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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-17
HEAVY HAIL
Does Great Damage In NeighbOring
East Pennsylvania.


The storm, on Sunday afternoon, while
it rought us only cooling raia, was very
disastrous in Washington county, Pa,
where it was accompanied by driving hail.
At Lone Pine the loss was very severe and
the storm lasted about twenty minutes.
The Disciples church, beautiful brick
building, was partially destroyed, the en-
tire roof being torn off aud the west gable
end being blown in, demolishing the seats.
Besides the walls are sprung. The loss is
estimated at from 81 200 to $1,000.
A. J. Riggles house was blown partially
off the foundation.
Mrs. Sarah Moninger's house, situated
about two hundred feet from the church,
was damaged to the extent of $500, by fly
ing tlmbers from the church striking the
roof of her house and breaking the raft
erS.
The chimneys were all blown from the
residence of J. ID. Houston. The chimney
of Prof. +. II. Hendron was blown down,
ard the doors and windows of DIR. ID. Ii.
Lewis were damaged
Chauncey X. Deaver suffered loss Of
800, by his windows and walls being
damaged.
The roof was blown off the lime kiln be.
longing TO J. L. Horn.
Fences were blown and scattered every
where
The people were all considerably fright
ened, but strange to say no one was hurt.
This side of Odell, on the pike, two
roomed house of John Clark, nearly COM
pleted was blown off its posts and damaged.
The storm was very heavy in that locality.
At Amity and in that vicinity many
fences were toppled over and the rails
scattered.
1At Washington some rain fell and the
thunder rolled, but no damage was done.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-17
CHANGE SUGGESTED
In the Proposed Route by the Street
Railway Company.

company
The Citizens Railway Company present
ed petition to Council, at its last meet
ing, asking for right of way over several
streets in the city, among others, to change
their present route south of the creek,
commencing at the intersection Of Market
and Twenty first street and up the latter
to the intersection n Chapline street.
They wish to run their track up Chapline
street to Twenty-second, down Twenty
second to Market, and up Market, intersect.
ing their present track at Twenty first
street The company claim that by so do.
Ing it would greatly aid them, as by the
present route they have two heavy grades
they would do away with these
heavy grades. A large number Of promi'
nent citizens, that have the interest OF this
road at heart. have been looking over the
new route. One OF these gentlemen sug-
gested the following, with his reasons at
tachfd:
would it not be better for the company
to run their road down Market to alley Is,
and up said alley to Chapiine street. and
then they would have a straight track to
the intersection of their present route, and
further, would have no grade to pullT'
"But would they not have any grade to
pull by going down to Twenty second and
thence to Chapline?'
"Yes indeed they would. Now from
Alley IS to Twenty second ION Market
street) is a steep down grade and from
Twenty second to Chapline is also a steep
up grade. By going up Alley Is instead OF
Twenty second street, the company would
not have any grade to pull at all, as 1t is
perfectly level ground from Alley Is to
Chapline street, and also to the intersec
ton of their present track"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-17
A GAY LOTHARIO
Practices Bigamy and Desertion In
'Bellaire
With Two Wives Liying-He 0eeeives a
Young Girl and Deserts Her
out West.

