.. B. came 10 and passed near
| the clerks desk. He was promptly
hailed, with a request to settle his bill.
! Mr.. B. thought the clerk was chatting
| him aud said something TO that effect,
when the clerk said: Now, look here;
| this isn't fun. You've been here about
/ a week now, and we want our money
/ and we want il right away. You've
/ got to settle upr Then Mr.. b. saw the
clerk was Ia earnest, and he broke out
with. Say, - -, how much Is
vopr old hotel worth, any
howe oh, that don't co. said the
clerk: what we want is the amount OF
vour bill After cussin' match, In
which disinterested observers declared
| the bonors were easy, MIR. A., thinking
the fun had gone far enough, came up
and Strengthened things out, but Mr.. B.
is nursing a grudge, and says he will
have q terrible revenge"