Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-21
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5 A WORK house is to be built at the intirm-
ary this fail
ONE fnarrisge license was issued at Clerk
Hook Office yesterday.
fSpun De LION Division, X. of p, will
give a social and ball on Thanksgiving
night
The Nail City boat Club are making
preparations for their ANIMAL ThanksglY'
ing ball, lE
TIE relief valve on the United Fire In.
CINE was tried on Market street yesterday
afternoon.
TIE steamer Little Anna win run to:
night to accommodate the theatre-goers OF
Martins Ferry.
A LARes bay horse was bought by the
Water Board, yesterday, to be used AZ the
Water Works. -, ~ .--H q. p
THERE Is no Waterman at the intersection
OF the b q o. road and the street railway
road after seven o'clock in the evening.
YEsrxRDAY afternoon the water main on
Twenty fourth street bursted. Workmen
were immediately put to work repairing
the same. ..-..... 49,
The steamer Little Anna will run an ex-
ira trip for the matinee and evening per-
tormances to-day, for the benefit Of persons
living in Martins Ferry.
The street railway company has received
q large quantity of steel rails, and will COM
mence laying them on Market, north OF
Sixteenth street. about the first OF next
week.
ONE Of the large Gaping stones on Greer
& Hangs hardware store fell yesterday on
Main street with q terrific crash, causing
great excitement, but fortunately doing
but little damage.
A HABEAs CORPUS was issued at Clerk Nc
Colloch's Office yesterday, in the case OF
the State vs.. Nellie Anderson, and it will
be argued before Judge Jacobs at 4 o'clock
this afternoon.
YESTERDAY afternoon q very exciting
game of base ball took place on the tunnel
green, between Gators and Hess mines,
in which the former were victorious by
score of 20 tot.
THE last will and testament Of Sarah
Standiford, deceased, was admitted TO pro-
GATE at Clerk Hooks Office yesterday, and
Newton Shannon was appointed admins
traitor. Bond 5000, with j. F. Jones as
security.
tempted to poison herself on Thursday
evening, but was detected in time to allow
DIR. Mccoy 10 administer Q saving antidote:
Her name was Remp and she firmly refused
to reveal the reason for her attempted self
destruction.
ISAIAH STEVENS little daughter was very
badly scalded, yesterday, at the residence,
on Thirty-frst street. The child was play
ing near q tub of hot water and slipped,
falling into the tub, with the above result.
DR.. Mccoy was Immediately called in and
dressed the wounds. At this writing the
child was resting as easily as could be ex-
pected.
QUITE an excitement was created at the
North End yesterday morning by q tee
phOnic message received at the Vigllant
Engine House that a building was on fire
near the North Wheeling Glass House. The
company got ready and started out, but
snother message was received in time to
check the company, but not before very
large crowd had gathered, as fire nova.
days is quite a curiosity.
LAST evening Mr.. Frank Watson, OF Fair
mont, was in the city, and, of course, went
to the Opera House. Having quite large
sum of money on his person he was
naturally uneasy, and being IN the habit OF
carrying his pocketbook in his hip pocket IN
some manner he changed it to the inside
pocket OF his coat. Before the perform
snce was over he felt in his hip pocket for
his purse and could not find it. Thinking
he had been robbed he rushed off to the
police headquarters, and while relating to
Captain Bennett where he had been, &C.,
be, accidentally placed his hand on his coat
pocket, and, To- there was the missing
pocketbook. Several wild rumors were
circulated on the streets about man being
robbed in the Opera House last night, and
upon sitting them down the above were
found to be the true facts and foundation
for the rumors.