About six months since II. H. Dick
man. moulder by trade, came to Bellaire
from Buffalo, N. Y, and obtained employ
ment with the Ohio Valley stove foundry.
He was young man of about 30 years OF
age. He obtained boarding with Mrs.
Riggs, of the First ward of that city, and to
all appearances seemed to be q first rate
Young man. He soon began paying marked
attention to MISS Alice Riggs, daughter
of his landlady, who was rather handsome
Young woman of about a years.
Things went on very smoothly until about
the first of February, when they. unknown
to the parents of the young lady, and with
ont their consent, skipped off 70 st. Glars
Vile and we're married. They came back
in the evening and went home and were
very properly forgiven by the parents,
who are very sensible folks, by the way,
and spent their honeymoon there. Tee
marriage took place on Monday, and about
the middle of the following week
they left for Kansas, Dickman
saving that he owned a good farm
there and proposed to move into 1t. He
borrowed $500 from his wife and father
and they departed. In the meantime some
ugly rumors got afioat about the young
man. and upon investigation it was found
that he had borrowed money from nearly
everybody in the word. He was in debt
TO the foundry company about $40 and
was in debt to all the stores in the ward.
This was bad enough, but right on the
heels of this comes the word from
Pittsburgh that the gay Lothario
had wife and two children in
Pittsburgh, and further inquiry discovered
still another wife in Chicago. The couple
on their way West got as far as Kansas
City, when he wrote here to his father-ln-
law TO send him some more money, as he
wanted to make some Improvements on
his farm. This was not sent, however,
and after a short time he abandoned his
wife No in that city among strangers and
penniless, and left for pastures new. she
poor girl, without money and without
friends, tried to obtain employment,andn not
finding any she succeeded in borrowing
money enough to take her to ST. Joseph
where she has sistsr living, ut whose home
she is DOW lying seriously Ill. She tele'
graphed her parents on last thursday, 10
send her some money to get home, as her
husband had left her and she was out OF
money and SIS in debt for boarding, &c.
in Kansas City. Her parents will 60 out
some time next week. 1t is not known
where Dickman went, but an effort will be
made to find him and make him pay
the penalty for his misdeeis. He was at
one time in charge of the forge depart.
ment in the Sing Sing Penitentiary, New
York. A REGISTER reporter called on Mr..
and Mrs. Riggs at their home in the First
ward and obtained the above facts. They
are very much worried over the matter and
will spare no pains or expense to bring the
rascal 10 justice.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-17
WATER wAIFs.
Personal and GeaeraI News from the
1syeR Bank.

Personal and General News from the
g.xeF Bank.
Business was qnite brisk on the landing.
The Bachelor leaves for Pittsburgh to-
day.
The Courier is to-day's Petersburg
packet.
The stockdale is due down to-day en-
route for Cincinnati.
The Emma Graham is due up from Gin
connati en- route for Pittsburgh.
The Diurnal left for Parkersburg yester-
day morning at IL 80 with fair trip.
The Andes arrived last evening, and will
leave promptly on time to-day for Cincin'
matt.
The Iron Duke passed up with q tow OF
iron yesterday, and the Alarm with
empties.
The river was falling slowly at dark last
night with IL feet inches Of water IN the
channel.
The Little Anna will be ready to enter
the Martins Ferry trade Thursday morn
ing next.
The following towboats passed down with
coal Yesterday: Dan karrie, Belle Nc
Gowan, Geo. Lysle, B D. Wood, Acorn,
Joe Walton, Little Fred and Eagle.
The Granite Stste will not come up fur
Their than Huntington. Her freights for
points above will be reshipped from there,
and she will be taken to Cincinnati and
load up.-Piits. En-.
The quiet announcement that the Fleet
wood would extend her Saturday trips to
Parkersburg brought on an excitement
among the steamboats, that has amounted
to a fight. First it aroused the st.
Lawrence, and then the Andes,
and finally the whole Pittsburgh
pool; and now it is the Big Sandy Company
against the field. As consequence, the
Wheeling boats announced the freight
rates from Cincinnati at 6 cents hundred,
and the passenger rates at 81 to Pomeroy.
This is a clean thrust at The Big Sandy
Company's Pomeroy> trade, and seems as
if they had a good stiff underhold. A
further reduction of rates has been threat
ened. and the st. Lawrence has even whis.
pered of 81 for passengers from Cincinnati
TO Pomeroy, The general superstition is
that compromise will be effected before
the public will have much fun out OF It.
At the present u oment the Big Sandy Line
seems to be the under dog, but their judg.
ment may prove better than their grit aud
they may come out only little discom.
flied JronfOn ReJlSter.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-17
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

On Sunday, the 10Th Of this month,
the SUNDAY REGISTER will issue an
edition of Twenty thousand copies
which will reach the general buyers in
all the territory tributary to Wheeling
and which edition, averaging five
readers to each paper-which is a low
estimate-will have audience with one
hundred thousand people at least.
We have taken advantage Of
Mr.. c. C. JoHNsoN's tenn
porary presence in our city
and have succeeded in securing his SER
vices for one week that we may make
this numbers veritable boom for trade,
and credit to West Virginia journal
ism. Mr.. JoHNsoN's long experience
in the Sunday newspaper business
here; his wide acquaintance and ability
will serve to make this issue notable
one.
We are now on the threshold Of
Spring trade. Business has been lit
tie dull, it is true, but with the put
ting on of a cheerful face; with
telling the people what you have in
stirring terms, there is no doubt but
that genuine stimulous can be infused
into traffic and the interest of pur-
chasers aroused to action. This special
edition of the REGISTER should be Of
great value to merchants, both jobbers
and retailers, and those meditating an
investment in its pages should give
early notice.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-17
General Tom Thumb., Company.

