Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-09
A MINUTE WITH THE NEWS.
COUNCIL meets tonight.

COUNCIL meets tonight.
Two marriage licenses issued, yester-
day.
The Committee on Markets met last
night at the City Building. .
AN unusual number of strangers was
in the city, yesterday. Why and where
fore8
The "High Priestess Of the Drama" IS
the title a contemporary gives Mary
Anderson.
The Matthews Light Guard will give
a grand military ball at the armory on
Thursday night.
WAsHINGTON's BIRTHDAY, Decoration
Day and the Fourth OF July will all come
on Sunday next year.
THE Etna mill made a large ship.
ment of iron to points below on one oil
the packets last Sunday.
WHEELING creek Is more nearly re-
spectacle, in appearance, than II mas
been since the beginning of summer.
Mosr of the fancy stores in the city
have begun TO don their holiday attire
and make their windows attractive.
FL. RorHACKER, OF the "Old Home,
wifi give 4 dance at his hotel ON Thurs
day night. Niewig's band will play.
The board walk above Seventh street
has been put in good coddition by the
order of Street Commissioner Nichols.
Mr.. EIDEMILLER, OF the North End,
has Just completed some needed I'M
provements to his wagon and black
smith shops.
A NUMBER of Wheeling people will
attend mask ball at Matamoras on
Christmas eve, given by the Matamoras
String Band.
The wedding at st. Matthews church
to-day, will take place ut 3:45 P. NJ. The
bridal party will 60 East on the Pan
Handle road.
LETTERS remaining unclaimed in the
postOflice to date are addressed to r. r.
Beall, Il. A. DevOll, Manager Bella Col
den Comedy Company, John +. Mofett
and w. G. b.
THE fair for the benefit of the Catho-
| lie Orphan Asylum begins at Washing
ton Hall tonight, and will extend over
three nights. kramer's band will FUR
nish the music.
TOBY VANCE quietly walked off on
| Saturday and disappeared up the p, W.
| & XIV. road. SO a North Ender said
\ but perhaps he was mistaken, and per,
haps lobe is still in the prison.
THERE will be temperance address
and temperance prayer meeting held
i'm North Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, commencing at 1880 p. NJ. to-
night. All are respectfully invited.
MARY ANDERSON will appear on Friday
night as Julia" in the "Hunchback,
and on Saturday as 'Evadne." There
seems to be general desire fora change
i'm the former. "Ingomar' would be
much more acceptable.
"A LABoRER created some excitement
at the corner of Main and Twelfth streets
last night by falling in a fit of some kind
resembling a cOngestive chilli lie was
finally induced to rise and take some
exercise, which restored him in meas.
urc, and he started off leaving the crowc
TO dispense.
THE many friends of Miss A. Hugo, o
| Pittsburgh, who is visiting at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Geo. G. Trimble, OF the
South Side, rendered her a surprise
! last evening. Some twenty couples me
at the residence OF Mrs. Tug, and headed
by COckayne's orchestra marched to the
residence, where pleasant time was
spent.
CHARLES FARIs was dismissed from
the Police Court, yesterday morning, at
! the cost fhs citg Though no warrant OF
process had been served upon him, OF
no security asked, he appeared and was
promptly discharged. We understand
he is about to enter suit in the matter
] and will, beside, enter complaint be-
fore Council, tonight. He proposes &c
warm somebody.
THE ''poparest on the force" was in 6
| box at the police court yesterday morn
ing. On Saturday he arrested John
STANLEY and Edward Cheese for fighting
| and charged them with disorder. When
the case came up, the pOplarest swort
| Stanley was merely defending himself
| The Judge asked why he arrested him
then. The poplarest said he thought h'
was drunk. Stanley was discharged.
TIE trustees of Alpha Lodge OF the
Knights of Honor, of this CITY, paid on
Saturday to the widow of Hewey POin
dexter, late with Thos. Hughes & Co
of this city, the sum of two thousand
| dollars. Mr.. PoindeXter was a member
| OF the order little less than one year
and thus by little fOrethOught pro
vided for his family. This morning the
above named sum was paid in les
than sixty days after the lodge was no
titled of his death.
GAIT. JOSEPH A. FARIs, the portrait
| painter, has on exhibition in Wilson
| Bros window, on Market street, an ex
| quisite littlewOod scene, entitled Lay
| inc down the Law 1t represents al
! old pheasant, as natural as life, standing
on a stump, with two young ones, also
well painted, on the ground in front o
| her, to whom she is apparently deliver
ing a homiletic lesson. The scenery is
rich and well drawn, the cOlOring warm
and true, and the whole painting per
feet gem.
YESTERDAY afternoon a tremendous
/ fellow rushed into Squire Philips Of
flee in a state of suppressed excitement,
He was modern Sampson and covered
with mud. His name was Henry Fish
| er and he wanted warrant for james
| Norman. He said Norman had assault
| ell him out the pike, upset his wagon
| and used loud and abusive language to-
ward him. Some one in the office asked