Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-09-22
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NINETY IN the shade.
SLIGHTLY warmer yesterday.
TO-DAY will be pay day at the City
Building.
ONE of the prisoners at the work
house is sick with typhoid fever.
The Nail City Boat Club have post
poned their ball until the 3Oth inst.
BocKINa's pharmacy is attracting
much attention on account OF its oeauti'
ful draping.
CONSIDERABLE complaint is made
about the bows who throw stones at the
houses out the pike above Seventh
street.
JOHNNY HEeNEs, the boss carpenter
at the Top mill, has been doing some
fine wood work in the country this
week.
The case OF Maxwell and King was
adjourned over until the next term OF
court vest, rday on mot on OF the city's
attorneys.
ADAUearER Of Benz. Springer, E-q,
OF Kichland township, vas thrown from
a horse Yesterday and sustained severe
injuries
TIE Old m, run into the 8 a'ion
house in Norta Wheeling, night before
last. by Officer Dunlap, vas sent to the
poor farm Yesterday.
The second story Of the new sugar re-
fnGry is about half way up. A large
force of workmen are busily engaged In
pushing it toward completion.
HENRY SMITH and Charlie Kroneweth,
coopers at the key factory in the northern
part OF the city, left yesterday for Pits
burgh to accept similar situations.
TIE creek presents a filthy appear
ance. and the odor arising from il is
simply intolerable. Something should
be done to remedy this disease breeding
spot.
SOCIETY in the upper part OF the city
il terribly sgitated at present over Q
couple OF hiyh.toned weddings that are
to take place in that section early next
month.
A GAS pipe at Twelfth and Jacob street
burst last night causing some lite
excitement, as the escaping gas took
ire, and required the attention OF several
persons to extinguish it
UNDER the direction of Prof. Birch, all
the public school buildings were yester-
day draped in mourning, and will remain
so until after the funeral. The schools
will be closed on Monday next, the day
Of the funeral.
McFALL's express loaded with market
women and their baskets, was upset at
the head Of Twelfth street yesterday,
dumping its contents into the street
and injuring Mrs. Albinger, OF Nine
teenth street.
THE picnic 10 be held ont at Buchan-
ans Grove, two miles up middle Wheel
ing Creek, on next Saturday, will be an
immense affair. Two thousand invita-
tons have been extended for 1t. L. L.
Cockavne will play.
john STEPHENS, the miner crushed a
day or two ago in MarShalPs coal bank,
in Slacktown, is lying in an extremely
precarious condition. His body com
menced to swell yesterday, and this is
said to be a very bad indication. His
death is momentarily expected.
TYPHOID fever and diphtheria are cpl
demic at Benwood. In nearly every
house there is a case of either OF the
two. The coopering industry seems to
be suffering the worst by it, as the
wcrkmen are nearly all bedfast, and
kegs for the nail works have to be taken
from this city.
GERMANIA HALL has been secured by
Cpur De Lion Division for their meet.
ings in the future. They have not held
a meeting for some time, owing to the
fact OF their having been summary
bounced by Father Sullivan from st.
Alphonsus Hall.
UPoN complaint OF Minerva Kelly,
SQUIRE Wait yesterday issued a warrant
for Mary Ruthers, who is charged by
the complainant with using loud and
abusive language toward her, and also
with threatening to kill her son. The
case will be heard this evening.
A n specimen OF game was cap
tured yesterday by John Speidel, OF the
Eighth ward. 1t was a handsome squir-
rel, and weighed four and one-halt
pounds. 1t was captured in Helstein,s
woods, about two miles up CaldwelPs
run. A stampede for that country may
now be looked for.
THERE is a man living down the river
who kept a watermelon patch and 3
large bull dog. He is having a log cabin
Quilt made which will consist oil one
thousand four hundred pieces, which
the deg lore out Of the pants OF boys
who we're trying to steal melons. de
will exhibit the quilt at our State Fair.
SOME time ago an item in this paper
announced the tact that q lot OF clothing
and carpet had been stolen from the resi-
dence OF Charlie Cook, a mailer at the
Belmont. Yesterday Mr.. Cook ran
across some of them in a Junk shop on
the South Side and Immediately identi'
fed them. No steps in the matter have
vet been taken.
THE Mutual Union Telegraph Com
pany which was recently organized, has
a lot Of insulators already in this city
and are working a'ong the line between
this place and Wheeling. We may ex-
pect soon to have the lines running into
Zanesville. They claim they will have
lines completed to Chicago inside OF
sixty days. -Z1nesuM Times.
H. w. PHILLIPS, Esq, OF the First
ward, after a long and painful illness,
died at . o'clock yesterday afternoon.
His ailment was Bright's disease of the
kidneys. Mr.. Phillips for many years
was prominently connected with the
manufacturing interests OF this city,
having, with his father, been engaged In
the building OF steamboat machinery.
He was recently a member of the Board
"Reminiscences and at the time Of bis
daa h Ellal Tho AEna Of Instica Of the