Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-11-08
A MINUTE WITH THE NEWS.
BUFFALO BILL street parade this morn

BUFFALO BILL street parade this morn
ing.
THKKE is more talk of a pottery in
Steubenville.
THEE deeds Of release and one deed
Of trust were recorded yesterday.
billy WHEAT drew the gold dollar,
last night, mixed among the rolls at
Laramie's.
A THOROUGH and systematic ablution
is the thing that would most benefit the
city building.
Topaz will bring shekels to the boys
at the South Wheeling Glass Works,
Belmont, Riverside and Top mills.
The bright warm weather OF yesterday
brought out the gentler sex in force
and the dry goods clerk was happy.
FRANK HEALEY, ofthe Atlantic engine
house, held the lucky number which
drew the silk quilt in North Wheeling.
The forge, heating and rolling depart
ments of the Belmont mill went on yes
terday. The factory will follow on Mon
day.
In thirty-fve seconds from the time
the gong sounds, the United engine
horses are harnessed and ready to te-ly
10 q fire.
The Lindsey Cadets. about twenty
five in number, paraded on Capitol
Square yesterday, and were the objects
OF many admiring eyes.
FERDINAND MILLER, who was injured
on the b. * D. X. r., two weeks ago to-
dav, had a hemorrhage, yesterday, and
Was in a critical condition.
As fashily dressed lady passed down
Twelfth street, yesterday afternoon,
country youth remarked: "My eyes!
what duds she do pile on her"
THE Atlantic engine was dismantled,
Yesterday, to repair leak discovered
where the steam pipe joins the boiler.
IL will be all right again, to-day.
A SOUTH WHEELING gentleman is re-
sponsible for the statement that Little
Buttercup" gave a reception on Thurs
day night, but he forgot TO add who
Little Buttercup" is.
LET the Committee on Streets, Alleys
and Grades advertise for sealed propo-
sails TO bridge some of the unpaved
streets where formerly crossings were,
but now are swallowed up.
A HANDSOMELY carved wooden work
basket, the handiwork OF Frank Woods,
is on exhibition at Grubb's jewelry
store. Ii is quite a masterpiece in its
way, and the execution reflects credit
upon the artist.
The Trustees of Bethany College had
a meeting on Thursday night and de-
cided not TO rebuild, at present, the
destroyed portion, but to apply the IN
surance money to the liquidation OF the
College indebtedness.
Mr.. l.. G. HooToN, of Grafton, has
been appointed temporary route agent
between Grafton and Wheeling, in place
of Geo. n. Shinn, who was disabled in
the late collision at Bolton. Mr.. Shinn
will not resume his position for several
weeks yet.
DEPUTY SHERIFF Bob PHILLIPS was at
the Atlantic, yesterday, gathering in
taxes. This calls TO mind the refrain:
Here comes Mr. Winter. a collector Of taxes,
Iadyise you To pay him whatever he axes;
l advise YOU TO pay him without any Hum
For thoGsn his names Winter, he acts very
summary.
THE Steubenville press says: "ln
many places above here the shores
of the Ohio are strewn with
dead fish. and many of them very fine
specimens. tits thought that the oil
and refuse flowing from the oil retineries
located along the banks OF the river
is the cause OF this wholesale de-
struction Of the finny tribe"
A PROSPECTUS for the Steubenville
Sunday NerS is on our table. Ii will be
issued on Sunday, November 23rd. q.
q. Nichols, who is well known to our
business and citizens generally, will
have exclusive control. The mention
Of mick" in connection with any enter
prise is good evidence that it will prove
a success.-SiSUbeHriii Gazette.
THE Bellaire Tribune advocates the
building of a narrow gauge railroad
from that point down the Ohio shore TO
Marietta. IL claims that navigation is
suspended between those points by ice
and low water fully one-iourth Of the
year, and that a road can be constructed
Tor little, if any, more than $1,000 per
mile. There Is no doubt but what the
road would pay handsome dividend.
We are reliably informed that an
advance, probably 10 per cent, in glass
ware, will soon take place here. Pitts
burgh has made this advance, as has
also the Bellaire goblet works. and it is
natural that Wheeling should follow
suit. Since the Pittsburgh advance
orders have been fairly raining in here,
heavier than can possibly be filled. For
long time goblets have been sold here
at or below cost and an upward move
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