Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-20
TEE NEWS scsxxx.
minor Notes OF Information - Small
Local Matters.

minor Notes OF Information - Small
Local Matters.
The Paxton fountain unsteady murmurs
10 the inmates Of the State House these
days
ONE deed Of trust and one marriage
license made up the recorders business
yesterday.
A DECIDED change has been arranged in
the German studies of the public schools.
by Supt Birch and Miss Lena Regel, the
German teacher.
The South Side singing society had
grand ball at Arbens Hall, last evening, to
Mayors music. The ball was very hand
somely fitted up for the occasion.
ONE deed in fee was admitted 10 record,
Yesterday, as follows: Deed of March "a,
iSS2, between Sallie B. Hallett to Ellen V.
Frank, for piece OF ground on North
York street, Island. for $500.
THE case Of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company vs.. the Whitaker Iron
Works Company was concluded in the Cir
cult Court, yesterday. The jury, after
short absence, returned with verdict for
the defendant
A DISPATCH from Parkersburg last night,
announced that the ST. Lawrence left there
at s o'clock last night, and will be here at s
" C4O(A THIS AL Va thO NASeA
sionists were well, and had enjoyed them
selves immensely.
AUDITOR MILLER yesterday received the
handsomest desk We have seen lately. He
is very proud Of it. Some of the present
furniture of his private office will be trans
ferred to the general office. This latter
office is now ornamented by stationary
washstand.
The races at the Island Driving Track,
this afternoon. will, no doubt, attract q
large crowd. The weather promises to be
fair, and the track will be in good condi;
ton. Close races and fine sport promise
10 be the order of the day.
The projectors of the gas well at Wells
burg are sanguine of great results. They
expect tobore between 1000 and 5000 feet
and strike the great gas belt Of which the
Michigan we'll is one of the outlets. The
we'll and works will be situated in the
lower part of the town Of Wellsburg.
YESTERDAY afternoon, on Eleventh street,
DR.. Billiards. coupe upset, by some strange
accident, and the horse fell on the pave
ment A second afterward the physician
shot out of the door, frightened, but I'M
hurt. A few scratches and a broken glass
summed up the damages to the coupe.
Pools we're sold at Walters saloon last
night, on the races at the drying tranL to-
day. The ATTENDANCE S;sss small, and very
little money, comparatively, was put up.
Fer the alter-Handlan race, the odds
were Lady Forrest $40, Seschannock S.;
and Lady Forrest $l0 NeschannOck 81.
Only one or two pools were sold on the
Governor Jackson and Lady Warren race,
and were about even up.
REV. EAroN, of fredericksburg. Carroll
county, Ohio called at this office, yesterday
in hiOhlu inAinnont state nf
feeling, and denied the statements made by
Iams in regard to the missing notes and
the spiriting away of Charles Giland. He
said he had given memoranda of the notes
and had acknowledged the Indebtedness, so
that the fact that the notes were gone could
have been of no benefit 10 him. In regard
TO the disappearance OF Gilland, he said
he had taken him TO Bellaire TO see his sis
ter, Mrs. DR.. kurz. These statements are
given at their face value.
YESTERDAY afternoon, as yard engine No.
SIS was switching some cars on Seventeenth
street, Michael McGraw undertook to drive
his horse and cart across the track, behind
the engine. The horse had crossed, but the
engine struck the back OF the cart, upset
ting both horse and vehicle anil throwing
McGraw violently to the ground. After
good deal of trouble and large crowd hay
ing gathered, the animal was extricGtcd
from the cart. No damage was sustained
by either of the participants. All who
witnessed the accident considered tina. Nc.
Graw should not have attempted to cross
the track, and that the accident was no
fault of the engineer.
A PROMINENT mill man of this city told a
REGISTER reporter, yesterday, that he now
looked on a general strike as inevitable.
The men won't give in and the owners
cant" said he. But if the men would
only look shead, they would see their mis-
take. | will tell you. | have just come in
from the country and never saw anything
like the prospect. Every thing is looking
msgniticent.and crops will be very abund-
ant. Cattle are coming in in greater num-
bers and beef will soon cheaper. By the
fall, the cost of living will be reduced 10 TO
- per cent. The men base their claim for
an advance principally on the cost of living
and by fall that argument will have fallen
through. think If the men had little
more foresight they would keep straight on
and fare best themselves and do the best
for all concerned
The Committee on Real Estate met at
the city building, last evening, to consider
the matter OF the FOrSythe property, or
that portion of Seventeenth street which
lies between Fishers foundry and the Ger
man ST. Johns Church. The Supreme
court has decided Mrs. Ellen FOrSythe
owns the street and she has written Council
3; letter offering the city the first chance to
buy it. To decide what course the city
should pursue the matter was referred to
the City Solicitor and Committee on Real
Estate Mr.. Erskine appeared for Mrs.
ForSythe, and thought the property was
worth from 5000 to $4,000, but the men,
Jers OF the committee thought the price too
high The street has been in use, as such,
for about ten years and the water main has
been laid through it, so that the city must
either buy or condemn ii. To decide which
was better, the matter was referred to the
City Solicitor, with instructions to report