Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-22
FACT AND FANCY.
Minor City News and Pertinent Taih
and Comment.

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and Comment.
FINE weather for May. =
CoUScu meets tonight.
MINT juleps we're not in favor, yesterday.
THE Belmont forge department will
close down to-day.
ONE marriage license was issued at Clerk
Hooks Office yesterday.
Lieutenant SYLvIs arrested a man for
disoIderly conduct yesterday.
OFFICER Morris ran woman in yester-
day afternoon for disorderly conduct.
THE Committee on Claims was called for
last evening, but no quorum appeared.
The report that two men were sun
struck yesterday, is without foundation.
The 0pera House orchestra played for
concert at the Fount in Sl'ool, last NIGHT.
JENNIE CRAY was arrested last night by
Greer Morris for lighting with Emma
Gray.
TIE sewer at the intersection of Chap
line and Twenty-fourth streets - IN very
bad condition.
YEs, G,orgispa, YOU may safely accept
AioIphus' invitation for a sleignrlde this
evening, as the snow Will be on time.
", as report states, Henry Hell, OF Bel
laire, is anxious to row August hnoke a
scull race, why does he not challenge him?
The Trinity Hall Base Ball Club, OF
Washington, defeated the Bethany CoIeSe
nine, at Bethany, on Saturday, by score
Of to ..
WM. RIPLEY, Of the North End. was sur
prised last evening, on the OCCASION vi bis
42nd birthday. His friends made 1t pleas
ant for him.
The united engine OF the Fire DeLlrt.
ment will receive new editing of paint,
that is, the front wheels and front portion
Of the engine.
TBgMunicipal Court met yesterday after
noon, ard adjourned until Wednesday
without transacting any business except
calling the docket.
JERRY Donovan, the popular engineer at
the United Engine House, was presented
with a fine addition TO his family yester-
day morning. 1t is girl.
Miss MAGGIE MILLER, daughter OF Tneo.
dore Miller, celebrated her birthday last
Saturday by a pleasant party at Charles
Seabright's ''S!d Droyers' Home"
A PICNIC will be held on the New Fair
Grounds July 18th, the proceeds TO go 10
the benefit OF the Sisters Of st. Joseph. 1t
will undoubtedly be nice affair.
A LITTLE child OF Samuel Manning, on
Water street, below Twenty first, took
dose Of poregoric, last night, by mistake
DR.. Reed was called but the child IS II a
bad way.
The Century Magazine for June is unu-
sually interesting, containing among the
numerous good things an article on Living
English Sculptors," profusely illustrated.
Stanton & Davenport have 1t for sale.
Nh. PRYOR BoYD and Miss Fannie II.
Myers were married at the residence or the
brides parents on North Broad way, Island,
yesterday afternoon, Rev. McLure, OH
ciated. They Immediately left for the East
on bridal tour,
The Oscar Wilde base ball club OF the
North End, challenge either the Oscar
Wilde's, OF Martins Ferry, or the Etna
yille's to play a match game pext Satur-
day. The Ohio mines have the privilege Of
choosing their own ground ID play on.
YESTERDAY Chief Cunning, assisted by
the Hook and Ladder men and truck, were
busily engaged repairing the fire alarm
wires in the east end. The breakage was
caused oy parties in that portion OF the
city cutting down trees, which fell on the
wires and broke them.
TIE following conveyance was admitted
to record at the Clerks office yesterday: A
deed made the 2ls, day of May, 1888, by
Henry Schafer and wife to Henry ]. Fer
Der, in consideration of $1,000, for .the
north half Of lot No. l6, in square Is, stu,
ated in South Wheeling.
The Committee on Ordinances drafted
an ordinance, last evening, to the effect
that Eoff7S landing and the eastern termi-
nus of Ohio street, Island, would be sub
ject to wharfage. But any steamboat land
ing at either of the wharfs and paying
MI ha IN at
of the wharyes the same day without hav-
ing to pay extra Wharfage.
BELLAIRB, in ten years from now, instead
of being the smoky, dirty city she now is,
will be brilliantly lighted up with natural
gas, and no black smoke will issue from
tie smoke stacks as at present. Instead of
using gas only in the leaTs and ovens of
glass houses, as now contemplated, il will
be used in the furnaces OF the mills and
all other Observation-Disclosures.
THE second annual picnic for the benefit
OF the Sisters OF 81. Joseph will be held at
tie State Fair Grounds Oh July %. Among
the many attractions will be a race for the
purse of 500, by the well known hOrSC1.
FAIRY Queen Virginia" "Separlet'
and "Electa" This picnic will doubtless
be enc of the greatest successes of any
thing of the kind to be held this summer.
Mr. JOHN P. LINTON Of Johnstown, Pa,
Supreme Chancellor OF the World, X. Of
p, was in the city last evening, en- route
to the Grand Lodge meeting at Cincinnati
to-day. His presence soon became known
to the lodges here, and an impromptu re-
ception was prepared. About eight O'Clock
q detachment OF Uniform Lodge, Occur de
Lion, with Kramers band, called at the
Mcclure. Mr.. Linton entered a carriage,
with P S. c., c. Siebke, p G. c., B. Stanley,
D. G. c. Day and G. V. c. Doane, and was
escorted to Black Prince Hall. where he
was met by delegations from the Lodges
OF Wheeling. Bellaire and Benwood. In
the course of the evening he made very
interesting address, showing the condition
and rapid growth of the order. At ILLS
he was escorted to the B. & o. depot where
he took the train for Cincinnati.