The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-27
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
ACROSS THE RIVER.
Specially Reported for the Register.
BELLAIRE.

JUDGE CARROLL, of st. Clsirsville,
was in town yesterday.
The officers of the Masonic lodges are
to be installed tonight.
THE Hope Hose Company will give 8
ball in the City Hal! on Friday night.
THE hands of the Goblet Works are at
work again, and will receive the pay
wnich they demanded.
ED STAHL, son of Mayor Stshl, and g
typo on a McKeesport Pa paper, Is
visiting relations and friends IN the city.
In the German Church there was 8
Christmas tree for the children, who
were all made happy with packages OF
candy, sc.
REPAIRING of brass, wooden, or town
clocks attended to with promptness and
neatness by p. 2. Sellsrs, 4l9 Belmont
street, three doors below the railrosd
bridge
J.R, NArLoR says he will wager e g ass
of buttermilk that be sold more toys on
Saturday last than any single house IN
Wheeling. His sales reached 5000 for
toys alone.
AT the ball of the Baron Base Ball
Club on Tuesday night, Miss Sophie
Hoover won a handsome cake. The
bail room was crowded with dancers and
the ball was kept up until daylight.
ENTERTAINMENT were given at the
Methodist, United Presbyterian, Presby
terisn and Catholic churches on
Christmas night and the children were
we'll treated at each and spent pleas
ant evening.
The South Side Literary Society met
on Christmas night, at the residence OF
Miss Ida Pickett. Mr.. Will Darby was
appointed President, and the boys had
grand pow-wow. This was the last
meeting OF the society.
IT will be remembered that an entel-
tainment was given some time ago at the
Rock Hill Church, for the benefit OF that
church. A number of residents of Bel
lsire have persuaded the managers to re-
peat the programme OF that evening, at
the School Hall, on Saturday evening.
THE Sunday School of the Episcopal
Church held an entertain ment at the
church on Christmas night. Rev.
j. Rambo made short address
to the children, and WAS followed by
MIR. Gallsher, the Superintendent.
Santa Claus then came marching IN
with his arms full of good things, and
each OF the children were presented with
bag OF candy and an orange. A short
musical programme concluded the even
ing's amusements.
BUSINESS in the city is very dull'
There is general complaint among all
classes of dealers that there Is less money
in the city than there was at this tyne
last year. The purchasers OF Christmas
presents ss rule bought only cheap ar
ticles. Those who can afford TO pay
large prices and buy the more inexpen-
sive classes of goods are economically IN.
clined, and do not wish To spend the
amount they usually do for the holidays,
and those who have limited means are
more saving than they are generally.
The following cases are on the Mayors
docket: j. Riggs, fined 81 for fight
ing; Ephrism Hogan, $500 for drunk;
Louis Lsroche, charged with selling
liquor to mil ors on Sunday, ard to per-
sons already under Its influence, was
fined S25 40; John Tobin, hned $3.50
for pugilism; Nj. Keefe, for trying 10
punch somebody's head, $500; Thomas
Ford and Edward johnson, for celsbrst-
ing Christmas, S5.40; Murray Davis,
So 80 Tor whispering gently on the
streets to the annoy ance of the publici
Louis Grilley, tor keeping n disorderiy
house and selling liquor on Sunday,
made Christmas present TO the Mayor
OF $1,000.
MARTINS FERRY.
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