Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-07
HERE AND THERE.
Bits Of News Found Floating about the
City.

| Hook, yesterday.
JOHN MooRE,a heater at the Belmont mill
is on the sick list
The Mennerchor ball will be held on
next Thursday night.
| Two deeds of trust were admitted to
record, yesterday, by Clerk Hook.
C. BoSIM was arrested last night by
| Officer Bird for disorderly conduct.
PAT HALEY was arrested by Officer
CoombS, last night, for disorderly conduct.
The Vigilant reel, which has been in the
shop getting repaired, was returned, yes
| terdaY.
OFFICER JUNEINs was clearing the pave
ment of dry goods boxes &C., on Main street
yesterday.
FRANK SHANLEY'S bail was yesterday fixed
by Judge Jacob at 500, but he is yet IN
captivity.
THE folks living on alley C. are loud in
their complaints in regard to its fearful
condition.
THOMAS MYERs, who had his leg broken
about three weeks ago in Fulton, Is getting
along nicely.
The concert and dance by the Menner'
Choir singing is to be on next Thursday,
and was not last night, as was suited.
THERE we're only two heating furnaces at
work in the Belmont mill, last night, as
the others were undergoing repairs.
| ALEXANDER BONE, real estate agent, sold,
| Yesterday, the property OF Elizabeth w.
| Isham, on Main street, to Mr.. John Steger
for - 100 cash.
The street brigade are at present remov.
ing the embankment on the west side oil
! Market street, above Seventh, and new
pavement will be put down.
| The examination of the applicants for
| the position Of principal Of the colored
| school was completed yesterday. The
! papers will be inspected to-day.
] WM ZIMMERMAN, of this city, has sold
! his saloon in Bridgeport, and will retire
| from the business. IL is thought that
| great many others will do likewise.
THE fact that no member of the Supreme
Court accompanied the remains OF the late
Judge Patton, is exciting unfavorable COM
ment in the Southern part OF the State.
THE Wheeling and Martins Ferry packet
Little Anna has made a change in her time
card. She will now make trips hourly.
See time card in advertisement column.
The robbers who went through J. T.
Hodgen's safe ut Portland, missed box
containing 200 in gold. They will feel
bad when they read this itcm-SeubenrNe
HcTaid.
JIMMY NICHOLS has got his watering carts
i'm order and is now Stacking the dust on
the principal streets. Our business men
should come down handsomely for Jimmie
for his good work.
ABOUT two o'clock this morning Officers
| Williams and Barum raided q bagnio in
Alley T.. Centre Wheeling, and captured
Mag Flannery "Dashing Charlie IA
woman Harry Smith and Charles Wllbor.
ASSISTANT Postmaster RELY was yeSter-
day measuring the distances from the b.
X o. and the 7. {. 4 st. l.. depOtS to the
pOstofiice. TO determine what is to be paid
for hauling mails to and from. From the
L. x o. the distance is 1880 feet, and from
the Y e. Il st. l.. $50 feet.
The long talked-of ball to be given at the
Town Hall, Elm Grove, by the young folks
Ofthat vicinity and surrounding neighbor-
hood. comes off on next Tuesday evening,
April 18th. They have secured the ser
vices OF T. T. COckayne's orchestra, End
pleasant time is looked for. a number
from this city will so out.
One of the Hook and Ladder horses was
exchanged iVr horse from the United,
Yesterday, on account OF il being very
lame MeSsrs. Kraft and Wallace, black
smiths were called in TO examine his feet,
last night. and discovered a horseshoe nail
embedded in the frog OF one OF his hind
feet Upon il being extracted the animal
seemed greatly relieved. and will be able
for duty in q short time.
THE Municipal Court met yesterday
morning. In the case of l.. G. 4 w. Stifel
VS.. c. F. Stifel. \ decree was entered con-
STRUNG the last will and testament of John
Louis Stifcl, deceased, and directing in
veStments Hereunder, +. Zimmerman,
administrator. and others VS.. John Suffer
and others. The answer of Charles Otto
was filed and an order OF reference to J. II.
PAUL, commissioner, To take and state the
accounts EC.. taken. Court then adjourned
until 9:3O this morning.
The Secretary of War has approved Of
the plans and specifications of the bridge
which the Lake Erie company wishes to
throw over the river between this city and
Martins Ferry, as submitted by the special
bridge commission appointed by the War
Department. The Lake Erie company was
rather apprehenSiYc lest the War Depart
ment would embarraSS it by restricting to
some certain locality, but the Secretary has
granted il the option OF any one of three
sites upon which the bridge can be located.
YESTERDAY morning about half past six
o'clock, as Ed Hogan was going through
Beltz X Flading'S planning mill yard, he
discovered smoke coming out of shed
which was used as an ont house and storage
room, and adjOins the main building.
Rushing in he discovered two old broOmS
which were saturated with oil and i large
bundle of kindlingon fire, which he threw
out into the yard. No damages were sus'
tanned. This, with the fires, Wednesday
night, shows cOnclusiyely that the fire
bugs are here and are determined to make
big blaze.
YESTERDAY evening, as near rs we can
learn, sixty men were discharged from the
Panhandle shops, to take effect Saturday.
The discharged men are from all the de-
paItmentS, including Is passenger carpen-
| tiers, 10 freight men, 10 painters, 5 wood
| machinery men. 8 blacksmithS, iron ma.
| ChiniSts. : cabinet makers, uphOltstererS,
| and timers. The cause assigned Is the
] loss of money on the leased lines Of the
road making ii necessary to cut down
expenses Some of the men claim
| that cheaper hands will be put
| To work but ii this were true, higher
priced men would have been discharged,
but US it is all the men cut oil are low
priced 1t is said that when the unfinished
work On; hand is CONF leted another lot OF
men will be discharged \ large number
of hands have been discharged on the en-
tire line, but the number will pot reach
| the 6,OGO repeated. There is plenty OF
work in the city. and every man diSCharg-
| ed can get employment at better wages
than he receives at present.-Ste"be1.rWe
GiI-stiS.
The following cOnyeyauceS were admit
ted to record by Clerk Hook yesterday: a
deed made the 9Th day OF April, 1882, by
Elizabeth TrebOtt 10 kreSzenz Wolf, wife
of AndreaS Wolf, in consideration of 81 800
for the south half OF lot No. 5, in square
No -. in CaldwelrS addition to the city.
\ deed made the LIST day of April, 1882, by
James L. Rogers, trustee, to II. W. Schrebe,
in consideration of 1925, for lots No. IS and
Is in Jacobs addition to the city. A deed
made the 10th day of May, 1881, by the
city OF Wheeling 10 L. J. Duffield, in con-
sideration Of S25, for lot No. il5 in PENN
sular Cemetery. A deed made the 10th day
| Of March, lSS2, BY Vim. Bailey and wife, OF
| Melrose, Mass, to Andrew J. and John NJ.
! Sweeney, in consideration of 400, for lots
/ No. 1. ), II and the north half OF Ii, in
| square No II, in the Sixth ward. A deed
| made the 3Oth day of March, 1881, by ChsS.
/ ZoOckler and wife, OF Ohio, to Albert Smith,