The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-03-29
CITY CHIPS.

SOMEWHAT dampish.
No Municipal Court yesterday.
No transfers recorded yesterday.
ONE marriage license issued yesterday.
MARCH promises to 60 out as gentle as
q lamb.
THE whitewash artist Is beginning to
ply his vocation.
COUNCIL tonight, in order to conHider
the garbage ordinance.
A SHOP litter is reported as having
visited Main street store recently.
The Social Club will hold a calico hop
at Koch's hail on next Friday night.
THE Council Committee on Wharves
met last evening at the City building.
A CIRCUS is coming this way. The
small boy can begin to save his pennies.
The remains of Major Robert p. Viii.
SON will be inferred Sunday with militia
ry honors.
H.k. LIST, of this city, has purchased
the Gladeville furnace, OF Preston county,
for 81 600.
THE political cauldron OF our neigh
boring towns over the river is commenc.
ing to simmer.
LARGE preparations are being made for
the necktie socisble al Parker's Hall TO.
morrow night.
CONSTABLE Louis Gaus is serving
papers for Justice Wheeler, of South
wheeling, vice Hauseneuer resigned.
Belly HAUsER, of Christ. Siebke's,
assumes charge OF the saloon on Elev-
euth street vacated yesterday BY Oscar
Burdatt.
OFFICER HENRY auctioned of, at City
Sergeants sale yesterday, a lot OF bottled
ale and Porter, owned by Smith u Co.
The fluid went at small prices.
ADAM HENEMAN, who has the con-
tract for fitting up the moving ma
chimes at Sweeney's. says he will turn
out sixty machines next week.
The military will hold themselves in
readiness to attend the funeral of the late
Msjor Robert 2. Wilson, whose remains
are expected here tomorrow.
LAST evening some excitement was
caused by SCOT burning in the chimney
of the residence of Captain Ray, on
ChaplIne street, between Fifteenth and
Sixteenth streets.
ATTORNEY General Robert White has
been directed by Governor Mathews to
assist Prosecuting Attorney Wiley, of
We,zel county, in investigating the
Wallace lynching affair.
A. J. SWEENEY IL Son are engaged in
building new machine for the North
Wheeling cooper shops. 1t is to DO used
for Ginning kegs, and is quite 3 compile
Gated piece of workmanship.
SOME parties INDUCED in firing of q
revolver in alley G, above the market
house, about three o'clock yesterday
morning. Who the parties were, or
whether anyone was injured, has not yet
come to light.
THE movement for new temperance
organization referred to in Wednesdays
REGISTER, meets with hearty response
from many of the workers in this city.
A public meeting will soon BIO held by
those who are interested.
Two-THIRDs of the female population
of the city are busily engaged in remov-
ing, whilst the remaining one-third are
standing at the front windows wishing
that they could move, or wondering who
their next door neighbor is 10 be.
THERE is still much complaint at the
Auditors office, relative to missing
checks sent out by that official. Where
the trouble is, no one is able to tell.
Some of the missing checks are for as
much rs 81 800. Payment has been stop,
ped and duplicates issued.
THERE is fellow going from house to
house in tho city, selling q patent var
nish. In order to sell his stuff, he will
gain admission and spot the vsrnish over
the finest furniture, thereby necesstating
the party to buy enough of the varnish
to hide the spots made.
The REGISTER counting room was
thronged with large number OF persons
last evening, who stopped to see the rope
with which John Wallace was hanged
on the morning Of the oath instant, and
the hammer with which he murdered his
victims on the evening of the 18th in
slant.
OHIo county has, in the new corpora
ton of the p w. Il XIV, in lieu of the
old stock transferred to the new corpora
ton, 1916 shares, or $SS, $50; also $50, GOO
Of the new bonds Of said road. This
smourt entities the county to 443 votes
at any of the meetings of the stockhold-
ers of the road.
Mr. JosEPH SIMMONS, who died at the
residence of Mrs. Bschmsn, Main street
Wednesday evening, WAS an uncle OF
that lady, and bad come to spend tho re
m.lnder of his days, rs he was quite old
with his relatives in the city. The cause
of his death was Pneumonia, arising
from having contracted severe cold sew
eral days since.