Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-05-11

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The body OF the young man, DIR.
George Yost. who was drowned from
the teamer g. w. Bachelor, while lying
AT her moorings in Wheeling, last
Thursday afternoon, was found at the
mouth OF McMahon's Greek, which runs
into the Ohio river in the First ward, by
Joseph Camp, yesterday morning about
nine O'Clock. John Sanders, who is Q
relative of the deceased, was notified Of
the discovery. MI. Sanders took q fine
gold watch from the body Of the deceas-
ed and left it at a jewelers. for repairs, it
being very little damaged by the short
time it remained in the water. Mr..
Hoffman, the undertaken, placed the
body in a coffin preparatory to the send
ing OF it TO Warren, Ohio, for interment,
that place being the residence OF his
parents. The body was in q bad state
OF decomposition. A CHASTITY cut was
on the front part Of the face, which was
supposed to have resulted from coming in
contact with the gunwale OF the boat IN
the fall. DIR. Yost leaves q wife and
two children, and besides his many
friends, several relatives at Marietta, U.
He also has several relatives in this city
who mourn his loss.
Hon. David Wagner was in our city
yesterday.
The thermometer was up TO 81 de-
grees yesterday.
Judge Okey passed through our city
Yesterday on his way to the present
county seat to open the May term OF
court, which begins to day.
Mr.. Walter Darrah is summoned on
the grand jury and will 60 to st. Clairs-
vile to-day.
j. NJ. Riley, of st. GAINESVILLE, was in
the city yesterday.
Hon. ID. T. hanson, of Wellsyille,
was in the city yesterday. MIR. LAM
son will be remembered as the Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress from this
district some two years ago. Mr.. Lam
son has a patent for the prevention OF
boiler explosions.
There will be an excursion on the b.
4 o. railroad from this place and Wheel
ing to Cincinnati and return at very
low rates, on May 18th, 18th, 18th and
2lst. The excursion will be given to
enable persons from this place to attend
the May Musical Festival in Music Hall,
in that city.
Mr.. John Smith, master-teaser at the
Window Glass Works, has the misfor-
tune to have two of his children lying
seriously i'll; one with encouragement
and the other with measles.
Henry Miller, a coal digger, is very
sick with typhoid fever.
A COW belonging to George Squiggins,
of Gravel Hill, was run over by an en-
CINE on the &. 4 Z. road yesterday
morning.
Mrs. Ivdon, who has been very low
with sickness, is now recovering.
James Lewis, from Pipe Creek, who
is visiting his brother in this city, is
suffering from a severe attack OF pneu-
monia.
L. V. Shipley, from GAINESVILLE, was
in the city yesterday.
Monday morning about y o'clock, q
man IRON Bridgeport, who runs a rag
wagon in this city, was coming from the
C.. * Z. railroad 10 BODIES saloon, at the
ferry, when his horse, taking fright at
what was supposed to be a car standing
on the turn-table, dashed down the road
leading to town. He broke the shafts
from tie wagon and running as lar down
as the switch, he was checked by a per-
son standing near. Five minutes before
the taking fright OF the horse, there was
a duiet-looking horse and q tolerably
good rag wagon, but five minutes alter
there could have been found q badly
frightened and bruised up horse, with
the sad remains OF that which Was nee
a wagon lying scattered along the road
in a thousand different places.
Randall, the person who was to hold
%open-air meetings in this city, seems to
have been received in other than a well
come manner, as he did not keep his
engagement.
Mrs. Anthony Sheets and daughter
iu.law, Mrs. Matthias Sheets, while
coming to this city in a buggy from
Bridgeport yesterday morning, met
with a mishap which might have been
serious. The horse took fright at a
passing train and ran of. The buggy
was dashed against a lamp-post, throw
ing the occupants out and slightly cut
the face of Mrs. Anthony Sheets, but
not injuring her daughter-in-law. No
damage was done to the buggy.
James +. Anderson, Esq, OF this city,
went 10 Cleveland yesterday " see
about the appointment OF his brother,
Henry l.. Anderson, as deputy oil in
spector. There seems TO be some delay
about this matter. Mr.. Cow still holds
that.position.
Quite a breeze occurred at the Pitts
burgh Coal Works yesterday, between
a white woman and a colored sister.
The white individual was called some
thing by a colored man which she
thought she Wa not, and made an at
tack upon the dark child Of Destiny"
when the wife OF the colored citizen en-
listed as a soldier in the bate, and was
unceremoniously felled TO the ground
by the white woman. The "fur flew"
tor a short time, but at last the partici-
pants desisted, all weRdIng their way TO
their own private wigwams, promising
dire vengeance on each other. No ar
rests have az yet been made.
Mrs. Butte, mother OF Howard Butte,
is very low, and her death is momenta-
rily expected. We. extend our sym
pathies to Howard.
Saturday evening as John Knox was
coming up town along the neighborhood
OF the market house he was uncermoni-
ously set upon by a crowd OF men and
boys, who had, ii seems, been awaiting
his coming. He was badly beaten up In
the ARRAY. The only cause that can be
given for the act was that Knox was one
OF the parties who resumed work at the
Belmont coal works. Knox is a quiet
and harmless fellow-one who would
not make the slightest cause for an al.
fray like the one which happened.
Bellaire is at last to be favored with .
circus. John RObinson's show will
visit this place the on the 10Th inst.
Mr.. Carl Dean, Of MERGERS drug store,
in this city, returned home yesterday
from a visit TO GAINESVILLE.
The members OF the Monum entail As
80 cation met last evening in the May
or's Office and decided TO give a ball on
Saturday, May 20. instead OF having q
picnic, which was the former intention.
As May 80 falls on Sunday, they deco
rate on Saturday. This ball has the
assurance Of being . we'll managed and
quiet affair, as the association Is CON-
posed OF good citizens Refreshments
will be on hand and all who attend will