Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-03-04
HERE AND THERE,
Bits OF News Found Floating about the
City.

BELL ringers to-day.
PAY day at the Crescent Mill to-day.
SOME of the moulders at the Arlington
stove works are idle at present.
THE South Side Dancing Club will give q
grand ball at Noltc's Hall, tonight.
JoHN RoSEr. an old offender, was arrest,
ed by { :ieer Williams last night for being
drunk.
A &c OK OF workmen is engaged in repair,
ing the b < q. wooden bridge over the
creek.
clay pr IS. yesterday, and viii put 1t up,
to-day.
0EEIcER MoERIs arrested Jimmie Robin
son yesterday afternoon for being drunk
on the street.
Mrs. Friend Cox. q handsome young
matrOn Of Woodland, is visiting relatives
on the Island.
A BIG birthday party will come oil in the
lower end of the city next week. Cock
syne will play.
The Elite Social will give a prize t. the
best lady and gentleman walter. AZ Nc
Lain's Hail. tonight.
Cart. DILLON has had two patent self,
feeding lubricators placed on the machin'
cry OF the stcame Scioto.
The Island crowd danced at Franz,
helms Hall, last night, giving the closing
hop. Josie Kramer furnished the music.
some Of the crossings about the city
were scraped yesterday. and others were
not. the latter from the fact that they
could not be found.
The Finance Committee Of the Board OF
Commissioners met again. last night. al
the Court House. but a quorum not show
ing up. they adjourned.
SEATS for Harry Miners Comedy Four
will be sold this morning At Wilson &
Banners. This is q sterling variety com
pany and will draw big houses.
WV. RISxHARr'S little girl was slightly
bitten on the arm by a large dog belonging
to Geo. G.. Harmon Thursday, and yester-
day Officer Morris killed the dog.
The sugar refinery is working nicely.
They expected to rave made syrup this
week, but did not get it quite finished. 1t
will be made by thet first of next week.
Me-. Bone. real estate agent, sold, yester-
day, to the Wheeling and Belmont Bridge
Company, q piece Of ground adjoining the
bridge, on South Front street, for $500
cash.
TOMMY FITZSINQOSS is erecting q store
and dwelling house in Martins Ferry,
which he will open with an immense ball,
o Cockayne and orchestra will furnish
the music.
THE Committee on Buildings and
Grounds OF the Board of Education held
a meeting last night in relation to the
action was taken.
49,. " sDt Ir-.L.. - H..
will give an entertainment at the Acad-
envy of Music some time during the pres
ent month, which promises to be a very
enjoyable occasion.
As old man named Smith was committed
TO Jail. yesterday. by Justice Philip for con-
tempt. He was slightly incbriatcd and
used a little prOianc language in the sacred
presence. and not having $40 with which TO
purge himself of cogtcmpt, went to Jail.
The Riverside Nail Company is rapidly
placing self feeders on all their cold iron
machines. They have between twenty-five
and thirty of them at work now. They
will try one on the hot machines next
week. and think il will he a success. II will
BE- the first that has ever been tried in
Wheeling on hot iron.
THE new roof around one OF the furnaces
at Hobbs. BrOckUnier 4 Co.'S glass works
will be finished to-day. They are working
very rapidly in cleaning up, and rebuilding
the brick walls, and have avery large crowd
OF men and boys at work. The men seem
to b. in as big 4 hurry as the proprietnrS TO
get the building finished.
ONE of the large spittoons in the McLure
House office, was missing, yesterday. amt
its loss produced great CONSERVATION 1t
was thought, at first, that Fred Norton had
used il for q breast pin or Sam Harrison
for a watch charm. but 1t was afterwards
found one OF the bell boys had driven a
round stick through it and was using it a.
q peg top in the back yard.
The Municipal Court met yesterday
morning and in the only case heard was
e.. \. BeUter. Administrator of George
Schwarzbach ". Sophia Schwarzbach ct ais.
Entered = decree confirming the report OF
COMMISSIONS PAUL and ordering sale Of
the real estate by J. 2. Rogers, who was ap.
pOintCi Commissioner. Court then adj
jOUrned until this morning al half past
nine.
LAST evening as the Hook and Ladder
truck was being driven up Market street.
in answer to the fire alarm, the right hind
wheel few OIL, caused by the threads which
hold the nut on, being worn out. The
Chief and Til!erman Clator were thrown 10
the ground, hut were not seriously hurt.
The truck was taken to Redman'S shop,
on Eighteenth street, and will he fixed early
this morning.