Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-02-17
LOCAL LACoNICs.
Various Brief Matters In and About the

Various Brief Matters In and About the
City,
BOARD Of Education meets this even
ing at the regular hour.
CocKAYSE played for big mssquer-
ade ball at Neuhardts Hall, last even
ing.
TaE insurance tax or license bill Tor
the city of Wheeling was introduceu
yesterday. :,
TIE Committee on Ordinances Is cali
ed 10 meet this evening at I:SO ciocA'
at the City Building.
The Municipal Court held a brei SEES
sion Yesterday, but no business oil i"-
portance was transacted.
JoHs BRowSINe and Robert Gray, ioI-
merly moulders at the Arlington WORKS
have accepted positions IN the 3'ar
foundry.
Sur. SWEENEY Of the National road IS
having broken limestone placed on the
road, from the head OF Seventh street
over the hill to Fulton.
The Committee Of Cornell on kali'
roads meets this afternoon at otIoek
in the Office Of Captain DeSries, Tor the
transaction OF some important business
The Auditors office was visited by
ex.Sherifls y. VI. Powell, OF Tyler coun'
Nv, and S. l.. Hayes, OF Gilmer, yester-
day, on business relating to the coiiee'
ton OF taxes.
IT seems that James Meadows, the
member OF the House from Boone, is
not dead after all, but has been very
sick. Mr.. Quarter. introduced a reso-
luton in relation to him yesterday.
THERE was a very pleasant mssquer,,
ade participated in by young laos anu
lassies, last evening, at the home OF Miss
Ellie Gallagher, on Morrow street.
About fifteen couple were present.
THERE is some talk of recognizing the
Goff Guards after the muster out next
week, and forming a crack company. IL
would be good move, provided there
was a good military law IN existence.
Tue Nail City Boat Club will give a
grand masque ball at its boat house on
Friday evening. These atfahs have
hitherto been OF the most enjoyable ma
ture and we expect no less oil tins one.
Ex-SHERIFF s. l.. HAYES, OF Gilmer
county, with Deputy Sheriff o. Z. Me
Quain, were in the city yesterday. Ihey
brought to the penitentiary +. r.. John-
son, a lad OF Is years, sentenced Tor TWO
years for stealing money.
Col. Robert WHITE Gays Bernard
Shanley holds over as Poor Agent, the
Board not having elected Il successor on
the proper day. Prosecuting Attorney
Jordan thinks not, but has not yet ex-
amined the matter.
TIE new Council should make some
arrangements for supplying meals TO
prisoners confined in the lookup. When.
Tor simply being drunk, a man IS placed
in the lookup Oh Saturday afternoon
and is compelled to starve until Monday
noon, it is rather hard.
An o'dish party named Vim. Coombs
fell in fit about = O'Clock last evening
on the pavement on Twentieth street at
the corner OF Market. The police were
tslephoned for and the man was re-
moved to the city bHiiding, restoratives
apDNtu anu uAltGh diho AV "ss' ANN'NN'
20 his home.
A WARRANT was sworn out before
Justice Caldwell, yesterday, for Thos.
Heyman, a jeweler, by his wife, charg-
ing hmm with disorderly conduct. The
warrant was placed for service in the
hands OF J. z. st. Myers, who oyerhauled
mis- man on the llcmptield train. lie
will be given a hearing at . a NJ. to-day.
BRIDGEPORT is at present wild over
her Babes in the Wood" interesting
children they are and their appearance
few evenings ago was so successful,
that they have been induced to appear
again, and will give an entertainment
for the benefit OF the poor at Helnlein's
Hal. with an entire change OF pro-
gramme tomorrow evening.
A HORSE, belonging to Samuel Laugh
lin, and attached to an express wagon,
was standing in front OF his residence
yesterday afternoon, when something
startled il. The way il tore up Chspline
street and down Eleventh and up Mar
ket was a caution. When it was finally
stopped, the wagon looked more like a
broken crockery crate than anything