Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-03-16

Bits OF News Found Floating about the

To-NIeHr Kemple will paralyze the Steu-
tenyillians with laughter,
The Market street pipe is now completed.
except the tire plug attachment.
ANoTHER bad break. yesterday. in the
board walk above Seventh street.
The thunder and lightning, last night
must be sure harbingers of spring.
A SEw saw mill and several new DWELL
ingS are in contemplation at Elm Grove.
SWEENEY & Sons will place new machin-
cry on the Diurnsl, when Ow'water comes
The Municipal Court met yesterday, but
transacted no business of general interest.
NINE car loads Of emigrants from Mary
land and Pennsylvania, passed on No. z, b.
& o., yesterday.
DAYS and nights are about equal now
and the former are gaining rapidly and
will soon lap ahead.
The special committee TO investigate the
charges preferred against Chief Eccles will
meet on Monday next.
THAT break on the face OF the Capitol
clock is an unsightly blot and should be
repaired. in some way.
North WHEELING people are having their
hearts gladdened by the limestone being
spread on Market street.
The Suspension bridge assessment, which
was placed at $4,000. was yesterday re-
duced by the Board to S224.65O.
An arbitrary assessment of S35, 900 against
the Peoples Bank was yesterday stricken
out by the Equalization Board.
The Board OF Equalization met at the
city building, yesterday and heard petit
tons for the reduction of assessments.
REAL estate agents report an increase OF
house hunters and few houses to rent
The annual moving season is upon us.
DoS'r be in hurry to camphorize your
flannel The lion end of March is yet to
come and it showed yesterday morning. -
OFFICES FUGArE and Morris arrested q
man. who halls from Pittsburgh, for being
drunk on the street
FRANK and Carl Cabbitt were arrested
last night by Officers Kennedy and Combs
Tor fighting on the street.
The United States District Court was to
have met, yesterday, but Judge Jackson
has not yet arrived. He is expected to-
day.
IT is unpleasant to ring your telephone
call for twenty minutes and then send to
the central Office and see what is the
matter.
FARMERS in the vicinity OF Elm Grove
predict a good wheat yield the coming sea-
son and regard The past weather rs very
favorable.
A MN lodge OF Knights OF Honor will
be installed in the Eighth ward on Satur
day hight. About 10 members have been
enrolled.
The "Island crowd" will dance at Port
land this evening. The steamer c. Y. Lu-
cas- will take them up, leaving the wharf at
: P. 81. sharp.
THE''ISland crowd" will be entertained by
Mrs. Hodgens at Portland this evening.
Thee. Y. Lucas will leave the wharfprompt
ly at seven Pm
The United Engine was taken to Cox &
Morrison's shop on Market, below Six
tenth street, yesterday afternoon to have
new tlues placed in it.
The first contribution 10 the Public
Library was made yesterday in the shape
of the reports OF the Paris Exposition, do
mated by Col. A. J. Sweeney.
YESTERDAY morning Senator offered
resolution declaring the Senate to "be
regular strawberry -and-creamer, and will
adjourn in the spring.
No assessments OF any kind can ever he
made upon the stock of the Steadman Gulch
Mining and Milling Company, it is tuH p0d
UD ana fOTtrtT non 1SA'SSdOtc.
The Board OF Directors of the Peniten-
tiary met at the prison. yesterday, and
transacted its routine business. The in
stitutiou is reported in 'tiourishing con-
dition.
Tux Western fever has struck Wheeling
and several of our young men have been
badly iuOculated. In few months there
will be q genuine hegira to Montana, on
prospecting trip.
A WARRANT was yesterday sworn out be-
fore JustiC Ankle by VIM. II. Davis, charg-
ing Mary Tucker with perjury. Mary is
one of the Drummond family and is now in
Jail serving out sentence.
FoUp car loads of United States troops
went west on No. s. via. the Baltimore and
Ohio road Yesterday, bound for Fort Smell
ing. Major J. A. Webb, General Passenger
Agent OF the B. & D., was in charge.
A SURFACE drain coming from the rear OF
ST. Matthews church and running down
Fifteenth to Chapline, makes the crossing
there very muddy. There is an ordinance
a. ainst surface drainage, and 1t should he
enforced.
A YOUNG blood got his deserts, last night.
In front of this office he spoke to an unprO-
tCCted young lady, who ran from him.
Presently she returned with an escort and
pointing out to him the "maSher,' her
knisht pitched into him and mashed his
jaw.
THE county superintendent OF Monon-
galia schools wrote TO Superintendent
Butcher recently eUquiring whether colored
children could attend the schools. Accord
ing to Judge BrannOn's decision, in "A, no
| one with cOlored blOOdcan attend the white
| schools.
GEORGE RASCK, who drives one OF HOd-
mans wagon. met with q very serious acct
| dent Tuesday afternoon. He was loading
| a very large roll of leather, when it slipped
and fell on him, hurting his back very
| badly. He will not he able to resume work
for some time.
o. course the Senator McGregOrian
Aphorisms' in Yesterday REGISTER were
intended by the author as a Joke. No one
| in the Senate has higher regard for the
| Senator from Berkeley than the senator
| from Richie, though they ditler radically
on State questions.
The Committee on Water Works met
yesterday, and instructed its chairman and
| the superintendent to ascertain full partic
uiarS i'm regard to the Howell blower
As the First branch sat down on the we'll
project, nothing was done, but il Council
wants to see that WorthingtOn pump 60 to
destruction, let it delay that well for I
while.
The expectation now is 10 open the new
Fifth ward school on the iSt ri April and
in such an event, the appointment of teach
erS will be made tonight. As, until the
new apportionment is made there will be-
no new scholars only the regular corps OF
teachers will be appointed and these, it is
understood, will be the same rs last year.
WN. Franks little daughter went out to
Mrs Dimmey's funeral. Tuesday, and in
wandering around got lost. She stopped
at Mrs Muryis' house and as il was quite
late. the lady kept her till yesterday morn
ing, and then paid her way into town Oh
the street cars. Her parents were very I'M
easy about her and had large crowd OF
friendso out till late Tuesday night looking
for her.
A CORRESPONDENT OF the Wheeling RGG-
I>rER from Washington City says:
at is announced that the Ways and
Means Committee will take no action dur
ing the present session looking to any
change in the tariffOn wool"
We are sorry that the subject cannot come
ND at this session. When it does, we hope