Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-11-21

Personal and General Intelligence-Our
Telephone.
BY the REGISTERS Telephone Line.
The soldiers OF the late war living in
BelIaire held meeting at City Hall last
night, and elected the following officers;
President, Levi Cassell; First Vice
President. Henry Crimmel; Second
Vice President, Capt. II. Heathering-
ton; Treasurer, Fred. Eberle; Core
spending Secretary, w. ii. Brown; Re-
cording Secretary, q. w. Poorman.
The following committee was APP
pointed to solicit soldiers who served IN
any regiment in the late war to become
| members of the association: First
ward, Robert Long, Vim. Smith; Second
ward, John Garrett, j. b. Shanaielt;
Third ward, G. W. PoOrman and II.
Landkrohn; Fourth ward, y. ii. Row les
and Lewis Long; Fifth ward, Charles
| Baltzell and Charles Jahnkey; Town
ship Committee, Wilson Stringer and
Tom Garrett. The meeting then adj
| journed to meet again on the 18th.
| Their object is to erect a monument 10
! the "unreturning braves
The ladies ofthe Presbyterian Church
had splendid time last night at
their social supper and festival.
A large crowd was present,
and everybody enjoyed the
affair hugely. The ladies OF this church
do not frequently indulge in such enter
! tainments, but when they do their sue
cess pecuniarily, socially and CASTRO
nomically is assured.
The REGIsTEE's telephone line was
! adjusted, the instrument regulated ana
! the necessary connections made yester-
dav about noon, and messages were
spoken back and forth between this Of
flee and the central office in Wheeling
from time TO time during the afternoon.
! Several citizens of our city avalled them
selves of the facility to converse with
friends on the REGISTERS statf-among
others Col. Baron, G.. w. Poorman, OF
the Tribune office, and Mr. burst, the
restaurateur. Some of the conversation
was amusing in the extreme. When
! Col. Baron hailed the central Office the
member OF the corps at that end OF the
line did not recognize his dulcet tones,
and was obliged to inquire who spoke.
When told, he explained that the
| Colonel had got so thin he did not
recognize him. Mr.. burst was
requested to "set up the oys-
tiers" and send them up by
telephone, but, being new, the
instruments would not stand the test.
| The instrument is certainly a marvel,
and while il is not yet arranged TO per-
| lection, conversation can be carried on
bv means of it with the utmost satlslac-
ton at most times. The idea of talking
over six miles of wire, as though face
to face with ones auditors, is rather
startling. fanv Of our Bellaire people,
without regard to age, beauty or prevl-
Gus condition OF sohrety, desire to eX-
perience the sensation, they are cordial
iv invited to visit the Office on Union
street and do SO.
l.. J. Evans, of Uhricsville, formerly
prominent merchant OF this city, Is
visiting friends and relatives here.
President $. J.. Mooney, OF the mar
row gauge railroad, was in the city YES
terdav. Also Mr.. A. II. Caldwell, one
of the directors OF the road, was in the
CITY. He saws that the road will be
through to Woodsfield on Monday, at
! the iarthcst.
Mr.. Arthur McClaine, who was blown
up some time since while putting blast
i'm his stone quarry, Is able TO walk
| around. We are glad TO note his re-
COvery.
The miners who have been absent
| during low water have returned and are
picking away at a lively rate.
Hoffman 4 Son have put IN new
| scales at their works in the First ward.
The workmen say they are mining some
of the finest coal they ever handled.
The Window Glass Works Company
will build an addition 10 their already
| extensive works i'm the First ward at an
early dav. The two factories then will
have sixteen pots and one melting and
two blowing furnaces, which IL alter
the English plan. 49,,
Lieut.. Little and DR.. Sanders took
Miss Allie Fowler to the insane asylum
at Athens yesterday.
The boss hog OF the season was raised
| bv VIM. Hammond, Of Pipe Creek. 1t
weighed 60 and was purchased by Mr..
Henry Ship, Of this city,
QUINCY QUIRHs.
From the Quincy correspondence OF
| the GAINESVILLE Enterprise We take the
following accounts OF accidents:
On Thursday last, valuable mule be-
! longing to Joseph Butler, OF IT. Glars
vile. was killed by fall OF soap stone
! in the Echo mines. \ miner narrowly
| ESCAPED being killed by the same stone.