Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-12
I tendance to the rotunda of the Nein.
House, yesterday afternoon.

tendance to the rotunda of the Neiu,x
House, yesterday afternoon.
Another night of merriment and eo,-
fetti. Actually, the girls seem 10 ~.
joy it as much as their tormentors.
Almost every county in West ",
ginia and a good many in Ohio vsr.
represented in last evenings multtfuss
If there is any ear splitting. nolo,
producing machine which has MOI been
aired in Wheeling, hurry up and
bring it.
Two of the vehicles of the foy.,
day parade were on the Fair Grou76, I
yesterday and attracted much favor.
able comment.
At nearly midnight a small tena,s |
voice was asserting that she was "Pres !
in Old Kentucky" to a very numerous
audience.
The crowd on the main streets las.
night was never exceeded, and could
not well be, unless the t~horoughtages
were Widened.
A thousand people gathered at TIE
/ Island end of the steel bridge, last
| evening, TO see the formation OF the pa
rade.
The Heatherington Eek Band gave
an a%rtistically rendered programme n
| front of the Register office, YESTERDAY
afternoon.
Two girls tainted on the steps at tn.
Opera House last night, and were car
III .,+o Cob-onffS nharn1apu 5rhor.
they were soon revived.
Between the heat and one thing and
another the streets were Comparatively
deserted yesterday afternoon. The
night crowd made up for it, however.
Many people sought the parks. late
| last evening, TO escape the crowd. The
street car ride, whether to the South
End or out the pike, was very enojy-
! able.
! The young ladies have at last found
a way of getting wen with the young
man who throws confetti. They arm
themselves with a cane and knock his
hat off.
The boxing contest at the races yes
terday between the man and woman
was something of a failure. From the
performance, it must have been theit
first attempt.
Last evening about half past eleven
two women and several men had a
scrap, in front of the Register Office,
growing out of confetti throwing. No
serious results followed.
The mathematical crank has figured
out that If all the confetti thrown ia
the city last evening was placed end
to end. it would reach e~ighty-four Mills.
or from this city to within six miles OF
Pittsburg.
Charley Henning's speech at the Press
banquet was strictly a fait." That's
French for you. Charley gave a Ger
man quotation. The reporter is some
thing on German himself. "Zwei Bier!
Gesundheit. Aufwiedersehn."
The street cars from over the river
towns did a tremendous business. Ono
car boarded by a Register reporter had
one hundred and t~wenty-four fares rung
up when it reached Main street, and its
a pretty good guess that the conductor
didn't get them all.
The Greenwood yesterday morning
had a large list of passengers from
down the river who came up to attend
the Carnival. At Sistersville about
forty people got on the boat at mid
night and at other points along the
river quite a number of passengers were
picked up.
The crowd which came in over the
Chic River Railroad yesterday was an
immense one. All of the early morning
trains had extra coaches and they were
filled to the doors, many of the passen-
gers being unable to get seats. The
Ohio River gave an excursion rate Of
n fare for the round trip and the peo-
pie took advantage of it.