Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-08

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TO-DAY is the last Of Lent.
SPRrSe bonnets will blossom tomorrow.
Tomorrow will be Easter. Dye your eggs
to-day.
Nor a Catholic Church bell was heard
yesterday.
Two marriage licenses were issued by
Clerk Hook YESTERDAY.
CARS will be running on the Wheeling
and Elm Grove railway to-day.
ALFRED GRAHAM, at the water works. had
his foot badly mashed, yesterday, by drop
ping piece of lead upon il.
THE people living in the Sixth ward are
complaining about the small boys breaking
glasses with ''nigger shooters"
FRITY KoEHN, a workman at the B. & o.
shops, dropped jack screw on his foot,
yesterday, bruising it severely.
ED. CLAroR says for Fatty Weisgerber to
rest easy about race with him; that he
will accommodate Fatty before the season
closes.
LIEUT.. SYLvIs arrested George Richard
son, last night, for assault and battery on a
small boy in the Second ward market
house.
C. A. ScHAEFER & Co, the real estate
agents, have sold the Braun property, on
Main street, to Mr.. Hermann Lingen, for
$3.50.
SURF. RIDDLE was yesterday placing a
branch pipe to replace the broken one De-
longing TO the supply pipe on Eighth
street.
MARY BOWMAN and Kate 0'Donnell were
arrested last night by Officer Barum, in the
Fifth ward, for lettering on the corner with
a crowd of boys.
Hmm OuSUATs a younp girl at Louis
Soldiers, Centre Wheeling, fell into the
cellar, last night, ana sprained her ankle.
DIR. Edwards dressed the hurt.
A FINE residence is being built on Market
street. west side above Seventh. Mr.. and
Mrs. George Gundling will be the occu-
pants. This street is improving rapidly.
TIE stockholders of the Red Men Grave
yard held a meeting, last night, at which
the following directors were elected: A: Z.
Eberling, c. Roemer, Jacob Ritz, Adolph
Hillebrecht and Peter thinner.
BRICELAYp, the Wheeling oarsman, was in
town yesterday, sizing up the prospects for
the season. He is expected to challenge
O'Hanlon, of Mckeesport He met him,
but made no oyertures. Pittsburgh Dispatch.
LAST evening about fifteen couples OF
our young society folks, with C0ckayne $
orchestra, went out to Roney's Point and
spent the evening in most delightful
way. They report q most agreeable time
throughout.
HENRY RoSE, who resides at 1851 Chap
line street, while running along Chapline
street. fell over pile of boards and injured
his ribs badly. DIR. Ford was called in, but
was unable to say whether the ribs were
broken or not.
The Board OF Education attempted to
meet last night, but failed in getting quo
rum. and adjourned until tonight The
Fifth ward school opens on Monday, and
the building must be received first from
the contractors.
HUGo L. LoOs, the tobacconist, has sent
Us a very handsome picture containing the
vignettes of all the celebrated actors and
actresses. 1t is issued with Halls BE
tween the Acts" cigarettes, which have
now become famous, and for which Mr..
LoOs has the agency. The small cards are
issued with the packages of cigarettes.
SOME villain tried to shoot Patrolman
Jake Soles last night Soles was sitting in
a room at his house. No. 10 alley c, watch
ing sick child in a crib before him. As
he was bending over the child shot was
fired from without, the ball crashing
through the window, just missing his head
and lodging in the wall behind him. At
the same time the neighbors saw two men
run rapidly down the alley. Jake has no
idea who his secret enemies are.
Orro SMITH. lunatic from this city, es-
Caped from the Athens asylum and got to
ParkerSburg. Yesterday the Chief OF Police
of that city telegraphed Capt. Bennett OF
his detention there, and that he was un-
known. having about him nothing that
would 20 to establish his identity except
scrap of paper reading NO. I49 Main street,
Wheeling" Capt Bennett went to that
address, found Smiths sister and learned
the particulars and then telegraphed the
ParGersburg officials To take the lunatiC
back to Athens.
The Municipal Court met at $50 o'clock
Yesterday morning, and the following cases
List and others. \ supplemental answer
of II. X. List was filed. Armstrong, Coen
Il Co. vs.. TheOdOsia MctiinnS and Others.
Two orders were entered, the first order
making Robert POgue n party defendant
and the second order referring this cause
to Joseph r. PAUL., commissioner, for re-
port. NJ. Reilly and others VS. Earl W.
Oglebay and others, the old fair ground
case. The demurrer to the bill heretofore
entered was by the court Oyerruled, and
rule given to defendants, who demurred,
requiring them to answer a bill of COM
plant at the next term OF court. Helen J.
Miller and others VS.. W. W. Miller and
Jones and T. Melvin special commissioners.
Court then adjourned until this morning
at $50.
YESTERDAY was Good Friday, which the
Catholic Church observes with strict slOm.
nifty. The service consists OF what is call
ed the mass of the preSanctified, the sacred
host not being cOnsecrated, but reserved
from the preceding day. The priests and
attendants are ROBBED in black rs a token of
mourning, the altar is stripped OF its or
naments the kiss OF peace is omitted in de-
testation of the kiss of the traitor Judas,
the priest recitcs 4 long series of prayers
for all classes, orders and ranks in the
Church, and even for herctics, paganS and
Jews. Then there is the alteration of the
cross" or what was in olden times called
creeping to the cross A large cross is
placed on the altar, with appropriate cere
monies, in memory OF the awful event
which the CruCifN represents, and the entire
congregation, commencing with the Cele
brant priest and his ministers, approach,
and upon their knees, reverently kiss the
figure of the Lord. The very striking Office
OF ''Tenebrac is held on Good Friday. 1t
consists of the mathis and lauds of the
office OF Holy Saturday, an at the close all
the lights in the church are eXtingGished
except one, which for time las a symbol
OF the Lords death aud buria) is hidden
npInr tho altar