Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-20
CITY CULLINGS.
A Brief Resume ola Days Happenings
In and About Town.

| A Brief Resume ola Days Happenings
I'm and About Town.
| STEUBESvILLE has the smallpox.
One marriage license was issued yester-
| day.
MUNICIPAL COURT will meet again to,
morrow.
Two Orphans at the Opera House this
! evening.
The Supreme Court will not be back here
| till March.
YAE1oLoID has appeared at Vienna, east
OF West Alexander
| UNITED STATES District Court met at
| Clarksburg yesterday.
! j. SHAULL has been appointed post
| master at Leetown, W. Va.
! Council will meet tonight to elect a
| clerk for the Centre Market
THESGoff Guards will give ball at Tur-
| ner Hall on Saturday night:
| TICKETS will be on sale this morning for
\ John 5. Clark ut Wilson Il Banners.
KRAMER. has been engaged to play fort
nightly for q german at Steubenville.
ELEVENTH street is impossible on account
! of it's occupancy by Gen. Healey's force.
The mail service between Aurora and
Cranberry Summit has been increased to
six times week.
VENNOR closes up the year with q
prophecy that was wider Of the mark than
any former one.
+. NAHILING and Adolph Kurt, of this
city, have purchased the RittcnhOusC drug
store AT Bridgeport
OFFICER FUGATE arrested two boys at the
Custom House Saturday night. for an act
OF malicious mischief.
SCARLET fever has appeared at Elm Grove.
\ little daughter OF Mr.. f. f. Post has it in
its most malignant form.
The r. & o. is charging only two cents a
mile during the holidays. This will induce
u big travel toward this city.
\ LARGE quantity of wool is still unsOld
about West Alexander. some farmers still
being in possession of two clips.
The society called the French will give
an oyster supper at Sheriff Browns on
Thursday evening of the holidays.
y. c. GEIswoLD, of Cincinnati, has been
appointed manager of the B. 4 o. Telegraph
Company, with office at Pittsburgh.
WALTER Ebert while "monkeying'
with revolver last Saturday, in the First
ward got his hand in a good condition for
q sling.
WILSON & BAUNEE have just sold Baby
grand, kraniCh * Co, piano To Prot.
Frank Bassett, of Cleveland, formerly of
this city.
Mr.. JAMES W. CHANEY, q prominent stock
dealer of West Alexander, was kicked upon
the leg by horse day or two ago and Sc
yerely injured.
4 VERY costly vestmcnt was donated to
the Church of the immaculate Conception
as a Christmas present, by Mrs. ID.
GSchwcndtner.
jim SUTToS was yesterday sentenced by
Judge Boyd 10 undergo five days imprisOn-
mont in the county Jail upon conviction
for petit larceny.
HAERY PAXTON the man shot at yorktown
some weeks ago, is getting better, 1T least
there is the usual prcmonttory symptom
q rattle Tor his benefit.
The crew of the steamer Scioto say that
they passed the Courier in u fair race down
the river few days ago, and they now
claim the palm for speed.
IT is said that the h,teligcpc5r office has a
new copy slide that is a marvel OF ingenui-
" in its way. 1t has been painted Brown
and Frew calls it Daisy.
HrBu,Ep, PAUL. & Cos loss amounted to
about $3.50 ON their stock. This was the
estimate of the adjusterS, and part OF the
money has already been paid in.
LAWRENCE HELLER was before Squire Phil
lips last night on charge of selling liquor
to man Of known incorporate habits.
Mr. Mary Swami was the complainant
THERE was no payday ct the Central
glass works last Friday, it having been
postponed until Friday of this week in
order TO give the men big pay for Christ
| mas.
\ MAN who says he comes from Mounds
/ willie was robbed of $50 and SlT5 watch in
one of the bad houses in this city last
\ saturday morning. He could not identity
| the house.
The Longfellow Literary Society, COM
| posed Of scholars in the Grammar Depart
ment of the Eighth ward school, will give
an entertainment at Westwood Hall, on
| Friday evening.
A CHILD belonging to gentleman named
Englis, at Claysville, Pa, was half eaten up
| by dog a few days ago, and the CORE
| SpCndent who sent in the news says such
dogs are dangerous"
| A LARGE number of Knights of Pythias
from BenwOod, Fairmont and Grafton
| visited Black Prince Lodge knights of
/ Rythias ofthiS city on Saturday night and
were cordially received.
Rev. c. p. MAsDEN preached a very fine
| sermon Sunday morning at the Fourth
| Street Methodist church. taking his text
| from the 2lst verse of 1St Philippians For
me to live is Christ, to die is gain"
The cabin of the steamer Scioto is orna-
l mented by 4 handsome oil painting of
! Captain William Dillon. the chief officer of
| the boat. 1t is an excellent likeness. and
reflects credit upon the artist, Mr.. FariS.
MR. GEoRGE CLINE, of Martinsville, whose
! death was mentioned in Saturdays paper,
was buried at Greenwood cemetery on Sun
day afternoon, quite number of persons
following his remains to their last resting
place.
Work has begun on Eleventh street look
| ing to the interment of the S0-inch pipes
| On account of the torn-up condition of
| Eleventh and Chapline streets the Elm
Grove cars now start from the office on Six
teenth street.
| KRAMER will play for four nights this
week for the fair at the Church OF the I'M
| maculate Conception; at Steubenyille on
Friday night; for the Maennerchor on the
/ Goth; at Major Loring'S on the 18th, and at
Mrs. Brues' on the 30th.
An effort is making to induce Council to
\ purchase team Of horses for the hook and
| ladders in the Fifth ward. 1t would GER
/ tainly be measure of economy to do this.
| A team of horses is just as essential for this
purpose as it is for one OF the engines.
\ SUBSCRIPTION paper is being circulated
among the insuranee agents for the par
/ pose of raising money sufficient to pur-
| chase "cut-off" valves for the hose
/ With the acquisition of these the losses on
account of water will be greatly dimin-
| iShe6.
JAKE SoEEs will resume his place Us
| nightwatchman ON the beat between
Twelfth and Eleventh.. on Market and Main
\ streets. He was reinstated on o petition
signed by forty-f0ur merchants, Which in
dicateS that Jake is considered a valuable
Il Cficer s.