Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-20
WEEK IN WHEELING.


This Ctsy asA vseisiiy
SrspiY. Nay l3.-Barnuln's circus ar.
riyes about 4 p. H., and the email boys
/ CUP Is filled 10 overflowinE......jos.C Char
nurk attempts 70 commit Auiclje while de-
ranged by epilepsy ...... Willie Birtlebauxh.
Of eLxood, eyed Is, killed by BLrnum's
circus train ..... George Washington. Fiem'
ing Fergus and John Bird, (ooloredh ~
tenpted to break Jail. but their echens
| falls through. ..... Burglars do Land ONES
business at St. ClsirsvIlle, J. b. Hogs
drug store, p. w. Dickey's grocery sld >.
Cellar, tJr.'s saloon, entered.
MONDAY May N.-Barnum's circus gives
two performances in old fair Grounis
and is visited by about % 0oo people; tne
parade the longest and most satisfactory
ever xitn essed Ia Wheelinsi performances
surpass any ibirg ever before seen here;
ey.rinp enteftaio meut interrupted by se.
we're storm which disperses andieucs short
iy after eight ecl9cl, and 4pally blows
down Hpi: several men slightly AMI nrs1
,,....FulIy l9eO.stringe IN town :..... S.oIm
eau, ed panic steyening performances Of the
i ,us; CHECKED JUST in the nick Of ume......
Ihity YES enter Lyna House, be'noht,
Belmont county. o., and loot tne casn
drawer of ito. Lightning strike, oo'ia'
IIg northeast corner Market ana E'esentn
.treets and knocks brick OIL ROOT whico
alirhts on the head of +. J. Stout, OF Pitts
bnreb, infiictine serious injuries. ..... Thos.
Wlilets, blinded by lighting, walks OH Ter
~ float at Top mill an 10 drowned.
TUESDAY, May l5.-Fifteen hundred men
at xork on River railroad. .... Alex. Craig.
of Martins ferry, undertakes N correct his
wife with O hatchet, and intiicts serious
ipjuries......W. J. Adams, OF Beilaire, has
his pocket picked of $30.....Frank Cons
and John Geary. city prisoners, MAKE an
unsuccessful attempt To escape while ~
work on the Island. .... Residence OF Arie
McCully, No. las Eighteenth street, enter.
ed by the enterprising burglar and about
500 taken Gee. German N. h. Conference
meets.
WEDNESDAY,, May ia fierce cyclone
deyestates the west end OF Washington
county, Pa; loss we'll up In the thoussads
&C.,. The "unspeakable Turk" enters MAI
tins Ferry and creates decided sensation
Driving bows in Belmont mine strike
and are discharged. ..... Christian Hess and
daughters, Misses Aggie and Annie. John
Osterlinp and dsughter, Miss Kicks An.
eust Wolf, wife and daughter, Peter MAJ
Ter August Weidebusoh. Theodore Schrie'
her and Messrs. Reuter-, Bremen sud kStn.
hart. sail from New York on steamer Etoa
General demand msde BY citizens tot
brace of detectives to aid in ferreting OUT
burglars.
TauRspsY. May 17.-Michael 0Donnell,
residing on Caldwell's Run, seriously 10.
iured in Belmont coal bank.....,Slander
case Of Bppies W. Stewart brought to close
in Part Of Circuit Court; verdict Tor
plaintiff for $4,000. ..... German NJ. T.. Con.
ference closes its session.. Annual ses'
sion OF State Medical Society brought to
close at Grafton ...... Attempt TO galVanihe
the old Standard Base Ball Club into new
lease of life O miserable failurs..... Total
circulation OF public library for month Of
April 2,3Gs: about 20 DER cent hctton.::.
Regular monthly meeting OF Board OF Ed
ucation; enrolment for month, 3.6SS; aver
age attendance, 3,22T; number OF teachers.
l0l; cost of instruction, A,47l 70; Bosrd
decid,s to erect addition TO Seventh ward
sch ool 30x2I feet"...John II. Morgan pauty
in iured in Etpa coal bank.
FRIDAY, May ls.-Special Getting OF
Council called 10 consider var Gus petitions,
etc. Phlo. Kimberly, member OF Second
Branch from Fourth ward, declared non.
resident of the city; B. A. Galligan. com:
mittee clerk. charged with dereliction Of
duty BY Mr.. Kimberly Thtrty.six True
bills returned by Belmont county grand
Jury, sitting at 1t. Clairsville:.....t 1ca!
loo ges OF American Flint Glass Workers
Union decide to cease work during the SIX
weeks beginning June 1...... Mill men, in In.
teryiew, say they can stand si1 months
lockout IL necessary.