Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-19

THE st. Lawrence brought up LOO water
melons, yesterday, from Ravenswood.
Alex. burst bought the entire lot.
ROBERT ROBINSON is having some neces-
Sary repairs done to his North Wheeling
property.
NorICEs of church services should be sent
to this Office on Saturday for insertion in
The SUNDAY REGIsTER.
The Committee on Fire Department will
inspect the new patent fire ladder gotten
up by Mr.. Clator Of the East End.
A FIRM from Pittsburgh is at present
boring for oil on the Lindsay farm below
Moundsyille, and are confident of meeting
with success.
JOHN ZTEPFER' little son, who is subject
to fits, had an attack yesterday at the coal
works in West Wheeling and badly bruised
and cut his face.
The Hltelfigenser was entirely mistaken,
yesterday morning, in its statement that
The REGISTER had said Pc. Little was rear
rested as a lunatic.
SUIT for 500 damages will be begun, in
q few days against the b. & o. K. K. Co,
growing out of the killing of little Garfield,
Briggs, on Wednesday.
Mr.. FLORESCE's residence on Twentieth
street was entered by burglars early yester-
Gay anu q llii6 SllNCN WaSSAA oiAN .
lot of eatables were stolen.
Ar last the United engine house has been
fully renovated. This work has been done
by the fire laddies, who have saved the city
about $500 by their industry.
The ball of the Palm Leaf Social in Law
renee Heller's hall was n great success. The
greatest harmony prevailed, and the young
folks enjoyed dancing till late hour.
Ii hntr
has been built by the Managers OF the Chill
dren's Home, on their ground, for the
benefit of the little ones during wet
weather.
SWEENEY & Son have about finished their
contract with the Mingo Iron Works, OF
about IS nail machiRcs. They have ship
ped all the machines except six large spike
machines.
PARSON ARMSTRONG. foreman of the Hook
and Ladder house, was bitten by vicious
dog. yesterday. on Nineteenth street The
dog tore large piece out of his uniform,
bur did not break the skin.
FRED. THEIRS met with a very painful in
Jury at Reymann's brewery, yesterday,
while handling beer kegs, one OF which
slipped and caught his right hand under 1t,
SeVcTing one OF the fingers. DIR. Acker
mann dressed the wound.
AN accomplished young lady Of the
South Side is learning TO keep house, and il
haye'a residence of her own. She started
yesterday by using the scrubbing brush
freely on the side porch.
THE farewell dance at the Nail City boat
house was quite an elegant affair through
out. The Opera House orchestra was in at
tt ndanCe, which. Of course, was az fine
music as could be had. The dancing was
kept up until an early hour.
A FISHING club left North Wheeling yes
terday for Pike Island to remain during the
season. 1t is called the "Chickendancc
Club" Captain, Ed Hszlett; CommiSsary,
Skipper Oliver; cook and performer on the
trapeze bar, Frenchy Hydinger.
THE best oats cropped this year in Ohio
county are without any doubt those OF Mrs.
John Lebaier. on Mr. J. McCullOch'S farm.
Short Creek, AS well in quantity rs quality.
The weight of them will not he less than
80 TO "a pounds per buShel. The winter
barley he estimates little over 10 bushels
to the acre.
A CREEK mill boiler, who resides on Euif
between Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth
streets. on going home from work about
eleven o'clock Thursday night, and in I'M
dreSsiDg hastily left his bed room door UNI
locked, and on getting up yesterday morn
ing he found that his pantalOOns had been
stolen, which had about s. 90 in money in
them. nothing else in the house of value
haying been touched.
Gro. ZOECKLER has gotten up an exceed
iugly Ingenious device, which he will pat
emit Ii is an attachment to an elevator by
which the trap doors are automatically
opened and closed by the elevator plat
form IL is generally believed that the
Reilly fire could not have been disastrous
had the hatchway been closed, and this de-
vice will do away with danger from fire as
we'll as from accident.
A NEW patent shaping machine was re-
ceived by the Elson Glass Company, at Red
man < Co.'S machine shops, from New
Haven. This machine is intended to shape
the mOulds for the glass company, and is a
great labor saving machine, as 1t does the
work OF several skillful workmen. This
company has also rented power, Re-, from
Redman & Co All their work will be done
at his establishment corner OF EoF and
Eighteenth streets.
ONE Of the most pleasant social affairs OF
the season was the birthday party given by
Miss Lee Walton, daughter of Thcs. Wal
ton, ESQ. ut her pleasant home OH South
Front street, Island, Thursday evening.
Handsome invitations had been issued, and
thirtv-Six happy little couples met to con-
graduate her on her eighth birthday. The
gay little misses and ROSTERS enjoyed them
selves immensely by playing, singing, &c,
until q P. NJ, when they were called to a
refreshment table to partake of all the del
icacies of the season. All wish Miss Lee
return OF many more such happy occasions.
YESTERDAY morning VIM. Peel, a coal
miner, met with a very serious injury
while attempting to cross the switches OF
the TuScsrawas Railroad track at their coal
works Just north Of Bridgeport. Ii seemed
that he and several other men were
digging coal for the company, and when
they arrived at these switches yesterday
morning going 10 work they were filled
with coal cars which the yard engine was
making up into a train, and in attempting
TO pass between two cars the engine backed,
which caused him to spring suddenly back
irving to escape, but unluckily the wheel
caught his left limb between the
| knee and ankle joints, crushing it badly.
Medical attention was Immediately called,
| but through some misunderstanding as to
whether the doctor would receive his pay
| or not. the limb was not dressed until after
/ be bad been removed to his residence, No.
| SlS Coal street last evening. The doctor
! thinks that he may be able 10 save the
limb, though it is very badly crushed.
] Inc TnalteF OF u new IOIIlnS mill at the up
/ per end Of the city has not assumed any
1 defipite shape, although there has been con-
! yCrsstion with some Of the proprietors Of
! the Steubenyilie Furnace and Iron Com
| Pany on the subject by practical men
/ who are willing to take stock in such q
concern. We learn that the furnace COM
/ pany and the jefferson Coal and Iron Com
! pany would probably be willing to make
an arrangement by which both concerns
would put their joint property into a new
| organization at $4,000, 1t would
| require an additional $4,000 to start
the rolling mill, making total
of 5000, 600. For this the concern would
have shout $40 acres of coal yet unmined,
! two fret class coal shafts, large blast Turn.
ace and rolling mill complete. with a large
surface tract fronting two railroads and
the river, with the prospect of a third rail-
road direct from the country passing
| through the property. 1t is pretty safe to
say that this property could not be dupli-
Gated anywhere in the country for that
| amount of money, and such q concern
under proper management would be found
Al =. ,ek III