Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-11-07
CITY CULLISGS.
A Brief Resume OF Days Happenings
in and About Town.


A Bret Resume OF Days Happenings
in and About Town.
INDIAN summer.
Council tomorrow night.
One case OF smallp"x.
CLEAN mp thc town right away.
BOARD. of Commissioners tais morn
ins.
NorurSG at tho Opera Hoase this
week.
Sr,Br&r fever has appeared on the
Island.
TIVE assessors are through With their
contract.
T, death rattle business is getting
ratified ail around.
MARTIN MCCUSE paid the city = last
SATURDAY Tor sssauiting man named
Craft.
Tue new street car stables are going
up rapidly, the stone work being nearly
finished.
\ LrrrLG child OF Amos Osborne, 81
I Seventh ward, diei With dipIthrila
yesterda..
JOHN McCAErY was fined - Saturday,
.Or refusing 20 pay car !are and ralsihE
a fuss about it.
ANOTHER child OF Mrs. J. Fl. Ritten.
hOUs;., o; the seventh ward, was buried
last Saturday ut st. Clairsville.
Dr.. Hammer, vi Parkersburg, preached
two very acceptable sermons az the
FIRST Presbyterian Church yesterday.
4 CORPS OF engineers who are engaged
in locating the Pittsburgh Southern eX-
tension, passed through the city Satui'
day.
The L. p. congregation held services
at the City Hall Yesterday, for the rea.
son tina, their church is undergoing re-
pairs.
The L.innean Literary SCcietv festival
was we'll attended on Saturday night
ami those present had very pleasant
evening.
A little child Of Jas. Lotus was taken
sick with diphtheria Saturday morning,
and was not expected TO live through
last night.
ScoTr x Lawson, OF Wellsburg, and
Fl. Nicholson, 81 Steubenvlle, have
almost completed a fine residence for
Joseph Hurp, OF this city.
SURE ANKLE says he will corral the
the ''graYeyarlers" ii he has TO swear
out the warrants himself and get au-
Other Justice 10 try the case.
Pne funeral III MIR. Jacob Maser was
atteudr by many persons from town
OF Yesterday alte-noon. He was buried
with Masonic EOuors, the lodge uom
tuis city attending N body.
Goat OH" Ma.er got his can full OF
b.uz.ur Saturday night, and caused
"CLrlrv" i.augalin much trouble 10 Land
him in Philips Office. Three dollars for
his cavUrling anu - Tor his resistance TO
The officer, were tae expenses.
tbs tiprma:,ia, Maenuer.Chor, Beeth-
over, iui ii Lm0nie Maenuer.Ch)r, and
tie Wheeling Euruyertin, will gives ball
this evening It Turner Hall, for the
benefit Oi tue Htcke. monument. The
Opera House orchestra, Prof. John
l.uederS, will furnish the Music.
4 MAN disgustngly drunk boarded Il
stree. car IN the Filth ward Yesterday
aud remaining on the rear platform was
soon Jared IRON his position and
thtown with great violence to the
ground, his lace suffering severely
Thereby, 4 large quantity OF the skin be.
ing torn OF. lie also iell in pool Of
water and mad i new suit OF clothes
ruined. sSGlsN
ON "Wednesday last, Louis, Seveilayua,
an Italian who keeps a confectionery
5 ore on Market street, opposite the
city building, LOST & double barre shot
gun. Lust nistt he MAS informed that
a boy named Gardner. living near the
Second Ward market house, had offered
10 sill 4 gun cheap. The Italian got out
q warrant anl, accompanied by officer
junkinS, went 10 the home OF Gardner's
father and secured the gun. the Gard
uer boy, who is probably ten or twelve
wears OF age, mad stolen the gun from
B~y";layua5 place OF business, as the
latter alleges.
THE REGrS:%G last week made an eli
toriaI notice oil the iuebriated condition
o, Judge Melvin during a portion oi The
week, and demanded mat he he i'm
peached. judge Meiyia arrived in the
city Saturday, and yesterday was visited
by number OF lawyers and friends,
some OF whom he was in consultation
with tor quite time. Ii was cur
rent'v reported last night that
Judge Melvin insisted upon resiguing
his jutgStip at once, but that
number Of his friends insisted
that ha should remain upon the bench
until the last OF December, IN order TO
dispose Of some p:eSSir" business that
is in his hands, but 50 far he had re-
fused to recedc from the position he had
taken in the matter and was determined
to hand in his resignation Immediately
10 the Governor. Ibis Information We
have from one Of the most Intimate
friends and admirers OF the Judge, and
NAV b. considered authentic. Another
gentleman, a lawyer, said thata reSigna.
ton had been written aud then he.
stroyed, but lac was sure that il would
come 70 day. 'OEe thing is certain,
said gentleman. "the Judge has deter
mined To resign. and that as soon as pos
sjbic.' 1t has also been stated by a
well informed party that the resigna-
ton has been written and Is in the
hands OF ono OF Judge Mrlvin's friends
and will be handed 70 the Governor to-
day.