Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-05-21
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I hSr Il sboa. time for the annual re-
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NhSEW 9Ooot uulc tOt thc ohhs'N
ceipts Tor the cure Of sunssrokef
THE rose is nov the seasonable flower
ior bOu,onaiTre. IL should DO bud.
The Yokeiellows will give one OF their
enjoyable entertainments this evening,
II strikes N that our dre companies
once ron tort iksr trumpet Who got
rnr North wbesllns cooper shops
again.
TaE men in the mills are complaining
Of the heat and dust, Aud no wonder
that they 10.
DR. BAIRD said, last night, that swim.
ming time affected the hardness record
at the public schools. -
! THKRsvas soais talk last evening, OF
blsckmsling shenein operation in
the city. There isno truth init. Not a
hit
THE Leighton Literary Society are
busy making preparations Tor their en-
tertainment at Germania Hall on the
ilh Of June.
THk Riverside Mil was olosed yester.
,lay in order TO albw the men % attend
the funeral of JOhn Mason, q iormer
employee Of the mill. IA
THE 81. Lawrence excursionIsts will
return To day, aud their conversation
will be unintelligible 10 any bat travelled
ears. Been to Paris, you SEE. .t.
YESTERDAY afternoon Captain Jack
81 rl1les, oil thu Is. * %. X. H., had his
thumb mashed while experimenting
soms unloading At the depot. /,
DURISG the violent wind OF yestet-
tay afternoon the root was hlogn oh
one OF Hamilton 4 MCGranahan's sheds
in their brick yard on the peninsula.
In, took precisely seventeen minutes
for the board OF Elucstion to finish It's
months business. IL takes Council
we'll, Council never does get through.
Tax old Forsythe property on south
York street is being pulled down, and 2
double brick house is being erected IN
i1s place. The FOrsythe place may prop
erly be called one OF Wheellng's old land
marks.
In conversation with some farmers
from MARSHALL county Yesterday they
expressed the, lear that potato bags aud
locusts would do large amount oil
damage this season; they have already
oommeneed To appear w
An individual named John Conwell
had convulsiye ilt yesterday afternoon
in the alley opposite the REslsTER Office.
In falling lac struck his hesd aga'nst NE
stone step OF the Fist Presbyterian
Church, making slight cash.
Tux floral exhibition OF the Natural
Historical society continues to he well
patronized both day and evening. And
VIC have an htsgign.cer blunder to cor
rect, The room rR be open in the even
ing, the Fourteenth street organ tn the
contrary Notwithstanding.
TIE Wheeling Rifle Club we're unable
to make arrangements Tor shooting
match with the Washington club lor tins
week, but in all probability the match
will take place on nextIhurs'iay. There
il also possibility that our marksmen
will shoot another match by telegraph
with the Canton club on Saturday.
THE funeral oi tho late john Mason
took place from his residence an Centre
Wheeling, Yesterday afternoon, and
was largely attended Mr. Mason Was
formerly mailer and worked at the
Riverside. The men OF this mill nearly
all attended. The ceremonies aete
conducted by theSt. Alphonsus society.
ABOUT half past five o'clock Yesterday
morning a few drops Of rain Tell AMI the
skies clouded over, but in lew mo
ments the sun broke forth and the Tore
noon was very hot and dusty, la the
afternoon about iOur O'Clock strong
wind storm, accompanied 10y rain, set IN
and lasted about AN hour. The aln
laid the dust, made the air cooler and
life once more endurable. The Wind
did M damage Of any consequence.
THE steamer Courier arrived IN port
this morning at o'clock, having on
board tue Cincinnati eNcursionlsts W
the General Conference Nearly all
iast asleep when the boat reached here,
but the lew who we're awake spoke IN
high terms of their trip, and the way
they had been treated. The boat lett
Cincinnati at 2.l0 p. N. Tuesday. Yes
terday morning she stuck tor SOME time
ON Blannerhasset, but got oil albright at
last.
MIA enters 80 largely into our do
nestle economy, and Il Is withal 50 ~.
sential a. an article OF iood, that nn el'
tort is, or should be spared TO obtain II
in its purity. During the heated term
il is especially grateful to the parrhed
throat aud ieverish stomach, ami while
II allays thirst Il frequently sids dllrs'
ton. In this respect it u inestinr'hly
preferably to ice water, which almost IN.
yariably clogs the system. Milk IA its
pristine purity, the Direct uncontaml-
mated extract OF COW, Is sold by W. j.
Warden, who Is deserving ofsll patron
age.
THERE Was To have been an eNcnr-
sion party on the Ellison last night.
The boat hal been engaged, ami the
Young men having the affair In change,
had sent out invitations 10 the gentle
men 10 be on hand with their ladies'.
The time (or departure arrived; alsp the
gentlemen, but no ladies. The geitle-
men seemed IN think that the inanasers
should have brought all the ladies Then
a stag party was proposed, but several
got mad, and finally all lett, leaving the
two managers Ia talk tn Capt. Lakens
II cost them en-, aud nov they medi'
tate on the uncertainties OF life ant the
srstefulness 1T eXcursionists.