Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-01
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win convene this morning at 10 o'clock.
County Coukr will meet this morning
at 8 o'clock and empanel grand jury
The United States District Court will
meet this week, Judge Jackson presid-
ing.
NEARLY twice as many deaths last
month as during the same month last
year.
The Zane Street NJ. +. Church is to be
handsomely decorated in paper iresco
by Prayer.
SAMUEL LAUGHLIS, ESQ, bought the
Oglebay mansion on Saturday ut prl-
vate sale.
Miss KATE CLAYTON will be the next
attraction at the Opera House. Her
dates are tue 9Th and 9th.
Tue measels have about disappeared
from the Children's Home, as all the
children are conyalescent.
THR American Union Telegraph Com
pany will be established in John Bailie's
room, under the Mcclure, in lew days.
A WARRANT was issued on Saturday
by Squire Phillips for Charles Gray,
charged with aSsaulting q son oil A. l..
Rice.
TuE hearing OF l.. L. Goodrich, charg'
ed with embezzlement, will take place at
the Jail, before Squire Phillips, this
morning.
The lookup connected with the Vigi-
| LIANT engine house held drunk Satur-
day night. This is the first ono Tor
many day.
We regret to announce the death OF
| Miss Theresa Flanagan, oil North
Wheeling. The young lady had been
sick for some time with typhoid fever,
The street cars both north and south,
Bridgeport aud Elm Grove, will wait Tor
passengers at the close OF the great ju-
bilee farewell concert tomorrow night.
A LITTLE fuss occurred Saturday night
i'm the vicinity Of Heiler's saloon. A
thousand persons, more or less, gathered
in hopes Of seeing n first class knock
down.
We are requested to state that the
James Smith who figured before the
Police Court on Friday, is not the per
son answering TO that name from the
Eighth ward.
THg Committee on State Sunday
School Organization, appointed by the
recent Pan Handle Convention, is called
To meet at the residence Of 5. b. Barnllz,
% Fifteenth street, this afternoon, at
half past two o'clock.
The OTIS Hall Temperance Union
held their regular Sunday night meet
ing last evening, the hall being filled to
Overlooking. This Union will hold a
social temperance meeting on Thursday
evening.
TnE GAINESVILLE Courier saysin relation
| To the excursion on Saturday: Our
neighbors Of West Virginia's capital re-
turned home this afternoon with new
ideas OF the importance 81 GAINESVILLE as
an enterprising and thrifty city"
Tux Children's Mission Band OF the
| First Presbyterian Church will celebrate
| their third anniversary on Thursday
evening next at 1880 o'clock, by giving
an entertainment in the lecture room OF
that church. All are cordially invited
| 10 attend.
1 TAIklNh WI hlhl SHh hilNiiatA wv
DOnough, charged with robbing John
O'Leary, were before Squire Phillips on
Saturday and examined. Murphy gave
a bond Of 500 for his appearance at
court, while McDOnough was committed
in default.
THE First Presbyterian and English
Lutheran Churches in Wheeling are go-
ing to introduce the cornet into their
Sunday school music. 1t may be all
right, but really We don't think ii is con.
sistent to take horn in church.-Ste1i-
Jenrilie Herald.
The extramen connected with the
Fire Department held meeting Satur-
day night at the Guards Hose House,
and fifteen Of them decided not 10 wait
for meeting Of Council, but quit at IL
O'Clock last night, 40 that this morning
finds us at the mercies OF volunteers.
Who will ill the vacancies2
As WILL be seen by an advertisement
in the REGISTER this morning, Miss
Sherman, the charming and graceful
little pedestrienne, will commence to
walk this morning at 10 o'clock at the
Bellevue Garden. Miss Kittie walked
few laps with Miss Maud st. Clair
Saturday night, and the attractive
couple were received with much enthu-
siRsm.
A coLoRKD lodge OF Free Mssons was
organized in this city last Saturday by
II. G.. Corsev, ID. ID. q. NJ. The follow
ing are the officers elected and installed:
Prof w.. Gaskius, w. NJ; Butler
Reyes, 5. W.; George BROKER, j. W.;
Robert Strange, S. d.; II. B. Clemens,
J. d.: II. Luker, S. s.; VIM. Proctor, ].
s., NJ. Rowles, Tyler. The new lodge
startg of with iorty-two members.
PRoF. MULLEN, who is well known to
nearly every one one Of our young de-
voices to Terpsichore, has closed his
dancing school in this place for the sea
son, aud will in few days leave for
other cities The Professor informs us
that he will be on hand, however, next
season, with all the new dances that are
out, and we bespeak for him this early,
a liberal patronage. During the time
Professor Mullen has been coming to
our city, he has gained the confidence Of
\ all OF those who have had anything to
| do with him, by his gentlemanly man
ner and business department. We shall
be glad to see him back again.
An amusing sight was witnessed Sat
urday noon at the corner OF Twelfth
aud Market streets. George Engle,
messenger at the Capitol, Mas slowly
sauntering along when he was nearly
paralyEed by large black COW, which
made a sudden charge at him. George
started for Busby's hardware store, but
the COW was too much for him, and
breathing a silent prayer to Heaven, $50
he says he faced the infuriated animal,
anu With calmness born only OF des.
peralion, uniurled his parachute in the
face OF the enemy. The COW in turn
was completely awed; she could not
make out where George vas, 50, after
poking one horn through the bingham,
she departed, while Engle, looking like
a marble statue OF Mercury, was con-
graduated by the crowd on his escape.