Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-10-03

Mines. CltE Aess and Psrtinens raia
and Comment.

tory at the Riverside mill VIII start up To-
day.
ANOTHER tooth broke in the cog wheel of
the Top mill forge department engine yes
terday.
The grass should be cut on the new fair
grounds before the Toledo game
on Saturday.
GEo. W.CHAxBERs, Esq, has been appoint
ed supervisor of engines on the b. u, IN
stead Of Mr.. Pete Moran.
The Fulton House, at Fulton, has been
sold TO Cleveland parties for A5OO, who
will shortly assume charge.
YESTERDAY Charles Patton, young boy,
Was very badly burned about the face and
bands while playing with powder.
NINE carts were engaged in removing the
bricks of the Island bar yesterday. The
bricks were intended for the water works
crib.
EDDIE CLAToR is now in active training at
Nellsburg for his race with Elliott: The
prblic will probably have their eyes open
ed oy the time made at this race.
The new combination on the boards at
the Academy Of Music is drawing big
crowds this week. The spsrring exhibit
ton is highly spoken Of, as also the other
attractions.
The boys arrested and taken before
Squire Petermsn yesterday, for insulting
q lady, were discharged after receiving a
lecture from The 'SquireOn account Of their
extreme youth.
CHRISTIAN VETrZ, q Well.to-do farmer Of
this county, who sold his farm, cattle, &c,
and left for Woodland, Wis, last winter,
returned to this city yesterday completely
disguised with the West.
uarIiDu
was arrested by officer Morris for raising q
disturbance and putting his wife out of the
house. Our readers will remember this
man was married at Squire Ankles office
q short time ago.
YESTERDAY morning the ropes on the
drill at the Central glass works gas well
broke near the top Of the hole, allowing
the tools and rope to fall into it. The well
is now down to the depth of !, 5l5 feet, and
a great deal Of trouble will be experienced
in getting the rope and drill out.
PETER ERE, the well known liveryman,
subscribed for q certain State Gazetteer and
mace some kind Of q contract by which be
was to pay half cash and half in livery
eIyice. The result has been complete
swindle to him. He has had about $40 to
pay-and has not yet got the book.
The B. & o Railroad Company have a
force OF men engaged 10 remOdeling the
telegraph wires hetween this city and
Pittsburgh, on the Pittsburgh Southern
division, ard will also stretch an extra
wire between Pitts burgh and this city.
The work will probably be completed in
two weeks.
The Il Il .. dining house at Benwood is
one of the best, as well as the cheapest,
houses in the country. The tables are well
filled and everything IS hrst-clsSS. The
lunch counter cant be beat This house
is managed Oy Mr.. J. A. Moody, assisted by
". +. Policy, Esq. two of the finest men
you ever saw. The travelling public should
remember this house.
The Nest Virginia Real Estate and Stock
Company has been incorporated tnr tnt
purpose of dealing in stocks aud doing
general real estate business. The prrnci
ptl flee is in Wheeling Toe STOCK l.
81 OlO, with the privilege Of increasing to
$4,000. The shares are SO each, and ore
h. Ia by James l.. Haw.ey, p sharrs, NJ.
Reilly / shsre. J. l.. Ewing, Thayer Melvin
and r. s. Reilly, all OF Wheeling, shares
each.
MRs LIZZIE BAKER, Of North Main street
died very suddenly yesterday morning AZ
10 O'Clock. She attended the ball at Bee
thoyen hall Monday night and went hoRe
accompanied by her husband about mid
night. A short time atterwar Is she ba.
came very i'll and was a corpse at 10 \. N.
Just what caused her death no one seems
able to tell, but it is supposed 10 have been
from becoming Oyerheated at the dance.
The rapid strides towards completion OF
the " Wheeling, Psrkersburg and Charleston
Railroad, between Wheeling and Parkers
burg, is a source of no little pride 20 ter
mlual IOiRts and those along the route. IL
is rumOred that = ghot of a chance yet re
mains for the Little Kanawha Valley, as
the fact that no work has been done be
tween the same points by way OF the Little
Kanawha Valley, seems to point to some
doubt, and the vast field OF timber ami
mineral resOrces argue in favor OF cur
route. May it be so.-Wirt Transcript.
LAST evening about o'clock Lewis, a
small son of George Schwartzbach, bad
very narrow escape from being killed, The
little fellow, who is a cripple, was riding
along Eleventh street, and when he was
opposite his fathers saloon, a large shutter
fell striking him on the b, ad, cutting a
large cash. When picked up IT was sup,
posed the little fellow was dead. After
few moments work the little fellow re-
vived and was placed under proper medi-
cal attention.
LAST evening at half pact nine o'clock an
alarm of fire was turned in from box s, At
lauuc engine house, occasioned by fire
icing discovered in the rear of Rixie's
csrdy store. corner of Chapline AMI Six
reenth street The department responded
yeIy promptly, but the fire was extinSuj5h-
ed without the use Of any hose. Upon an
examination il was discovered that 10
Of tar was being boiled back Of RiNle'r
tore and had boiled over the poi anil
,aught fire. Nothing was burned bat thu
tar.
YESTERDAY quite a funny incident DC
Gu red at tie La Belle mill. Cash Evans,
IN, msnsger Of the nail factory. was ex-
o. ting q self feeding nail machine AMI
Yesterday a large box was delivered st IN
xCrls Manager Evans suppoSing il to b,
the long looked for self feeder, had it taken
INTO the mschine shop and the lid hastily
pulled of, when To- he discovered the box
vas tll,d with tracts for missionary pur,
posss. The sight Of so much religion fair.
IL took away the managers breath, and it
was fully a minute before he was able to
speak. but when he did, it was 10 order
that box nailed up Immediately and ship
il back TO heexpress office.