The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-01
REPORTORIAL pENCILINGs.
"OTTo" tonight.

+. w. CITIZENS keeps toilet soaps and
pertun cry of the finest quality.
ONE deed in fee and one trust deed
were admitted TO record yesterday.
THE farmers report the prospects for
q large wheat crop better than ever.
FIFTEEN marriage licenses issued by
the clerk of the County Court last month.
IT wss difficult for the street car
drivers to keep the cars on the track yes
day.
Work was suspended on the 7. W.
KY. railroad yesterday on account OF the
snow.
Four cases were booked at II o'clock
last night to appear at the police court
this morning.
The Citizens Railway Company were
compelled TO put an extra horse to each
car yesterday.
A NUMBER of men were engaged IN
cleaning the snow off the suspension
bridge, yesterday.
The Committee of the Board OF Com
missioners on Poor House and Farm will
meet this afternoon.
MR.. KLEvIs, of this city is now build
ing a very fine residence just above I'll.
louisville, Ohio.
Z. w. CITIZENS, proprietor of the new
Bridgeport drug store, will answer to his
night-bell at any hour OF the night.
nd
icel Society will meet at the office OF DIR.
Ward, on Twelfth street, this evening.
The boiler at the La Belle Nail Fac
tory has been placed in position, and
work will be resumed on Monday next.
Mr.. WILLIAM CHEW manager of the
nail department of the Belmont Works
has gone on brief visit to Pittsburgh,
THE "Dsisy" of The Twelfth street con.
Germ, is racking his brain to find an ap.
pirate name for the New Washington
hall.
The Crescent boat club will dance at
Notes hall to morrow evening. Cock
awe vii! furnish the music Tor the oc-
casiOn.
The engine put in by Sweeney & Son
at Burley's mill was tiled for the first
time yesterday. 1t works with much sat.
isiaCtion.
The cooper shops of Wilson Il Co., in
North Wheeling, started up this MORN
ing, thereby giving work 10 quite num-
Der of hands.
IT required three engines to take the
G o'clock train on the "raging" Hemp
field up the Sixteenth street grade yes
terdsy morning.
OFFICER PAT MAHANY had q detatch-
ment of the workhouse gang at work
shovelng snow ircm the Capitol pave
ment yesterday.
A WAGON loaded with nay broke
down Just beyond Fulton, yesterday.
Another wagon was procured and the
load transferred to it.
THE Belmont blast furnace WAS lighted
Yesterday in order to dry it out. The
necessary material will be put IN for
blast about the 18th instant.
THE register letter clerk at the post
office handled 1862 registered packages
last month, an increase of 1919 over the
corresponding month of last year.
CoCKAYNEs band will leave this
morning to play for the grand masquer-
ade which is to take place at Odd Eel.
lows Hall in Matamoras tonight.
THE large bird cage that has been on
exhibition for several months in the
shown window of the Opera cigar store,
will be rallied off tomorrow week.
GROUND HOG day tomorrow. If the
old gentleman comes out and sees bis
shadow, he will return to his nest and
remain tor six weeks-so ssyeth supersti-
ton.
WoRKMEN are engaged IN getting out
the quarry just above the mill. The own
ers expect to start their furnace at an
early day.
COUNCIL will be asked at its next SIT
ting to make an appropriation for the
purpose of building fence twelve feet
high around the work house. A right
good idea.
The moulders of the Arlington stove
works will give grand ball on the even
ing ofthe 18th instant, at the new ware.
house of those works for the benefit OF the
Children's Home.
The street cars of the Elm Grove road
did not come into the city further than
the capitol yesterday. The snow pro-
hibited the cars running en- Chspline
and Eleventh streets.
THE millers of this city are not salts
fed with freIghts on -four, as that article
Is conveyed from Mansfield, Ohio, on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, much cheap
er than from our city.
A NUMBER of the Maynard rifle club
will visit Wellsburg next Saturday for
the purpose of contesting with the Wells
burg and Bethany teams at Bethany.
The prize is $50 rifle.
THE boys of the Sixth ward tried to
make a snow man out of constable John
j. Cooper yesterday, but did not succeed
in destroying his personality. John took
his bombardment cheerfully.
THE fair dear creatures should care.
fully inspect themselves before going on
the street. One of them was very much
embarrassed on Market street yesterday
by portion of her regalia coming OIL
Mr.. DAVID HENRY, the custodian OF
The horses belonging to the United en-
CINE, had them hitched TO Yankee
jumper sleigh yesterday, and exercised
them. Their performances were salts
factory.
A HORSE which had the appearance of
having in his lifetime been a very fine
one, was hauled to his last resting place
in the suburbs OF South Wheeling yes
terdsy, but to whom he belonged could
be sscertained.
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