Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-18
SAYINGS AND DOINGS.

\ 0NIkAND leu pIldhNN As''s
held at Parker's Hall, Yesterday
OvERcoArs were in demand at the dill
ierent caInp-mectings, yesterday.
NOTHING was talked about yesterday
but the boat race, or hardly anything.
\ LITTLE boy fell off a melon barge
into the river Saturday, and narrowly
escaped drowning.
4 COOP many OF the Pittsburghers who
came down to witness the race stayed
over Yesterday. They are jolly set OF
| boys.
The Washington and Waynesburg
Colored Base Ball Clubs will arrive in
the city to-day for to-morrow's "tourna-
ment'
THE Saturday Erening Journal came
out according TO announcement on Sat
urdar. 1t seemed to meet people S ex-
pectatiOns.
THE Catholics will hold grand social
picnic in Shirts Grove on Saturday, the
23d instant. Cockayne's band will fur
nish the music.
AUGUST KNoKE, of the Leasure club,
and John Murphy, OF the SchultZe, VIII
row a three mile race over the lower
course next Saturday afternoon.
SATURDAY, Auctioneer Halter sold
twenty-t 80 acres OF land Oft the WOODS
farm, located at the mouth OF Glenns
Run. Nh. Lasche became the purchaser
at 300.
GRRNANIA HALL, corner OF Market
| and Fourteenth streets, is being painted
and renovated generally, and Will be
charming assembly room when the dec
orations are completed.
Mr.. O'BRIEN, from Columbus, o., is
i'm the city, negotiating with the trustees
| of the Gas Works with view to his APP
pointment as Superintendent, II salts
| factory arrangements can be made.
THE boilers in the Fulton paper mill
were cleaned on last Saturday. The
mill will be started up this morning in
full. The mill has large orders TO fill,
and is obliged to run day and night.
TIE advertisement of the steamer
| O'Neal appears to-day. This popular
packet is now extending her trips up to
| New Cumberland, and passengers bound
up the Pan Handle will find her a pleas
| ant convey dICC.
QUITE a number of Wheeling people
awaited themselves OF the excursion to
the Burr's Mills camp meeting yesterday
over the Il. IL o. road. The frequent
stoppages necessary delayed the regular
trains during the day also.
THE Silver Wood Fishing Club, com
posed OF nail men from this city, Bel
iairc and Bcnwood, have returned
home. Mr.. Tappan, the Bellalre photo
yrapher. took several fine StereoscOpic
views of the party and its surroundings
while in camp.
SATURDAY evening Constable ElwOod
Martin arrested one Dick Gardner, for
using insulting language, and he was
taken before Squire Philips. Not
eyincing very tractable disposition, he
was jailed by the squire for period OF
five days for contempt
THE West Virginia Educational Asso-
citation will meet in Charleston, w. Va,
ON Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
August 26, p and 2S inst. Special rates
will be secured on the railroad and on
the Ohio riN er for parties desiring to at
tend from this part OF the State.
CHIEF DETECTIVE FUHR and Capt.
DOwer of the Pittsburgh Secret Ser
vice, are in the city on police business.
They are after some parties supposed 10
| be connected with recent burglaries IN
| the Smoky City, but their birds are be-
| heyed 10 have flown to the Ohio side OF
La Belle Riviere.
"TmE Infant Lottie," a pretty and
startling little performer on the flying
! trapcze, with Charles f.. MontroScllian
and Miss Blanche Stetson, composing
| the Australian team will arrive in
| Wheeling to-day, and remain during the
| week, giving performances every after
! noon and evening at llornbroOk's Park,
| under the management OF Mr. Laramie.
PERSONAL attacks upon editors OF
| newspapers appear TO be epidemic at
present. Mr.. Harry II. Black, city edi.
tor OF the Wheeling REGISTER, was
beaten bv J. W. G. Smith, OF that city,
on THURSDAY, because Of an article pub
lished i'm the REGISTER in regard TO the
yas troubles there. Newspaper men
will be justified in carrying gattllng
guns ii the thing keeps up.-PWsb"gh
Gazette.
\ LITTLE fellow rushed into the street,
recently, to look at monkey that ac-
companied an organ grinder who was
plaving i'm front OF an adJOlng blocH.
Never having perused the origin oil
Man" he guzed in wonder and admlra-
ton n few moments, and then rushing
into the house he met his grandmother,
10 whom he addressed this inquiry:
Grandmother, who made monkeys"
..God. nv boy" replied the old lady, in
her candid way. "Well,' said the ex-
citable grandson in rejoinder, ell bet
God laughed when he got the first mon
key done!'
DEPUTY SHERIFF PHILLps started
Saturday afternoon to find Harry Moore,
the pool dealer, for whom he had a
warrant. He accostcd Chief Fuhr, OF
Pittsburgh, saying he had a warrant
| for HIM. con what charge asked
| Fuhr. "Pool-selling," was the officers
| response. The reply reminded MIR.
| Fuhr's companion that he had business
| i'm Ohio, and after he had put safe
| distance between the OttiCcrand himself,
| Mr.. Fuhr informed Phillips that the
man who had Just left was the person
| named in the warrant. The deputy
! sheriff saw no Moore OIL MN, however.
\ DISPATCH has been received from
Halifax by gentleman in Pittsburgh,
stating that articles had been signed by
| Evan Morris and Warran Smith Tor a
! fvc-mile boat race for 81 600 side, to
take place at Halifax on the 10Th inst.
1t was said by persons who always know
all about it that the winner in Satur-
DAVIS race here would challenge Morris.
\ REGISTER reporter tackled Weisgerber
on the street last night, and asked him
about the report. "PShaw" said he,
Il never thought OF rowing Morris. He
would have a picnic with me as his
contestant" Weisgerber asoeXpressed
the opinion that Morris could beat any
oarsman in America excepting Hanlon
| and Courtney.