Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-01
CITY CULLINGs.
A Brief Resume ola Days Happening.
I'm and About Town.

I'm and About Town.
CHRrsrxAsi is only twenty-five days of.
The Legislature will meet here in Janu-
airy.
The show windows are decked out in hol-
iday attire.
Tx sale of seats for "My Geraldine" is
satisfactory.
East Liverpool, O., has twenty-six eases
of smallpox.
The walnut log business is booming out
in the country.
The Mutual Union poles will be in this
city in few days.
THERE is complaint of a leaky hydrant
on the corner OF TweRty-seventh and Main
streets.
VICE PRESIDENTS GARRETT and Spencer of
the b. & o. and their attendants are still
J in Pittsburgh.
A MAN in Washington county, Pa, says
he has pet snake which he uses as a
clothes wringer.
SrKEyRoD's bridge on the National road
will be ready for use this winter, if the ice
don't take it away.
The Original German" was danced at the
residence Of Mrs, Meyer, on Market street,
over the creek, last night.
THE Washington, Pa, R1rieT is disgust
ed with the dilapidated condition OF the
depOts alongthe Hempfield.
SOME very necessary repairs have been
made about the "Pewiky" passenger depot
at the foot of Eleventh street.
AT the Belmont mill there are only 90
out of III machines idle. and feeders are
returning to work every day.
THIS kind of weather will start up some
more fever and diphtheria, both of which
have almost entirely disappeared.
RIVER towns are doing thriving bust
ness lust now and all the local packets have
all the freight that they can carry.
KATE and Mary Frey, who were before
/. Squire Philips on Tuesday, paid their fines
and gave bond to keep the peace.
PIrrsBURGH is on tenter hooks just now
on the subject Of railroads. The Gould and
b. & o. systems are both arranging to do
something for her.
\ PEOTRACTED meeting has been i'll pro-
gresS ar the Fourth st. NJ. f. Church for
some weeks. The meetings are largely at
tended and very interesting -..
The Riverside factory has been off for
some days on account of defective mud
drum, This detection has been repaired
and the factory resumed yesterday.
A GENTLEMAN named Newton, of the Ben
wood MILL has taken charge of several nail
machines ut the Belmont mill, while Mr..
Jake Fading succeeds him at the Ben
wood.
ELEVEN car loads of emigrants, who just
arrived at Baltimore from Germany on the
steamer BraunsChweig, passed over the b.
& O. West, yesterday afternoon, by special
train.
AMONG the arrivals at the ST. James yes
tcrday were Mr. W. H. Mitchell. of Chicago,
and Mr. +. H. Barnes. formerly one Of the
prOprietOrS OF the Mcclure house, now Nv
ing in st. Louis.
4 CoLoRED man who lived on the Island.
was lust recovering from an attack OF
typhC id fever and was able to get out 2
bed, gOrged himself with strong victuals,
relapSed and died.
BFArTY's worSs at Steubenyille are re-
ported as having turned out 5000 tum-
blers in one dry. That's nothing. there are
twice that many tumblers turned up in
this city every day.
jim SUTTON. who was indicted for petit
larceny, didn't put in an appearance yes,
terC ay when he was called for trial, and
Major Mitchell was sent after him with 4
cal las, and "Jeems' is now i'll Jail.
A MAN from BarneSvillc was driving 4
buggy at rapid rate down Main street
Yesterday afternoon, whom i'll front OF Men,
ders he Collidrd with n dray, and was
thrown from his buggy. The man was not
hurt.
THERE is a project on foot to photograph
that galaxy OF beauties that adOrn the curb
stone on Market street from alley 9 to Nc
Lain'S corner and hang the collection" up
in the rogucs' corner ut the City Build
ing"
Two BoNr loads OF Missouri ore were land
ed at the Belmont landing yesterday. by the
Iron Duke. of Gray's Iron Line, and one by
the Raven. Two loads Of the same ore have
lust been unloaded ut this landing from
-Gyay'S boats
JUsr rs a train was leaving the Z. & o.
depot Yesterday, to go out the Hempheld,
one of the cars jumped the track and rock
ed about for a minute in threatening
manner and frightening the occupants
considerably.
LAST evening Dr. A. F. GaSmirc, Charles
Hirsh, Fetcr BOnCnbcrgcr. Vim. Miller and
Peter BOSlcy, returned from hunting trip
in the neighbOrhOOd Of Texas, W. Va. In
one days hunt they killed eighty-One rail-
bits and four phcasantS. This schedule
makes them the champion NimrodS OF the
city.
ESTEEDAN Just after noon, morse at
taChed to a phaetOn, in which were seated
Mrs. Vim. 4. Wilson and her sister Miss
Lizzie Arndt ran off in North Wheeling,
and the ladies were thrown with violence
to the ground. Mrs. Wilson had one OF
her arms very seriously injured and was
otherwise bruised. while Miss Arndt was
bruised considerably about the lower limbs.
WHAT might have been serious acct
dent was ayerted at the Il. & q. depot yes
terday afternoon by the nerve of an engl-
neer. While the Hempfield train was pull
ing out the switch Sprang back, the engine
running on one track and the passenger
cars continuing on the other. The cars
were filed with pasSengeIs, and being
coupled to the engine began to topple rs ii
about to fall over. The engineer, Tom No
| BILE seeing the danger, reversed his engine
and by this noble action saved many lives
and much property.
l q 8 FEENY. No l4lO Main street, ha: