Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-21
SAYINGS AND DOINGS.

brought into tOWh, yesterday
The approach to Benson's Ferry on
the Ohio side is being repayed with as
phaltum.
A HAND organ and an Italian band
delighted the Ritchietown youngsters
yesterday.
The passenger train due at 1885, yes
terday, on the p, w. & KY. road, was
two hours late.
Tue first passenger coach from Pitts
burgh to Waynesburg direct, ran
through on Monday, the 18th.
The corner stone of the newcOllege at
Waynesburg will be laid on the 10th OF
September, with suitable ceremonies.
TIE Leasure Boat Club have run up
handsome flag pole on Water street In
the Eight ward, which will fly the clubs
colors Saturday.
The price of nails, iron and glass has
advanced three times in the last sixty
DAYS, and our dealers say another ad-
vance is probable.
The Waynesburg papers say that
there will be large excursion OF Greene
countians to the Moundsville camp
meeting next Sunday.
AFAsHIoN exchange says that Striped
parasols have taken the place of striped
stockings" But We don't believe 1t.
Why, they-they couldn't.
THE popular watering place" at the
southern terminus of the street car
track sprung leak yesterday, and the
plumbers put in the day at 1t.
AN editor has standing invitation to
lie.-.Seibenriiie Herald. Yes, and the
Steubenville editors accept the invita-
ton with remarkable unanimity.
An excursion train will be run over
the w. Il w. II. K. next Saturday, con-
Meeting with the b. & o. road at Wash
ington for the Moundsville campmeet-
ing.
SOMEBODY on the South Side offers Il
reward for the recovery OF a black and
tan dog. Any person who has one and
wants to get rid of it should embrace the
opportunity.
The Board of Education meets to-
night IN regular monthly session. The
principal subject for consideration will
be the proposed change in text books in
the city schools.
THE funeral of the late John II. Hub
bard will take place this morning at y
O'Clock, from his late residence, No.
2l34 Market street, the interment being
at Greenwood Cemetery.
By late regulation OF the Postofiicc
Department, Postmasters are required
to stamp on the back of all letters COM
inc TO their offices through the mails the
date of receipt of the same.
Two car loads of cakes and buns have
been ordered from GAINESVILLE by parties
here for the Reunion. Other orders
have been made to Bellaire, GAINESVILLE
and Wheeling bakers.-Cambridge JeJer-
SDBiOn.
THE special committee of the Board of
Education on text books in reading had
meeting last evening, and agreed
unanimously to recommend the adOp
ton of the series of readers published by
the Appletons.
The Disciples Sunday Schools of
Steubenville and Wellsville will excurt
10 Martins Ferry to-day on the O'Neal,
and have a picnic in the beautiful
grounds known as Walnut Grove, adj
joining the town.
Nothing of importance was done at
the meeting OF the Directors OF the Bel
mont Mill on Tuesday. The engineer
and several other employees are at work
putting the machinery into condition
to commence work.
THE Belmont Turn Nerein of Bellaire,
had a picnic at BODIES Summer Garden,
Benson's Ferry, on Monday. A large
crowd from both sides OF the river was
i'm attendance, and an orderly and en-
ioyable time was had.
THE following persons were elected
directors of the Home Building Associa-
ton, "Wednesday evening, August 18th:
Chas. III. Berry, Lott II. Joy, G.. A.
Beall, Isaiah Warren, K. j. Smyth, j. ).
Trimbe, Henry SeamOn, \. w. Beck
and Geo. w. Eckhart, Jr At the meet
ing to be held next Wednesday, August
9th, a constitution and bylaws will be
adopted.
YOUNG SPRIGGs, the Washington boy
charged with stealing gold watch from
Mrs. f.. A. Boring, wife OF Councilman
Boring, was before Squire Miller again
Yesterday, his brother having arrived in
the city, employed counsel, and de-
manded reOpening of the case. The
additional evidence introduced and
brought out by ]. ii. Good, his attor-
new. made his deed appear in q much
better light than before, but the Justice
still held him in $1,000 bond to appear
at court in September, and in default OF
bail he was remanded to jail.
CAPTAIN Prince has the wreck OF the
Iron Valley swung up on chains be-
tween two empty barges, and hauled in
close to the Virginia shore at New Cum
berland, where he intends trying to
bulkhead her sufficiently to float her to
Wheeling. 1t has not been ascertained
vet whether her hull is worth repairing
or not. IL has the appearance OF being
severely shivered from the aft end OF the
boilers forward. The roof and cabin
floor, a little forward of the doctor"
looks precisely as though they had been
cut away with an axe, so straight across