Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-31
NOTE AND COMMENT.

Council tonight.
CIRCUS is coming.
LAST night was beauty for sleeping.
These times are rough on tax col
lectors.
Police news is scarce and hard to
come at.
CoLE's circus was at Little Washing
ton, yesterday.
Two marriage licenses granted yester-
DAY by Clerk Hook.
You can drive through Hornbrook's
Park no longer free.
ONO river water is shamefully impure
and muddy at present.
A TEN cent shave is one OF the cheap
est of luxuries these days.
MosT of the Justices thought yester-
day was Sunday, from the lack OF busi-
ness.
The First Branch of Council will
tackle the street cleaning contracts to-
night.
VERY few changes will be made in
the corps Of instructresses in the pubic
schools.
Coal dealers report business as unu-
sually good at present, considering the
season.
A FISHING party, dubbed the Bonanza,
near Sardis, will be visited by Cock
ayne's band in few days,
Mr.. ALBERT GRAHAM had his foot badly
mashed, Yesterday, while coupling cars
at the Riverside blast furnace.
THE teachers of the Third ward school
will probably be reappointed without
change, there being no vacancies.
ApANcE will be given on Friday
evening at Al. Fry's, in Centre Wheel
ing. Stromberg will furnish the music,
A LARGE shipment of iron from the
Etna mill was taken down by the
Bachelor, on Tuesday, for Southern
points.
TEMPERANCE people had better filter
their water or else drink it behind the
door, as it is liable to be mistaken Tor
| hard cider.
GREAT preparations are making for
| the picnic TO be given at Hornbr0oE
Park on Saturday by the Otis Hall TEN
perance Union.
TIE "Hobnails" and "Growlers"
| ooh, hagony") played game OF base
ball in North Wheeling yesterday.
Won by the former.
Az axle broke under street car No.
Yesterday, forcing wheel up through
| the rear platform. The cars were slight
| " thrown out of routine by the accident
TIE larger engine at the water works
plods away increasingly. The patched
up old supply pipe will last until 1t
breaks again or Council furnishes a new
| one.
THE Fulton paper mill will be idle
for a few davs to clean boilers, and make
] necessary repairs. Ii is the intention
of the proprietors to purchase some new
and improved machinery for the mill
THE city has been paying-nO, not
paving either, but has been charged
Sl.35 per 1000 cubic feet OF gas con
sumed in the street lamps, &c. Since
the reduction in general has gone into
effect, il is proposed to charge the city
Il net price of $l.0S per 1000.
THE resignation of Joseph Woodward
Esq, as secretary of rhe La Belle Iron
Works, takes effect from to-day. Mr.
William III. Woodward will succeed him
i'm that office, and the Company may
congratulate themselves in having
secured the services of such an efficient
officer as the COlOnS.
OK last Saturday, Justice Mix had q
case of libel and SANDER before him and
! held the defendants in the sum OF $50 tc
keep the peace. The latter have turned
the tables by going before Justice Phil
ips and swearing out warrants for the
plaintiffs in the other case, charging
them with breach OF peace. In the new
case ID. j. Mccormick has sued Mrs
johanna and Mrs. Sarah Ann McLaugh
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