Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-12

Facts and Fancies Gathered In and
About the Village.
AsorHER whitewash at Clerk Hooks ofics
yesterday.
THE repairing Of the Suspension. bridg,
Is about completed. 9rNB3 NE2f
! YESTERDAY mornings session Of Police
Court was q whitewash.
A NEW Ere plug has been placed in from
OF the North Wheeling Hospital.
A SURPRISE party is looked for next weei
in the East End. 7. T. Cockayne will play
THERE Is q bad spot In the east Sidewalk
OF the Msrkes street bridge, which should
be repaired at once.
MAsrER s. G. ROBINSON, who has beer
visiting at Mr.. Clemmers, in Belmon
county, has returned home.
The new reel for the Hope hose house
was finished yesterday.-1. 10 quite ~
ornament TO the department.
or the 18th and 18th grand reception
will be held at Assembly Hall at Mounds
vile. 7. 7. Cockayne will play.
COOK LONG, of Martins Ferry, has JUS
purchased one of the finest and most sub
stantial rigs in the city OF Martins Ferry
One of the Hook and Ladder truck horses
which has been sick Tor few days, will bt
taken 10 the country and put on pasture
to-day. ..-.-.
A DISPATCH from r. B. McLain, at Louis
vile, received yesterday, SAYS: ''0n Buck
eye State when she sunk. All ashore with
out loss" r -
THE meteoric shower came. Early yes
terdsy morning the heavens presented
beautiful sight, by which fire works were
not side show.
The improvements that have been made
to the residence Of Capt. Sam. Kuglen, on
Seventh street, reflects great credit for
those interested
The public library room will be opened
by the first of September. Librarian PEN
dleton, assisted by Superintendent Birch, is
hard at work arranging the books.
The United Engine house boys were re-
arranging the pullies, etc, for the harness.
The engine was taken in the house last
evening, ana is now ready TO answer all
alarms promptly.
7 CHARLES AND JOHN, two small sons OF
Dory Krieder, were arrested by Officer Dun
lap, in the First ward, yesterday, at the in
stance Of County Commission Stein, who
will send them to the Poor Farm, as they
have no home.
The men at work repairing the broken
sewer in front of LOTUS & Reilly's livery
stable, had dug the depth of twenty feet
Yesterday morning, and only reached the
TOP of the sewer. The work will not be
completed before Monday.
BROWN MCCLELLAN, a wealthy farmer liv-
ing Just east of Claysville, on the National
Road, had fifty heeces Of wool stolen from
his wool houSe on Wednesday night. Two
suspicious characters were seen in wagon
in that neighborhood about dusk.
THE flooring at the United engine house
is about completed, and it has made re-
markable change in the appearance of the
room. This house is now the best arranged
of any in the city. The reel will now stand
next to the front door, and the engine i'm
mediately behind it.
MAMIE JoHNsoN's house at the corner OF
Twelfth and Charles streets. which has
been occupied for the last few days by a
couple of lewd white women, as the Mad
SIN is now in Jail, was raided last evening
BY Lieut.. Sylvis and Officer Junkins, who
locked the Soiled doves IN.
MES. LOUIS BAYHA was last night sur
prised by the married ladies Of Fulton.
That they are no Temperance ls1'es was
proved by the kCgo of lager which aceonpan-
led them. The next surprise was Mr.. ..ohn
Stein, the loser in the last foot race. About
twenty young couple amused themselves
with dancing.
MABEL Brown and Charlie Davinger, two
soiled doves of Twenty.frst street, were on
the warpath last night, and undertook to
clean out the rancho at 1919 Chapline street.
The officers were notified and repaired -
the East End, only to find that they had
lett for home. They were finally arrested
on Twenty-6rst street and locked up.
AN attempt to burgIarize the residence of
George Carson, OH Fifteenth street, in the
East End, was made early yesterday morn
ing, but the crooks were scared of. The
occupants Of the house, hearing them at
work, raised the window and noticed two
men rushing of. This business of at
tempted burglaries are getting 100 numer-
Gus, and something should be done ard
that quickly.
FROM what can be gathered from both
sides. that of Mr.. Hoffman and of the men,
the difficulty at the tannery has dwindled
to very small proportions. Mr. Hoffman
was waited on by the committee from the
knights of Labor and declined to receive
them as such. As individuals, he said to
them the three men discharged were not
so treated because they were Knights OF
Labor. IL is said. however, the Knights
are not satisfied with the explanation and
will further consider the matter.
THE terminus of the Smith fight was
reached at Squire Philips office, yesterday.
Elmer Smith. for assault and battery, was
fined ten dollars and cost. James Smith,
for the same offense received the same dose.
Mary Smith, for cutting Elmer with a
Ratchet, fined twenty dollars and costs, and
Mrs. Matilda Smith, for striking Elmer
with stick, fined twenty dollars and costs.
Also the case of the State vs. James Jones,
for assault and battery, was tried by the
Squire, and the defendant was fined ten
dollars and costs.
YESTERDAY afternoon another attempt
was made TO burn DR.. Ulr;ch's stable in
Alley c. This, Ike the former, was done
by plPcirg large piece of lighted paper on
q stick ard pushing it through the air
boles, but fortunately the paper went out
without setting fire to the stable. A REG
IsrER reporter was shown the paper and
the stick, last evening, aud on one
side of the piece OF paper was tine names OF
Frank and Jessie James, which looks as IL
we have a crowd OF young roughs in the
| city that are trying TO be equally as no.
torious es the James brothers.
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