Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-07
CITY CHIPS.


THE Turner's dance at their hall this
evening.
THE Grand Lodge of Masons meets in
this city nextTuesday.
SQUIRE BULGER did land office work
in civil business, yesterday.
A GERMAN will be INDUCED in at Wei
sci Hall tomorrow evening.
TOMMY LIST has entered BLACK
Harry" at the Wellsburg races.
THE funeral of Mrs. z. Duftey takes
place from the Cathedral this morning
at 8 o'clock.
THE "Sheridan Rifles have now got
am interesting entertainment on hand to
come off shortly.
"A CELEBRATED CASE" is the next
attraction at the Opera House. The
house will be crowded.
THE supply OF oysters to our city has
recently been restricted, but yesterday
they again rallied encouraglngly.
ALREADY are people talking OF turkies
for Christmas, and the commission men
are bespeaking all they can lay hands on.
STREET COMMISSIONER WHITE has had
a crossing put down on Market street at
the intersection of Sixth and Market.
THERE is some complaint by our citl-
zens of the rubbish around the +.
C. & st. L. railroad passenger depot
THE Wheeling District Stewards OF the
NJ. +. Church will meet at the Fourth
Street NJ. Z. Church on to-day week.
DRs. HILLDRETH, Hazlett and Hupp
were engaged yesterday i'll examining
pensioners at the Office OF DIR. Hildreth.
DIpHTHERIA is still very prevalent on
the Island, though we did not hear OF
any additional deaths therefrom yester-
day.
MORRISON & Co. recently shipped APP
pies so far from home that the freight
amounted to twice the value OF the
fruit.
THE excellent new Office, just added
to Mr.. Harper's popular hat store, on
Main street, is nearly completed, and
looks well.
THE Bishops Of the VI. F.. Church
will probably hold their next meeting
in this city. They will arrive about the
18th OF May next.
CoCKAYNE's orchestra made music Tor
a party at the residence OF }: Tolln, near
Tridelphia, last evening. There were
about thirty couples present.
GAME is beginning to crop up in full
feather at our restaurants. As the IN
imitable Jake Kempie would say, fowl
game" is good about this season.
The Thompson NJ. f. Chapel has
adopted the new hymnal. The members
of this church met last evening and an
ranged for festival at aniearly date.
THE second witness, in the case OF
Osborne against Hughes, was put on the
stand Yesterday. There are yet twenty
two witnesses to tel what they know oi
the case.
IT is astonishing how poorly winter
apples are keeping. They ripen alnaz-
inglv quick, and shippers look some
what disconsolate when farmers send
them "russets."
YESTERDAY our young friend John o..
PcndletOn left very unexpectedly on
horseback, in the direction of Bethany.
His movements are mysterious and ms
return indefinite.
GREGG, the man who burned the Pres
ton court house in 1868, still remains at
Wavnesburg. The Governor of Penn
svlvania is too busy with politics to
heed requisitiOn.
THE new ''dummy' engine manufac-
tured at Pittsburgh, for the Top mill
company, arrived via the p, W. x X.
railroad, yesterday. The engine Is Il
nice piece OF workmanship.
NEXT Sunday there will be quarter
" meeting and communion services at
the Wesley Nj. f. Church, and ut the
North Street VI. f. Church. Presiding
Elder Wilson will be in attendance.
Captain John McLure returned home
from Texas on Tuesday last. He reports
Mr.. c. II. Booth delighted with the
country, and the time OF his return to
Wheeling is indefinitely postponed.
THE congregation OF the Zane Street
VI. +. Church gave Il festival at the lee
ture room OF their place of worship last
evening. A drop light of improved pat
tern, presented by Luke Fitton, was
contested for by J. A. Jefferson and j..
\. Dunning.