Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-10-22
CITY CULLINGsA
A Brief Resume OF Q Days Happenings
In and A hotit Town.


JUDGE BOYD is engaged at Wellsburg
in the trIal of Fletcher, one OF the alleged
fire bugs.
SIXTH street has been placed in gocd
order, it having been maeadamlzeo
throughout.
JANIS CBARxcCK, for many years q
boiler in the Belmont mill, died yester-
day morning.
The Maunerchor Singing Society ceie-
brsted its twenty-sixth anniversary last
night by q grand ball.
Box 30, Jacob and Fifteenth streets.
will be pulled this morning by the Chlei
OF the Fire Department.
Bobby BRoTHzRs, of this city, took
the premium at the State Fair for their
farm and plantation wagons.
TaE bakers have reduced the size OF
the loayes OF bread to correspond With
the advance in the price Of flour.
THOSE who do a great deal of driving
out the National road east OF this city
say the road is in splendid order.
The schools of the city did themselves
proud vests rday in their celebration OF
the anniversary OF American final indie
perdence.
TIE Fulton paper mill closed down
Wednesday on account of the breaking
of some Of the machinery, which is be-
ing repaired.
"PrNKEYE," the dreaded horse disease
among horses, has rescued Pittsburgh,
and will no doubt be here soon. 1t Is
worse than the "zoot."
TIE funeral OF James w. Bulger took
place Yesterday afternoon and was an
extremely large one. DIR. Nasden con-
Quoted the funeral exercises.
The funeral of three children passed
I'D the National road Wednesday morn
ing inside OF one hour. They died, so
We are informed, OF diphtheria-
TEE new Trustees Of the Gasiconcern
met last night and elected Ed. HazIett
Secretary, and J. NJ. Dillon, Manager.
DR.. Logan was elected President.
JOHN MCGANS, for many years an
engineer on the B. & D. railroad, died
suddenly at Cameron on Thursday.
He was we'll known in this city.
ALARGE party is booked for the South
Side next week, to be given by number
| OF our young folks. They have secured
the services Of Cockayne's orchestra.
SxYDER's hackers, OF Pittsburgh, ara
| here to make a lace with knocke, but
as Hanke is at Washington KnOke
cannot do anything until he returns.
The Excelsior Furniture Company, q
! Cincinnati, has secured the contract
for furnishing the apparatus tor the
Fifth ward schools. 1t will cost 81 ,SS2
A DEED was admitted to record yester
| day which conveyed to the Riverside
| from Company from Sevena Carroll q
lot of ground in Moses Chspline's add
ton for $1,000.
JANiToR SAM YoLIz at the Capitol,
has renovated and improved nearly al
the rooms on the first floor CT the CAPT
toll, and the improvement is attracting
general attention.
MELISSA ROBINSON and Nellie An
drexs, two frail women, are again in the
clutches of the Government, having
been arrested for selling beer without
having paid the special tax.
The flag and Jack staff were stolen
from the boat house OF Ed. Clator night
before last, and as the flag was valued
very highly as a keepsake its loss is
much regretted, by its late owner.
A NOTICE OF the wedding OF Admiral
John CrockaTd, OF the Old Reliable
squadron, and Miss Mary Gardner, was
crowded out yesterday morning. The
Admiral has our most sincere congratu'
latiOns.
The engine draw ing the morning
train which lett this city yesterday
morning, on the Eemptield railroad, lei
! down at West Alexander, and delayed
| the train until another engine could be
got from the city.
PRINCIPALS OF the ward schools viii
meet at the rooms OF the Board of Edu'
ton this morning, for the purpose oil
appointing committees with reference
to the Institute, when will meet in this
city next month.
THURSDAY afternoon the members OF
the Wheeling City Band for purse oi
! S25 walked the half mile stretch at the
| State Fair Grounds. Six going one lap
and six the other. Mr.. Coon Kurner,
the slide trombone player, won the race
easily, beating all competitors.
The new glass concern at Tiltonville
will be known as the Wheeling Mutual
Glass Company. An acre OF ground has
already been purchased and the founda'
| tons of the stack laid. The certificate
OF incorporation will issue from the Sec
rotary OF this States Office in day OF
| two.
SUPERINTENDENT BUTCHER has arrang-
/ Ell with the b. < u. road to carry Al
who wish to attend the State Institutes
/ at the rate OF two cents per mile each
way, or one-third less than the regular
| iGre, or in many instances a half less.
These arrangements will extend to the
Central Ohio line.
GEoRGE FLETCHER, the last OF the
Brooke county irebugs, was found not
guilty yesterday at Wellsburg and dis
charged from custody. The State asked
that he be re-arrested on 4 bench war
rant on a charge OF perjury, but the
motion was refused. Cracraft and
Houston, of this city, defended him.
BARNEY STANLEY, Esq, is a candidate
for postmaster at Elm Grove, which pO-
sition is now held by J. Shriver Woods,
Esq. The former gentleman is under
stood to be backed by Hons. j. Hanson
Good, L. G. Cracraft and Ex-Governor
Jacob. There is some talk OF submitting
the matter to vote OF the people OF the
vicinity.
A STRANGER who came to the city to
see the boat race was passing down by
, the Belmont mill and one of the small
wagons or cars filled with red hot metal
or ciIders was sitting out. He walked
mp ana deliberately put his foot into it,
! burning it in a most shocking man.
ner. His friends done all they could for
him, and he was taken home last even
ing.
TIE boys at the Central glass works
came out on a strike Thursday night.
We understand the trouble is that the
boys want from five to seven cents per
move more than they are new getting
This the company resist, from the fact
that they are now paying IS much as
any other factory, and more than the