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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1885
Page
6
The Wet Virginia Exposition and Sista Funkr of 1885 closed after six days of canes exhibits fakirs and crowds. The Wheeling fair showcased diverse industries from mills and machine shops to pottery and iron works while farmers and merchants displayed a wide range of wares.
A Wheeling man, William H. Brinton, aged thirty nine, died suddenly after returning from Milwaukee to manage a glass works. He bought a two ounce vial of chloral for nerves, fell ill by 10 am, and coroner’s inquest attributed death to heart disease superinduced by chloral overdose. Brinton leaves a wife and six children.
A Wheeling Tribune snippet reports public works meetings and street filings, a German immigrant seeking citizenship, a theatre event featuring Toxx Pastor, and a bakery exhibit. It covers a court case about a borrowed ladder, a fatal convulsion of a baby, an Orphans vs Riddle Hoss baseball game, real estate transfers, and a police blotter including fights and drunks.
Sheriff A. A. Havly of Mason County narrowly escaped a fatal accident on the State Fair Grounds race track yesterday afternoon. While spectators watched, Judge Spofford struck Havly as he stepped onto the track in front of the judges stand, sending him to the ground with a severe scalp wound and injuries to his shoulder. He regained consciousness, was attended by medical staff, and transported to New McLure for treatment, with hopes for travel by today.
Entering the Main Exposition Building visitors saw John Friedel's exhibit of ornate glassware china and decor, among the finest in the Main Hall. His Main Street shop offers a broad line of glassware wall coverings and home furnishings. A Beethoven Society excursion trains to Pittsburgh depart September 20 with round trip at 2.50 and return by September 22.
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