Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-11-10
A MINUTE WITH THE NEWS.

Council takes its monthly whirl to-
morrow night. .l-
'SourRx WAIT is making palace OF
his equity factory.
THE Belmont and other mills will be
in full blast to-day.
The turkeys are looking for high
roosts,-Thanksgiving.
WIrH no gas the illuminated Capitol
clock is an expensive toy.
The streets on Saturday night were
more quiet than is their wont.
A RISE in sugar sweetened the coffee,
and it rose four cents on the pound.
A SUPERINTENDENT the City Prison
will be elected by Council tomorrow
night.
WoRK at the Hinge Factory will be
resumed in full this morning, the iron
having arrived.
MR. JoHS FERGUSON, of Moundsville,
became suddenly very sick in church,
Yesterday, and had to he removed to his
home.
THE Telephone Company hangs with
suspended animation, waiting to see II
our enterprising Council will strangle 1t
outright
A DRUNKEN man going up main street
on Saturday afternoon ran against tree
box, and told it to stand aside as the
boom was coming.
CIrIzENs were lighted on their way
down Fifteenth street TO church, yester-
day morning, by several burning street
lamps. Gas Is plenty and cheap.
THE ladies Of st. Mathews give a So
cial in the basement OF the church to-
morrow evening, to lead of with a
bOuntiiul supper at the usual hour.
IFit were not for little jollifcation
on Saturday night, it might have been
said the benZinists ON the streets yes
terday were phenomenal in number.
SWEENEY x SoN are at present engaged
i'm overhauling the machinery OF the old
Hudson, and will place it on the new
low water packet being built by Capt.
VIM. List.
LAST night would have delighted a
sensational novelist. "The wind blew
high, the sky was filled with masses OF
skurrying clouds, which ever and anon
allowed the stars to peer through"
THE latest news from Hymen's head
Quarters is a wedding ut st. Matthew S,
by gaslight, in satin and tulle, a recep-
ton i'm North Wheeling and two happy
hearts all on December 18th.
CHARLIE HELMBRIGHT's prize cue was
won bv j. A. Travis. The first money
prize was won by newspaper man,
and the second by calico man. The
pockets were II, Is and IL respectively.
IT seems curious to hear OF shipping
water. vet such is the fact. The b. q o.
railroad is now shipping water, Tor its
own use, from MOundSville TO Cameron
in oil ears. The lack of this necessary
fluid has already seriously inconven-
fenced the engineers.
Inch by inch the rivers iall
Drop by drop the beds run dry;
Soon there m be- no streams at all,
All the little fish will die.
But mankind will still survive,
Though the drought be long and drear;
Without water they can thrive E-k&s
Long as they have lager beer.
THE complimentary reception to be
given to MIR. VIM. Lilly, OF Company
-, the latter part OF this month, prom
ises to be an unusually large affair. Mr..
Lilly is an invalid, and has been con-
tinedto his home for three years. L. L..
Cockavne donates his services for the &C.
casion, which is commendable in him.
THE temperance people at Otis Hall
had a fine meeting last night, addressed
bv Robt. Marshall, Esq, and others. As
great pains had been taken 10 put the
hall in inviting condition, Il big house
was anticipated, and the crowd was
there. \ number OF young men signed
the pledge, and all in all the exercises
were the most interesting OF the fall.
OK SATURDAY. afternoon, a man named
Shelley assaulted another man named
Kelley, beating him up very badly. This
affair took place at the Roaring Gimlet'
saloon, kept by a man named Harlem
stein. and complained Of by the good
people Of North Wheeling rs 4 disorderly
place. Warrants were issued for Shelley,
but he has not yet been arrested.
TIE Wheeling Gun Club shot the
fifth match for the Gold Badge on Sat
urdav, as follows: Dwight, 9, ), g.;
Wright, s, ., 6; McCracken, s, 6, s.;
Dean, S, 8, 3; Glass, 5, Is, II; Stanley,
5. >. Is; Heryey, 3, $, 6. A team
match was shot ut the close, McCrack-
en-, Stanley, Dwight, llervey and Smith
comprising one team, and Glass, Dean,
Wright, Turner and Leighton the other.
McCrackcn's team won. Score, % to 2l.
SPEAKING OF the Cheek capture, the
Washington Reporter says: When the
crowd passed the Office OF Justice Waltz,
Cheek cried out and demanded legal
trial. but the two men on each side OF
him and two in rear drew their revolv-
ers and ordered him To move on. The
men were all on horseback. This looks
a little like kidnapping, and unless the
parties were armed with proper requlsi-
tons they will probably be inquired IN
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