Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-06
SAYINGS AND poINGs.

PERHAPS Barnum will wake things up
a little when he comes.
The SchafIer-Rolf foot race will come
of this day week.
THE revival still continues at the Zane
street NJ. f. Church.
Two marriage licenses were granted
Yesterday by Recorder Hook.
FoorRAcING seems on the wane and
now a swimming match isproposed.
The city would not just at present
form an inviting field Tor a sensation
journal.
The Belmont blast furnace will re-
sumo operations on Monday, SePtem-
Der ljah.
Alb. 80. engine was off the track at
the machine shop, yesterday. A Mogul
soon butted it back again.
THE Sergeant has paid S79l 81 into
the city treasury as fines collected Tor
the month of August.
SOME of the jurors at the U. ). Dis
trict Court complain OF being kept there
without anything to do.
THE Cyrene Commandery OF Knights
Templar will 90, as commandery, 10
Parkersburg, on September 10th.
THE switch posts along the line OF the
b. Il o. r. X. are being painted up.
The artist arrived here yesterday alter
noon.
THE contract for building residence
for J. Robinson, head OF the National
road, has been awarded to Hanes &
Wilson.
CoCKAYNEs' orchestra went to Sisters
Vile to play for the large ball given last
night. Moundsville sent down good
delegation.
AMAH named Schnopf, accused OF
lunacy, was committed TO Jail, yester-
dav, by Justice Miller, to await an eX-
animation.
THERE are one hundred students at
the Wheeling Female College, and the
boarding department is full. COngratu-
latory, that.
JoHN HOBBS, driver on the Elm
Grove railway, met with serious acci-
dent yesterday, falling from his platform
and breaking his leg.
SQUIRE PHILIPS yesterday issued war
rants for Ed. and Thomas Criswell,
charged with assaulting George Crum-
hacker and W. III. Rose.
THE grass, weeds and dog-fennel are
being torn from the cutters in East
Wheeling, in an endeaver to destroy the
nest of the diphtheria germs.
WATCHStAN FERRELL is expecting his
limbs to arrive from Cincinnati every
day. When they come he will put them
ON and let no man 'take them of. "
Rev. Lewis Hay, of Allegheny, is in
the city, and will take part in the ser
vices at the Sixteenth street English
Evangelical Lutheran church tomorrow.
KRAMER'S band loaded themselves
and their laurelS upon a "dwawing-
woom car" at White Sulphur last night,
and will arrive here tomorrow morn
ing.
TIE Library, under the capitol, now
is open only in the afternoon and even
ing. 1t opens at two o'clock and closes
at five; reopens at T.. NJ. and closes at
9P.M.
HE INST SCllOOl IcppiI lOi bhC lO"i
ending August 3lst, mas been received
at the superintendent office. The
honor belongs to T. n. Parks, superin-
tenIent OF the Tyler county schools.
Give him harp.
The Lindsey Literary Society held its
meeting. during this term, at the lnsti-
tute, Yesterday. The performances,
which were unusually good, were all
voluntary. An election of officers will
be held next Friday.
TnE writ OF hdhcas corpus in the Wal
lace case was not heard yesterday, on
account of a press of business awaiting
Judge Melvin at Moundsville. 1t will
be heard to-day; and in the meantime
Wallace is out on bail.
THERE will be no more night work at
the nail factories this winter. Though
WHY the nail feeders should object TO
making more money is mystery to
some Wheeling Register. Some people
seem 10 imagine that men can work on
and on forever and ever provided they
get paid for it. Even machines have to
rest once in awhile.-SeIbeHCiAe Gazette.
You forget the editors, don't you, Mac?