The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-20
SHALL TALK.
Condensed Notes of Current Gossip
In and About Town.

Condensed Notes of Current GossiP
In and About Town.
BOARD of Education tonight.
No MARRIAGE licenses were Issued
yesterday.
THREE deeds Of trust were admitted to
record yesterday.
LAST night was most magnificent
moonlight night. .r--
BRowN, the mind reader, shows at
Steubenville tonight.
THE Second ward market was not we'll
attended yesterday morning.
THE workhouse force was increased
yesterday by two new recruits.
THE foundation of the Fifth ward
scales is being replaced with stone.
No DEEDS in fee were admitted to rec.
ord by the County Clerk yesterday.
THE Chan;rau Company has cancelled
its engagement Eere until q later date.
THE Committee on Streets, Alleys and
Grades will meet ut A o'clock this even
ing.
The United States District Court ad-
iourned last evening until court In
course.
NEXT Saturday is the time set apart
for the contest for the $50 gun In the
Sixth ward.
A SMALL fight occurred on the Island,
Tuesday evening, between two men. NO
damage resulted.
The c. p. Brown Boat Club gives its
fourth annual grand ball, at turner
Hall, on Christmas eve.
DE-. JOHN A. CAMPBELL has removed
his office from No. 81 Twelfth street 10
No. Sc on the same street.
WEIGH d HUGHEs' minstrel troupe is
booked to appear At the Opera House
Christmas afternoon anc night.
nc. BANGS, who was TO have ap-
pesred at the Opera House next week, Is
dangerously sick at Cleveland.
THE State Superintendent of Schools
expects to have bis annual report ready
to submit to the Governor by the first of
January.
10 one U Il i'm IiL'o hiNA mn ShN
prospects for whitewash IN the Ponce
Court seemed good, as no ore had been
arrested AT that hour.
WILSON 81 DUNLEvY's cooper shops
started up Monday. They are preparing
slaves and heading preparatory to start
ing up lull after January LIST.
FREELAND, who was convicted for
passing counterfeit money, and who is
confined in the county jail, has been
quite sick, but WAS much better yester-
day.
The professor of military tactics,
Lieutenant Richmond, at the State Uni
versitv, has offered his resignation, and
asks to be returned to some place OF ac-
tive duty.
Mr.. HENRY SHALLCRoss, will receive
two pet deer this morning, and will
keep them around his stable until ar
rangem ents can be made to take them
out 10 his park.
w. J. w. CowDEH leaves this morning
for Athens, Ohio, where he goes to act
as one of several judges in q literary
contest between the students of Franklin
College, al nat place.
OUR jimmy mas won the affections OF
a confdng maiden by taking her TO the
show last night, on free ticket. de
told her be had millions ION 'em," and
she Just jumped at HIM.
The Little-Old Man-Or-The STANDARD
who sits down on suddenly elevated per-
sons is rumbling because some female
creature plays u "wheezing, consump-
tive organ" on the street corners.
THE children's concert which was
given ut Parkers' Hall last Saturday
night will be repeated by request TO
night. The proceeds will go towards
helping the society along.
THE concert given by the children at
| the Chapliue street NJ. +. Church, Tues
dav evening, netted $40. The enter
tainment was composed of vocal and in
strumentsl music, recitsuoDs and
speeches.
IT was reported last night on the
street that some one gave Rev" Hal
sted q half dollar to hold while Brown,
the mind reader, WAS in search of it.
When Brown gave the job up as q bad
one, because it never occurred TO him to
look on the person of "locsl' for any
such amount of currency, rumor hath
it tnst man was heard inquirirg "it
anybody had seen Halsted."