The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-08-17
SMALL TALK.
Condensed Notes Of Current gossip
In aud About Town.

WI hhii inSO 'iN0uoS 'SS
Tux msrket-there's musk-mi)lions IN
il.
TIE cables of the suspension bridge
are being reprinted.
MARKET at the Fifth ward market
house this morning.
Two mines played game of base ball
on CaldwelPs field yesterday evening.
ONE cigar dealer has announced that
he will keep his store open on sunday
WoKK was commenced yesterday on
the grading and repsving OF the Twelfth
street III Improvement.
THERE will be temperance expert
ence and prayer meeting ut fsrKers
Hall, South Side this evening.
THE foot walk over Csldwells Run,
at Chspline street, has been nE''hed.
The nailers of the Riverside n''il were
grinding up yesterday. the iee"ers Will
! commence work ut this mill Monday.
| SQUIRE PHILLIPS issued u warrant
yesterday for berry Schaier Tor tunu!l
and disorder The case will be tried as
soon as Schafer is captured.
! JEFF. REID ard Rev Rippey, adj
dressed q large and enthusiastic temper
ance meeting at Parker's Hall, Wednes-
day night.
The Eoff stree, bridge over Caldwell
Run is rapidly approaching completion,
and when finished will be substantial
structure.
It's said that number OF temperance
picnicers at Neuhausen's, last week,
diluted the water to prevent sickness,
you know.
Dr.. JAMES ANDERSON, OF the Sixth
ward, has moved his office to New
Salem, Ono, where he expects to prsc-
tice his profession.
ONE hour per day has been added to
the working hours Of the men IN the
machine shops of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad at Mount Clare -CHmber-
land Ne10s.
A PROMINENT druggist was fined FIVE
dollars snd costs, the other day, by an
Intelligent" Justice, for pursuing his
usual calling" and yet our drug stores
are not all closed.
BUTTER thieves are visiting the neigh
borhood OF Sherrsrd. They entered the
spring. house OF Mr.. Mart Caldwell We'd
nesday night, and robUed him OF about
fifteen pounds Of butter.
The Temperance Union at Parker's
Hall. have purchased five octave SIX
stop organ, for one hundred dolisrs'
This Union will have music al all meet
ings hereafter.
ABOUT halt of Bells moulders, who
are on n strike, lett the city yesterday
Some go to Pittsburgh, and others to
Zsnesvlle and Columbus The shops at
these cities are running full force.
ANDERsoN's b. g. Kangaroo, and
Simpsons b. g. Salem, are among the
horses from this city entered for the trot-
ting race nj st. Clsirsvile on Saturday,
bes. three in FIVE, mile heats, for purse
of 500.
The boy killed at Grafton or Sunday
morning, while riding on the truck of
passenger train, an account of which was
published in the REGISTER at the time,
lived at No. so Collington avenue, Baltl-
more, and his name was Edward Msthers.
TIMOTHY LAMAsNY made complaint
before Squire Waite Yesterday against
John Shuckmsn for assault on Hannah
Lsmasny by using vulgar and in
decent language The case was booked
for a trial at 6 o'clock last evening.
THE directors and stockholders Of the
Belmont mill will hold their regular
annual meeting at the office of the Bel
mont mill this evening. The running OF
the blast furnace in connection with the
mil will be taken into consideration st
their meeting.
AN indenture by Samuel Byres and
wife and Thomas Yates and wife, OF
Marshall county, Illinois, constituting
Edie Stewart, of the same county and
State, their lawful attorney, was recorded,
Yesterday, in the office Of the County
Clerk.
WE are requested to say b. Mr.. Wat
kins that the report in yesterdays REG-
GsTER that Mr.. Ferguson purchased his
-four mill is premature. However nego-
lions are pending to that effect, but no
sale has been made. The figures talked
of IN the transaction were $500 instead
of $1,000 as reported.
WHEELING encsmpment of knights
Templsr are making active preparations
TO attend the Tnennisl COCclsve of the
grand encampment which convenes at
Cleveland, August 2Sth. Il is estimated
that at least 10000 Knights will be in
line Persons desiring to join in the ex-
cursion from this city, can procare tickets
! OF Hugh Sterling, ESQ, at the postotiice'