Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-08-19

will take two or three days 10 repair Tic
damage.
Cart. YANCEY now talks oil delivering
an address from the steps OF the Court
House next Saturday night Wont the
ianitor OF that building have nice time
cleaning up?
JENNIE RAMSEY and Nancy West are
the names Of two women who Will hg-
ure before Justice Philips court to-mor-
row. Jennie charges Nancy with frac-
turing the peace.
AUGUST MILLER has been sent to jail
by Justice John K. Miller, in default OF
| $50 bonds, the penalty imposed on Au-
gust for disturbing the peace OF the good
people OF Fulton.
STANLEY SMITH has sworn out war
rant for George keiger, before Justice
Phillips, charging him with carrying
concealed weapons. The Justice will
enquire into it to-day.
THERE are not many Garfield men IN
the interior of West Virginia. On Mon
day a straw was taken on the Clarksburg
and Weston road and resulted: Han
cock, 27; Garfield, 4.
"DuCK" Price yesterday shot a dog
which had been trying to make meal
Of little childs leg. This officer is
killing off all the mongrels who have no
owners in that ward.
GEo. w. HISS, the Jacob street butch
or, returned yesterday from trip down
the river. BY the way, it was not our
friend George who procured VIE as
was enormously stated the other morn
ing.
LAST evening as Maud Cots, Il little
daughter OF Engineer Colts, OF the Nlg-
lant, was leaning out of a window IN her
fathers residence, the sash suddenly
came down and caught her about the
neck, injuring her somewhat.
HoS. ". l.. WILSON, OF Jefferson
county, elector-at-large on the Demo
cratic ticket, and who will surely cast
one vote for Hancock in the Electoral
College, was written TO by the Young
Mems Democratic Club, to deliver a
PETER DANE, an employee of the Top
mill blast furnace, had the misfortune TO
severely cut his arm yesterday morn
ing. He was hauling out clnders anu,
missing his foothold, slipped and fell on
one OF the pieces with the above result.
ERNEST NEIDEMEYER, while working
in the quarry back OF the South Wheel
ing glass house, had the fingers on his
ieit hand badly mashed, yesterday al
,ernoon. He was taken to his home i'll
South Wheeling and the wounds were
then dressed.
The cases before Squire Caldwell, OF
Jacob Freeze accused with disturbance
OF the peace by Todd Mercer, and Jas.
Bellinger, the same charge, preferred by
| his wife, have been compromised and
dismissed. There is quite family trou-
bic between Bellinger and wife, but 1t
has not as yet been made public.
A FEW days ago, Clerk Hook figured
ont the county's population from the
books OF the census enumerators that
were left there. One book at that time
was missing; il has since been found
and the correct figures are s., l2o, show
| ing an increase over the census OF 1870
| OF q. 800. An increase OF almost 900
| per year.
one hundred and fifteen telephones
are now connected with the exchange,
| and additions are being made every
day. Manager Wolff is more than sat-
| isfied with his experiment, and he
| surely has cause to feel so. The ex'
| change is convenience that cannot
well be done away with by those who
have used 1t.
TIE suspense is at last over. The
Greenbackers OF North Wheeling, last
night, under the superintendent OF
Jimmy Riddle. raised their pole, corner
Of Second and Main streets. 1t is stick
about OPP feet high. After it had been
firmly planted, J. Ii. Burt and Bob
| Marshall mounted an empty wagon and
baranyued crowd of about hundred
persons, fully onc.half of whom were
women and children. Apparently Green
backism is not very popular IN the
North End.
A PETITION is being circulated IN the
Eighth ward, and has, so We are iniorm-
ed. already over hundred signatures,
PRAYING Council TO appoint some one to
have surveillance over the work now
being done on the Jacob street improve.
npnt. Although the Committee on
Streets, Alleys and Grades while on
their tour OF inspection the other day,
ordered contractor Ankle To stop putting
s)apstone instead OF limestone down,
he still continues TO break up the soft
aud rotten soaps one.
LAST Saturday night, Rody Robinson,
who resides on Sixteenth street, went
home and left his front door unlocked.
IL was a warm night. and taking a pill
low he stretched out t. sleep on the
floor. While in this position he was
ransacked by thieves. Money to the
amount OF Sl3 60 was taken, and several
articles OF no value, found in his pockets,
were piled up beside him. The thieves
then PLAYED about up stairs, going
through the bureau drawers and dress.
ing up pillow in baby clothes to leave
as a memento OF their visit.
THERE came near being serious fire
in Martins Ferry yesterday afternoon.
Our informant tells this story: An en-
ploye OF the glass works went to the
depot 10 yet package that had been
left for him. He was told to go into
the baggage room for it, and on going
there he found fire burning in cor
ner in close proximity to large oil can.
Inc telegraph OptIHtof was NaiiSu, anu
the eyertions OF the two men soon had
the flames extinguished. Appearances
seemed to indicate, so the informant
said, that the place had been set on fire.
THERE was some fun at the corner OF
alleys Is and c last night about ten
O'Clock. 1t seems that man and his
vile had considerable difficulty, and
she had put him out, after which she
had taken another man to her heart.
The man that was put out then went
and complained that the house was
one OF prostitution, and warrants
were accordingly issued and placed
in the hands OF Officers VIII
cox, Rutherford and Defbaugh, who
Immediately proceeded to pull the
house. They found the man and wo-
man spoken OF and also another couple.
The appearance OF things seemed to in
dictate that it was truly fact; that the
house was all that was claimed for it.
The qusrtette put up 1900 for their APP
pearance at this morning court, There