Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-01-06

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Points About she City.
TIE Municipal Court meets to-day.
woRK was yesterday begun on the Fair
ground lake.
The pay car came down on the 7. V. road,
yesterday.
A FISE new brussels carpet is being put
down in the Senate chamber.N
Tx regular meeting Of the Streets and
Alleys Committee was held last evening.
THIS drizxling rain may make the walk
ing too unutterably and inefiably beyond,
to-day.
DIPLOMACY" and "Child of the State
are the next attractions after Patience
end 1t seems kellogg is coming after all.
A NUMBER Of stalls for the reception OF
mail matter will be placed on the south
side of the postofflce main room.
The Fulton butchers and ice men were
busily engaged in cutting ice all day yes
terday. The ice is about four inches in
thickness and very clear and good.
A HUNoRoUs cane presentation at the city
building on Wednesday night, from W. Il.
Haller to W. A. Wilson, should not be
omitted from news collection.
TIE balance crank OF the large pump at
the water works was replaced yesterday
morning. and, with both pumps going, the
water ran smoothly all day.
UNITED STATES Circuit Court will sit at
Parkersburg on Tuesday, the 10th inst,
Judge Bond presiding. A grand jury will
be empaneled and the session promises to
be long one.
PEOPLE living in East Wheeling complain
that the water famine arrangements at the
gas works left very bad taste in the pipes,
which is communicated to their drinking
water, making il unfit for use.
LOUIS DICENNN an HstelligcTcer employe,
had difficulty with Christian Frank. in
which he claims the latter struck him. The
inevitable assault and battery case followed,
which Squire Philips will hear to-day.
Ar the residence OF Ebenezer Zane, Esq,
on the Island. large and delightful party
was held last evening. Sope thirty couple
were present and danced away the hours
TO Mayors music.
A VERY pleasant party was given, on
Wednesday evening, NJ the residence OF
Adam Ed6le, in the Eighth ward. \ large
number of adult folks from this city and
BenwOOd participated.
CARRIE WHITING, the colored girl who
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died yesterday afternoon. ltwas developed
yesterday that the fatal burning was the
second time that day her clothing had taken
fire.
OFFICER FUGATE, while returning from
Columbus, on Wednesday morning, wit
messed q terrible railroad accident. A few
miles this side of Columbus the train
struck q team, killing the horses and the
man who drove them.
The county committee yesterday met
and decided 10 make great Improvements
10 the poor house, consisting OF 4 hospital
and stone she'd The heating arrange
mentS will DC improved, and the whole
will cost about 81, 500.
The northbound train on the Tuscarawas
road. which left Bridgeport at l soon We'd
nesday, was delayed five hours ut UrichS-
vile. by the engine jumping the track. The
accident happened at the frog and it
was difficult 10 replace il. The train. which
should have reached Cleveland at 500, did
not reach there until 80.
THERE was anarrow escape from q serious
fire in the Fifth ward, yesterday. Peter
Riley. who keeps shooting gallery in Par
ker Block, on Market square, was filling q
lamp. when the oil took fire. In q moment
the flames had caught curtain close by
and blazed up in way that meant business.
Riley pulled the curtain down, burning
his hands badly in the operation, and tram
Piled out the fire.