The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-15
NEISHBORHOOD NEWS.
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UousoIL meeting tonight. --H :,
SUNDAY was beautiful day. --sn
All the churches were largely attend.
cd Sunday. ... g.-t4
QurTE large number Of the Wheel.
ingltes visited here last Sunday.
THREE colored persons were bsptised
in the river at this place Sunday.
OFFICER McELHASEI arrested, last
Saturday night, James Nc Msnsnrey for
drunkenness. "a
SIX dead horses were taken from I'm.
der one OF the tie boats at the wharf, last
week. ."
MR.E.F. DARDISE, of your city, isto
fresco the new barber shop under the
| Centennial Hotel.
A PICNIC will be given AZ Indian Run
on the S0th inst for the benefit OF boat
club that is being raised 10 town. r.H
REV. Mr. CASTOR will assist the Rev.
Pringle in communion services to be
held in the Presbyterian church, at Nor
ristown, next Sunday.
A BAxaE loaded with ore, ard lying
at the Benwood mill wharf, sunk
Friday evening, but was raised next day
! without any damage.
| YESTERDAY, a trial for the right OF
peopsrty took place before Mayor Strabl
between Sheriff Kinney and Mich.e
Clark. Clark lost the case, aud had to
pay costs ..
The receipts of the street cars on Sun
dav last amounted to thirty five or forty
dollars. A good days receipts. This
road is in good circumstances and Is well
managed.
THERE is talk of the Street railway
company renting the Cummons grove,
and fitting it up for picnic ground.
This will be good and profitable invest
ment tor the company.
A BREAKMAN on the local train Of the
CO division, was arrested by deputy
Marshal Mccormick, Saturday night, for
disorder and drunkenness. He was re
leased on bail to appear ut 7 o'clock this
evening for hearing.
TIE two men confined in jail in this
place last week upon the suspicion OF
having stolen a lot of knives, which they
were offering tor sale on the street, were
on Saturday released, AS no evidence
could BIZ produced against them.
MRS A. BENNETT, wife Of Mr.. A.
Bennett, formerly owner OF the Wheel
ing Stencil Works, is visiting her mother
here. Mr. Bennett has gone to East
Saginaw, Michigan, whore As contem-
plate moving his family.
THEnew Board OF Directors for tia
Bellaire Street Railway Combany, will
meet in the stable office next Thursday
at 2P NJ and organize. AtthiS meeting
a president, superintendent, AID treasur-
er will be elected.
Ara meeting of the stockholders IN
the Be laire Street Railway Company,
held at their stable Office yesterday, the
folio wing members were chose rs a
new Board of Directors: +. Rodewig
received 22S votes; Sol. Arburtz, 232
votes; DR.. w. IL. Hsslett. 227 vote;
Arthur McClain 23l votes; Tnos. Will
son, ZIG votes; Jas. FltLon, 225 votes,
ana jos. SdIltI loA Nolce.
SATURDAY night James Conners filed
himself with bad whisky, and started al
late hour for the ferry. Everything
was quiet there, and the boat tied up for
the night, so James thought he would go
aboard the bost, but missing his ain, he
iell into the river. He caught on tn"
wheel buckets, and remained there until
assistance came to his rescue. he WAS
then ierried over to the opposite side in
skif.
LAST Saturday, while the clippers
were playing a Martins Ferry club, on
the public .qusre, bat in the hands OF
one of the Clippers slipped and struck n
gentleman in the lace and mashed his
lips badly. Tn" gentleman had been
asked to stand aside, but neglected to do
so. A small boy who WAS IN the
way me. with similar fate, but not SD
serious as the other case. IL WAS all
through the result o! standing too near
the batters.
A SAD case of lunacy has developed il
sell in the person o! Il Young lawyer, Mr.
w. l.. Bo in, OF ais city Nj BoIin
was an exemplary young man, and 10
one seemed TO think that such II fate WAS
to be his. For some days be has refused
to eaL any thing, and last Friday il WAS
n0iiced by some OF bis associates that he
acted rather strange, ard on Sundty
evening he became perfectly wild, and
was taken into custody by four stout
men who found It almost impO-
sibIe to manage him He was
taken to his parents home near
Burr's Mills. 1t seems that MIR. BOlin
had been keeping company with young
lady whom he loved very much. Having
made proposal of marriage 10 her, arc
having been rejected n ear or more ago,
has siLce shown signs o. crazy nature
Mr.. BClin was NJ one time deputy
Sheriff under eX-Sheritf Hays, OF Bel
mont county.
WHEN Greek meets Greek, then comes
the tug of war, but when Billy, of the
Star, met Cow Of the LeGdsr, last
Sunday morning. the vision of cruel
war that had loomed up before his ewes
vanished, and the inexperienced youth
talked tor himself. All the bitter epithets
which followed about decent
Jour- aism and personal attacks"
resulted in DR.. Bly's setting up
the murphy cigar for the crowd
This seemed to end the difficulty, but on
Monday morning Billy informed some OF
his friends that "dead- beat only applied
to a man who made promises he never
intended to fulfill and that he intended
to have Cow arrested for libel 1t is
barely possible, at this stage of the
game. unless Providence interteres, that
our energetic AID enterprrsing young
friend OF the Lsader will soon be making
MS home where mortal eyes Lever gaze.
AT Swsbscker's, second stock of
Parascls fashionable handles) and the
best qualities of silks; also something