Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-16
OLA PADRIDA.
Notes About a Variety Of Timely
Topics.
The East End Park Popular-Inci-
dents of the Convention-Reld a
Reception-The Intenss Heat and
It's Results IN the Big Cities.
Other Matters Of Interest.

Councilman and others VINO nave Hdu
doubts as to the propriety OF spending
few hundred dollars a year in the I'M
provement Of Halter Place, at the east
end of Sixteenth street, should take
stroll out there some of these hot even
ings and see the large number of people
who avail themselves of the opportunity
TO obtain a few breaths of fresh air I'M
der the trees. At least one hundred res
idents of the eastern portion OF the city
visit the little park every evening, ana
when it is made more beautiful, as 1t
is to be hoped it will be in time, the pat
ronage will be further increased. Coun-
ell is doing a good thing in putting this
park in proper shape. 1t is pity there
are not one or two similar spots on the
South Side.
There were some humorous incidents
during the Democratic Convention OF
last week, and here is one OF them: Ihree
delegates from an interior county were
rooming together. The weather was hot
and they had brought heavy clothing
with them. Il was almost indispensa-
BILE that they get something lighter for
wear. and yet the stock Of cash was
small They held a consultation, and
pooling what spare cash they had, they
sent one of their number out after
linen suit. They happened 10 be all
about Of one size, and when the suit
came. one of the three donned the trcus
ers, and second man pu, on the vest. and
the third the coat When they walked
arm in arm from the hotel 10 the motor
station, they naturally created mild
sensation. But they all felt better
4 Register reporter went to the con-
vention the first day on the first spe-
cial train which left the city. and in the
same seat with him were ,hree delegates
from The far end Of the Kanawha valley.
They kept up a running comment on the
scenes along the line until Altenheim
was reached. when they began to take
an interest in the handsome suburban
residences along The rou,e. They adj
mired them until hey got to Echo Point.
specializing on VIVA, particular million
2ire lived in each. and they kept this
Up through Pleasant VALLEY. Finally.
when the Bloch and Paxton and similar
residences were reached one Of the three
said: Yes, there IT. is. Thse million
aires Up here are rolling in wealth. with
line louse in Wheeling. and a country
place Out here. and We people down in
the state are kept poor paying all The
taxes and 5rubDing for a bare living"
Inc delegates we're apparently oblivious
o. me tact hat TWO or three such men
as those owning The residences they had
commented upon paid nearly as much
laXeS individually as half the people of
some interior counties.
The terra Gotta boy at the L G Dillon
Company's held reception las. night
Wllch was attended by a good many
hundred people. The chocolate colored
KID IS all right" and aboa. NE cleveresr
example OF the sculptor's art that has
been seen in Wheeling for many a dav
mere is good sorry connected with
this Jrchin. A few days ago he was
uhpacked from a box and sat on the
edge CT another box, in The rear of the
cti"' c- the establishment. opening on
the alley. The night wa.chman On the
beat came along. glanced in. saw the
coon. and straightWay broke for the
man W7o runs the electric light plant.
ana said: Say. you'd better skip back
there and call a policeman; there's a col
ored boy in The cellar" The electric
light man looked. and, sure enough.
there was young econ sitting on the
edge o. box with a smile on his face.
The electric light man broke for him.
grabbed MIN b. the arm, and sang out:
say, what are you doing n here?"
Then he tumbl-d, and realized that he
had been sold. The mistake was par
dOnabie, however.
Wheeling got through the late torrid
term without a prostra.ion from the
heat, or a dsath due directly to the ex-
cess.vely high Thermometer. and as a
natural result, cur people have no con-
cepti0n Of the fearful loss Of life and in
tense suffering in all the large cities OF
the country. In Chicago and New
York there wasa thousand deaths in each
city, as a result OF the hsat, and three
or four thousand cases of serious pros
tratiOn, while in St. Louis, Cincinnati,
Philadelphia. Boston, and other cities
the deaths and prostratiOns were almost
as numerous. Both in New York and
Chicago, the police and hospital ambu-
lane were totally unable TO respond to
all the calls. and in these cities extra