Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-02
NOTE n coMMExr.
chat . Gossip On Various Topics
About Town.

The Elson glass works viii fire up to day.
OVyrcxR BrRp arrested James Phillips for
disorderly conduct last evening.
A FORCE Of men are busily engaged lay
ing q gas main on T~xenty-third street
ONLY two heating furnaces are at work at
the Ia Belle mill, aud both OF them are
working on tool iron.
z wss issued before Squire
Ankle for one Peter Neal, on q charge Of
threatening to kill his wife
DRryxR OF car No. IS, Of the Citizens line,
was sgreeably surprised on returning home
q few evenings ago by q visitors ten pound
boy.
The local Board Of Health Of Brooke
county has been reappointed. 1t consists
Of DIS. W. X. Curtis, j. N. Cooper and Z.
ShriYer.
YESTERDAY Real Agent G. o. Smith sold
to John A. Lash two lots on the northeast
corner Of Indiana and North York streets,
for $500
OFEICER GRIsT. one OF the newly ap
pointed officers made his first arrest yes
terdsy evening. He ran James Boyce in
for disorderly conduct.
DAVID GREER, who for the last ten years
has been employed at Bells foundry, threw
up uls lDSlLlOu ycolcINoy a1u naS dCCCpL5u
q position at the water works.
YESTERDAY morning a still alarm Of fire
wa turned in at the Eighth ward hose
house, occasioned by house No. II Thirty
ninth street being on fire. The depart
ment responded promptly only 70 find the
extinguished. The fire originated in a
closet in the house among a lot of old rags.
Damage nominal.
The case OF State vs.. Neal Driscol, on the
charge Of disturbing the peace, preferred
BY Mrs. Mertle, wa tried before Squire
Arkle last evening, and the defendant re.
quired TO give q peace bond in the sum of
500 for his good behavior for one year.
From what could be learned yesterday, the
entire case arose through q dispute as to
the ownership OF q poor dilapidated kitten.
TUESDAY afternoon Frank Guenther, an
employe at Simon Baer & Sons grocery,
on Main street, had q very narrow escape
from being seriously injured. He n sew
eral other Workmen were on the third
floor and in his attempt TO get on the de-
scending elevator he slipped, falling head
first 10 the second floor, lighting on his
head ond shoulder. At first every person
supposed he was fatally injured, but with
the exception Of a few bad bruises he es-
capped uniniured.
CAPT. BENNETT and Frank Wilhelm went
to Wellsyille, o., yesterday morning, in
D 70 TO a telegram received, stating
that the authorities had captured a man
who had .Wilhelm's watch on. When
captured he had the gold watch, a flask OF
Bear & Sons fine powder and a bunch CT
about fifty Gays on his person. Wilhelm
and the Captain identified the powder and
watch, but the man would not return with
out the proper papers. Captain Bennett
returned 10 this city yesterday afternoon
and procured a" requisitiOn, and the man
will be brought here TO morrow. He gave
his name as Andy EwriCk, but was recOg.
nizcd as John Gerry, of this vicinity.
MR. ROBERr GARRETT, First Vice Presi.
dent of the b * y. Railroad Company, has
issued an OliJial order allowing ali the
clerks and employees Of the various depart
u,suts Of the road a two weeks vacation,
With Instructions that they he furnished
passes over the line. This is an act Of lib
cTality that will be greatly appreciated by
+, the empiOye s, and can certainly entail no
loss to the road, for the men will not only
feel encouraged. but will be all the better
ahle 10 work after taking needed rest
Furh0Hrr. The employees in this neck o
the woods would be pleased to learn that
he above is founded on fact, but as yet you
can't prove it by them.-BeLtrire Lodcp'n-
tgst.
YESTERDAY two young bloOds appeared
in the city representing themselves to be
from Wheeling, one of them giving his
name as Robinson. They stopped at John
Kinney's boarding house on Water street,
ard sod some envelopes, soap ami cheap
iewelry on'the street. When the left they
not only forgot 10 settle their bill, but
carried of some underClOthing belonging
to another bOarder. They were O~verhauled
by the officers al the depot, and marched
back to Kinney'S, where one OF them was
found to have donned a missing pair OF
drawers, and the other to nave a shirt in a
valise. On payment for the drawers and
board and return Of the shirt they were
suffered TO depar. -Nt'fbs"riU" H~Taid.
A COMMITTEE of the Fair Association will
be on the Fair Ground, on Monday next,
for the purpose OF allottinS space for mer.
chants who desire to make exhibitions OF
their stock, wares or manufactures. No
charge is made for space. Merchants and
Manufacturers should not close their eyes
To their interest in this matter. a better
advertisement for them and for the city
could not be devised. The fair will be
patrunized by thousands OF strangers,
who i'll, for the first time. learn their
names and view their wares; and
our v merchants should set the example
TO farmers and others to put their products
on exhibition. Wheeling should naturally
take the initiative in coming forward in
q matter in which city pride shoule rival
private q yadtage. and manufacturers and
dealers SOW seed in public exhibitions OF
his character that never fail 10 bear fruit.
Let v heeling merchants see to it that
every branch of our manufacture and
every species OF our wares are displayed at
the fair TO the best advantage.
\ MEMBER o. the WyandOtte Fishing
Club writes to tell OF the good time the
bows are having.