Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-28

Rr,.r lettings Of News In and About
- the CifV. 49,

Brfer sotttnEs OF News In anu Aeout
the CitV. 49,
The park is closed.
Tins rain may hustle up the river,
my PARrNER" this afternoon and even
ing s.-erss
YEbrKRDAH was an intensely dark and
disagreesble day. .> .-.-,
EykRxrHINe was very quiet in police
circles last night.
OEE marriage license was issued at Clerk
Hooks Office, yesterday.
SEVERAL families from out east of the city
will move 10 town this winter.
ONE deed of trust was admitted to record
yesterday, at Clerk Hooks Office.
LIGHTs were necessary in nearly all
business houses, at times, yesterday.
The Committee on Lights met last night.
Nothing but regular routine business was
transacted.
The wife Of Benjamin Mclaughlin is
lying very low at her residence on the
South Side.
successful in-their fishing expedition mp the
river yesterday.
BETTING on the boat race was quite lively
laeL evening. GcNCIhA very A8A sums WSAo
put up in private parties hands.
The special committee appointed at the
last regular meeting of Council, in relation
to the census, will meet at the City Build
ing tonight.
The Island street cars were detained
about half an hour last evening by one of
the cars getting off the track at the east
approach to the back river bridge.
Il
from the city fishing, and the reports that
are sent back are very tiattering. They
claim that fiji never did bite more freely.
RICHARD WILKIE, a German, was appoint
ed by Capt Bennett. last night, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of Ofic r
Barum. He will be sworn in by the Mayor
this morning.
A VERY pleasant surprise party was, last
night, rendered to Miss Lizzie He'll, at the
residence of her parents on EOf street,
South Side. Afterwards the party ad-
jOurned to Beethoven Hall, and the evening
was spent in dancing. Music by Yankees
orchestra.
TIE following transfer was admitted to
record OF Clerk Hooks office yesterday: a
deed made the oath day of October, 1882,
by George G.. Hannah and wife 10 John w.
Morris, in consideration Of $3.50 for the
west half Of lot No. 1913, OH Sixteenth street,
East End.
LAST evening T. T. Cockayne left with his
orchestra on the sos train for BenwOod,
where be was joined by large crowd who
had eOnveyauCes in waiting and they pro-
ceeded To tleasant Hill, or Sherrard, and
spent the night dancing in the large hall at
that place. Forty couple were in atten-
dence.
YESTERDAY morning Harry Rust, pupil
at the Sixth ward school house, met with
serious accident During recess he and
several other boys were playing in the yard
and in catching each other Rust and an
other boy fell down together, with Rust on
the under side. His limb being on twist
il was broken, between the ankle and knee.
DR.. Hupp was called in and reduced the
fracture. This will compel young Rust TO
be confined 10 the house until Christmas.
The first grade meeting under the re-
yIsed rules of the Board of Education took
place yesterday afternoon at the Sixth
ward school. The teachers of A and
divisions of the public schools listened to
the class drills of the scholars under the
charge of Misses Hughes, WOlvinGton,
Richards and Morrison. The following
subjects were illustrated: Geography,
reading, lessons in English and arithmetic.
Some very creditable drawing papers from
Richie schools were also shown and COM
mented upon.
A GOOD joke is told on several boarderS at
one of the prominent hOstelrieS of the city.
They wanted oysters last night at supper,
and in the morning raised purse and pro-
cured the biYaiveS. At the time they west
in, Smacking their lips and anticipating the
chsgrin of their fellow boarders. Presently
their oysters came in, smoking hot, but at
the same time the juicy biyalyes were also
given TO all other bOarders. 1t seems that
the stewart bad heard of the little scheme
snd quietly procured oysters for every table.
The joke lost its force, and there was no
scOOp on oysters.