Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-11-17
A MINUTE WITH THE NEWS.

The police were Kept a. "orA until
late hour, yesterday morning.
YESTERDAY was one OF those rare
DAYS, SC pleasant, yet 80 few.
SEVERAL persons complained of terri
bic stencil on Seventeenth street, yes
terday.
THE III. ]. Leasure boat club will give
a mask ball at Westwood's hall Christ
mas eve.
The new moon, a pale and indefinite
crescent, made its appearance yesterday
afternoon.
The cry against our muddy crossings
still continues. Somebody whoop up the
contractors.
Col. Hoy, of Baltimore, addressed a
large temperance crowd, at Washington
Hall, yesterday.
The cigar makers executive committee
met on Saturday night, and the Union
will meet tonight.
AT the shooting contest, on Saturday,
for the gold badge, Mr.. Stanley won his
third match and was awarded the prize.
In the basin Of the Paxton Fountain is
TO be of any service next year, some one
i'm authority had best keep the boys out
OF it.
THE early train East on the b. & 0. K.
X. now leaves at 4'35 A. NJ, city time,
and the trains for Washington, Pa, now
leave at $40 A. VI. and l 40 p. VI.
THERE was no little talk of 'gOre," on
Saturday afternoon, over an article IN
the Journal. But, beyond a little bad
blood engendered, nothing resulted.
The creek has once more become re-
spectacle to the sight. The rise OF the
river has caused the water to back up
the creek and cover the filth so long an
eyesOre there.
The Fourteenth street cut will be the
future buggy outlet to the eastern drives
from the city. Pat. Wier has done
good Job there, so far, and he should be
permitted to continue.
On Saturday evening some one put
torpedo on the railroad track at the IN
tersectiOn of Market and Fourteenth
streets, and its explosion started rumor
that some one had been shot.
AMONG the Christmas Eve festivities
already arranged are a social at WASH
ington Hall by Black Prince Lodge, No.
lgK of p, and masquerade at West
woods Hall by the Leasure Boat Club.
THE alarm of fire on Saturday evening
was OccasiOned bv the explosion OF a
lamp ut the residence of Mrs. Pfeffer-
man, on Indiana street, Island. The
fire was speedily extinguished by Mr..
Pratt, who lived next door.
TuE enterprising New York adven-
lists predicted the general wreck OF
matter and crash of worlds on Satur-
day, but it failed 10 come. There is
nothing left now but TO fall back on
Mother SYMPTOMS celebrated prophecy
And the end 81 the world shall come
In eighteen hundred and eighty-one.'
FRIDAYS heavy rain was very general.
The Washington Reporter says: Avery
heavy shower OF rain passed over Wash
ingtOn on Friday afternoon. 1t was OF
short duration. The recent showers
have raised the streams, AMI large
quantity of coal left Pittsburgh to-day.
JUDGR ROGERS, trustee, on Saturday,
sold the property OF Major Burt, on the
lSlanu, 10 Y. W. FtdNLilcluli loI SO,OOO'
The Maeder property, corner OF Market
and Twcnty-secOnd streets, was also dis
posed Of. Mr.. MoenkemOeller being the
purchaser. The bidding was spirited,
and the price obtained was S3,545.
IL one Of our schools, on Friday, the
composition class was called up. One
youth had scared into poetry but was
banished to the "black hole" to await
when he finished the first
verse. Ii was as follows:
Around the Cheerful fire they sit,
Five bright and happy faces,
And not AN angry word Is said
Until somebody beats three aces.
THE Directors of the Steubenville Fur
mace x Iron Company held meeting
this morning to decide what to do in
view OF the unsatisfactory working OF
the furnace. An adjournment was had
until Monday 10 experiment little fur
ther, as the furnace has been manifest
ing a decided improvement the last few
DAYS, now turning out 22 tons OF iron
per diem against an average OF 81 tons
last month.-Herdld.