Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-27
LITTLE LOCAL LOTS.
Brief lettings OF News in and Aboat
the City.

Brief lettings OF News in and About
the City.
PAY day at the Riverside mill yesterday.
THIS weather is rough on camp meetings.
PAY day at the Belmont mill yesterday.
The streets wore the usual metropolitan
air last night
Business at the 'Squires' offices was very
dull yesterday.
YESTERDAY rain interfered with local
sports to great extent
The rain at this place yesterday was
terrible storm further east.
MANY a nickel is taken from the bridge
company by the skill ferries.
THERE was much less fighting and drunk
eneSS than usual last night.
The Mcclure House office was decorated
with fresh SuntOwers last night.
The Board Of Public Works is stirring
up the population in the South End.
The BaltimoreS are expected to crIsS bats
with the Standard some time this week.
SEVERAL kickers were on the streets last
night, caused by the boat race at Steuben
vile.
The Top Mil has been fully repaired and
swept Out ready to go TO work on an hours
notice.
\ LARGE quantity Of sand is being gnt-
ten out of the river for the upper River
side mill.
SWEENEY Il Soy have finished the engine
yesterday that they propose 10 u>c with the
electric light.
TIE price of watermelons have taken 4
decided fall since the large shipment from
down the river.
The large fagstoneS were being delivered
at the Court House Yesterday and will be
laid next week.
The chimneys at the court house were
being OvcrhaUlcd yesterday, and this week
the root will be repaired.
SEVERAL complaints have reached IL
about there being no red light on the stone
near the EuiT street bridge.
On next Monday week the theatrical
season will open here, with Miss Jeannie
Winston in Twelve Jolly Bachelors
The repairing Of Chapline street was fin
iShed last evening The force will break
ground on Main street Monday morning.
ME>,Es. BNRSLEY and Laird were each
presented with handsome bouquet by
their lady friend, during yesterdays game.
Rev. G. L. Rankin, Lutheran minister
of Alliance, Ohio, will preach at the Pres
byterisn church, Bridgeport, to-day at
1890 A. NJ.
The Board of Equalization was called t.
meet on Friday, but did not materialize. Il
will meet tomorrow and taxpayers should
AXE notice.
The new iron structure to take the place
OF the present la Belle Mill, will be started
on the 4th of next month. This. of course,
will not stop the mill from running.
TUE river was rising quite rapidly yester-
nd "A 80 No nj IN a
This rise allowed the towbOats that were
tied up to get out and 20 to their destiua-
ton.
THE case against Hughes and Watson,
which Yves continued last Monday until
yesterday, after hearing portion OF te ey.-
dence, was again continued until next SA'-
urday.
Alpha Assembly, No l,652, X. Of L., Of
Martins Ferry, is in splendid wOrkin :
order The lodge now has about sixty-ti!e
members, and applications are received
every night.
MISS HANSON, who resides on the I>lan I.
took too much medicine Saturday night,
which came near causing her death. DR..
HateS was called in and relieved her after
several hours work.
Ex,JuLOR SAM SMITH brought us yeSter,
dsy, bunch of VIII a., grown on his ShOrl
Creek place, which i the finest specimen
that We have seen this season. On seven
acres two hundred bushels were produced,
or an average OF 2S A. bushels TO the acre.
Tue attention of the Health Officer is
called 10 the filthy condition of u cellar on
the west side OF Main street between EIey-
cnth street and Market alley. The OdOrOuS
CARNATIONS therefrom smell to heaven"
causing the pasSerS.by to seek the opposite
side Of the street.
YESTERDAY T. A. Morris & Co. received
car load Of the largest melons that ever
came 10 the city. They averaged 4S4
pounds each. They are certainly immense,
as We can testify from the sight of the
Jumbo OF a melon which found itS way to
this Office and furnished lunch for twenty
hungry reporters.
The Municipal Court met at $50 yester-
day morning and in the case ot the Web
ster Wagon Company against the Home
Insurance Company Ui Columbus, Ohio, u
judgment was entered in favor OF the
plaintiffs in the sum OF Sl,377.27. On the
close of this case the court then adjourned
until Monday morning al $780,
LAST night pleasant presentation scene
took place 81 No. 100 Mccullough steeet.
the home of Thongs + KsSley, boss of the
Creek mill mines. Mr. Kasley was pre-
sented, by his employees, with q handsome
cane, John Finney making the preSenta-
tion speech. The highest compliment q
man can receive is when his employees thus
honor him.
LAST night about 9:4O a street car on the
Elm Grove railway while turning the cor
nPr of Sixteenth aud Chapline streets, ran
of the track and GENE near upSetting. IL
was filled with passengers who jumped out
in a crowd, which caused few OF the ladies
to get several hard joltS, and one in partic-
ular lost her purse and umbrella during
the excitement.
JAMES FURSIER, the orchard Guitelu"
of Martins Ferry, was overcome by a spell
of lunacy on Friday evening, and attacked
Thos. Green, 3 neighbor, scratching his face
ND in fearful manner, and bit one OF his
fingers off before Green scarcely knew who
was thsmping him. Green, Is soon as pos
sible. knocked him down, and gave him a
severe clubbing. Furnier by this time said
be bad enough, and ran home. He WASH
Sbediately arrested and locked up.
bordeaux Wines