Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-19
LOCAL LACONICS.
varions Bssf Matters Id and About the
CITY,

Council this evening for the purpose oil
electing weighers.
The novel spectacle was presented,
Yesterday, OF a Judge OF Circuit court
testifying before that court.
, The st. Alphonsus Fair will be opened
this evening, and there is no doubt that
ali will be pleased to attend the same.
Ir rsined on Easter and now a palpi-
tatinp public anxiously awaits to see ii
1t will keep it up for seven Sundays
more.
GovERNoR JACKSON now has a new
title. He yesterday received q paper
from Edinburgh, Scotland, addressed to
the President OF West Virginia"
A CIRCULAR letter from Rt. Rev.
Bishop Ksin, in pursuance OF an
Encyclical letter from Pope Leo XIII, is
unavoidably crowded out Of this issue.
LAST night Henry Eberling and Geo.
Har,z got into q regular knock.down
fight on Twenty. sixth street, between
Main and Market streets. They were
both arrested.
AT the South Wheeling glass works,
the mould and cutting departments
have started up, and workmen having
placed the pots in position were busy
building up the arches.
Bur one deed OF conveyance was ad-
mitted to record, yesterday, as follows:
Simon Horkheimer and wife to Fred.
Unruh, deed OF April IL, for part OF lot
9 in square 10, for $1,000.
JESSIE MYERS, who is accused by the
defense in the Freese casa, with being
the forger OF Judge Boyds endorse
ment, was in the city about three weeks
ago and had spent several months here.
SQuIIE WAIT yesterday issued war
rant for Lawrenz Auth on complaint OF
Elizabeth Rice, who charges Auth with
selling liquor to John Duffy, who is q
minor and had not the written authori-
ty OF his parents or family physician.
SEVERAL Wheeling bloods were in the
city yesterday, having time. The new
Mayor OF Wheeling has the police force
to watch the saloons up there pretty
close, so the boys drop down TO Bellsire
ste have q time unnoticed. Betldire
IRdspe7adtHi.
RESERVED seats for the lecture by ia
cob kemple, Esq, on next Saturday,
for the benefit OF the Wheeling Press
Club, can be secured at Banners music
store on Thursday, without extra cost.
This lecture is rich and you should not
fail to hear it.
LxrTERs remaining in the postotfice
unclaimed, April 10th: Brown, w. j.
H.; Banning, James; Daley, j. B.;
Evans, Jear d.; Meyer, VIM. P; Nc
Mahof, Mrs. Mache, Mrs; Snyder,
Chas. Smith, Chas r.; Stevens, w. s.;
Wuere, Mrs. Mary.
THE Telephone Exchange yesterday
got out q new catalogue OF subscribers to
that useful little invention, which now
number over 200 The pamphlet, be-
sides containing the name, number OF
residence and business, also gives some
useful points that should be learned.
DoS'T forget the Vigilant engine COM
pany's ball at Turner Hall this evening.
Billy Mayer will play and low admis-
sion will be charged. The BOYS want TO
furnish their house nicely, which is a
laudable object and should be heartily
endorsed and encourage by every one.
The Land League Association, formed
in this city, is still buslly at work for
the benefit of their friends across the
water. Considerable money is now on
hand and il is desired to send it to Ire
land. There two are ways Of doing this
and large attendance is requested for
next Sunday evening at st. Alphonsus
Hall, to determine what shall be done.
In the Police Court yesterday morn
ing, the four men arrested at ArlingtOn's
Sunday morning, failed to put in an APP
pearance tor their S25 forfeit. and they
were accordingly fined $40 and costs,
amounting to S23l0. That will post
pone the purchase OF some spring suits.
The three girls and the Madame were
fined like amount. Two of them it is
thought will take an appeal and test the
constitutionality OF the new ordinance.
THERE was a narrow escape from q
frightful burning accident, on Sunday
night, at the residence of George
Boettner, No. l9l Sixteenth street.
About S o'clock in the evening he went
went up stairs and discovered a bed,
containing his two children to be on fire.
To throw off the clothes and extinguish
the flames was the work OF a moment,
though in so doing he severely burned
his left hand. He supposes one of the
children set the bed on fire with can
die.
The case OF Edward Larkin charged
by Peter Erb with violating the ordin-
ance relating TO the numbering and reg
istering OF vehicles, was before Police
Court yesterday morning, and "0ur
Livery at the Bridge" came off glorious.
ly, his rival having to pay the costs,
amounting to So 10. Larkin, it seems,
cannot procure hacks from the city
liverymen when he has a big funeral
order and he has to send to Bellaire or
Bridgeport. Counsellor John o. PEN
dleton appeared for Mr.. Lsrkin.
YESTERDAY Secretary OF State Stall
maker issued q certificate of incorpora-
ton to the Wheeling, Parkersburg and
Charleston Railroad. The provisions OF
the paper are already well known to tie
public, and the routes and objects have
been ventilated repeatedly through the
press The incorporation paper is a
perpetual one, the main Office at Par
kersburg, the capital stock $1,000, 900,
and the shares $50 each. The incorpor-
ators are ID. II. Neal, W. n. Chancellor
and G. III. Shattuck, of Psrkersburg;
John Mcclure and w. F. Peterson, OF
Wheeling; b. w. Byrne and Isaac n.
Smith, Of Charleston; Robt H. Browse,
of Peasants county, and John H. Riley,
of Jackson county.