The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-01
SMALL TALK.
Condensed Notes or Current GOSSIP
In and About Town.

day.
PAY day at the South Wheeling glass
works.
The hinge factory will start up on
Monday.
ONE deed OF trust recorded yesterday
by the County Clerk.
TRAINS on the Baltimore and ONO
road are running regularly once more.
THE shop windows, filed with toys,
are now the attraction for the small boy.
A NEW tin roof has been placed on
the vigilant Engine House, in the FIRST
ward.
TIE striking nail feeders have their
| posters out for benefit ball, At turner
Hall.
THE County Clerk issued twenty
seven marriage licenses during last
month.
| DURING the month Of November one
hundred and forty-nine arrests Were
made by the police force.
THE work of paving the gutter on
Market street, above sixth, has been SUB
pended on account of the cold weather.
The towbos.s Storm, FISHER, Tom
Lysle, CLARK, Baltic, Bigley and Jim
Brown, with lows, passed down yester'
day.
| JUSTICE WHEELER bonded George
Henry in the sum of fifty dollars, on
| Thanksgiving day, to keep the peace Tor
six months.
TIE work of building the stage tor the
Masonic Temple Will DO commenced to-
dsy, by Mr.. VIM. Richardson, who has
secured the contract.
THE comic opera was INDUCED in at
Koch's saloon, yesterday. 1t was the
winding up OF the wedding celebration
of the night previous.
The travelling public asks for shell
| ter at the city turn-table OF the street car
line. BY ell means the company should
erect one at that poiat.
THE fret covering of ice on The creek
THIS season, was found night before last:
1t will ready for skating tomorrow II
the cold weather continues.
A SOCIAL society knowE rs the "Soci-
| CIV OF the Twelve Apostles" held forth
| at Wlesel Fall last night, with grand
ball, There was good attendance.
MARY JOHNSON, who Was recently
committed to jail by Squire Phillips, mas
been released on psymen! OF her nne
and filing peace bond in the sum OF
500.
TIE Kahn Literary Society held their
regular weekly meeting last evening IN
| ST. Alphonsus Hall. The exercises con-
sisted of select readings. declarations,
essays and debates.
A WAGON loaded with wood broke
down on Fourteenth street, yesterday
morning, dumping the load into one OF
those mud puddles which are 80 numer.
Gus throughout the city.
WE were shown an ear Of corn, yes
tcrdsv, from the farm of John Franken-
hauser, near Sunhsh, measuring twelve
and quarter inchesin length. Nearl y rs
long as the Leader mans foot.
A LARGE number of persons attended
the Parkers' hall temperance meeting,
last night. Addresses were made by
Mess.s. Morgan, Thoburn, Hamilton and
Whime. Two persons sighed the pledge.
A LOT of men with fatboat were at
tie scene of tho late disaster st the Bell
aire bridge, Yesterday, engaged IN taking
nails from the river, which are plled
up IN great heaps around the pier where
the Giant struck.
THE party given at the Connolly
House, Thursday evening, by the young
folks OF MounGsville, was complete sue
GEES IN every particular, and the young
men having it IN charge are deserving OF
crest credit for the manner In which al
was conducted. L. r. Cockayne's orches-
ira was in attendance.
OwISG to the prOcIastinaLion Of some
property-hclders, the workmen On the
Twelfth stree. Improvement are now
compelled to step work, on account oil
tho cold, about one-third OF tho work be-
ING completed. No doubt the street will
remain IN torn-up condition all
winter.
THE IateH:gsacsr once upon time
hung q man nj Fulton, and now daObles
| us LANDS in gore by killing Robert
Strange q poor, unofonding colored man,
vino never harmed that paper IN any
manner. Strange says he is willing to
die once, but asks that tho authorities
protect him frcm being murdered half
dozen times By q newspaper iiend.
A SPECIMEN OF "iridescent glass" is on
exhibition ct the office Of Messrs. Hobbs,
Brockuu!cr II Co., South Side. The
sample is the work OF on English COM
psnv, who are how manufacturing II on
a large scale. The secret OF manuiactur-
ing this quality Of glass, we believe, is
unknown to the manufacturers n this
country. although several pieces have In
ciGently been produced at the works OF
Hobbs. Brcckunier i Co. Yankee in
genui,y Will soon figure it out, and we
predict that in 3 short time the same
ware will be turned cut by our enterpris-
ing manufacturers.
a team Of horses attached TO one OF
the large wagons belonging TO the Oglc-
bay Brothers, took fright on Main
street, Yesterday, and started of NJ ter.
l =
riblo rate of speed. While passing the
| livery stable 81 the corner OF Sixteenth
and Main streets, the wagon to which the
horses were attached coilided with a Car.
riage belonging to Mr.. Speidel, which
WAS standing N front OF the stable, COM
| pl,,cly wreckjng it. Tie carriage was
i sew one, recently purchased by the
owner. The runaway horses were brought
to hal,, without further damage, in the
| y.eiui:y ct LIE GesSr2, OSlebay's stable,
for which place they made bee line.
TnG period ot Thanksgiving on the
part Of tie SINAI! boy has arrived. lie
ariseth With the dawn and bo.aketh him.
self to the ice in the gutter and his soul
| rcjoiceth mueh!y. He saith with an air
aggressive: "Say, Bill Simmons, kin
slide fur,ber'n yen kin" and then he
Stairs 3, full speed for the slide. He