Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-24
FACT AND FANCY.
A Potpourrf or News Done Up I'm Small
shape.

urday, that was ever made on one uay.
jim NJ. DoSorGH was arrested, last night,
by Officer Barum, for disorderly conduct.
The Circuit Court was engaged, on Sat
urday, in listening to chancery arguments.
Market MASTER ROBINSON had the market
house thoroughly washed out last Saturday.
The cigar makers Assembly X. of L. ball
Friday night, at Turner ball, melted about
500.
TIE opinion of Judge johnson on the
railroad case will be found on the second
page.
The oratorio Society viii meet tonight
at Prof. Thompson's, and practice new
music.
THE district meeting of the Amslgamated
Association will be held in this city next
Saturday.
JOHN REED, the timer, was putting the
finishing touches to the Fifth ward school
house, Saturday.
4 FIVE mile trotting race between Baers
gray mare and Handlan's gray stallion is
now on the tapis.
THE Martins Ferry boats and, the Elm
Grove cars will run after the Rhea per-
| Torrance on Tuesday night.
The Arlington stove works are running
[ TO their fullest tdpdCAby az pASSSAh ~ -AAA
orders, and still they come.
A BIG surprise party is booked for this
evening in North Wheeling, for which
| Cockayne's music is engaged.
ANTONIO MEsSINI, the Market street fruit
vender, was robbed of a box OF oranges and
| a bunch of bananas Saturday night.
THE store room occupied by Hebrank
| Bros. is TO have q new and modern front
4 IA ~ G,.of paf hack
WM. WIDEKIND. a German who has been
here but q few weeks, was fined % and
| costs, on Saturday, for disturbing the peace.
SQUIRE MURRIS arrested J. r. Merritt a
| pottery emplOye for drunkenness, and
taking him to his office fined him y anu
costs.
LAST night the police raided the house OF
Maggie Ripple, at 1919 EOf street, captur-
ing TWO men and the regular coryphees OF
the place.
TELEPHONES were put up in the Hope and
Hook and Ladder houses Saturday, and the
Island hose house will be furnished with
one to-day.
The grocery store OF James Duncan, in
Bridgeport, was entered by thieves Friday
night and five dollars in money was all
they secured.
lHE RAUL Literary OOClell
ment at WestwOod Hall on Saturday night
was a success and merited the liberal pat
rOnage ii received.
A MOVEMENT is on foot among the work
| ingmen to organize cooperative butcher
| shops in different parts OF the city. The
shares will be s. a piece.
THE cellar door at Deyinney's saloon is
| in a very dangerous condition. Officer
Williams had to get planks from the United
engine house to place over it.
THERE is some talk OF opening Chapline
street to the head of Fifth. The street
passes directly above the reservoir, and
would make a beautiful drive.
IT was rumored on the street. yesterday,
that the Belmont blast furnace men who
struck for Poe per day extra, will go to
work Thursday at the old rate.
SATURDAY afternoon the water works en-
ployes were paid Off Some of the men
were sick and should have been paid oil
sooner as their families were destitute.
Two piles of burning brush on the Kirk
wood hill, Saturday night, attracted conSid
cradle attention and gave rise to many uu-
founded rumOrs of the fire over the river.
The steamer Rhodes while passing down
last week was blown with great violence
against lumber barge lying at the North
Wheeling cooper shops, nearly sinking it.
O'HhNLoS has refused to accept BriCe
lands challenge to row three mile race
for $500 a sNie. He has has changed his
tune since he wrote the letter to Mr..
Sheekry.
\ CERTAIN gentleman living in North
Wheeling, and belonging to the Catholic
Church, says he hiss not missed but one
Sundays attendance to the church for
nineteen years.
JEREMIAH PEYToN, of Long Run, was be-
fore Squire Arkle on Saturday. charged
with breach OF peace and assault and bat
terry. He was bonded in the sum OF 800 to
keep the peace.
lr is reported that a young man attempt
Ell 10 take his life with StryChnine yeStcr-
day afternoon. as he and his lady love could
not agree, but was trust rated by his friends.
lie lived in the Fifth ward.
FElrZ RITTER, of the South Side, is prac-
Using and will dance double hornpipe at
the Riverside Fishing Club ball. Fritz will
charge five cents extra to lOokers-on, but
members of the press and the clergy will
be free.
IT has been decided to give matinee on
Tuesday, TO accommodate the many who
failed to secure seats for the evening per-
Torrance. Mile. Rhea is billed for Camille
at the matinee, but we hope she will give
some hing new.
DENIM, BRUNNES went to Rosie O'Briens
louise, OF Eighteenth street, last night. and
amused himself by breaking the windows.
Roses son came out with a baseball bat
and dubbed him over the head to persuade
him to stop. No arrest yet.
\ DouBLE barreled breech loading shot
gun andS gold watch were rallied Oil at
Mines saloon Saturday night. VIM. Orr
and Hiram Thatcher held the lucky NUM-
berS. IS and - respectively. No. p took
The gun and IS took th watch.
4 COCK main took place Yesterday at
Whiskey run. No chickens of the game
blood were allowed TO be entered. \ great
many feathers were Strcwn on the ground,
hut no blood was visible. The cocks ran
rather than have their blood running.
FATTY WISEGERDlR and John Ritz will
leave for Pittsburgh to-day, to prepare for
the three mile boat race with Snyder, of
that place The race is for 500 a side, and
is to be rOwed over the lower Allegheny
course, April 10Th, between . and o'clock
Z. VI.
The party from the South Side that had
made arrangements to go out to Mr.. Foil
mars, on last Saturday, got wordjof that
gentleman being sick, so they rented Mrs.
Walters parlorS, and with Cockaynes
music went there and spent most pleasant
evening.
An effort is shortly to be made to have
Wellsburg supplied with the natural gas.
\ company is now being formed, consist.
ing of ex-senator w. II. Tarr, |. II. Duval.
Benjamin Harvey, +. W. Paxton and w.
c. Barclay. They will sink we'll 1T the
lower end of town.
VINO of our readers have not heard of
the Black Horse tavern at the corner of
seventh and Market streets? 1t is thought
to b. the oldest building in the city, aud
Was built during the opening of the Ma
tionsl road. 1t still stands, a beauty to
look upon and recalls to mind the days of
Clay, Webster and Daniel Boone.
Ar the services of the Jewish Synagogue
Saturday morning. Master Gabriel En-
sheimer. son of Jacob Emsheimer. Sr., ESQ,
was confirmed. As is customary, the