Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-29
PARKERSBURG.
Identify ing stolen TObaccO-The Ohio
River RailrOad-The Ii. & O.-Per-
sOnals.
Special TO the Register.

Spcctal TO the Register.
PARKERsBURG, March 2S.-The tobacco
found in the possession of the three burg
lars who were arrested on Saturday even
ing, has been identified as that stolen from
Mr.. Rheinhart, of Cumberland, Nd, few
days previous to the Parkersburg robbery,
The police Of Cumberland failed to get
clue to the burglars who came on to our
town and got taken in by the police. Mr..
Rheinhart read the account of the arrest in
the SUNDAY REGISTER and wrote to Chief
Mehen giving description OF the stolen
tobacco, which cOrresponded with the
goods exactly.
Messrs. Campbell and Banks, contractors
Of the Weston and Buchannon railroad,
have secured a contract for the excavation
for five miles OF the Ohio River railroad,
embracing sections 80, 40, Il, ~ and 43 in
the vicinity of Sistersville, where work will
begin On Monday, April .. About 100
hands, mostly colOred men from Virginia,
will be employed. The contractors will
run commissary OF their own. Their first
stock is being purchased from our whole.
sale merchants, and the future supplies will
probably be drawn mostly from this poin t.
and thus our city is already being benefited
Mr. Charles McCabe, who left the employ
Of the g. y. TO accept position with the
Chesapeake and Ohio road at Lexington,
ny, will return here in a few days and
remove his family to Lexington, where
they expect to reside permanently.
IL is again rumored that the B. l. o. will
erect new machine shops here during the
present year. With the excitement over the
new railroad, comes a great many rumors
g ~
ised i'll addition to the one above mention
ed it is also rumOred that the B. & o. will
erect fine hotel here. A first class build
ing is needed here. Our esteemed fellow
citizen, Col. W. y. Chancellor, has been
contemplating the erection of such build
ing, but has not decided to do so at present.
A hotel, such as he would erect, would be
an everlasting monument to the we'll known
enterprise of Col. c. Mr.. Z. I. w. Hall,
who is connected with Messrs. Campbell,
and banks of the Ohio River Railroad, and
by the way, pleasant gentleman, has
been in Parkersburg some time and will
leave for the field OF operations, near Sis.
tersville, on Thursday
DR.. \. \. Frame, who was formerly q
popular physician here, will robably decide
10 locate here again.
The flag on the L. 5. Custem House is
floating at half mast on account of the
death of Postmaster General Howe, and
during the time set apart for the funeral,
from to =. NJ, OH Wednesday, the office
was c.osed.
Mr.. Tom Nolan, the clever night clerk at
Hills Central Hotel, is entitled TO thanks
Of the REGISTER for courtesies extended.
Our esteemed friend, Col. Chanuiug NJ.
Smith, Of the Index, in last months issue
went for the Richie Gazette, the Mounds
willie Reporter and your correspondent on the
custom of prefiXing the title OF Colonel,
Major, &c, when speaking of private citi-
zens, and in the last issue he goes for
brother Gordon, OF the State Journal, on
the propriety of the way in which certain
married ladies are referred to by using
their christian names instead Of thai OF
their husbands, such as Mrs. John
Smith, etc, etc.
Isaac Prayer, the dry goods boss of Park
ersburg. has been East for his stock Of
spring goods.
Tue entire lot OF Italians who stopped
here for few days have gone 10 Ohio to
work on the extension Of the Ohio Eastern
railroad.
Harry Barton, a boilermsker while en-
gsged in repairing q boiler in e saw mill
NJ ar Rayenswood, TO day, was struck in the
eye with piece of steel, entirely destroy
ing bis sight. The saddest feature is that
this makes him totally blind, IS he lost the
other eye some time ago.