Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-02-14
LooALLAcoNICs.
Various Brief Matters in and About the
CITY.


City.
: ST. VALENTINE Day.
TIE Legislature gets down to work
again tomorrow.
CouScn will wfesils with the election
Of officers, to-porrow night, and it VIII
be interesting
The time OF service OF the Gof Guards
has expired. The company Will soon
be mustered out.
ANNIE WARD TIFFANY and company
In WTbe Child Siealer" at the Opera
House this evening.
TaE paper mill at Fulton was closed
last Saturday in order to clean boilers
do some necessary repairs.
C.SpypArKs for city offices have just
two DAYS to work things up. Council
decides things tomorrow.
A YOUNG fellow named VIM. Capp
raised a rumpus at the Academy OF
Music, Saturday night and was arrested.
Ten Large columns for 0glebay's new
building in Bridgeport were cast Satur-
day at Sweeney 4 Sons South Side
foundry.
THE contract for the boilers OF Ed.
Hornbrook's new steamboat, together
with that OF the machinery, has been
awarded to Sweeney & Sons.
THE police torce came out in their new
uniforms yesterday and they make
splendid appearance. The force is un-
doubtedly a fine looking body OF men.
TnE Crescent mill was obliged to shut
down Friday evening on account OF the
high water getting into the fly wheel
pit. The Laughlin mill is also in the
same fix.
ARRANGEMENTS for the Jackson inaug-
ural ball are taking shape. A meeting
OF those interested is called, with the
Mcclure House as the place and this
evening the time.
CHIEF BENNETT yesterday served no.
tice on the saloons that back doors must
be kept closed and the watchfulness OF
the officers compelled the strict obeyance
of the law. 1t is a good move.
THE high water caused suspension
of work at the North Wheeling cooper
shop on last Friday as the water got in
TO the fly wheel pit. Work will be re-
sumed as soon as the waters subside.
A BOY named Tineax broke through
the ice on Wood street, between Twenty
seventh and Twenty-eighth, yesterday,
and came near being drowned. The
place where he fell in is near the Cald-
we'll mansion.
Mr.. WALTER MARSHALL, the coal mer-
chant, is driving new entry through
his bank at Slack town TO connect with
his bank which enters at Fulton. They
will meet somewhere in the stock yard
hollow east OF the city.
Raw. ]. ID. MoFYAT yesterday morning
delivered what he termed a calm review
of "a calm view OF the Prohibition
movements as taken by Chancellor
Howard Crosby, ID, l. u d., OF Bos-
ton, and that has been circulated here
abouts.
The temperance meeting at OTIS hall
lat night, was very largely attended,
hundreds Of our citizens being unable to
gain admission. Another meeting VIII
be held at the same place tonight. En-
inent speakers are engaged, and all are
invited.
THE accident at the Water Works can.
not be repaired until the flood subsidies.
A Joint blown out OF the discharge pipe
10 the nature of the damage. All PER
sons are cautioned against extravaganza,
as 4 supply must be maintained Tor use
in ease of fire.
The Harmonic Maennerchor Singing
Society held meeting yesterday alter
noon and determined TO have parade
on the night OF the grand masquerade
ball, the 2Sth instant. The parade will
be costumed and masked. Wheeling
will have little NdpG GrdS after all.
The ball will take place in the Academy
OF Music.
TRANSFERS Saturday were confined to
the sale OF interest in lots d and 81,
South Wheeling, by David and Hiram
Burkett TO George w. Burkett, $1,000;
10 acres in Richland township, by W.
III. Caldwell to Charles Pape, 81, $50; and
part OF lot 3 in square 33, South Wheel
ing, by Henry Brinkman II Chris.
Brinkman, 81 $50.
ABOUT . o'clock Yesterday morning
persons about the river saw singular
looking object appear around the bend
at the Hospital and float swiftly down.
ward. Conjecture was rife as to its ma
ture until closer view showed it to te
a section OF large bridge. At the same
time the Belle Prince put out from her
moorings and scampered after her prize.
She oyerhauled il at the Belmont mill
and, securing hawser to it, hanled it
ashore. Ii was found to be a section OF
a railroad bridge-a Howe truss-but
from where no one knows. The Prince
lowed it to her landing and is now hold