Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-21

A CORDIAL invitation is extended to all
| members OF the press to attend the Grand
Rechabite bal! this evening, at the Meme
chore Hail
! SnME of the glass cutters at the Central
| works were Idle a day or SO during the
| week on account OF being out OF glass. but
! are at work now.
| SOME of the stockholders OF the Wheeling
| Brush Electric Light Company will meet,
tonight, to see whether or not the company
! shall be dissolved.
A LADY living on the South Side, who
| has used the same needle CuShionfor oyer9
years, took it apart the other day, and in it
I found l,l30 needles.
The Martins Ferry boats and the Elm
\ Grove cars will run after the Rhea per
/ Torrance on Tuesday night. The sale OF
seats for Rhea will begin tomorrow morn
/ ing.
! THE Nail City Boat Club will give ball
/ tonight. at which a grand time is expected.
/ F. Hanke will furnish the music. Jonas
/ Holland is ballet master, with Geo. Har-
/ kins as assistant
/ THE decision in the railroad tax suit will
i be made in the Supreme Court, on Satur-
( day This is the case of the Chesapeake
( and Ohio Railroad Company, VS.. Auditor
/ Miller, appealed by the latter from the
I NlICNll NOuEt
! The Board of Health met last night, with
Squire SChultze in the chair. The garbage
contractors bonds were approved, and in
diyidual bills aggregating S72 were recon-
mended TO Council for payment. The pay
ment of quarantine bills was postponed.
The cases of John Eichelberg and Christ.
Truxell, charged with stealing barrel OF
flour from the wharf, came up in the Cir
, cult Court, yesterday, before Judge Boyd.
They plead guilty and were sentenced to
thirty and fOrty-two days Imprisonment
respectively.
The ReChabiteS ball to take place this
evening at MaennerchOr Hall corner of
Fourteenth street will be a fine gathering.
Cockayne will furnish the music. The
contest for the lodge pin Is more than
lively. a number from MOundsyille and
other points will attend
CAPT. JOHN BARRETT, the oarsman, has
his boat house one of the finest of the kind
on the upper Ohio, all ready and will leave
in May or June for down the river, to be
gone for some four months. The Captain
will take music with him and number OF
pic-nics will be given along the river.
JAMES GnrpoS BENNETT has Just complet-
cd one of the finest yachts for u pleasure
boat that was ever built in this or any 9th
er country. and will compare with any pal
ace in the world. Its cost is over two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars. He is
printer and can afford it; Sn can We. but
our boat Is not ready yet.
TuE Humane society movement seems to
be- booming. The ladies have succeeded in
enlisting nearly all the humane people OF
the city rs members \ meeting will be
held at Mozart Hall on Saturday next al 3
p NJ, when a permanent organization and
election OF officers will be held All mem-
ber> are expected TO be present at this meet
Ing.
A CERTAIN furniture firm in this city
have ON hand at present a very large
amount of walnut lumber for which they
paid $50 per thousand feet. They are now
offered 800 per thousand feet but refuse.
1t is becoming very scarce not only here
hat all over the country, Is so many OF the
tree, were DESTROYED while getting walnut
knots.
A YnuNG lady. while going down Market
street between eth and Sth streets, WedneS-
day night about : o'clock, was assaulted
and dragged into the alley by a rutian.
Her scream, soon brought assistance. but
not in time to catch the man. This Is the
second time lady has been stopped at
that alley and il is about time the practice
Was checked by some means.
| ELwooD W. SHNLLcRoSS, of the .IouraGL
| ndu Il severe tCGltltnl anu u ldllON CSNdpt
| from death, last night, ut the Il. Il D. depot
! He was waiting To go to MoundSyille on
| the special train bearing the Atlantic en-
! CINE, and in attempting to climb upon
! gOndola. lost his footing and fell. His
| head struck the bumper of the car. and
| fearful cash was cut above his eye. Dr.
| Hupp Sewed up the wound, after which
| ElwOOd was removed TO his home on Ninth
| street.
YESTERDAY morning at uine clock. Mr.
| John Frank Ritter and Miss Helen L.
! BrauSt were united i'm marriage at the
! Cathedral by Rev. Father Dean. The at
! PENDANTS were Mr.. otto BrauSt and Miss Mary
! Ritter. The bridal party held 4 reception
| at the residence of the parents, No. Cos
| National road, where a number of their
| friends called and pleasant time was in
| dulged into COCkayne'S music. The bridal
| couple were the recipients of great many
| handsome presents.
| M RACE was made between Briceland and
| O'HanlOn. The friends OF the former met
| at Sheekey'S saloon last night, where a let
| ter from OHanlon was in waiting. The
| Pitt>burghcr wrote a very SCathing letter
| referring to the grand kick made when he
! Won with kuOke, and saying plainly he
would never row again at Wheeling, or put
| up his good wealth in Wheeling hands.
| lie would row. but it must be in Pitts
| burgh, where, if he won. he would get the
money. No arrangements were made.
Mr.. JOHN ZNRNrrz, OF ZarnitzS Brothers
I Il Co, and Miss Mary Neager were married
! Yesterday afternoon at st. AlphOnSuS
| church. by Rev. Z. Kreusch. Prof. Meyer
| presided at the organ. A reception was
| rendered them at the residence of the brides
mother, in the Fourth ward, last night,
with music by the Opera House orchestra.
| They were the recipients of a great many
| valuable presents. The REGISTER extends
/ TO both of them il congratulations, and
! wishes them much joy and prosperity in
| their new departure.
AN alarm of fire was turned in from box
| = yesterday afternoon, occaSiOned by John
WHITES tar house which Is situated on the
east side of Chapline street near Caldweils
run, being on fire. The department re-
sponded promptly, but were unable to save
! the structure as il was impossible to put
| the tar fire out. The building is about lixl5
| feet and is used to boil tar in. Nobody
| knows Just how it caught. The workmen
| think that while boiling some tar the
/ flames from the furnace shot up around
| the pot and set the tar on fire. Mr.. Whyte
/ estimates his damages at $3.50.
! ABoUr l o'clock. Yesterday, some mis-
/ creant tried to FIRE the office Of DR.. John \.
| Campbell, on Market street, above Twenty
I >eCOnu- Inc rascal nau eNluSntly thrust
( his arm in the door, lighted q match and
| applied the flame TO the curtain. Col.
| Schilling happened to enter the office, inn
mediately afterward, and finding the cur
I tain blazing and half consumed. extin-
guished it. in so doing, burning his hand
| severely. DR.. Campbell saw two suspicious
| characters providing about there, but could
| find no evidence of their guilt. In his
\ office he has beautiful seven shooter and
| would like an opportunity to empty it at
an lnCendiary.
YESTERDAY morning 4 clerk at link &
| Sons furniture store, corner of Twenty
second and Market streets noticed a young
girl standing around the store acting
| rather suSpiciousiy. Just then some par
ties called his attention in the store, and
while while waiting on them he noticed
that one Of bis baby carriages was missing
| from the door. Rushing out and u2 70 the