Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-06
800 - -
SIDEWALK SCRAPS.
YrI..Plt' W. p.r DAY :. the Cen

The United workingmsu will meet |
tonight at Hope Hall .....
TIE employees Of the La Belle received
their wages yesterday.
The city scales at Manchester were
broken yesterday in SOME way OF other.
A LARGE lumber wagon broke its axle
at the Ia Belle crossing yesterday alter
noon, .....
Tns Ordinance Committee did not
meet last evening, there being no quo
rum present .t ..u..
TAE Wheeling IOltsblaa, the new Ger
man paper, will make its first appear
ance, to-day. -........
The iins. leisure time Council finds 1t
might get to work and Ordain new rules
for its government II needs them.
Tue yigilapi engine boys have new
curiosity now, in the shape OF goat.
They talk Of instiIuting masonic lodge
in the back yard.
A WHY pleasant little gathering was
hsld at the residence Of John Supp, on
Eighteenth street, last evening. The
affair was q surprise.
Tue Crescent mill will probably start
up on Monday next The repairs have
all been made. and the whole concern
placed in first class order.
OFFICER MILLER arrested a party Civ
ing his name as Charles Slater, on sew
enteeh.h street. Yesterday afternoon, Tor
pediling without license
Tux feeders at the BenwoOd mill were
Obliged to stop work yesterday, owing
70 the supply Oi iron giving out They
will not 20 to work until Monday,
THK clerks Of the Internal Revenue
Department report an increase OiabOui
25 per cent. ia last months business
over that Of the same month last year
a sLfBar FIRE oeeurred near an out
house back Of Williams drug store m
North Wheeling. yesterday morning
Supposed 10 be- spontaneous cOmbus
ton.
One of the large sign boards Just below
Twenty-second street was blown down
Yesterday by the high wind. IL wa
fortunate no one was passing at thai
time.
THE war a. the Top mill still con
tinues We understand meeting @
one faction Oi the stockholders viii taxi
| place this afternoon 10 elect u new
Board OF Directors.
Tue members Of the Nigllant enpn'
company talk OF getting up ball 10
the purpore Of raising lunls To purchas'
carpets, pictures, aud various other III
tie things for their sleeping apartments
TINS Committee uu Health wanted L
meet last night, but couldn't gather
quorum. This committee Is happy, Ia
PitIsbuTg officials said the sanitary al
rarVements Of that city were interior :
ours.
ERY pleasant surprise party Wa
given. last night at tie residence q
Philip DObbs, EsI, ON Market stree
below Twenty-thlrl. Ii was mos
successful affair, rs It was cOmplct
surprise.
THE Committee ON Accounts met las
evening and received the bills agains
the city Tor the past month, looked owe
the accounts aud passed. resolution
recommending to Council the paymer
Oi several.
A sIiaHr alteration took place b,
tween "Do Sheets and Mathew DAILY
pear the Market street bridge yesterday
caused by the former accusing the latt,
Of being "blsck sheep No blood wa
split, however.
4 CLUB OF our young masters an
. misses styling themselves the p.
VS." were very nicely entertained la,
evening by Misses Ethc and Ida Upd,
graft, at the residence OF their mOthe
on sixteenth street
CnIEF ECCLKs saws the extraman VIII
saws he threw cold water ON their sal
AIRY scheme" is a base slanderer, Chattc
: INK malice with a. little sense oi respon'
iblily rs maybe. lie says iurtht
that hc was perfectly neutral IN the ma
ter and behaved az an officer should.
A LANCE number Of the young ladit
: 81 the Eighth ward gave a very plea
ant leap year party. the first OF the 81
son in this part Oi the city, at Nolte
Hall last Thursday evening. View
vas present with his musicians aud iuI
nished music for the young folks I
dance Ia.
ABpur 7:9O O'Clock, last night, a cras
announced the destruction Of one OF III
trout windows Ia Harry McLurc's hs
store. A number Of ncwsbOys an
bootblacks were skylarking and one &
their number was FORCED through IN
window. They escaped before the guilt
party was discovered.
YESTERDAY u,oruing . note was sen
10 the Sergeant informing hum that
lady in last Wheeling WAS robbed Of
watch on Thursday night lie went l.
the spot and looked the Viatter az
gaining clew." Who was robbed
aud how and where, are now Proioun,
state secrets.
CESTRu Building Association No.
viii this evening open new series q
stock, 1000 shares, and persons desir
ing shares will do well TO call at OF
Hall this evening. Tue prospects ar
that there vii be great amount U
building in the spring, and the abov
opportunity should not be lost sight Of
Nix. sam &. WiIsoN, one Of our popu
lar young business men, has leased III
Belleview Hotel, out the National rOal
Tor the coming seasOn, aud will opel
that popular simmer resort about th
middle Of April. Mr.. W. although h,
has hsd no experience m that line, Ia
the push about him 10 make the ven
ture a success, which We are sure he
will do.
YESTERDAY, about noon. Capt FL
HornbrOok met with an accident at I'll,
wharf lie Was engaged in supCrin
tending the shifting Of some barges
when the one upon which he wa
standing was Jared by another and h,
suddenly found himself tlounderin,
in the waters ot the Ohio. \ rope wa
lung 10 him, which he graSped an,
amid a shower VI Ot,iers his friend
hoisted him out Only the ducking an,
an abraded elbow resulted.
IL tire department circles, yesterday
the following extract VAS discussed. q
course II has no significance. IL is iron
/ the ftNsulsn's journal
An SS00O0 Dire which should hay,
been confined To 500, has reminded tn,
/ Philalelphians that their tire depart
ment is in poor order. The hose !:
ma,lc OF cheap material aud the fire
lneu. consisting Of ward bummcrs. az
pointed by low politicians, desert theiI
duty 90 get drunk.
QUrTE a sensation occurred yesterday
on Chapline street. which drew out til,
entire force OF Blackstone Row. Ii va,
a race between a dog and tin can
| Roth were about evenly matched, the
can keeping within few inches Of the
dog all the time A deeper interest va:
taken when Uncle John Boring's do
undertook to coach the racing dog, but
was Obliged 10 give up at thecOuri
house. as be- did not have the staying
qualities. Thelast seen oi the racers
they were turning into Eleventh street