Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-01
SCENES ON "BAcK" RIVER.
a day during the hot months, between
May aud October.
SKATING AND sLEIGHING.

SKATING AND sLEIGHING.
1t has been many years since skaters
have had such an opportunity to enjoy
themselves in that pleasant and health
full pastime as they had last week,
thanks to the protracted siege OF cold
weather and the low stage OF water In
the Ohio and small streams tributary to
il. Many persons STATED from Belialre
to Martins Ferry along the shore on Inc
Ohio side, and Back" river was fairly
alive every afternoon and evenings Win
devotees of the sport. AT no hour OF
the day was there less than one hundred
people on the ice between the upper ana
lower points of the Island. The skaters
viewed with regret the approach OF the
ice plow, while yesterdays snow storm
covered the surface of the ice to depth
of several inches in places and rendered
skating impossible.
Sleighing was made possible ever
since Christmas by the generous cover
ing of "the beautiful" which spread
over the streets, and this form OF recrea-
ton, which has become very rare IN
Wheeling Of late OF rate years, was re-
viewed during the week. There were
many sleighing parties In the good OLD
fashioned sleds, and every nob0y cutter
in town was in demand. Sleighirg
costs several dollars an hour, however,
and the average young man cannot
afford many sleigh-rides for his best girl
within q week.
CoAsTING GALORE.
There is no winter sport more brac-
ing or more enjoyable than coasting,
and those who indulge in this pastime
are by no means confined to the chill
dren, a fact to which a visit to any OF
the good cracks" about town will at
test. Every grade in the city has been
transformed into sled track, and the
usual number OF accidents have been re-
ported.
Probably the most popular street for
coasting is Fourteenth, between Wood
and Market. Last night there were
several hundred people on the street
and there were many almost miraculous
escapes. One of these occurred last
night. when a big "bob" sled came
bowling down past the public library,
with Eve men and three young ladies'
on it. A hack turned to Fourteenth
street from Market, and by-standers
shouted q warning, but it was too late
Before the driver or the occupants OF
the sled had q chance 20 change their
course, the sled had dashed against the
horses, bringing both down to their
knees. Spectators rushed to the mid
die of the street, expecting to find some
of the people on the sled badly injured,
but they fortunately go5 out all right.
Another big sled started at the top OF
the hill and when it reached Market
street collapsed, and was only collec-
tion of boards. Several attempts were
made to clear the street but were un-
successful.
Every sled of every description was
called into requisltion last week, from
the modest 1x2 for the little chap, to
the "beb," fifteen feet in length. One
or two planning mills furnished the
boards cut out for small sleds for rs
cents each, and every boy in the city
who was not fortunate enough to be the
owner of a sled two weeks ago now has
one with a fanciful name, and he is ex-
tremely jealous of it, and avows 1t leads
the track In speed.