Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-08-14
NUTSHELL NOTES.

NUTSHELL NOTES.
PAYDAY to-day at Hobbs glass house,
Riverside and Belmont mills.
THE Sixth ward Hancock and English
club will have business meeting this
evening, at the hose house.
THURSDAY evening while playing
with a companion, Bob Dunnaway, OF
East Wheeling, fell and broke his lett
arm.
THERE will be Democratic rally in
the Sixth ward this evening, and the in
dica,ions point to its being very large
and enthusiastic one.
IT would be general blessing to hui
mainly ii the young man in that Gar
a Id club would either learn to play a
HE or stay at home with it.
The large Hancock and English flag
on Market street, has been raised as was
iggested in our issue OF yesterday, and
i, u decided improvement.
THE members OF Carlin's Battery meet
to night to make arrangements Tor the
reunion OF next Friday evening. All
are requested to turn out.
GODFREY FAATz yesterday pulled the
teeth Of the Baltimore road rattlesnake,
and extracted the poison sacs, and now
Joe Rousher uses it for a plaything.
A CABLE dispatch was received yester.
day afternoon announcing the death at
Vienna OF Mrs. Wehrman, daughter OF
Carl Lobenstein, of Darlington, which
occurred on Thursday.
LUKE FIrToN, the plumber, was struck
on the leg, Yesterday morning, by
brick thrown by small boy with view
to cxterminating dog. Mr.. +. will be
laid up for day or two.
THE Lindsey Institute is undergoing
a thorough rehaullng, preparatory to the
Fall Term. New blackbOards are being
put in, and under the janitor's brush IT
is beginning 10 assume bright and
cheerful appearance.
The North End boat club will give
picnic at Wlibert's Garden to-day.
There will be three prizes given, one
each to the best lady and gent eman
Walter and to the person holding the
lucky number at drawing.
THE NJ. p. Sabbath School will excurt
to Mahans' Grove on the p. W. 4 X. X.
r., next Thursday. A large number OF
tickets have been sold, and if the wealth
er is propitious it is an assured success,
both socially and financially.
OFFICERS Wilcox and Gillespie yester-
day ralded the gay CHANDELIERS at the
tunnel and arrested four OF them. They
also ierked four boys from the stone
wall at the Central Glass Works, where
loaiers most do congre ,at'. The eight
will have a hearing at the Police Court
to day.
UNCLE JONI BORING has dog that Is
already famous; but has added to its
laurels. Yesterday it grew risky and
leaped out of front window OF Charlie
Deiters' office. 1t was thought he had
made sausage meat OF himself, but he
was not in the least hurt and was as fat
and saucy as ever.
The two thousand feet OF jacket hose,
lately ordered by Council for the fire de-
partment, arrived yesterday and is at
the Atlantic engine house. This hose
is manufactured by the American Fire
Hose Company, of Chelsea, Mass, and
is a first class article. 1t is a linen
hose, rubber lined and then enclosed in
a thick linen jacket or outside hose. Ii
is to be regretted that the city is not able
to replace all OF it's old rotten hose with
the Jacket hose and thereby fully equip
all the companies.
TIE lawyers about Squire Phillips Of
flee had "a regular picnic yesterday
morning. There was civil action 90.
ing on which brought the inmates OF
the colored ranch on Eighteenth street
in as witnesses. A couple OF trunks be-
longing to one of the women were car.
ried in and examined. A razor was
found, OF course, and lots of fine clothes,
etc. but the thing that at
tracted the most attention was
an album in which were several faces
that were recognized By the crowd.
There was also some interesting talk
about the white men who were found IN
the house the other night when the pc.
lice descended. Boys you really should
be more careful with your photographs
and names.
JAMES G. COLLIER, alias Percy Collier,
the young man who is charged with the
theft OF money from Tom List, was to
have had hearing at the Jail yesterday
afternoon, and quite crowd went up
there in anticipation. But Colonel
Arnett, his counsel, obtained contin-
nance until 4 o'clock to-day. 1t seems
Percy is from Detroit, and was en-
ployed for Il hours on the Leader, after
which he went into business on his own
account-a questionable business, il is
claimed. 1t is charged now that he has
been guilty OF other thefts, and is bad
boy generally, and the police tell an in
teresting jewelry story on him. How
ever, We will not prejudice his case be-
fore it is heard. He is young man OF
very prepossessing appearance, and 1t 10
to be hoped that he will be able to clear
himself.
YESTERDAY morning Ike Bliss saw q
strange Italian wandering about the
city, and he concluded perhaps he was
the murderer wanted at Omaha. With
visions OF 500 reward fitting through
his mind, Ike watched this wandering
son of sunny Italy until he heard him
commit several inconsistencies OF speech,
when he sought officer Miller, revealed
what he knew and suspected and pro.
posed to have the Gsribaldian arrested.
After supper they strolled about and
finally found him at the Old Home, on
Market Square. Miller had converse.
ton with him and invited him to come to
the city building and see the Sergeant
The macaroni eater went and was recog-
nized BY the Sergeant, who knew him
and permitted him to 60 on his way re-
ioicing. He told the reporter, in choice
language OF Dante, that he was not an
Italian, but Frenchman, having been
born between Nice and Toulon, In proof
OF uhich he re1 Gated a poem in the