Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-19
FACT ANDFANCY.
Minor City News and Pertinent Talk
and Comment.

BOARD of Education. tonight.
LAST day of Gen. Thumb.
OFFICER LIsroS run in q drunk last
evening.
The falling barometer, yesterday, would
indicate rain.
HOUSES are poisoning out with spring
suits Of paint.
The new horse purchased for the Hope
hose company works well.
A, SEiBERr will open up his summer re-
sort tonight, with a grand ball.
TIE funeral of Thomas G. Steele will
take place at Grafton at P. N. to-day.
TIE swapping boys at Hobbs glass house
vii go to work at the old price this morn
Dg.
The WAYS and Means Committee OF the
Holiday Post G. A. r, will meet at LABOR
hall tonight.
THE first examination Of the class OF 1888,
of the public schools. will be held to-day,
commencing at the Eighth ward.
The superintendent of the Citizens Rail
wsy expects TO start his men 70 work as
soon as possible laying the new track.
ROW was kicked up in Miller's saloon
last evening, and Officer Junkins arrested
young Kenney as one of the participants.
The South Side Singing Society has pre-
pared a very attractive programme for its
concert at Westwoods hall, on Friday
evening.
ABoUT noon yesterday, the shaft OF the
fly-Wheel, of the bar mill OF the upper XIV.
efside, broke, necessitating shut down OF
ten days.
JoE's KRANERband will go TO Cincinnati
he Qn
Orchestra on the Andes, each TO furnish
music for the excursionists.
CLERK Hook yesterday recorded deed
from VIM. Helfnbine and wife to ]. Ell.
Sissoa, conveying two acres OF ground in
Triadelphia township for $500.
GENERAL l. II. DUyAL says the loss to the
Government in his district by reason of the
reduction in taxes on tobacco and cigars
will amount to $50, 600 year.
A VERY little child of Prof Geo. Seibert
had a very narrow escape, yesterday. He
fell from q second story porch to the pave.
ment below, but, strange to say, escaped
unhurt.
A THREE-year-old son of man named
Baker, living in the Sixth ward, was bitten
in the mouth yesterday by dog belonging
to a man named David Smith. The police
exteTminsted the brute.
The Elm Grove Railway Company are
now running three horse cars on their line.
The experiment of running only two was
found inexpedient, as it was almost i'm
possible for the horses to make the time.
The stockholders Of the Junction Iron
Company held their annual election yes.
terdsy, and reelected the old Board Of Di-
rectofs, and will continue to keep all the
old officers in charge of the mill, as their
work has been very satisfactory.
The Fire Department Committee are
having great trouble over the selection OF
horses for the department. The trouble
seems TO be that parties bringing horses to
the city for sale always bring one good
horse and mate him with an inferior AMI
NAL.
A LAMP situated in the rear portion of
the Benson Ferry boat exploded, Tuesday
afternoon, and set fire to the wood work;
fortunately the officers and men discovered
the fire before it had gained any Roadway,
and by using prompt measures succeeded
in extinguishing the flames before they
could DO any particular damage.
A SUIT for $4,000 damages has been in
stituted in the Circuit Court OF Fayette
county against the Chesapeake and Ohio
railway by Messrs. Frank Hereford and A.
" Campbell, in favor of DIR. c. 5. Cooper,
of Anderson, as administrator OF VIM. A.
Cooper. Ii will be remembered that Mr..
Cooper was engineer Of one OF the trains
which were wrecked in the Stretcher' )
Neck collision last December, and lost his
life.-BOrder Waterman.
YESTERDAY afternoon quite an excite
ment was created near the Atlantic hose
house, OCcasiOned by green German, who
had only been in the city few hours, hay-
al nj N,
that some person had stolen his yalise,
which contained abOnt $75 in money and a
fine suit of clothes. officer Morris in q
few minutes got track Of the valise and
found il in Alley 10, where it undoubtedly
must have been hidden. The German was
profuse in his thanks, but failed to pro-
duce the reward of -, which he bad preyi
ously offered for the recovery OF the yalise,
THE postofice department has agreed up
on the design for the new two cent stamp
for first class matter, and the work of
printing for distribution and sale will
shortly be begun. A medallion OF Wash
ington in a panel is the most prominent
feature, and half round the top the words
United States Postage are placed. This
is departure from the prc,ent system,
where the initials u. 5 - are ised. At the
lower portion Of the stamp are the words
- IN D tents, NlNlieu DN Z llSATe - lue
design IS conspicuous for - neal plainness
and there is an absence OF any decoration
not in keeping with the subject. The like
ness Of Washington has been pronounced
perfect by all who have seen 1t, and 1t IS a
copy of the head in the painting in the east
room in the Presidents house.
Work has sgsin been commenced on the
new iron bridge Of the b. Il .. road cross
ing Wheeling creek at Triadelpaia after a
temporary stop of one month, caused by
disagree nlent as TO the manner OF con-
structing the bridge. 1t was first decided
10 build the bridge over. grade with IS foot
span, but this plan was abandoned for the
reason that it would throw the channei OF
the creek directly against the stone wall
of Mr.. Armstrong at that point, and
would, ofcOurSe, cause considerable dam
lgP to his property at every rise OF the
Stream. They will now erect q three span
iron bridge, with two piers running square
with the stream, which will avoid the
afors mentioned difficulty, and be OF more
convenience and durability to the con.
nal v.