Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-28
LOCAL LACONICo.
various Brief Matters in and About the
City.

various Brief Matters in and About the
City.
THREE marriage licenses were issued
yesterday.
SPECIAL meeting OF the Board OF Ed
ucation to night.
The Municipal Court met yesterday,
Int transacted no business, and adj
journed until Saturday.
A ROPE WALKER In the vicinity OF the
Second ward market house, attracts
crowds every afternoon.
THE Commissioners Committee on
Poor House and Farm met yesterday.
and the one on Court House and jail
meets to-day.
s III. WOODWARD, ESQ OF the South
Side, is lying seriously Ill at his resi-
dence, OF pleulisy, He was very low at
last accounts.
EDWARD GLASS, the successor OF Mrs.
]. A. Miller, who has experience in the
bakery and confectionery business, is
still at the same place. Success to Ed.
The Board OF Public Works will leave
the Capitol in carriages this morning at
s o'clock, for trip OF inspection out the
National road. The leportorial gang
has been invited to accompany this aug
ust body.
The genial "F. U.B.'s" will meet at
the residence OF Miss Laura Lukens this
evening, instead of at the residence OF
Mrs. Brues, as was at first intended.
Kramer will play for these devotees oil
fun and pleasure
Miss Lucy RENYER, OF the South Side,
was rendered very pleasant and agree
able surprise last evening by about nifty
OF her young lady and gentleman
friends, who were accompanied by
Vaas's orchestra. The time was we'll
employed in dancing.
THE stockholders of the Centre Foun-
dry Company held meeting yesterday,
and elected the following as Board OF
Directors: A. ]. Cecil, John Young.
n. +. Whitaker, f. Z. Ewing and Alex.
T Young. The Board subsequently, Or
ganized by electing A. j. Cecil Presi.
dent, and John Young Manager.
Ar meeting OF the Finance Commit.
tee of the Board OF Commissioners, held
Yesterday, after attending to the regular
business the Deiters investigation mat
ter was taken up, and it was decided to
report to the Board on Monday next
that enough had been developed by the
experts to warrant the continuation oil
the investigation.
Two transfers OF real estate were made,
yesterday, as follows: Robert Marshall,
trustee, and Mary A. Armstrong, TO
Walter Marshall, for $500, for piece
of land on Wheeling Island. The heirs
of Hetty Echols, deceased, to James
Comerford, part OF lots 40 and so, corner
OF EoT and Twenty fourth streets, Cen
tire Wheeling, for 81, 500.
The Fair at the Church OF the Imma-
cu'ate Conception has been closed and
the result has been very successful.
What the net receipts will amount to it
| is not, as vet, known. The finance com.
mittee was to meet last night. The big
doll, which was to be given to the party
guessing the right name, was awarded TO
Frank A. Howard. The name was
"Amy." The watch contestants, Andy
McGarrel, Joe Ebbert and Jimmy Man
ton, will keep at work for two weeks
longer.
ONE of our medical friends stepped
into the office yesterday with beaming
smile wreathipg his benign countenance
and stated that in glancing over the
Medical Journal he had discovered the
following interesting passage: "a widow
lady OF Wheeling, W. Va, who has
several manageable daughters, feeds
them exclusively on fish diet, because
the flesh of fishes contains large per
centage OF PHOSPHORUS and phospho.
rous is good for making matches" Our
fish dealers may now draw up plans for
brown stone fronts to be occupied next
fall