Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-17

bits OF News Found Floating about the
City.

RosxRr STEWART Is hostler at the Eighth
Ward hose house.
TuERE will be no change In the Opers
House management.
TEE police court Of this city don't pre-
sent half the attractions 1t used to.
THx Guernsey Listemann entertainment
at the Academy Of Music tonight
SEVENTEEN cases will be tried before His
Honor, this morning, at the police court
The Circuit Court was engaged on Satur.
day in the disposition of chancery bust
ness.
THE Fourteenth street paper has at LAST
learned that the St. Lawrence is a side
wheeler.
- ZINE, large" excursion will go to Gin
cinnati, for the May festival, on the St
Lawrence.
WHEELING has sent no donation to "Betty
and the baby" Wheeling is not much on
cranks, anyhow.
The Sunday Leoder will shortly go over
to Market street, and occupy portion OF
the Jiolksbldt building.
The Lawson property at Triadelphia was
put up on Saturday, but a only $500 was
offered, it was pulled down again.
IT is rumored that Mr. W. T. Chambers
while sinking a we'll n his yard at Elm
Grove, last week, struck silver mine"
The trustees of the Knights OF Honor
through Judge Cranmer, Saturday paid to
A, f. Boggs, heir OF o. S. Boggs, who died
at Cadiz recently, 5000.
A NEW counterfeit five dollar note on the
Traders National Bank, of Chicago, has
made its appearance in our city.-Jog7'dt
And has been here for about four years, too
THE McNaughton property on Market
street was sold on Saturday - Mr..
George 0rth for 5000, Attorney Z. G.
Cracraft being the commissioner and W. IL.
Haller the auctioneer.
'SQUlRE PHILIPs'dog Hayes" was shot by
some Cowardly rascal early Saturday morn
ing. Hayes" had more sense than the
man who shot him by large majority and
the shooting was rascally trick.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made for race
on roller skates for purse OF so between
William T. Saddler, OF Wheeling, w. Va,
and n. b. Clark, of Cleveland, at the rink
in this city the latter part OF next week.
- Youngstown Ne1rs. Register.
YESTERDAY morning about church time
the roof of Mr.. John Turner's house, in
Bridgeport, was discovered to be on fire. A
few buckets of water soon put it out, and
averted what might have been disastrous
fire. The loss is small and covered by in
surance.
The floor of the United engine house is
in sad need of repair. The boards are
broken through in many places, and this
gives the main room all exceedingly rat
~" look which the men cannot avoid. The
reel, also. needs attention. and good coat
of paint would not be amiss.
The police dropped in on the CHANDELIERS,
on saturday night, at the faro bank At l.":l
Market. Thirteen players were captured,
one Of whom grumbled exceedingly, as he
was Just about to copper the queen on the
last turn. They all gave fictitious names
and put up security for their appearance
this morning.
AN article which appeared in these col
umns, on Saturday morning, did Mr.. Craw-
ford an unintentional injustice. The cor
rect account will be found over Justice
Ankles signature elsewhere. The saturday
article was given from what was believed
to be reliable information, and there was
not the slightest intention oil wronging Mr..
Crawford.
THERE was slight fight at the upper end
of the market house last night, which from
the start, looked as if there was going to be
blood shed But Officer JunkinS put in
his appearance and the belligerents thought
suddenly OF urgent business in a different
part of the city, which they went to attend,
leaving the officer champion OF the market
house ring and minus prisoner.
ABOUT . o'clock last night large crowd
gathered on Market street, at the alley
which runs at right angles to the river, be.
tween Twenty-third and Twerty-fOurth
streets. The report was that man was car
rying woman down the alley and she,
barefOoted and in her night clothes, was
screaming vigorously. Further than this,
or who the persons were, could not be as
Certained.
THE Hess Adme Opera Company on Sat
urday, gave two performances, and will
leave the impression in Wheeling that q
better company does not exist. The Mas
cote and FRA Diayolo' were faultleSsly
rendered, and were receivee with the Wild
est applause. Adelaide Randall took most
of the hOrOrs, her "Zerlina" captivating
the audience. Peake's, Smith and Wilkie
and Misses Serle and EllSner each won
laurelS.
A LITTLE son OF Mrs. Healy, who, it will
be remembered. fell down stairs some time
ago and died three days afterward from
injuries received, while playing about the
store of L. w. Weitzel. Thursday night, fell
and broke an arm.-htCiigcRccr. We pub
lish this item merely to get in ahead OF the
grammarian OF the REGISTER and to save
the author from the whitening criticism of
that potentate.-NewS-Letter Correct. The
wrath of kings is like consuming fire.
shortly after the death of DR.. SurgisSOn
an agreement was entered into with the
executor of her husbands estate by which
she renowned certain interests in said
estate in consideration OF other emoiu-
mentS. This agreement was entered into
under the provisions of the will. SubSe.
quently she renowned the contract and
brought suit to recover her thirds and
on Saturday Judge Jacob ruled that the
circumstances under which the contract was
made would make il ncgotory in Il court OF
equity, thus giving full force to the re-
nunCiatiOn.
TONIGHT the Guernsey LiStemann Com
bination will give an entertainment at the
Academy OF Music that will be one of the
most artistic and beautiful of the season,
and we should not be surprised if many in
the audience were to declare it the feature
par excellence amongst the finest. The
programme is rs rich andattractive as could
he desired, and offers enough variety to
please the most iaStidiouS, rs well as those
whose taste demands the light and mclodi-
Gus, Handel. Lumbye. David Copperteld
and Faust, Could there be greater con-
traSt? And the connecting links are not
wanting, The sale of seats indicate a very
large attendance. and We take pleasure in
seeing that our people respond so hand.
sOmcly in their welcome 10 this most eX-
ceilent company. Some good seats are still
unSold, and those desiring to take advant-
age of the rare opportunity offered will do
we'll to secure them early this morning"
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