The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-11-17
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
TUESDAY, November /
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THERE will be meeting Of the teach
ers of the NJ. E. Sunday School held at
the church on Thursday evening next,
for the purpose of making arrangements
to give an entertainment on Christmas
night. We may all prepare to spend a
pleasant Christmas evening, as the enter
.tainments given by the NJ. E. Sunday
School are always deservedly good. -.
OUR City Solicitor should prepare an
ordinance at once, to prevent crowds
from following an officer while taking
prisoner to the lookup, and our Council
should pass it as soon US the same Is pre-
sented to them.
THE htsilisencer didn't get here yes
terday until about noon. We suppose
they had to wait on the Bellaire news.
Our friend, Colonel Thomas Morris,
left on the 400 train yesterday evening
for hunting excursion between Marietta
and GAINESVILLE. The squirrels will give
I'D and come right down the trees when
thew find that Morris is after them.
THE Grand Jury of this county indict-
ed four of our dealers in the "ardent'
last week. Some of them three or four
times.
If an acre or two of black diamonds
were to 90 down the river it would make
things quite lively.
OUR town Council will hold a regular
meeting tonight.
7 A CHANGE of time for the running OF
trains on the different railroads coming
into Bellaire, took place yesterday.
RUNAwAY.-A horse attached to a
spring wagon belonging to the firm OF
Arbenz Il Hoffman, Furniture dealers
| in Bellaire, took fright ut something on
Water street yesterday afternoon, and
went up town ut two forty rate oil
speed and done first class job for the
CITY, in the way Of cleaning out old
wooden awning posts. About one humid
red people were apparently trying to stop
the horse, but in fact, they were trying t.
keep out of his way. An iron awning
post in front of Jacob bursts restaurant,
brought him to stand STILL without any
one being injured. No damage was
done except to the wagon and awning
posts.
OUR esteemed friend Capt. John Loaf
man, of Licking county, Ohio, was in
the city Yesterday evening, and paid Us
a brief visit. May his shadow never
grow less.
SOME women use paint as tiddlcrS dc
rosln-to aid them in drawing b'du. II
is wise application OF the fine arts.
II man could see and hear himself
when he is drunk, as others who are moi
drunk see and hear him, he would be
cured forever. SeeiEg others in that
state makes no impression, because every
man believes that he is different from the
rest of his species.
THE price of small Bible, neatly
written and translated, in 1874 was ST.
500. How many people in Bellairt
would pay that amount for Bible now
SOME men in Bellaire are so fond Of
poking their noses into other peoples
business that they entirely forget and
neglect their own.
YOUNG ladies are like apples, -thc best
of them usually get paired first.
Mr.. w. L. MORRIS has been papcring
and painting the City Hail. and is about
finishing UP. We examinedit yesterday
and would pronounce it number one
job. 1t is now one of the neatest and
most comfortable halls in the city. The
ladies ofthe Episcopal Church will hold
a festival in il for the benefit Of their
church, on Thursday night next, and 8
general good time is expected. Let
every one turn out, and thus encourage
them in their good work.
BIDS for removing garbage from the
CITY, will receive the attention of Council
tonight.
We noticed fat hogs selling in Bellairt
yesterday, at 6 cents pound on foot.