The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-12
PERSONAL MOVES.
Going aud Coming of Wheeling
PennIe md Visitors.

People ana SlbltOrB'
Major Charles b. Elliott, late Of the
Second West Virginia Volunteers, was
in the city yesterday afternoon on q
business visit, and took occasion to call
on his political and personal friends
To an Intelligencer reporter Major
Elliott said that recently he had visited
the majority of the counties OF inc
state, and everywhere he found the
situation excellent both politically and
in a business way. Cattle and sheep
are commanding higher prices than IN
many years past: lumber is In demand
and prices higher; timber ana coal
lands are being invested in and at IN
creased prices. Nobody Is out OF en-
ployment who cares to work, and there
is a general feeling of contentment
with existing conditions. These condi-
lions. says Major Elliott, combine to
make the political situation from the
Republican standpoint most encourage
ing. He minlmizes the slight dlssatec-
ton among some Republican politl-
clans. and says the masses Of the peo-
people, who. after all is said and done,
carry or lose tho day, are going to vote
again for the party that substituted
prosperity and contentment for hard
times and discomfort. The major pre-
diets that West Virginia will go Re
publican next year by at least 10000,
and the majority would be as large II
there were an election to-day.
Mrs. w. j. Steele, Of sistersvIlle, is at
the Stamm.
N. v. Coleman. of Alvy, registered at
the Windsor yesterday.
NJ. R. Garlock, OF Alvy, was an ar
rival last night at the Howell.
John Largely and Frank McHenry are
Warrington guests Of the Windsor.
GIL. Joliffe and wife, Of Grafton, reg
lstered at the Grand Central yesterday.
P. j. Mcbride and P. L. Hoffman,, OF
Warrington, are at the Grand Central.
Harry v. Ankle, OF the Register,
leaves this morning to spend few
days in Toledo.
Mr.. Walker Allen, buyer for the
clothing department OF House & Herr
mann, is in the east.
Mrs. Frank Kraft and sister, Miss
Catherine Wells, Of the Island, are vis-
iting relatives in Warnock, o..
Mr.. Charles Lyford, furniture buyer
for House & Hermann, left Sunday af-
tefnOOn, LOT chicago anu GTHuu EdpIuS'
accompanied by Mr.. Harry Mcclure,
who goes with Mr.. Lyford to Sc
lect furniture for the new Mcclure
House. It is gratifying to note that
House & Hermann secured this big
contract for the furnishing of the new
hotel, after strong competitive bidding
from large concerns outside OF the city.
In the meantime Mr.. Lyford will take
advantage of this opportunity to buy
goods for the large stores Of House &
Hermann at Washington, d. c., and
Wheeling.
The popular preference for laced
shoes has had nm injurious effect on the
makers of congress shoes, whose trade
decreased MS the demand for the other
kind OF footgear increased. In Brock
ton, Mass, great shoe town. for the
last five years the men who make con-
gress shoes have been forced to work
half time, and their union has delega-
ted A. ]. Sutton to travel the country,
advocating the use Of the elastic web
in congress shoes, and he is now in
Wheeling on that mission, calling on
shoe dealers and labor unions. The
combination Of laced and congress
shoes, he is urging is expected to I'LL
the gap.