Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-02-24
SIDEWALK SCRAPS.

SPRINs weather. ...
NICE moonlight nights.
Tax B. / %. pay al was here yestsr-
day.
A BRIGHT new dag was displayed on
the Custom House yesterday.
ApAx BLpx, ESQ, a member Of the
Miller Glee Club, presented that society
with a magnificent chrome on last Sat
urday evening.
Col. Hugh Sterling, Wheeling's post
master, spent Sabbath with his iather
and other relatives in this Gty. -Seu
benrik Herald.
A FIRST class variety troupe will open
at Washington Hall on next Monday.
They came from Pittsburgh and VIII oe
here for some time.
ALL departments were opened TOR q
short time Yesterday in the State oulla-
inv. but little work was done. Ii. VS.
natal day you know.
One hundred and forty car loads oil
| freight lett ON the b. * o. road last sun
day, It's a wonder the law and order
people O LOON W tihs'
Tay Crescent Mill closed down in all
its DEPARTMENTS, Yesterday, in order to
take stock. 1t will probably be three
weeks before il starts up again.
A HORSE belonging to John Crawford,
stumbled and caught its foot IN the track
az the corner OF Eof and seventeenth
streets, yesterday. The animal was bad
ly bruised.
JOHN DONAvAS, an engineer on the
b. * o., who was taken sick last week,
and sent to the hospital, we are inform
ell is rapidly improving and will be out
in a few days.
LATE last eyeninga rumor was rile on
the streets that a person had oeeu
| drowned I'm the river. The report came
from South Wheeling, but was received
too late for v~eritication.
On, hevings! listen to the steuben,
willie Herald:
A Young man bought a seat reserved
For the opera Of fatinitZa,
Aud when no went there, do you know what he
why. he modestly sat in Il, sab.
THE funeral Of Mrs. August Miller
took place yesterday from her late resi-
dence in the Eighth ward. The SER
vices were conducted by the Daughters
Of Rebecca, OF which order the deceased
was a member.
Tue funeral Of the late Harvey Hall
took place from his residence in East
Wheeling, yesterday. The remains were
inferred i'm the Peninsula Cemetery.
Nh. Hall was one of the oldest citizens
in the Fourth ward, and was one oi our
public spirited men.
The Social Circle of Honor has been
requested to hold a temperance meet
ing ut the Baptistchurch, corner Twelfth
and Byron street, on Thursday evening,
and has accepted the invitation. ltyou
desire to spend a pleasant evening, we
advise you to be present
The street crossings in the Fourth dis
trict. from the creek to CaldwelPs run,
Mr.. William Godfrey, contractor, were
especially well cleaned at the last week
w cleaning, and those who made use OF
them were more than usually pleased
with their improved condition.
lHE bcflildu bIdllIu VI tilV bauShtN'o
of Rebecca gave a very nice ball last
night at Beethoven Hall. Myers full
orchestra furnished the music, and the
ladies' brought their W supper. About
ninety couple were present. aud kept
up the dance until a late hour this
morning.
VIZ have received a communication
from James Burns stating that he was
not a black sheep that he knew OF
no difficulty at the street car stable, and
when he found there was che quit then
aud there" Mat. Daily also wants 1t
understood that no man in town can
call him a "black sheep and live. All
right, boys.
A PETITION was circulated among the
Lindsey boys yesterday morning, ask
ing for a holiday in order to celebrate
the birthday of the father OF his coun.
try. Ii is needless to say that itreceived
the signatures of all, and such a formid-
able array OF names induced the Princi-
pal to grant the request. The boys Gel
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