Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-17
MINUTE WITH THE NEWS.

terday,
ONE deed of release and four Of trust
were recorded yesterday.
Our candy manufacturers are over
run with orders for the holidays.
THE Reformed Episcopal Church social
and bazaar will be held at Mozart Hall
this evening.
The Andes received large shipment
of iron from the Ktna mill for parties
below.
FRANZ LAUB, OF the Island, returned
last night from five months trip to
the old country.
A PRIVATE party will be given on Fri
day evening at the residence OF Miss
Maggie Hoop, 1923 Main street.
THE two children Of George Wilkin-
son were buried yesterday. They were
victims OF diphtheria.
SPEAKING of lighting the gas lamps,
Mr.. Kimberly said: under the new
r,qyD,s the affairs OF the gas works are in
a very StdOtic condition.
WHEN councilmen find the vocabulary
insufficient to express their feelings, and
begin 10 coin words OF their own, our
short hand artist gnaws his pencil IN
dismsy.
THE leading oyster dealers in Balti-
more have formed 4 combination among
themselves and will control the market
in the future. The price has been adj
vanced here.
LAST evening Mr.. Robert Junkins en-
tertained number of his friends at his
residence in the Second ward, in grand
stvle. CoCkayne was present with his
band and pleasant evening was spent.
OK Monday, December 22d, the Davis
Light Guards, of FairmOnt, will cele
brate it's second anniversary by grand
military ball at the Fairmont Opera
House. We acknowledge an invitation
to be present.
A TEAM belonging to Mr.. McMechen,
Benwood, ran of from the DrOvers
Home, Ritchietown, yesterday. 1t tore
down the railroad until switch was
struck and one of the horses badly cut
in the Ley. Then it stopped.
A YOUTH named Mike Shaughnessy,
Yesterday appeared before Justice Waite
and swOre out warrant for John Eg-
gler, whom he charges with striking
him and abusing him. The warrant
was placed in the hands OF Constable
Baird.
THE funeral OF the late William Peters,
of the Sixth ward, was attended by a
large cOncOurse of friends and relatives.
Nelson Lodge oficiated, and large
body of mill men attended to the PENN
sula Cemetery, where the interment
took place.
OK Sunday evening, Mrs. Wilson Al
len, OF the Eighth ward, took by mis-
take dose of Croton oil and iodine. She
was Immediately taken violently i'll, and
DR.. Pipes was called to her assistance.
She was given the proper antidote and
is now doing well.
THIS evening at o'clock, at st. Mat
thew's Church, Capt. w. Newt. Linch
and Miss Belle Gardner Morris VIII be
married. Four pairs will be in attend
ance and reception will be rendered
the bride at the residence OF the groom,
81 Thirty-iirst street.
4 GENTLEMAN said in Council, last
night, i'm an excited voice: " got up at
, o'clock this morning, and stumbled
along in the dark, as the gas lamps were
out. met a lamp lighter, and asked
WHY the lights were out, He told me
To depart to IIades," lOr words TO that
etiect.j The branch was convulsed.
ABOUT six o'clock, last evening, a
countryman drove his horse and wagon
10 Martins restaurant, and went in to
sell some produce. In his wagon We're
several little girls, who were taking Il
ride. Their laughter startled the horses,
which left their mOOrings and started
up Market street The girls ali leaped
out, and one of them badly strained her
back and one wrist. She was properly
cared for and the team was stopped at
the corner.
COUNCILMAN LARKIN got himself in a
tight place recently. He ielt called upon
10 oppose the passage of the ordinance
i'm relation to temporary work, and did
So vigorously. lie was waited upon by
a deputatiOn of workmen who accused
him of an intention of shaving their or
ders allie same like another Councilman.
To show his good faith Mr.. Larkin said
he would cash their orders at their face
value. They took him at his word, and
now he has advanced about $500 on GER
titled orders.
Is the Second Branch of Council, last
night, a resolution was offered appoint
ing an assistant at the work house. Mr.
Kimberly wanted the matter referred
10 the Committee on City Prison, as he
didn't want that committee ignored. y
Well. Ii will be matter of pleasure to
many to know the existence OF such a
| committee. But why does the commit
| tee take such an interest in this, when
| it never even knew when Maloney took
| his place up there? Has that committee
any responsibility The motion to refer
was lost.
AMoNG the arrivals at the New Me
Lure House Yesterday were: j. Il. FL
mer, John Rogers, A. F. Steiner, II. l..
Kennedy, w. A. Clough, John I. Kinds
and VIM. Taylor, New York; +. 5. Giles,
Pittsburgh; l.. J. Bunch, South Bend,
Ind: c. X. June, New York; K. w.
| Chambers, Mt Pleasant, o.; j. +. Hold
gems, Portland, O.; y. Deepen, New
York; NJ. Goldsmith, Lexington, Ky;
/ DR.. F. Whittlesey and 5. Hazlett, Wash
| ington, Pa.;O. Hammond, Smithfeld,
| O.; 4. J. Paxton, Detroit; ). w. Bell,
| Toledo; b. A. HAZEL, Philadelphia
| Otto Miller, New York; 7. 5. Houston,
Philadelphia; q. l.. Cooke, Chicago; f..
l.. Post, New York; Il. p. Ogden, Col
umbus; ID. A. Mcdonald, st. Louis.
-, .,,,,,,.1., Co. on caDtS OF