Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-21
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MuSICrAL Court meets this morning
at $50.
TIE Bellaire "locksd OUT miners will
give a picnic at the new Fair Grounds TO-
day.
ANEW crossing Is being laid scross Jacob
street at the Intersection OF Thirty-nftn
street
I, T. Phillips, q breeder Of fine cattle,
has named his finest male after o promi-
nent. citizen of this city.
SWEENEY 4 Sons will commence putting
the machinery on Capt w. p. Halls new
cotton boat next week.
r V. ARxLx Is busily engaged painting
the steeple of the Immaculate Conception
church, of the Eighth ward.
THE Belmont nail feeders are requested
10 meet at the Second ward market house
Sunday afternoon at 2 O'Clock
THE three disorderly cases from the North
End, which were continued at Police Court
last Tuesday, will be tried this morning.
HENRY BOWERS, knocked off the Elm
Grove steam motor on the 10th inst, IS
eonyalescing quite rapidly under the treat
ment of DR.. Ulrich.
The case of the State VS.. VIM. II. Win
tiers, on q charge Of assault and battery,
was tried before Squire Petermann yester-
day, and the case dismissed.
WARRANTS were issued by Squire Murrin
Yesterday for Charles Lsrone and young
Weisgerber, on q charge OF trespass pre-
feIred by Alexander Ottsrson.
THEL La Belle fishing club will leave for
their camp grounds tomorrow. They ex-
pect 10 be stationed a few miles above Steu-
benyille for the next few weeks.
A HORSE trader from Pittsburgh, had
very bad luck yesterday. He traded horses
in Fulton, and while leading his new
property up Wheeling hill the animal laid
down and died.
The Wesley NJ. +. Sundsy-sehool hold
their annual picnic at Wheeling PARK TO-
day. The children will leave the church
promptly at 7:30 o'clock this morning. A
tine time is anticipated.
JOHN T.. and OLIVER McQCAIS, Deputy
Sheriffs of Gilmore county, have hsnded
over to Superintendent West, at the peni-
Tertiary, Vim. J. Hesten to serve q three
years sentence for horse stealing.
THE case of the State VS.. j. J. Mcdonald.
on a charge of assault and battery, was
tried before Squire Peterman yesterday,
and the defendant required TO give bond In
the sum of 800 for his good behavior for
one year.
The good steamer st. Lawrence will leave
for Cincinnati on Sunday morning at 8
o'clock sharp. shippers will remember
this. Passengers could not travel on a
better boat or with more accommodating
officials.
The bows of the North End will draw
their name as the second nine of the Hesly
nine, and will organize under the name OF
the Quicksteps. They will play the first
nine of the Healy c!uo to-day at the OLD
fair grounds.
MR. Wy. MCELROY, OF the Riverside blast
furnace, had his foot severely injured last
Wednesday while engaged in lifting a cast
ing at the above named works. he is now
improving rapidly through the sklllIul
attendance OF DR.. +. S. Key, OF Benwood.
THURSDAY night thieves ELECTED an en-
trance into Mrs. Sarah MaXwells contec.
tiCnery store, corner of TTsnty-third and
Market streets, by forcing open a side win.
dow. They carried off about SO worth OF
candies. cakes and ice cream. A portion
CT the cakes were found in u board PIE just
east OF the store.
ANDY HIrE, a well known citiz n. met
with = very serious misfortune last Satur'
day. He purchased Il horse a short time
ago and Saturday 1t q the colo and
uitd. Andy's friends have started 4 sub
scription 10 raise money enough to pur.
chase an animal TOR him. This is a good
cause and should meet with liberal sup
port IN this city.
SECRETARY SrIENAKER yesterday morn
ing issued a certificate of Incorporation 10
the Shelton College Company, Of st. Al.
bans, Kanawha county, for the purpose OF
erecting buildings and carrying on a gen
eral educational and collegiate business.
The capital stock is $1,000 with the priv
lege OF increasing to $4,000. The shares
are held by ID. I. e. Farrow. w. b. Wilson.
W. Z. Walker, w. f. Powell, w. A. Love,
J. II. Stewart and many others.
We understand the McGugin we'll cut a
caper" last Sunday morning. For sixteen
months the u Of gas from IT'S depths has
been tremendous aud never 'ceaStng until
SUNDAY, when it ceased entirely for 4 snort
time. The flow sOOr started, however, and
for d short time small stones and sand were
thrown to the surface. Considerably SMOKE
was also thrown up. Since then the well
has returned to the even tenor OF its ways
and continues to emit sufficient gas to illu-
inmate a large city.
YE.TERpiY afternoon at , o'clock the in,
suranCe men met At Mr.. collier ) office,
and after q thorough examination OF the
Ere-eSCape ard stand pipe, t!!sy decided to
allow a reduction OF ~ per cent on insur'
ance policies ON manufactures aui > per
cent. on other building, that hail the lire
Escape and stand pipe sttached. Mr.. Good
rich, the agent for the fire escape, was very
E.uch pleased by the above action, aud will
in y very short time erect quite u number
OF these fire.escapes in this city.
TIE gas well was cleared at half past ten
o clock yesterday morning, and the work
II drilling commenced at noon. At md
night the force, who had been working
driving the proceeding hours, had sunk
the well - feet, making altogether a trac-
ton over 900 feet. The prevailing opinion
at the well last evening was thai gas would
be struck in a large volume before the we'll
resChed the depth of 1900 feet, which, at
he rate of the present progress, will be
cached by Tuesday or wednesday next, at
the furthest.
About 3 o'alock yesterday morning,
Jacob Nilhem's house, corner OF Thirty
ff,h and jacob streets. was entered 07
burglars. The thieves effected an entrance
by cutting out a window pane. A line
gold watch belonging TO Frank Wilhelm,
valued at 800 was taken. Jacob Wilhelm
lost two vests and quite a number OF cigars
and bottles of wine and whisky. The
burglars eft no clue behind by which they
could be detected. Qui'e a Eambsr Of
citizens wished to know where WAS Officer
Combs and IN justice TO ths: officer. Ne
will state he was on duty n the City build