The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-04-23
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DoIIolfo 1temn,
saAsyr1s coal mine Il still burning.
IT costs sl20 70 20 from this plsss 70
San Francisco.
Tar passenger travel overths B. 8 O..
railroad is on the increase.
UouIsros q Cook have begun TO paint
the Methodist church.
THERE is strong talk Of having the
county seat moved here.
Mr.. DAxpISE has flushed painting
and fre.coing the o. P. church.
Col. @. L. PooRxAs is acting for tie
revenue collectorship 10 this district.
LARGE shipments of nail. are being
made 70 Kansas and other western states.
Mxs,Rs. Osa, of Mt. Pleasant, and
HOPKINS, of SmithHeld, visited the city
last week.
THE Light Guards meet tonight
IN decide on parade uniform.
They seem TO mean business.
DIS. ANDERSON, has located here, and
| will tender his services professionally TO
the citizens.
KRAMERs band will furnish music tor
the socia. "Hop" at the Centennial Hotel
Friday night.
MxssRs. CocKAYSH and Hamilton
have new signs. The one hat sRd the
other mortar and postal.
PRoY. GLASS, had on public sale Sat-
urdsy, his stock of musical goods. de
proposes quitting the business.
Mr.. W. h. Brown, is about ready to
begin the sale of the "Lite Of Bismarck.
he will have 1t in English and German
The new steamer Ge.. Custer passed
down last Thursday loaded with freight
tor Fort Benton on the upper Missouri
A NUMBER of emigrsnts passed
through this place, bound westward over
the B. s. o. railro ID, last Thursday night
The Bret Harte Literary Society gave
a very interesting entertainment at tht
home of Miss Lucy Marshall, last Friday
evening.
The Young Mems Bible Glass at the
Presby .erian church, yesterday, had FOL
It, discussion Second Kings, vi chap, {
to 8v., inclusive.
MRS, WIN. KRUTER has received 81 ,OO(
from the Connecticut Mutual Lie To-
sursnce Company, being the amount hello
by her husband in that company.
THE fifth of May has been set spsr
for the examination 10 select a candidate
to represent this Congressional distric
at the West Point military academy.
FRIDAY night came near witnessing
a large fire in the Bellalre Goblet Com
panys oil house. An employee had oc
casion to Use a lamp IN the oil house
which ignited the gas arising from the
oil. There was no serious loss, as all thu
barrels were rolled out except one, which
Was burned. 1t might have been q serl
GUS destruction If the flames had exteL d
ed to the main lot Of oil. The Hop'
store company. and Phunny Hook anc
Ladder boys did some eiectusl work t.
save the properly.
J Martins Ferry.
Tho Presbyterians have been repairing
their church, frescoing and putting dowr
new Carpets.
Rev. Brown, pastor OF the N. L
Chur n, has 30 tar recovered from his re
cent illness rs to be on the streets again
The Presbytery ofSt. GlsirsvIlle NEE
tomorrow IN the Presbyterian Church
and expect to be 10 session two days.
One ofour wine producers WAS srraign
ed before the Mayor last week for selling
VINE ON Sunday, but the charge WAS D o.
sustained.
A great many of our people are wait
ing patiently TO see some substs initial IN
dcatlons OF the Ohio Guy mill starting
up.
1t looks IS if our School Board woulc
soon have to furnish more school accom-
modatIoDs, as q lite number OF the
rooms are crowded to oveItJwlng.
VIM. Barnett, E.q, formerly manager
of the boiling department OF the OaiC
CITY Mill, and wife left last Friday
morning for three months visit Il
England.
Remling, proprietor of the Travellers
Rest Saloon, usually called BlacKdog
Saloon) WAS before tna Mayor last week
on the charge of selling Liquor Oh Sum
day, and WAS fined twenty five dollars
and costs.
Our in formation in regard to com
psny being hired 10 bio W out the chilled
iron from the blast furnace here at $5t
per day was incorrect, as that labor Ii
being done by Mr.. Jas. MeCahon 1T d
very snail expense.
A very seedy looking person calling
himself Major William jackson Phillips,
and claiming to be The Grand High
Priest of the United States. called Oh 8
good many OF our citizens last week
principally for something to eat, paying
Tor what he received in orders, OF which
the following is specimen:
Pay bearer from postmaster ten 90
cents. VIM. PHILLIPS, 1917"
Secured judgments to Major W.
Jackson Phillips. Patented 1864. April
8, 1871"
Tay lor Strauder.