Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-07
CITY CHIPS.
Facts and Faneies Gathered In ana
About the village.

COUNCIL tomorrow night.
BOARD of commissioners meets this morn
ing.
Two vAGs were placed behind the bars
yesterday.
ONE marriage license was issued by Clerk
Hook, Saturday.
The repairs to the Belmont blast furnace
are about completed.
ONE plain drunk was run in by Officer
Fugate Saturday night.
The Water Works Committee meet this
afternoon at half-past o'clock.
OFFICER BIRD arrested two men for dis
orderly conduct Saturday night.
The committees on city prison and
finance department meet tonight.
JUDGE JsFFERs will have a very large
docket to get through with this morning.
TIE work Of paving Market street on the
east and west sides Is progressing IN nne
style.
The B. & o. shops, in this city, will turn
out new passenger engine during the
coming week.
Mrs. FRANzHEIN's new residence on Main
street, above Tenth, is rapidly approaching
completion.
The heavy rain of Saturday afternoon
made the small streams in this vicinity run
out very rapidly.
An attempt was made TO fire DR.. Ulrich's
stable, Saturday evening, but the flames
were discovered and extinguished before
much damage was done.
MAMIE JoHYSoS's ranch, at the corner OF
Twelfth and Charles streets, was raided
Saturday night, two white men and two
colored women being arrested.
The work of tearing down the old Third
Presbyterian Church, in the Eighth Ward,
will be commenced to-day. Armstrong,
Coen & Co., have the job in hand.
SOME of the members of the Long Hun
grey Fishing Club, together with several
friends, left on Saturday for q weeks fish
ing and hunting up near Short Creek.
The police Gazettes" and STARS" played
a match game of ball at the Old Fair
Grouds Saturday afternoon, the North End
club being defeated by score of to 4.
The funeral Of Mrs. Glassner, OF North
Wheeling, yesterday afternoon, was the
lsrgest that has left this city this year,
about fifty vehicles being in line. Inter
ment in Greenwood Cemetery.
The stump of the old Democratic pole is
still standing at the head of Seyeoth street.
and Coon Lenhardt wants red light placed
on the top of it. Gen. Hancock has been
written TO in regard to the matter.
The beautifulappearance Of dense black
cloud, yesterday evening, as the sun drop
ped behind it, attracted the attention OF
many people. Its fantastic shape and beau
tiful silver lining were much admired.
The combination of odors which arises
from Wheeling creek these hot nights, is
enough to make the average pilgrim from
the banks of that classic stream known as
the Chicago river imagine he is at home IN
the Garden City.
ADoLPH BAKER, aged five years, fell from
the fire department wagon, on Twenty
fourth street, Saturday afternoon, sustain
ing severe injuries to his head. He was
removed to DR.. Edwards office, where his
wounds were dressed.
A DECK HAND off the Diurnal came near
being drowned yesterday afternoon, at the
wearf, while swimming in the river. Cap
tain Seamon seeiug that the imam would
soon go under, threw him plank, which
buoyed him up until sGif could reach
him.
THERE are several respectsble(H young
men who make a practice OF following
ladies to and from their homes on the Is
land, these summer evenings. Two or
three of these gentlemen are known, and
if they do not let up the police will be put
on their tail.
THE grand picnic to take place at Mem
MINI r's orchard at an early day, promises
to re the largest affair of the season.
Martins Ferry, Bridgeport, Bellaire, Ben
wood and the surrounding country, will be
largely represented. Over two thousand
invitations will be issued. Dancing day
and night to T. T. Cockayne's music.
THE heavy rain of Saturday afternoon
did considerable damage TO the cernin this
section of country. In Belmont county, as
we'll as on this side of the river, it was very
badly brokendown, notwithstanding there
was very little wind. This was particularly
noticed out the Hempfield, the damage eX-
tending as far as West Alexander, and also
for considerable distance up the river.
THE proprietors of the Wheeling Times,
the wide awake journal published in the
interests of OR culored population, are
making preparations for grand jubilee
concert, to come off about the LIST of Sep
TENDER. They will probably be forty or
fifty singers, besides the Arion glee club.
The proceeds are to be used in charging
and improving the paper and issuing 1t
weekly.
ABOUT four hundred excurSionists, en-
bracing the German Turner's of this city
and Bellaire, with their families and friends,
left Saturday aftern Don, on special train
over the P, W. & KY. railroad for Pitts
burg. to attend the Turn-Bezirk, which is
now in full blast in the smoky city. The
party marched to the depot headed by the
Opera House Band, and presented a fine
appearance The programme at Pittsburg
embraces grand meeting and prize turn
ing to-day and parade and picnic to-mor-
row.
To say the weather was warm Saturday
afternoon, is putting it mildly. II was red
hot And it was a peculiarly dis1GreeaDle
species of heat, too. 1t was not caused by
the bright rays of the summer sun, to put
1t POLITICALLY; but the sky was overcast by
dull, heavy clouds, and the air was moist
and sickening, causing ones clothes to
cling and stick to the body in a way that
was particularly exasperating. About 3
o'clock, however. the windows of heaven
were opened, and a dreHching rain of half
an hours duration caused the thermometer
to drop about 20 degrees and made life more
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