The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-04
REPORTOgIAL PExUILINGs.

ONE marriage license issued Saturday
TwENTY-FoUR persons lodged at Hotel
de Wallace last night.
THE Circuit Court adjourned last Sat-
urday until court in course.
LAST week was the dullest for justices
business for three years past.
THE usually quiet Eighth ward was
unusually 60 on Saturday night.
The first vote in the sword contest
was cast for Capt. Hugh Sterling, OF the
Goff Guards.
Four cases were booked at II o'clock
last night to appear at the police court
this morning.
A VERY fine shawl pin, in the shape OF
an eagles claw, was lost at the M. l.. u 6
reception Friday night.
SIX weeks more of winter weather.
MIR. &. III. Gays so. His prophecy may
prove goose bone failure.
ONE deed in fee, three of trust and four
release deeds were admitted to record by
the County Clerk yesterday.
The characters of "Margaret of An
lou" Will have q rehearsal in Opera Hall
Washington Hall building, this evening
The death roll of this city last month
amounted to thirty.eight, which shows
decrease of thirteen over the month pre-
vious.
THE ground hog took shadow soup
vesterday.-Ssaaday Leader. Yes, Len
kard patronized free lunch stand Sat
urday.
The Benwsod Mill will close down in
about two weeks, and will remain shu,
down for few days, when they viii
start on full time.
Mr.F. Neuhausen has our thanks fol
q box of his valuable cough candy. LII
medicinal qualities are fnei alternating
a cough arising from cold.
THE Fifth ward market house looked
quite attractive on Saturday evening
both in the amount OF goods offered fol
sale and the number of buyers present.
THE following are the number Of
guests at the principal hotels during the
month of January: Mcclure House, 94I
Stamm House, SOC, and st. james, 543.
WE are informed that Justice Aiken
ex deputy sheriff of Wetzel county, will
open a first class hotel at the Point
House, New Martinsville, in the spring
Up to this time last year, the Auditor
had drawn $50 warrants on the Tressur'
er. For this year he has already drawn
s74. The total Rumber last year wa:
1853.
IT is thought that the Supreme Cour
Judges, who have been holding term
of court at Charleston, will arrive In thu
city to day or tomorrow, for the purpose
Of rendering decisions.
MRS. ZtEGENFELDER, the princess o
culinary, furnished the supper for the M
l.. 6. entertainment, last Friday even
ing. The tables were nicely arranged
and fairly grosned under the weight o
good things.
THE shooting match between the
Bethany, Wellsburg and the Maynard
rife team of this city, which was to have
come off at the former place last Sstur
day, was postponed on account OF the In
clemency of the weather. The prize wa;
a fifty dollar rifle.
JAKE KEMPLE, in his speech at Par
ker Hail last night, said that if Charley
johnson, of the Sunday Leader, would
frequent gin.mllls less and temperance
meetings more, he would know better
! than to speak of the temperance move
ment as he did in his paper last Sunday
MEssRs. THos. HUGHES 81 Co, will oc
cupy the north part OF the double build
ing to be erected on Market street by
the Mabis heirs. When completed their
store room will be one of the finest and
most elegantly appointed in the city
The expectation is to have the building
ready for occupancy by next August,
The amount of fines assessed in the
Police Court for the month of January
amount TO S3S6.60; amount paid, S97 60;
lookup fees, $3.50. Clerk Thomas
Dsrrah informs us that this is by far the
smallest amount that has been collected
frnm this sOurce durinp any month of