Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-21
NOTE AND COMMENT.
MuNrclrAL CoUBT TO day.

-. MUNICIPAL OOUhr pNas'
CANP MEETINGS are prevalent.
The mercury is on another high.
WATERNELoSs have put in an appear
ance. |. Y..|
The attendance at the various church
es was rather slim Yesterday.
SEVERAL cases of cholera mOrbus are
reported from the First ward.
DPIfTHERIA is prevalent in certain
section of Washington county.
TOMMY CoCKAYNE furnished the music
at HOInbrOok's Park, yesterday.
The Nail City Fishing Club has gone
to Suffers Landing for the summer
GEORGE ARKLE is building large sew
or in Fulton, near Lists pork house.
THE Paxton Fountain was in opera
ton yesterday afternoon a little while.
\ VERY valuable horse belonging to
the Nail City Brewery died day or two
ago.
WASHINGTON, Pa, is constructing all
ditional cisterns as a protection against
fire.
Tile army of West Virginia will have
a reunion at Marietta on September
18th.
TIE temperance union at OTIS Hall
was addressed by Barrister Marshall
and others last night.
THE colOred camp meeting near Mar
tins Ferry attracted a large number oil
our citizens yesterday.
THE funeral of Mrs. Schrader on yes
terdav afternoon, in South Wheeling,
was an unusually large one.
A LARGE crowd attended the Leasure
picnic at Cummins' Grove on saturday
Nieweg's orchestra was present.
YoUNG man, take one last fond look
upon a cOacoanut before you conclude
to have your heads clipped with lawn
mower.
THE citizens of the Eighth ward are
apparently taking an interest in painting
and otherwise making more presentaole
their dwellings.
The st. AlphonsuS Society will give a
picnicaon August 4th for the benefit OF
the North Wheeling Asylum, at Green's
Grove, above this city.
4 CITIZEN of the South Side who
bought fly fan, said that it worked all
right at first, but now all the nelghborS
flies come in to ride on 1t.
THE ground lately made available by
the removal of the Washington mill, IN
the Eighth ward, has been sold out, and
already houses are building on it. .
CAPT. DICKEY, Sergeant John Birch
and Corporal Joe Noble, visited Wash
ingtOn last evening. They report being
encamped on Buffalo creek.-RPor'er
WHEELING has "female band We
are not informed whether they art
burglars, horse thieves, musicians or q
band of brothers, PdrkerSblTg Sentinel
ALARGE number of pleasure seekers
went out to HOrnbrook's Park yester'
day afternoon. Extra street cars were
run and the Hempfeld was also largely
patrOnized.
BERKELEY SPRINGS is rapidly filling W
with strangers from the cities; already
over two hundred have found comfort
able quarters there to spend the hot
months.
POWELL, of Pittsburgh who is to row
Braceland, of the Leasure Club OF Tins
city. will come here on Tuesday anC
make his headquarters at the Brown
Boat house.
THE pipe that leads from TIE river tC
the pump at the water works thai
bursted few days since has been re
paired and the usual supply OF water Ii
now obtained.
OFFICER MILLER arrested little fel'
low for bathing in the river near the
water works yesterday, but let HIM Off
The practice of bathing in daylight
should be stopped.
The Chief of Police at Columbus, o..
advertseS for a lad named WinslOw
Porter IL years old, who left his home
some time ago and for whose return {
reward is offered.
SQUIRE ScHULTzE has projC ct on foot
10 make the City Surveyor and Street
Commissioner identical. Under the new
regime this officer will have to be prac
teal civil engineer.
OFFICER MILLER has his eve ON a gang
of ioafcrs who frequent the corner O
Seventh and Market streets and annoy
passcrs-by, and says tnat he will make
an example of some OF them one of these
days.
The New Martinsville Democrat says;
The Belmont Base Ball Club, Oi Bel
laire PLAYED with our Battles. There
were some specimens of very fine skill
and the game, on the whole was inter
csting. The following are the total
scores of the clubs; Battles, 10; Bel.
montS, 26.
The Temperance meeting ut Parker
Hall yesterday afternoon was well at
tended. Interesting addresses were
made by Captain Hiram Young, VIM.
Hastings, Esq, Mr.. j. w. Dowler, Mr..
John Rhinehart and Major Alex. Tho
burn. Rev. Taylor conducted the cX-
crciSes. Temperance meetings are held
at this hall every Sunday afternoon at
t o'clock.
IF the same ratio of school children to
total population that is being demon
strated bv actual census in Wheeling
holds good i'm Steubenville, the popula-
ton of this city, instead OF 1900, as or
dinarily claimed, Is a tritle less than
$1,000. The proportion in four wards
of Wheeling is 2.6S 10 !, instead OF to
as generally estinated.-Gd-cttc.
Ina Wheeling restaurant is displayed
the sign. "Suppers furnished to large
parties at reduced rates" Last evening
a gentleman having about the build OF
the late lamented VIM. NJ. Tweed en-
tered. and posing so as 10 show his
portliness to the best advantage, pointed
to the placard and inquired, Gam |
large enough to get the benefit OF the
reduction
Transfers.