This highly endorsed company of midg-
cts and speciality artists will appear at the
Opera House at $3.50 this afternoon and at
S tonight. the General and his wife caught
on to Atlanta, and the Constitution speak
ing OF il says 1T is regret with many that
the matinee and programme to night closes
their engagement. The crowds that attend
the entertainments were TO be counted by
the hundreds, in fact, after the first, De-
Gives opera house could not contain all who
applied for admission. In closing the en-
gagement Mr.. II. K. Jacobs can congratu-
late himself that no other companies have
drawn such audiences in Atlanta this sea
son, both as to rPsputability and numbers.
General and Mrs. Tom Thumb" Major
Z. Newell Mr.. Bingham, Mile Zoe Meleke
and the birds" constitute material for
making out first rate performances. A
matinee this afternoon and an entertain
ment to night closes the engagement.
Mr.. Lew Rohdt, the treasurer of the COM
psny, arrived in town last night, bringing
the Generals pony and diminutive car
riage, the original presented him by her
Majesty the Queen. Q
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-17
A BAD KID
Brutality Whips His School Marin
And Knocks her Senseless, After Which He
Pounds Her Up and Tears
Out Her Hair.

Ascene occurred in the Central school a.
Martins Ferry, Room No. 5, yesterday at
ternoon, which is now the talk Of the town.
Willie Beck is only twelve years old, but
he is q bad boy and would stand as a good
model for Peck, whose work he had per-
haps been reading. When the scholars
were called in for the afternoon session, he,
instead of taking his seat, went to the win
dow and amused himself by looking out.
His teacher, Miss Kate Griffith, ordered
him to his seat, but he refused to obey. She
repeated the mandate, but he did not heed
to enforce her order. Calling for the strap
she proceeded TO administer a salutary
threshing. But Beck would not be whipped
and turning on her began vicious attack.
He struck her several times in the face and
temple and finally knocked her senseless to
the floor or else she tainted upon falling.
The boys blood was evidently up. for he
continued his pounding and finally pulled
Pa lot of hair from her head. How long he
might have kept up his brutality Is not
known, but rescue came. The affair crea-
ted intense excitement among the scholars
and a great deal of noise was the result
This attracted the attention OF two boys,
Pete Stewart and George Arbaugh, who
were passing. They came in and pulled
the boy off and raised Miss Griffith. DR..
Williams was summoned and after medical
attention had been given her, she was placed
in q carriage and taken to her home on
North Fourth street.
Nothing hsu been done with young Beck,
at last accounts. He is a son of Alonzo
Beck, a tesmster, an quite a young lad.
He was seen by a REGISTER reporter, last
evening, and all he said was that he had
licked her and would do it sgain."
The affair created quite commotion in
town and will yet receive official attention.
Several important questions are involved
and their solution will be OF general in
terest.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-17
Fresh Gossip of the Doinss of Various
pannlR-


Mrs. NJ. L. Whitaker has returned from
New York.
Dr. Jas. H. Manown, OF Kingwood, is at
the Mcclure.
Col. w. II. Woodward, of Wheeling, Ala,
is visiting friends in the city.
T. G. Cracraft, Esq, has returned from
the meeting Of the Asylum Board, at
Weston.
Marshal Atkinson went to Nashville yes
terday, summoned as witness in the u.
S. Court.
Mrs. Samuel Woods and Mr.. S. V. Woods
OF Philippi, wife and son of Judge Samuel
Woods, are visiting friends in the city.
Mr.. John s. Naylor was forty years old,
yesterday, and last night large number
OF his friends called upon him in honor OF
the event.
Mrs. A. Burdett and her father Chris.
Glasner, accompanied by Mrs. W. II. Will
helm, will leave for the old country about
the middle of next month.
Mr.. Adam Cline was married at Pow
hatan, O., yesterday morning, TO Miss Pau
line Wiedman. The bridal party has gone
to Hannibal, o., on wedding trip.
S. T. Hawver declines the Greenback
nomination for Congress in the Third dis
trict. He believes Synder's nomination
leaves no hope for any other candidate.
Miss Lulu Clay Bigbie is married. Dur
ing the session OF the Legislature of 1881.
she came among US like bird Of Paradise
and mashed" a number of the ancient
law makers and sweetly spouted Poe,s
Raven" Now she is married and VI. L.
Brock of Anderson, S. c., is the happy
man.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-17
Ubeeliao ApriI rs.

