Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-24
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chat and Gossip On Various Topics
About ToWn.

NOTE AND C0MMENr.
chat and Gossip On Various Topics
Abeut Tsws.
A PERSoS could sleep last night.
ROBERT PHIIIIPs' new residence, on North
Main street, Is nearly completed.
HENRY GILL Is building Q stone wall In
front of his residence on the National road
A NEW crossing Is being laid across Thir.
~ sixth street at the intersection OF jacob
street.
YESTERDAY SQUIRE Schultz issued q war
rant for Louis Stephens, on charge CT a.
tempt burglary.
MANY important matters will come be
fore Council tonight. Let 9 quorum be
On hand promptly.
The Fair Association has purchased
combination roller, scraper aud raker thai
does wonders on the track.
YESTERDAY VIM. Mooney, q blind boy,
fell in the gas main trench in the North
End. Fortunately he was not injured.
TEE Knights Of Pythias are making ar
engagements for a grand picnic, TO be held
9 the new Fair grounds September l.
The workmen arc busily engaged paving
the gutter on the north side Of Thirty
sixth street, between Jacob and Eotf streets
YESTERDAY, a dor belonging to Mr.
Schmeichel, bit little girl living in toe
Fifth ward, and Officer Barum snos the
brute.
FRIrz ROBERTS was arrested by Officer
Dunlap, yesterday, on a charge OF disorder
ly conduct on Coal street about ii O'CLOCK
Saturday night
JOSEPH SCHUYLER waived an examination
before Justice Caldwell, yesterday. and
gave bond in the sun of $1,000, his father
becoming his security.
A DETACHMENT of Holiday Post G. A. R.,
under Comrade Wm. Boden, left last night
for the Grand ~Encampment at Columbus.
A lot more will leave today.
The residents in the immediate vicinity
of Thirty third and Chapline streets started
a petition ysstsy3ayy 10 have the triangle
bill EeSter fence on the corner removed.
On her next trip the Andes will take an
excursion to Cincinnati. A round trip on
the Andes is better than a visit to halt the
summer resorts and is infinitely cheaper.
THE Warner Fishing Club will leave to
day for Willow Springs 10 be gone two
weeks. The members are George ST
Myers Frank Hesrich, Mike Warner, Jene
ST. Myers and Tip OKeefe.
ENGIxEEH Corrs, of the Yigilsnt engine
house, has had his head cut and is getting
himself in trim for the coming ring con
test, so the boys say Foreman STANLEY
and Hostler Henry are handling him.
EoEF street. between Thirty.ffth and
Thirty-sixth, is now nicely graded. ThC
force OF men are buSily engaged between
Thit;y-sixth and Thirty seventh streets
and expect TO have 1t completed this week,
Ms HANSE, Knocks hacker, claims he
never Offered To make the race with Hell
and take So for expenses. But il the Bell
ARE people are anxious for the race to b
rowed, 81 that city, let them otisr $40 ex
penses and tAe race will be very quickly
made.
The cubs" started to work at Bell:
foundry yesterday morning, but in a re
mSrEably short time came to the conclusion
that if the firm did not furnish them with
ice water they would quit work. h firm
refused TO accede to their demand and the
boys are now out.
WN. TArPE'S mother met with a very
serious accident yesterday while in Ben
wood. She was riding along the rold in q
wasOn and in some manner the seat broke,
THROWING her violently 10 the ground. No
bones were broken by the fall, but fears are
entertained that the lady is seriously IN
jured internally.
Mrs. ". II. FRANK, who lives at the
corner OF Chapline and Twelfth streets.
met with q serious accident yesterday after.
noon. Carrying a child in her arms she
wss about to step across the gutter when
she slipped and fell, breaking her leg
above the knee. DIR. Hupp was called in
and reduced the fracture.
LAST evening q birch beer wagon while
passing along Market, between Fourteenth
and Sixteenth streets, rem over Peter Eros
small son Edward. Fortunately the boy,
with the exceptions Of n few scratches,
escaped without any injuries. Persons
driving along a public t~horoughfare about
and after dark should be more careful.
TIE races that are to take place next
Thursday at the new Fair grounds are at
tracing considerable attention. Several
OF our local flyers have been entered.
Those who have horses and wish to enter
them should do so by wednesday noo rs
st that time the entrees will be closed. Ten
per cent of the purse will De charged 10 Ell
ter either the trUttiug or pacing race. the
running race, a free for all, will be for u
handsome saddle donated by Nr l.. vii
helm, also n fine brittle donated by Mr.. Z.
Shsrkey. Rare sport my be expected.
YESTERDAY morning broke as warm ~
they get EN-, anu by ten 'CioC humanity
began to believe the lin4l collapse bad
come. shortly after hat sine a breeze
sprung up and reduced 4. vi temperature
somewhat, but st Ii ,1it - burning. The
wind Of the elternDun WAS quite brisk and
in several PAGES the n tc,t the effects
liz east Wheeling several were blown down
One poplsr fell on Chapiine street, South
Side, anu u valuable pear tree was laid OUT
at the residence Of Z. Hess, ESD, at $40
Msin Street. The rain fell heavily aad and
at this writing is still coming down per
sistentiy. The cooled air felt very grateful
after the warm day.
The men engaged in directing the work
on the Riverside steel plaat, at Eeuwooj,
came over yesterday and took a Look at the
Bel.aire water works. They were perfectly
astounded that such machinery and pumDs
rs are I'm use could, in their present conf
ton, supply such a city a. this. They
ale gentlemen we'll posted in the working
Of ell kinds of machinery, and 10 them II
seemed like an Improbable story thst tn
n anufaClorieS Of this city as we'll as iht
private depended upon such
works as our for the water used IN manu
featuring, etc, and aStonishcd even the
trustees themselves by pointing out the
defects and the very probsbls consequence
If being left without a supply OF water
Without any notice whatever. Thus tn
matter of hurryiug the new pumpins
works should be a matter Of gre4tsSS c)n
Germ. The plans ard specifications are now
being prepared FOR the pun 5 and olhe'
machinery -hliepsadcRt.
Mrs, sir oiny ice trslm and cake al IN