The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-04-25
SMALL TALK.
Condensed Notes OF Current Gossip
In and About Town.

Condensed Notes OIL Cufrehs UVF
- 80 In and About Town.
STREET car travel is increasing.
No marriage licenses issued yesterday.
TEE luscious bivalvs will soon be .
thing OF the past
MARKET this morning at the second
ward market house.
PAY day at the Belmont and hiVsnids
mills next Saturday.
YrrrapAY was black Friday among
the South Wheeling justices.
CoyBLr stones are beng put down In
the st James hotel alley.
TIE 1.-TWO Orphans" were doing the
sights of the city yesterday.
BISHOP KAHN confirmed f.ty persons
in Benwood last sunday.
ONIONS cure sleeplessness. Yes, II
bed-tellow has eaten them.
SPANISH lace scsrfs, ties and bsroe'
are still fa; hionable.
COUNCIL Committee on Ordinance
now has the COW question In hand.
No cases booked for the police court a.
midnight.
A SPIRIT photographer Is among tn
novelties of the city at present.
/ DUST ruled supreme, yesterday, snc
yet the sprinkling carts lie idle.
CANNOT arrangements be made where
by Wheeling can have "Bsba" show.
SEVERAL South Wheelingites spent
yesterday fishing in Wheeling creek.
A FISHING party lett this city yester
day for Fishing creek, to angle Tor bass
BUSINESS along the wharf was some
what brighter yesterday in shipments.
THERE is some sickness in the lowe
part of the city; none however OF a dan
gerous type.
ALL the fines assessed BY the polio
court, yesterday, amounting to SIX dol
lars, were paid.
THERE were no transactions IN real es
tate recorded yesterday in the office o
the county clerk.
ASSESSOR SMITH has spolegized in per
son tor his indecorous behavior to TIT
parties offended.
THE cutters on Maryland and Nortl
York street, Island, are receiving
cleaning out.
SOUTH Huron street, Island, is being
graded, and the setting OF the curl
stones. soon will be completed.
In consequence of the European com
plications. the price OF -four in this city
mas gone up to $l0@l2 per barrel.
The saloon license question is still IN
decided, both branches OF Council ad
herIng to them former action.
The curb has been reset, preparatory
to widening the pavement on Marke
street, near Fourteenth.
THE Waverlies have invited the Tenn
peraHce Union to attend their meeting
this evening, at Weisel Hall.
THE Hempfeld Railroad will again o'
put up at auction, by United States Mar
shall Hall, at Pittsburgh, to-day.
THE Board of Public Works did mo-
meet yesterday, as previously, announc
ed OWING TO the absence OF certain mem.
| bers.
THE La Belle boilers quit work about
2 p. NJ, yesteI day, on account OF the In
tense heat. They will resume work this
morning.
A NEW switch lock has been put in on
the Baltimore and OHIO railroad on
Thirty-second street, at Ford's crossing
the old one having been removed.
The Martins Ferry and Wheeling
property advertised for sale on the 18Th
inst, BY William d. Cabell, has been
postponed to May 9th, as will be seen by
an advertisement IL another column.
AN unsuccessful attempt was made
yesterday afternoon to place one of the
large iron columns to Do used in the cree
ton of the Washington hall building In
position, which came down with crash
when u portion OF the way up.
DR.. HARDEsTY yesterday performed a
difficult surgical operation on little son
OF Deputy Sergeant James Henry. The
little fellow WAS cross eyed, and the
object of the operstiua was to have his
eyes Strengthened to their proper posi-
lion, which was successfully accom-.
plished.
A Gazette reporter got loose and wen,
to Wheeling Saturday night. Upon bis
return he presents to our readers true
statement of the Swartzwelder temper
ance meeting at the Capital City" We
understand after reading his account, why
it is that so wealthy place cannot atiorc
$4,000 for new railroad. The money
Of its inhabitants all goes tor beer and
| Ike drinks. We are afraid that our owr
gentle Robert Love worked in vain
{ tor the salvation of the rough aud ready
mountsineers of West Virginis.-Stcu
benulLLs Gazette.