Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-01
CITY CHIPS.
Facts and Faneies Gathered I'm sad
About the village.


A LARGE quantity of blackberries was
brought up on the steamer Telegram, last
Saturday.
PASSENGER business generally is good on
the railroads but emigrants are compare
lively few.
THE Andes band serenaded on Market
street, last night, making some very seduc-
tive music.
JOHN T. JONES paid s25 and costs before
Squire Philips yesterday on charge OF as
sault and battery.
The County Committees ON Poor House
and Farm and Court House and Jail met at
the Court House, yesterday.
A WINDOW fell down on a son Of Milt
Graham's, on Fourteenth street, and badly
cut his head, yesterday forenoon.
SURVEYOR BEACH expects to go into his
office in a few days. His commission is
expected, to-day, from Washington.
A CALLED meeting of Council, for this
evening, to take action on the street rail-
way ordinance, was ordered by the Mayor,
last night
THE rainy weather of yesterday interfered
with the work Of the Standard base ball
club in laying out the diamond on the
new Fair ground.
WARRANTS were issued by Squire Philips
Yesterday at the instance Of Dennis Gardi-
ner for David Keller, charging him with
assault and battery.
THERE were several rumors among the
fancy" last night, of prize fight at Beach
Bottom. No one seemed to know anything
definite concerning it.
A HEAVY run of warer in the creek would
clear out the filth now accumulated there
and greatly benefit the sanitary condition
OF things in that neighborhood.
The Water Board will soon be ready to
receive water rents for the first half OF
1882. A discount of 10 per cent. will be al
lowed during the first month.
A YOUNG man named Raum, sentenced
to serve two years in the penitentiary, for
stealing q watch at Triadelphia, was re-
leased yesterday, his time having expired.
JEFF MARTIN, of the steamer Diurnal, one
of the most popular clerks on the Upper
Ohio, is at present visiting friends at Pow
hatan JEFF is fayOrite with the travelling
public.
THE municipal court met yesterday morn
ing and after entering decree in the case
of Winnie Smith VS.. K. Seibert, trustee, or
dering the sale Of the real estate described
in the bill filed in this cause, adjourned
to court in course.
The new glass works at the North End
are about completed, and only few minor
things are needed in the interior, as the
outside of the buildings is completed. These
works will be started up not later than the
first of November.
Work on the stone foundation to the
new addition to Schmulbach & CO. s brew
cry is being pushed very rapidly, as the
company need the new office and wash
rooms badly. They are very much cramped
in the present structure.
FoREHAUGH's mammoth tents, beneath
which is exhibited his vast menagerie, two
ring circus, Museum and trained animals,
will accommodate fifteen thousand spec
tators. They are the largest, safest, cool.
est, only waterproof cents ever erected.
CORONER HOPE, of Pittsburg, yesterday
telegraphed to q mill manager of this city,
the information of the death by drowning,
Of Mr.. Tate, who built the Top mill blast
furnace, of this city and who has been
prominently connected with furnaces in
Ihis vicinity. Information is desired con-
corning the whereabouts Of his family or
friends.
IMPROVEMENTS are being constantly made
at the Sugar Refinery in the machinery, so
that they can get large quantity of syrup
through the factory. as the demand is over
etOrs think by the lst of November to be
able to turn out about double the number
of barrels of A l syrup, that is about one |
hundred day.
QUITE an excitement was created at
Hobbs, BrockunIer & Co.'S glass house,
Yesterday morning. by the oil catching fire
at the glory hole" The fire was easily
put out by turning of the oil, without
much damage being done except the stop
ping of the glory hole" for a few hours,
which threw several hands out OF employ
mcnt the res. of the morning.
THE Board of Public Works met at the
Capitol, yesterday, and decided to go next
week on the railroad assessing trip. On
Tuesday the members will go to Parkers,
burg and ON Wednesday assess the Laurel
Fork and Sand Hill road. On Friday morn.
ing the Board will meet at Charleston and
inspect the public buildings and the next
day will begin the assessment OF the Chesa-
peake and Ohio road.
The preparatory work for laying the new
floor Il the Tinted Engine House was fin
iShed yesterday that is, place to put the
engine and reel so that they will be able TO
respond to alarms while the work is in
progress. The laying OF the floor proper
will be commenced this morning and We
will wait for the outcome OF the talked OF
ofspace ior incidents, etc, that night.
AT half.past three, yesterday, an alarm
of fire was sent in from box q, at the
Western Union corner and sent an I'M
mense crowd of people and the fire depart
ment skurrying thither. stove broke
down in the laundry of the st. James Hotel
and the smoke caused some excited indt~
Viduals to turn in an alarm. 4 momentary
panic existed among the guests, but was
soon ouieted down. No damage resulted
from the stove accident
We have an industry in this city which
has not been spoken OF much, but is never
theless an improvement to the city rs
center of mandatory, that IS the new
comb factory at the mouth OF Boggs' run.
Mr.. Thomas Mersing, the proprietor, is
Swiss and has only been in the United
States about 81 x months, and We think
few more of this kind would be acceptable
These works are of course in their infancy,
but will make their mark ii the sample
we have seen of their work is any criterion
to go by.
FoREPAUGH has gisntesS with his great
show, who is said TO be the talleSt woman
on earth. With more than giants
bulk. her occupations are eminently
feminine She signs, being almost eight
feet tall; she languisheth, being three feet
wide: she worketh slender sprigS upon the
delicate muslin, her fingers being capable
of moulding a colossus; she sippeth her
beer out of q glass daintily. her capacity
being that of key; she goeth minchingly
with those feet of hers, whose Solidity need
not fear the oXS pressure.
Mr.. CHARLES ZIMNERs three year old
| daughter, Matilda, met with a very serious
accident, yesterday afternoon, while play
| ing near the second.story window of their
residence. corner of Sixteenth and Wood
| streets. In some manner the little child
| fell out OF the window, striking the steps
on her back and rebounding to the pave
ment. When picked up and carried into
| the house every person present thought
| that death would Claim her in a few mo-
| ments. Drs. Stifei aud Baguly were called
| in and did all in their power for her, but
| up to late hour last evening she was still
| in very critical condition.
ABOUT 11:45 o'clock. yesterday morning,
John Rinehart, died of the wound received
! in the shooting gallery few days since.
| The ball, which had not been found. sever
| ed the main artery of the arm and on Sun
| day it became apparent to the physicians
/ ha -.