The attention Of the public generally,
and all those in want of articles in my line
for the coming season, is respectfully called
TO my large stock of harness, truaks, va
Uses, saddles, collars, sc. / have on hand
a full line Of every article embraced in my
business, consisting in part of harness of
every description, all the latest style Of
mounting and unequalied for workmanship
and finish.
Ny aSsortmento of summer goods for driy-
ing Is large and complete. All the newest
patterns of busters. A great variety Of
covers, nets, &C, &c, at bottom prices.
OF trunks / have an immense stock Of
every description, from the cheapest packer
to the best article of sole leather trunk.
All msde in my own shops, by experienced
workmen, of the best material, and will be
sold, wholesale and retail, at the lowest
prices.
OF collars l make speciality, manufac-
turing largely all kinds | would especi.
ally call the attention Of those needing q
first-class work collar to my Irish collar,
the best collar made for heavy draft, and
which has never failed to render entire
satisfaction.
Believing il unnecessary TO epumerate
further, will state that | have 9 general
assortment of all goods usually kept in q
6rst. class establishment which will be sold
at the very lowest prices. ]. B. SHEPPARD,
No. 1918 Main street. corner OF Eleventh
street,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-17
Two New Corporations.

Secretary of State Stalnaker yesterday
issued a certificate Of incorporation to the
Eagle Machine Company, OF Charleston
The company propose 10 manufacture
agricultural implements aud also do gen.
eral man ufacturing business. The capital
stock is Sl75 with the privilege of incrsas'
ing it TO $780, 900. The shares are $25 each,
of which II. Cook, 8. n. Washington, l.. w
Crown, J. V. Simmons, s. S. Daegorn and
r, A. Alexander hold one share each.
Also a certificate of the New Jersey Oil
Refining Company y, of Camden, New Jersey,
authorizing it to buy. sell, refine and do a
general traffic in oil. The capital stock is
two thousand dollars and the limit to in.
crease $500, 900. The stockholders and cor.
porators are all from Camden and Pniladel-
phia.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-17
GENERAL POLICE NEWS.

The record of yesterdays police court is
as follows:
Poor George Clifford and his more than
unfortunate wife. Lizzie, are both in Jail
again. There little money is gone, and so
are their friends, and George had ten days
assigned him by Justice Peterman, while
his Lizzie got thirty from Judge LETTERS, and
after her term as a city prisoner has ex-
PRED, she will be arrested on a peace war
rant, and then committed again for ten
days.
Henry Eberling was fined S. and costs
for fighting in Sherman's saloon; Lizzie
Clifford, 81 for disorder!y conduct; Joseph
Jones, 81 for plain drunk; Frank Gilleese,
IS for indecent exposure; Simon Baer Il
Sons, 81 for obstructing an alley; Louis
Newhart, Charles Schwabacker, John Sor-
gee and John Hannah, So each for disorder
ly conduct All paid except Lizzie Clifford,
who was sent to Jail.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-17
MARTINS FERRY.
Personal and General Gossip and MI.
nor Notes of News.

Mayor Mitchell yesterday fined Will Ar
baugh, Dan Kline and Thos. Wright S.
and costs each for drunkenness and being
disorderly on Saturday night, and Charles
Moore, George Hess and John Wilson 50
and costs for drunkenness.
The civil suit OF Simon Horkheimer VS..
Fred Foust, billed for yesterday before
Mayor Mitchell was continued.
Mr.. George Volhardt is having his boiler
shop repainted, papered and fixed up in
fine style. He is determined to have the
boss shop.
Anumb Der of the Masonic brethren Wis.
tied the Bridgeport lodge last night.
Mr.. C. A. House, of Wheeling placed q
fine piano in Commercial Hall yesterday
afternoon for the "Haymakers." Rehear-
sails will be held in Commercial Hall every
night this week except the three latter
ones.
You can buy boots and shoes at your
own price at the Peoples shoe store.
Ed. Wolf, who has been on the sick list
for some timeis again all right.
Rev. DR.. De Hall is back from Charles
ton, W. Va.
John Porter, son Of Capt. VIM. Porter, OF
this city, who has been in the South and
West for the past few years, has returned
and is welcome. "Bluf," as he is called,
are glad TO see him again.s
Messrs. John and Thomas Stanton will
play with the Wheeling City Band this
week.
Charles Henry, of Pittsburgh, takes
charge of a heating furnace at the Laugh
lin mill to-day.
J.H. Van Pe't has sold his drug store to
DR.. Daniel Cox. who will make first-class
drug store out OF the same.
Mrs. Terry, Of the Third ward, Is very
sick.
John Beck. Of the second ward is laid up
with rheumatism.
"Is that q hospital?" asked Q Wheeling
drummer, pointing at the Hanover Hotel
Yesterday. Well. q strange person could
not tell the building from a seminary or q
hospital, or anything else, as not one letter
can be seen up anywhere stating what kind
of q building il is. A sign is badly needed.
Messrs. Charles Kaufman and Elisha
Williams, OF Pittsburgh, have accepted po-
sitions in the Standard mill.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-17
RAILROAD RUnBLINGS.
Track Notes and Talk I'm This Imme-
diate Vicinity.

