Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-03-23
CONVENTION
AN ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMME OUTLINED FOR
THE COMING MEETING.
An Entire Week to be Devoted TO the Deliberations
Of the Body, and General Feshvites-COD-
vention Committee Work.

The Convention Commit OF the
Butchers Association Of Wheeling held
meeting Wednesday evening and
adopted the following programme for
the week beginning Monday, June 18th,
1894. On Monday evening the whole
com mittee will act as escort, reception
and entertainment committee, with
music, and the visitors will be escorted
to their respective hotels, and after that
the town will be shown them by moon
light, starlight and electric light. Del
egates are expected to arrive from all
parts of the Union.
On Tuesday at 9 o'clock the delegates
will give a short parade from the no.
tells to Odd Fellows Hall where the con-
vention will be held. After the arrival
of the butchers the President OF the To-
cal association, Mr.. Samuel Ochsenbein
will introduce the Mayor Of our city,
also Capt. B. B. DOvenOr and the Ma
tional President, J. D. Shaw, and the
National Secretary, Chr. Brokate, and
all other officials Of the National body.
After the opening speeches have been
made, the convention will be formally
opened by the National President, j.. d.
Shaw. In the evening the visitors will
be escorted to Mozart Park. where an
entertainment will be given In honor OF
the strangers.
Wednesday, June 18th, 1894. All meat
markets will close promptly at o'clock
a. IN. and parade will be started
prom pity at o'clock s.. N. The butchers
will parole to the New Fair Grounds,
where they will have picnic and bar
becue and horse racting; also first
class calf killing match between the
fastest man in Wheeling and the cham
pion of Pittsburg and America. The
Pittsburg mans hacker was in Wheel
ing yesterday making arrangements for
the match, which will be completed in
short time. The horse racing pro-
gramme is not for butchers horses only,
but on the contrary it is for any horse
that wishes to start. The programme
will be printed later. VIM. Bayha, Chr.
Kalbitzer and John Dunkle are on the
committee. The barbecue will be better
arranged than in former years. We
are satisfied that all who participate In
the picnic will leave it pleased.
Thursday the visitors will be escorted
TO all of our principal factories, in the
morning, and in the afternoon taken to
Fulton, and there be shown the packing
houses. The firm of F. Sckenk 81 Sons
I will have bounteous spread for all OF
the visitors. After that they will be
taken to Wheeling Park, where they
will remain until evening. On the ar
rival in the city they will be escorted to
the banquet and ball at some hall that
is not as yet engaged.
The COMMITTEES is making arrange
ments to have plenty Of music all the
time the strangers are in the city.
The races will be governed by the
National Association rules, the trotting
race will be one mile heats, three in
FIVE, five TO enter, three to start, or no
race. The running race will be one-half
mile heats, two ia three, five TO enter
and three to start. II any Of the above
races should not fill the com mittee will
arrange for some other race. They
want to give the public race that will
be satisfactory to all. They want a
horse race and not hippodrome.
On the grounds speaking will take
place between heats, by some OF the
best speakers. The committee will not
spare any time or labor to make this
the largest convention that was ever
held by the National Association, and
they at the same time are going TO make
it as pleasant as possible for all oil the
strangers that will be in our city on
this occasion.
The committee will meet again Wed
nesd ay April 4th, then all sub-commis
tees will have their reports complete.