Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-05-07
SIDEWALK SCRAPS


SIDEWALKS SCRAPS
CoxnrrEE on Accounts vii meet at
the City Building tonight.
THINGS at the Capitol were in a terri
bic state OF dullness yesterday.
THx members of the Maennefehor are
making By preparations tor their oaii
on the 18th.
THE office of the County Clerk offered
nothing. not even q deed OF trust, 10 the
reporter Yesterday.
lHr front elevation Of the Ark has
been treated TO a coat OF paint and ups
taken with the garden gives the place q
very clearly appearance.
Tux pottery works are being extend
ed on the south end Of the building 10
the railroad track. The new part VIII
be used as a warehouse End office.
Tax Central glass works made a ship
ment of one hundred and seventy pack
ages of glass ware, yesterday, ioI OF
Louis, L~eayenworth and other esterh
points.
THERE Was a IRE in Martins Ferry,
last night, that destroyed a stable anda
horse. The fire occurred about hall-past
five, but whose property 1t was We did
not learn.
CoRS ANT has begun with SOME
OF our farmers in this vicinity We
learned that several fields were planted
Yesterday and the day before, along the
Fairmont road. Get your teeth hled up
for the roasting ears.
THE delegates to the Republican Con
yention, from the lower part of the city,
seem Ia be in favor OF DIR. r. W. H1lett,
who Is a Blaine man. rs one OF the dele
gates to the National Republican Con-
yention at Chicago in june.
PRoFs. ARMsrGGNG and Hermann viii
give a concert tonight, IN which several
OF their pupils will appear. These gen
tlemen have been interchangeable IN their
efforts, and We have nO doubt their pu'
pills will make q gOod showing.
PADDY MAHoNEY was engaged yester-
day in distributing nine-ineh waller pIpe
on Fourteenth street from Main TO
Chapline, thence 10 Fifteenth, and GU
that street To the Central Glass works.
This is for the purpose Of getting q bet
ter supply OF water in that vicinity
ONE of the boariers at the New Me
Lure was considerably astonlshed yes
terday at the dinner table by having one
OF the Pittsburgh Quavtettc approach
him with these words, PROF Hermann
| am delighted To- see YOU. Ihe bnatd-
or replied that hc was not her man.
A PIscAroRINL party, under charge
Of Alex. Mckinley, OF the sixth ward
left the city on "Wednesday evening Tor
the Sisters Islands, up the river. At
the time al going to press they had not
| returned, aud IL may be safely INFERRED
that when they DO return there viii be
a material decrease ol tsh IN the ONO
ASorugR German theatrical party un-
der the management OF MIR. Frank
Globes. who was in the last troupe from
Pittsburgh that played here, VIII occu,
DIV the Opera House on the llth anu
18th insts. The first night they vii
perform Poor aud Rich. PrUl'
Kramer and orrhestra furnish the music
OS Tuesday last Mrs Alois Baker, re-
siding at 2t09 EOtl street, hai u danger
Gus tall aud a wonderful escape. She
Was seated in a window, engaged IN
cleaning IT, when she Oyerbalanced u
fell out. She crashed through a small
shed aud thence Ia the ground, and,
Grange to say, received no injuries be-
yond a few bruises.
SAM ALLAN was his name, aud he lives
up Caldwelps Run. sam Is inclined TO-
wards the flowing, and after he hal
reached the city yesterday, he sue
cumbcd 10 its influence aud lay down on
the pavement tn rest. Officer sullivan
picked him up and placed him IN he
Eiahth ward station, where he request
ell every Que within two squares 10 let
him out.
THE short line cars Of the Citizens
Railway were put on a4ain yesterday
afternoon, aud their appearance Was
greeted hy every one as u sensible move
ON the part Oi the company. Being
obliged to wait fourteen minute 1t YOU
happened To miss a ear, under Ia "ld
STYLE, was very diSagreeable, tring and
tedious. Keep the short line cars on by
all means.
WEDNESDAY evening u large number
oi our prominent German citizens met
Al Behler's restaurant, and headed by
Vaas' band started for East Wheeling,
where they screnad0d Mrs. Casper Hell
and MeSsrS. Conrad lahn aud l" hresS.
These parties leave next sunday even
ing on a visit to Fatherland, aud their
friends adopted this means OF giving
them u good send oil.
Tux Committee on Water Works cn-
deayored To meet last night, but the
members have had 50 much Council oi
late that a quorum was not present,
and the Sergeant could not lind enough
to make one. The following mcmbers
were present. Messrs. Caldwell, Kim.
beTly and Watcrhouse. Tho bills oi
last month were audited aud u few petit
tons OF no importance were granted.
YESTERDAY being tine Day ot Asccn.
sion. a solemn High Mass was celebrated
AT the Cathedral at 10 O'Clock, by Rev. j.
A. REYNOLDS, assisted by Father
Schleicher as deacon, Rev. i. McElllOt rs
sub-deacOn, and Mr.. Neringrr rs mas
Ter of ceremonies. Rev. REYNOLDS
preached on the Ascension IN the morn
iug. At 80 a.. NJ. yCspcr service was
held. At the Church III the lmmacu-
late Conception High Mass Was celc-
bmted at 1890 A.. NJ, and vcSpers m the
evening.
Tux Committee on Streets, ~Aileysand
Grades made its annual tour Yesterday.
10 view the city and make up ITS est-
mate OF the expenses Tor the current
wear. A full committee turned cut,
s~uppleuenied by Street Commissioners
Nichols and Surveyor Peterson. To
tell all the committee said and dad, what
vas said and what suggested, where
lunch was gotten and what was had,
would occupy a column. We refrain.
The committee will meet ON Monday
night and make zap It's estimate.