Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-11-08
CITY EULLINGS.
a Brlei Resume of q Days Happenings
in and About Town.

| being paved ana placed III good condi
| ton.
ALIEN HIRTH was burned rather Sc
yerely Yesterday by falling backward
upon bar of red hot iron at the CreeS
/ Mill.
SIMON BATES yesterday charged LOUIS
Hooker with assaulting him at Marshasi'
coal banks. Squire Caldwell issued :
warrant.
SEVERAL car loads OF telegraph poles
went out the Hempheld Yesterday Ion
the use OF the Mutual Union Telegraph
Company.
4 LADY was nsuted Will" crossing
the Suspension Bridge, last evening, by
a stout, heavy set villain, wearing thick
black mOustaChe.
ArCrIoNEER HALLER last Saturday
soli The Welsh property and one other
lot in east Seventeenth street Tor S'oI
to ?. H. Kimberly.
CLERK HOOK yesterday recorded a
deed which conveyed lot in the tilth
warI from Mary A. Franzhelm TO Ed
ward Miller for 5000.
Tug annual fair and festival OF the
Church OF the Immaculate Conception
will begin on the 10Th of February and
last several days. The Fair will be held
at the church.
ESGISE 23I, Harrington engineer, ran
from Grafton to Pennington, 80 miles,
in iourty.iOur minutes, losing eight MN
u.es re route. This is the best time on
-,..,r.l ~, tIiS rpal
A THIEF entered the iewelry store OF
|, e.. Dillon on Market street last u'ght
nj stole thercirom s. revolver. IL
al,o stole valuable lamp from the store
o Chris. WInrheron Main street.
WV alias Buffalo Morris was arrested
las. niyht by ollie, Morris, Tor flourish
iny = revolver in "flOity Tolty'r' lace.
on Nineteenth street buffalo has
been on 4 rarke. tor several days.
MRs. SARAH Dyson died at her resi-
drnce on South York street yesterday
morning. She was the mother oil the
DYSON brothers in the gas office, and
sister Of the late VIM. II. EXley, Esq.
\ MAGNIFICENT Quincy granite mon
rment has Just been placed in the Pc
rinsula cemetery by Mr.. w. b. Howell
for John ". Boring, Esq. 1t was erect
ri Ia the memory OF his wife, lately
deceased.
ANNA VI. HORNEROoH, Jacob Horn
brook and II. II. HOrnbrO1k each con-
tributed one dollar TO the Garfield mon.
umeut fund. There have been about
one hundred dollars contributed 50 tar
in this direction.
THERE was family fight in the house
Of man named Haley, living near
Waterhouse's brick yard, On Sunday
night. Officer Kennedy Went down and
peace was finally restored, although no
arrests were made.
Col. DAN RICE will positively appear
at Wellshurg Thursday night TO Initiate
a course Of lectures lasting one hundred
nights These lectures will be distrlbu-
ted over Pennsylvania, West Virginia
and New England towns.
The district stewards OF the NJ. +.
Church met Yesterday for the purpose
Of making assessments for benevolent
purposes. The salary of the Presiding FL
der was placed at 81 $40 Tor the year,
which is an advance Of $40 over last
wear. Mr.. John BAIlie was appointed
Conference steward for the year.
TuE funeral OF the late George Va'er-
tine took place at West Alexander yes
terdav. The attendance, despite the
inrirmeHcv OF the weather, was Terv
large. The pail bearers were James *.
Bell, NJ. Daugh=rty, James /. Chambers,
Samuel kiumirs, +. Brownlee and
James K. Acicr, OF this city. Mr.. Val
antime leaves one son, Louis i. Nalen-
tine, Esq.
TuE resignation oil Judge Thayer
Melvin was placed in the hands OF Gov
ernor Jackson Yesterday and filed. The
Governor has taken no action in the
matter, and 10 a REGISTER reporter said
he did not intend to move hastiIyln the
matter OF an appointment. There are
quite number Of persons who nave
been named in connection with the
appointment, but as thew are all mere
OnjcctuTes, we omit ali OF them.
To increase the efficiency OF the carrier
service in this city, Col. Sterling has pre-
pared number OF books representing
each carrier district in the city and In
these books will be recorded the name
OF the residents of the district. Slips
will be distributed in day or two and
each householder is requested to write
down the name oil each member OF his
family, when they will all be entered IN
their proper book. The advantage OF
this movement is apparent to all.
Nike TIGHE, a Young man twenty
1--WE years OF age, helper at the Top
Mil, was badly hurt yesterday by an
under the following Circum.
stances: He was engaged in fastening
"A bolt or staple in 4 rock, and to tasten
it more firmly. began pouring molten
lead into the hole III the rock when g
terrific explosion resulted, burning hls
| face, eyes, neck and breast in horrible
manner, and probably DESTROYING the
sight oil both eyes. 1t is supposed that
there was water in the hole in the rock,
and this caused the explosion as soon as
it received the molten lead.
4 STRANGE looking gohiclc passed
throHgh this city yesterday from Alma
Michigan, en- route To Jacksonville
F!orids. II seemed to he cross be
tween Herdic coach and 4 gypsy
wagon, and was called the Alma. It's
occupants were 4 gentleman, his wife
child and servant. The gentleman sad
that both he and his wife being out oil
health, they determined to spend the
winter in Florida, and casting about ior
a means o: transportation determined
upon u wagon ride clear through, and
their vehicle was the result OF expert
mant. II was well furnished with beds
clean aad comfortable, cooking utensils
aad all possible conveuiences; They
lelt this city ior Cumberland, Md,
whence they will - South by the uoar'
est practicable route.
\ VeXed Clergyman.