Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-13
FACT AND FANCY.
Minor. City News and Pertinent raih
and Comment

Minor. City News and Pertinent Talk
and Comment.
YESTERDAY was q good day for accidents.
ONLY two cases were in the lookup at
midnight
} A FORCE of men are engaged in straight
ening up the curbing at the Atlantic en-
CINE house.
SEVERAL citizens are complaining about
the nuisance Of boys playing ball on the
streets in the afternoon.
The Sisters Of St. Joseph picnic is to be
held on the 18th and not the 9th as was
stated in yesterdays paper.
JOE KRAMER band goes to Steubenville
this evening to play for the entertainment
given by the Patience Clno.
The Little Jewel class Of the Lutheran
Sunday School, held picnic at the old
Fair ground, yesterday afternoon.
YESTERDAY W. II. Brooks. an employee
AT the Centre foundry, had the little finger
of his right hand broken while loading
car with castings.
A WARRANT was sworn out before Squire
Schalize yesterday for Frank Mccormick,
on charge of assault and battery pre-
ferred by John Dickson. The case will be
tried to day.
YESTERDAY morning Deputy Sheriff
Manly and guard delivered to Col. West
at the Penitentiary, the two prisoners who
were recently arrested near Huntington,
for burglarizing store in that place. They
got six years each.
ENGINES Nos. COS, COS and COZ Of the B. &
o. railroad arrived here yesterday from
Grafton, in charge of Engineers Harring-
ton, Wiilhide and Crawford. These engines
are to be used on the Central Ohio division
Of the road.
Cox. DREsNoSD, an employee at the Top
mill, had a very ugly cash cut in his face
by being hit With piece Of brick Tuesday.
The gentleman was engaged in eating his
dinner, when some one threw q brick
which struck him with the above result.
Dan REED, a cub employed at Bells
foundry, met with a very painful accident
Yesterday. While at work he slipped and
fell, striking his forehead against shovel,
which cut q cash about two inches long
Medical attention was Immediately pro-
cured and the wound sewed up.
LAST evening about II o'clock valve in
the south pump at the water WORKS was
unshipped. This valve is under water and
il will take some time to get it in working
order again. Supt. Riddle had force OF
men at work all night trying to repair the
damage. Water consumers will please
take note of the above and use the water as
sparingly as possible.
In the Municipal Court yesterday morn
ing Judge Jeffers entered the following
DEGREES confirming the report OF the Com
missioner in the case of J. II. Hobbs and
wife VS.. Il. W. Hszlett and wife; also in
the case OF same VS.. G. w. Brockunler,
Trustee, the same decree was entered; also
the same decree in the case OF Benz. IL.
Combs, ct al. vs.. Mary F. Combs, ct al.
KENPLE returned yesterday from week 8
visit to the Muldoon Fishing Club which
is located at the foot Of Beech Bottom. He
reports the boys as having a royal lot OF
fun in fishing, hunting and entertaining
their friends and visitors, "one OF whom
he was which" Jake says their evening
concerts are grand, riyaling those OF the
Opera House orchestra. They have 3
mouth organ, dog that bowls tenor and
armer friend with three stringed fiddle.
liz relation to withholding the $4,000
subscribed by Ohio county to the o. r L
Il. Co., conference will be held in this
city Saturday, at which Senator Camden
and Coils. Robert White and q. w. Thomp
son will represent the road, and w. 2.
Hubbard, l.. S. Jordan, Joseph Speidel and
G. W. Woods will appear for the county.
Senator Camden will define the status OF
the company and give the county repre-
sentatiyes an explicit idea of the intention
in relation to its line through Marshall
county.
A TERRIFIC runaway occurred on Main
street hill, yesterday morning, the partici-
pants being horses attached to thresher
from l.. Spence's, at Martins Ferry. The
footboard gave way, while descending the
hill and falling upon the horses scared
them into a dead run. The driver, G
&. Davis, was very game and stuck
to them to the last The first break was to
pitch him off ana 90 careening into the
window of the lucas store room, smashing
it badly. Then Mrs. Rody's show counter
was demolished and the thresher was over.
turned in the street. The horses were cap
tured soon afterward. The driver, in
spite of his bad fall, was not badly hurt.