The Italian laborers for the River road
were taken down on the Diurnal yesterday.
The Board of Commissioners will issue
its bonds for the subscription TO the y. R.
Il. K. ON May l.
Three hundred more Italians have been
put TO work on the Pittsburgh, MckeeS-
port and Youghiogheny road during the
past week.
1t is expected that the Pittsburgh South
ern branch Of the Baltimore and Ohio road
will be running standard gauge cars by the
first OF June.
A large force of men supposed to be in
the employ of Vanderbilt have begun
work in Greene county, Pa, short dis
lance from New Geneva.
The new time table on the B. & o. road
will 20 into effect about the 18TH of May.
1t is understood that very few changes will
be made in the trains and those ouly in
the time of arrival and departure.
Work on the Iron Valley and Morgan.
town railroad has stopped as suddenly as it
was begun. The hands were paid off last
week, and the company allege that it will
be put under contract on the 2Sth of the
month. 1t appears that Monongalia couu-
ty voted tax of 900 for the building OF
the road if work was commenced prior to
was commenced few days before the time
without letting the contract.
A corps of Vanderbilt engineers are at
work extending line from Deeter's Gap,
in Somerset county, to Garrett n the b. Il
o. road. For what purpose this is being
done is known only TO the executive head
of the corporation. 1t is believed, howev-
er, that il is intended to run q branch from
the main line in this way into the coal
fields of Brothers Valley. Summit and Elk.
lick townships. This line passes about
two miles east OF Berlin at an elevation of
from one hundred and fifty to two hun
bred feet. There are probabilities that
the line may tap Altoona and other places
that now have no other outlet TO Philadel-
phia, Pittsburgh and Harrisburg but by
the Pennsylvania road.
The engineering corps of the new line
down the river, have for the present their
headquarters in Wellsburg, coming dowR
the T. w. Il Ky. in the morning, and re-
turning in the evening. At this writing
they are in the neighborhOod of Short
creek with the survey, the stakes are driven
close to the present track, on the east side,
so far as noticed. This location now made
from Cross creek down is understood to
he a permanent fixture, of course sub.
ject to minor changes, however, and
SO soon dS IL Is COHpleteu u w ueel'
ing the intention is to return to Mans
field or Bridgeyille, the point of de.
parture, some three miles east of Mans
field, and thence returning on their recent
tracks to the waters of Cross Creek to more
precisely locate the line to the mouth of
Cross Creek. If everything is propitious,
ii is possible that contracts will be out and
actual work commenced on the road to.
ward the latter end of the summer, and the
job prosecuted right along. The funds are
furnished by the Economics" and will
be forthcoming satisfactorily when the
thing is finally determined upon.
GRAND Opening of Spring and Summer
Millinery ON Friday and Saturday, April
Is and Ii, at Mrs. s. S. Kisner's.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-17
Interesting Interview.

TO NC EulIOT " NC heytSleT.
read highly entertaining interview in
the IBteliigSRccT, this morning had with
the distinguished Chairman of the Repub-
lican State Committee and United States
Marshal for West Virginia, Colonel G.
w. Atkinson" This gentleman expressed
himself in favor of Nathan Gotf, Jr, for
the Vice Presidency of the United States,
but confessed that he did not know that
the General would accept the place.
remember that some time ago, the dis
tipguished Colonel" himself was put for
ward for the office OF Vice President by q
meeting of his friends at Parker's Hall, in
this city, and the Colonel" being present
at the time il was understood that this
movement met his appreciation. Are We
10 understand that he now declines in favor
of Gen. Golf?
GERMAN REPUBLICAN.