Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-02-23

MINOR Matters Of Interest Briefly and
PithiIY Told

OOtEit HOLko 10 ~ 1OSeS-s
A FORCE Of men completed painting
the gas pipes on the Union bridge yes
terday.
THE sand digger Fay s. was digging
sand Yesterday, for the first time for q
month.
A FLOCK Of about thirty wild geese
flew over the city yesterday about
o'clock north.
NELSON LEDGE, A. F. & A. NJ. held
its first meeting last night at the ne"
Masonic Temple.
The new helmets of the fire depart
msnt were distributed among the ire
men Yesterday. Tney are neat sort
Of haadgear.
ONE OF the large new water mains on
Main street, near First, sprung leaK
a few days ago. The leak has been re-
paired and was finished yesterday.
THE steamer Onward had some diff
Guilty getting along above the onion
bridge, yesterday, caused by the force
OF the wind and the strength OF the cur
rent.
PART of the noted Gwent Choral 90
ciety of Etnayille will DO in wheeling
the sth of next month, in the big enter
tainment to be given by the Jr. .. u
a. NJ.
THE Good Templars of Bridgeport
will hold an entertainment, social ana
spelling bee at Helnlein's hall this even
ing. Arrangements are being made Tor
a big social event.
CHARLES MULLER, the North Main
street saloonist, had a valuable New
Foundland dog run over By nay
wagon last Tuesday and killed. The
dog was valued at $50
C. V. HARDING & Co. have purchased
the grocery formerly owned by .. q.
Murray & Co., at No. 1906 Market
street, and will hereafter conduct
strictly frst-cass family grocery, sell
ing the best goods al close margins.
THE busch Hotel, on Market square,
one of the oldest hotel stands in town,
is advertised for rent. The busch
House has been thoroughly remodeled
and improved, and is the hest opening
n the city for a pushing hotel man.
MEssRs. SAwTELL q HEATH have
rented the large and cOmmOdious sta
bles at No. 1913 Eoff street, where they
will establish horse exchange. You
can buy and sell horses at all times at
the Exchange, and on stated occasions
they will have reguler auction sales.
The gentlemen will carry on a irregular
harding stable in connection with the
exchange.
AT ITS newly furnished and neat club
room on Coal street, North Wheeling,
the Social Purity Society will give its
opening this evening. Among the
speakers will be Rev. y. B. johnson, OF
the North Street NJ. K. Church, ). X.
Davis, DR.. S. l. S. Spragg, D. u. Phil
lips and others. They have planned
big event. The popular new club has
twenty new members.
The Butchers side OF tue Meat Question.
"a the Editor OF hs Register:
SIR Lately we have seen reports IN
the daily papers relating to the butch
ers Of this city, prices of meats and the
starting up of a Cooperative meat
store. The butchers Of this city do
not object to any person or body OF
people starting meat market, but we
would suggest that they (the CO.
operative people) include bakery,
grocery, dry goods store, tailor shop,
shoe store, saloon, etc, ETC., In fact
general store, so that they will not
only get their meats cheaper but
everything that goes to keep body and
soul together. But before they under
take the meat business 1t might be good
policy for the benefit Of those that
are going to put their hard
earned money in an enterprise Of that
kind, to know some undisputabIe facts
about the business that we are certain
they know nothing of, but on the con-
trary have been advised that the butch
ers are making 100 per cent. on every
thing they handle. We will now give
YOU an instance that happened TO US last
week. One of us bought a good fat
steer from Bayha 81 Dorsey, the com
mission men at the Wheeling Stock
Yards, that weighed LOO pounds, at
~ cents per pound, costing S49.50. He
paid 80 cents for driving the steer 10
the slaughter house, making him cost
$50. This steer dressed COS pounds when
il was ready for market, or 50 pounds
TO the hundred, which is extraordinary
for the average for good western corn
fed steers is 50 pounds. He received
for the hide, 20 lbs, at &c. per To-, s.. so;
for SIS lbs tallow, at > &C., SL45; for the
liver, csc; heart, 15c; tongue. 35c; total
receipts for offal. $500; leaving the
dressed meat costing S45.10, or about
81. 3415 per 100 lbs. Now let US see how
much be made on his beef after he cut
it up and sold it at the prevailing
prices. He cut "a chuck steaks, weigh
ing IS lbs, at 10c, makes $3.50; p
round stacks, weighing so lbs, at 1219c.,
making Sc 25; 25 loin steaks, weighing
As pounds, at - cents, making
81. 90; he cut SO pounds chuck
roasts at 1Oc.. making $500; he cut 80
lbs. Of rib roast at 123c., making So
SO lbs. ioiu roast at l5c., making S.. 40;
he cut % lbs. rump at lOc., making So;
he cut 1919 lbs. of boiling meats, that is
all kinds, at &C., making S1l.94; and he
had l20 lbs. trimmings Tor which he re-
ceived PC per To-, making 81. 40; making
a total for all Of the whole dressed beef
Of $40. 50, or an increase of the cost Of
the beef of 81 40, certainly handsome
profit on an investment of $50. In the
above figures you will find that the
daily expense Of butcher is not counted,
as a butcher does not count his labor or
tue long hours be is compelled to work
TO handle a beef from the time he
slaughters 1t until the time he has sold
il. A butcher who attends to one OF
our markets has an expense Of SOC. for
stall rent, 1Oc. for having his horse put
away, Toe. fer bench scraping. Then
he has an expense, such as hired help,
horse feed, wagon repair, keeping mar