The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-09
SMALL TALK.
Condensed Notes of Current GOSSIP
In and About Town.


ONE marriage lisense issued yesterday.
LOCAL Inspector Wilson has been re-
moved.
Four additions yesterday, to the work
house force.
THE Mccullough company go from
here to Cumberland.
THE Washington Hall opening Is
booked for December lst.
THE Bank of the Ohio Valley has de-
clared a di sdend of per cent.
EXCELSIOR Lodge of Good Templars
hop at Crowther's hall tonight.
THE Nail City Brewing Company
held its regular monthly meeting yes
terdsy afternoon.
A GRAND social is booked for next
Wednesday evening on Chapline street,
above Eleventh.
WOULD it not be well for the parties
contracting to clean the streets to be get
| ting in their work?
Col. ALEX. TURNER formerly the
jsnitor of the Opera house, is now look
ing TOR another position.
COUNCIL Committees on Streets, Al
leys and Grades, and Accounts, meet at
the City Building this evening.
The first ball given by the Casino
club will take place at Neuhsusen's As
emily Hall on November l4th.
The contract for providing the police
with new uniforms was yesterday let to
Messrs. Z. Hess u Son, at $3.50 per
suit.
The Centennial Social have removed
their quarters from Germans to Beetho-
ven Hall, corner OF Main and Fourteenth
streets.
IT is stated the nail mills Of this city
turned out 33,4Sl kegs of nails last week,
six hundred and thirty-eight machines
being employed in the work.
The structure over the gas works at
the Top mill caught fire yesterday, but
| The flames were extlnguished before any
damage of consequence resulted.
THE prospects are growing more and
more encouraging for rlvermen, and II
the present rain continues, there Will 0o
no barrier between them and happiness
in few days.
THE sale of reserved seats for the Law
renee Barrett engagement commences
this morning, at the box Ctice. No one
person Will be allowed to purchase more
| than ten tickets.
THE improvements being put on the
building known rs the Gardner home
stead, above Fifth street, on Man, when
completed will make 1t rs fine residence
rs can be found in the city.
The muslin and vest stolen by
tramp named Colvin, from the boarding
house of Mrs. McAllister, night or two
since, was recovered yesterday at Hal
/ ler's auction room, where II had been
| pswned.
The directors of the First National
bank OF st. Clairsville met At their bank
ing room on Tuesday night, and de-
clared q five per cent. dividend to the
stockholders of the bank, payable on and
after November 18th.
The Pastors Aid Society Of the First
Presbyterian church have voted out OF
the surplus funds on hand, $50 to the East
Wheeling Mission Sunday school, and
the balance OF the moneys on hand to the
deacons fund of the church.
THE Osborne house at Bellsire under
the management OF an old Wheeling cit
zen, ?, Mr.. A. j. Osborne Is gaining a
drst class reputation. Mr.. Osborne
knows just what u travelling public wants
and knowing, he always provides 1t.
THE Elm Grove street cars COM
menced running to the terminus Of the
extension of the road, at the Second
ward market house, yesterday. THIS
will be great convenience to ire.
quenters of the market, especially, and to |
others along the line of the road.
A WARRANT was sworn out, yesterday, |
for Dung man formerly in the employ |
of Ferdinand Schubert, the youth beng |
charged with stealing an organ, on which |
other parties held deed of trust, An |
Investigation proved the fact that the or
gan had been given the young man by |
Schubert on account OF wages due him, |
and that he was unaware Of the exist |
cree of u lien on the instrument. The |
case was dismissed al cost OF plaintiff.