Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-17
FACT AND FANCY.
Minor City News and Pertinent Talk
and Comment.

ANOTHER new grocery IN North W heellnS.
WILSON'S stone wagon broke down on
Caldwell's run bridge, yesterday.
CHARLIE SMITH, OF Reymann's brewery,
is happy. It's ten pound boy.
BELLS foundry is again running, and we
are informed it will run only on half time.
THE hay market was largely attended
yesterday, and prices were ten dollars per
ton.
THE Belmont boilers are working single
turn this week, owing to the scarcity OF
pig metal.
GusrAvR BRETDENsrEIS, OF Kirkwood, has
bought Mrs. Frrnzheims barouche and
harness.
An unknown tramp had his leg broken
in Wellsburg, on Tuesday, in stealing a
ride on the cars.
CAPT. WM. OrTo is having considerable
work done to his house, on the east side
Market street. above Sixth.
FRANK P. MCNEIL was qualified as a No.
tary Public at Clerk Hooks Office yester-
day. Bond $3.50, with W. ?. Hoge as secur-
ity.
STANTON & DAVENPORT have Just received
the June number OF Hirper'S Magazine. 1t
is very interesting, containing several eX'
cellent productions.
SECRETARY RUrrER, OF the Elm Grove
road, and VIM. Bailey d Il y. machinist,
have gone east to buy motor that will
draw the heavy cars.
The Young Ladies Missionary Society,
of Fourth street church, will give tea
this evening at the parsonage. Everybody
will be made welcome.
EIGHT driving boys in the Belmont mine
struck for higher wages on Tuesday.
Foreman Schau put three men in their
places and let them 60.
Mr.. CHARLES OLIVER, of North Market
street, is having his property completely
overhauled, and it will present hand
some appearance when done.
A MARRIED man in love with another
woman, raised row on Twenty first street
on Tuesday evening, because his sweet
heart had been driving with another man.
THE Elm Grove street railway motors
make hourly trips between the terminus
and stockyard hollow, owing to only one
OF the motors being now in the shops for
repairs.
MONDAY afternoon IA year old son Of
l.. ID. Hughes who resides on Chapllne
hill, while riding one Of his Father horses,
was thrown off and his left leg broken be-.
JOHN RYAN was arrested on Tuesday
night for drunkenness and yesterday
morning was sentenced to the " ork house.
During the day delirium tremens We're de-
veloped and DR.. Edwards sent for, but he
died at o'clock last evening.
YESTERDAY a stranger named Mike
Handlan broke one of the small bones in
his right leg. He was removed to the Old
Home hotel and DR.. Stifel called, who re-
duced the fracture. County Commissioner
Prince was called on and the men received
permit to enter the County Hospital.
YESTERDAY was one OF Unusual interest
10 the graduating class at the Wheeling
Female College as the honors for which
many OF the members were contesting was
awarded Miss Lulu Kendall, OF Parkers-
burg, who received first honor and Miss
Mary Heyman, of this city, the second.
YESTERDAY our German e1cursionists
sailed from New York on the steamer Elba,
of the Bremen line. They were Christian
Hess and daughters Misses Aggie and
Annie, John Oesterling and daughter,
Miss Ricka, August Rolf, wife and daughter,
Peter Miller, August Wiedebusch. Theodore
Schrieber and Messrs. Reuter-, Bremen and
Reinhart
REUBEN MILLER. prominent boiler at
the La Belle mill. and Miss Charlotte
Winesburg were married Tuesday eve
ming al 5 o'clock at the Unitarian church.
The Pastor, Rev. Mcclure, performing the
ceremony. After the wedding a recep-
ton was held at the residence of the bride
No 2&ii Jacob street, the presents were
numerous and costly.
THE Happy Eight social, which is COM
posed of number of our leading young
men, have chartered the steamer Telegram
and will hold grand picnic at Cresap's
Grove on the 9th of June. A large crowd
is expected to attend, and they assure all
a most pleasant reception. Prof. kramer's
full brass hand will accompany them, and
dancing will be the order Of the day.
The excursionists who went to Wheeling
yesterday to attend Barnum's circus and
the Salvation banquet arrived home at ,
o'clock this morning. A heavy storm came
up during the circus performance in the
evening. and although attempts were made
to GO through the programme, it had to be
abandoned and the crowd dismissed. A
crowd OF roughs took possession Of the
train on the way up, and raised regular
pandemonium Revolyers were hred, stones
thrown, windows broken and general dis.
order relgue6. Capt Irons, Of the Saliva
tion Army, was struck on the head with o
stone but not seriously injured. The
practice OF roughs taking possession Of
railway trains in this section has become
entirely too general and the railroad COM
panies should make vigorous effort to
suppress il, even il they have to employ
some special police with sufficient nerve
TO put bullet through one or two of these
ruttans il they resist Notwithstanding
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