Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-24
FACT AND FANCY.
minor City News and Pertinent Talk
and Comment

AT late hour last night only one arrest
reposed in the cooler.
McCoSBs and Mccarthy will probably be
given hearing to-day.
Col. JOHN w. HOLIDAY post G. A. K
will be mustered in tonight
GEORGE, son Of Henry Fauple, of Bellsire,
died of diphtheris, yesterday.
The Committee on Lights was called for
last night, but no quorum appeared.
A WELLsBuRG paper says colored boy
was refused admission to Bethany College.
A VERY pleasant supper party was given
| last evening at the residence OF Rev. DE.
| Smith.
LOUISE ScHAFFER. the girl VIII was burned
| by kerosene, at Stockyard hollow, died
| last night.
THE breaking of the stone for the maca-
danizing OF Zane street, Island, is nearly
completed.
WORK will be pushed along rapidly this
coming week on the relaying of the Elm
Grove railway.
MEssRs. HUBBARD & PAUL, wholesale
grocers, are having hydraulic elevator put
in their warehouse on Main street.
SHERIFF J. E. HEATHERLY, of Barbour
county, yesterday took to the penitentisry
q convict sentenced to two years for
forgery.
ST.. MATTHEWS church was so badly VEN
tilsted, yesterday, that q lady tainted
during the morning service, creating
quite an excitement.
BEEF from Chicago is now retailed regu-
larry in Wellsburg markets. The price is
about the same as the native article, quality
a shade better, probably.
YESTERDAYS snow-storms were not ex-
actly seasonable or pleasant. 1t was a
beautiful sight. though, to see the sun
shining through the falling flakes.
Rev. J. d. MoFFAr, President Of Wash
brother John, and will tomorrow officiate
at the Second Presbyterian Church.
Wis. KENNEDY. of Wheeling, in the U.
s. secret service, was in town to-day. He
is locking for game, too. Kennedy is first
class gum boot msn.-Bellaire Independent.
YESTERDAY was an extremely dull day at
the court house. Even in Clerk Hooks Of
fee nothing had been done, and the Clerk
remarked, "A complete whitewash to-
day."
J. c. DEyTSE writes from Millbank, Da-
kots, that he and his party are all we'll but
| in very bad plight, as is also over 100
families of emigrants. They are all froze
| Up al Millbank, with q heavy storm blow
| ing and poor prospects Of their being able
to resume their journey for several days.
STANTON & DAVENPORT have Just received
| the April Century. This number completes
| the third volume of the new series. 1t
contains the conclusion OF Mrs. Frances
| Hodgson Burnett's famous novel Through
| One Administration" an artical on the
capital at Washington, profusely illustrated
and other interesting matter.
Ial
| on Mr.. Ebenezer Zane and escorted him to
| Jake Nunge's saloon, where, in behalf Of
| the friends present, one Of the gentlemen
| in q very neat speech, presented Mr.. Zane
| with q very fine cane. Mr.. Zane responded
| in q few well chosen remarks, and the re-
msinder Of the evening was spent by the
| entire party in social intercourse.
The Bethany C0lLegian has been launch
ed on the literary world on Saturday last.
| The students of Bethany College have
reason 10 be proud OF their venture, for
| the Couegian certainly is much better
! than the average College paper in literary
make up. We wish the young gentlemen
and ladies also for there are ladies en-
| gagged in the work, great success in their
| venture.
STATE SUP'T. BUTCHER is agitating plan
| which promises we'll. He proposes ap-
pointing an "Arbor day" on which the
| various school grounds of the State will
simultaneously be planted with trees. He
| has cOrresponded with prominent educa-
| tors throughout the country, and their re-
| plies are very favorable. Mr.. Butcher will
have an article on the subject in the forth
coming number of the SchOA Journal.
WM CHrsHEIS, a third hand at the Riv.
| erside forge department, met with very
| painful accident yesterday morning.
| While passing by furnace another work
man stepped on the handle of side
| dauber, an instrument used at the pudd-
| ling furnaces, causing the tool TO fly up,
| the paddle end striking him in the forehead
and cutting cash several inches long. He
was assisted TO his home and medical at
teDtiOn called.
LAST evening Mrs. Scott J. ton, while
| carrying a lighted lamp across the room,
| stun BLEED and allowed the amp TO fall to
| the floor, breaking it and splitting the fluid
over the floor Mrs. Listen tainted from
| fright, surprising the house would catch
| fire, but fortunately the light was eXtln-
| guished before the lamp reached the floor,
| thereby saving the building and Mrs. l.,
| as she certainly would have been badly
burned before assistance could reach her.
| At this writing Mrs. l.. is resting very well
| though very much Frustrated by the shock
to her nervous system.
There is strange story told OF the burn
| ing of a hayStaCE belonging TO q gentleman
named Adams, some two miles from Moore
| field, in a northerly direction, on Tuesday
| night of last week. \ tramp had inquired
| for matches, unsucceSsfully, at several
different houses in the neighborhood on
that evening, and had finally secured
them, and it is supposed that he set fire
tn the haystack. 1t is reported that
| among the ashes of the burned hay a heap
| IF bones were found, ard that they were
supposed to be the bones OF human body.
| 70 complete the story it is supposed that
| the tramp who killed his fellow tramp,
/ robbed him of large suR of money, aud
| then to hide the deed had fastened the
| body to the top OF the centre pole of the
| haystack, set the stack on fire and thus &C
| cOmplished perfect cremation, while in
/ the light of the fire he counted his ill
| gotten gains, There is a foundation for
this story, but the details may not be
| strictly correct, except as TO the burning Of
the haystack.-ladi: Republican,,