Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-10-01

dull Saturday and yesterday.
SEVERAL Of the local sports returned from
Pittsburgh Saturday afternoon.
No work was done on the flooring OF the
Market street bridge Saturday.
AT late hour last night eleven drunk
sHd disorderly cases had been reported ~
headquarters
A cHRGMo will be presented to every lady
who visits Charley Shay's Academy OF Au'
sc his week.
OgFICERs Grist and Taylor arrested two
men for fighting, near the Belmont mill,
Saturday afternoon
The foot race, which was 10 have come
OF at the DeE fair grounds Saturday after
noon, did not come of.
The Academy Of Music opens tonight
with an entire new programme, rs will be
SCI n in our advertising columns.
o. Saturday G. W. McCammon, Of West
Alexander, sold his splendid bay horse,
John" to DR.. J. c. Hupp; price $3.50.
Ms. SHRUBB's residence on South York
street, Island, was entered Saturday morn
ing and about S75 worth Of jeWelry taken.
SATURDAY night thieves effected an en-.
trance at Frank Laupp's, on North Front
street, and carried of about $50 worth OF
siIyerware.
A BRILLIANT wedding will take place in
Fulton next Thursday. The contracting
parties are Mr.. Augustus Miller and Miss
Mary Stein.
INTELLIGENCE reached this city last even
ing that Mr. George Schapler's store and
dwelling at Grand View was destroyed by
fire Friday night.
A GREAT feat in Matchmaking has been
accomplished by Israel L. Waterman, at
Grubbs, in repairing Al. s. Hardin's Swiss
time-keeper. ltrequired weeks and months
OF constant labor.
Ma. REEDS residence on Kentucky street,
Island, was entered Saturday morning by
thieves and money and clothing to the
amount of about $50 carried away.
ONE of Forepaugh's vans broke down on
Main street, near Twenty-second, Saturday
afternoon. Mike McDonough, the driver,
was considerably bruised by the fall.
The Str, O. Car Company have placed a
coal oil lamp al the turn table in Bridge
port This was q long felt want and the
lew lamp is appreciated by all travellers.
IT is possible that Jones and Wright will
be matched again for q three mile boat
rsCe, but should the race be made the men
will be required to row in boats exactly
alike.
OF Maggie, orphan child of Michael Flad
ing, deceased, at Clerk Hooks office, Sltur
day. Bond 500 with Mathew AlLmeyer as
st Curity.
SEVERAL Of the residents on Chapline
street, between Twenty second and Twenty
fourth streets, are complaining about the
east side walk being almost i'm passable add
no red lights placed on the distractions.
Me- J. b. CHAMBERS, who drives q wagon
for Mr.. Joseph lawson. wa bIily squeezed
Satu day morning by being caught be-
tween the roof of a shed ami the seat OF
his wagon. He will be laiC up several
days.
LAST Saturday, evening the Water Boaro
had n force Of men at work removing the
engines, etc, from the sand bar. The crib
is at last completed, that is, one of them,
and the prospects are not flattering for the
sinking Of the remaining two cribs.
Mr. Ed. ATKINSON was engaged Saturday
morning in taking in q large quantity OF
Short Creek wool at the B. Il D. depot. He
saws there is very little wool left in this
county. Most all of il was sold st prices
ranging from thirty to tkirt five cents.
On Saturday the stockholders OF the
Manchester Coal Company met and elected
the following officers: President, 6. G
Harmon; Superintendent, p. L. Kimberly
Directors-John ]. Jones, John BOdley
George g. Harmon, r ], Smyth, VIM. C.
Cruikshenks, +. J. Park and Capt. K. I.
DevriGs.
MEs ELIZABETH HOFFMAN,, q widow lady
who resides ut Alp Coal street, received
last week, through the medium of Squire
Schulize, 81, $50 arrear pension money, and
will receive regularly S. per month during
her life. Her husband belonged TO the
u
also received 81, 900 and 81 per month pen
sion.
LAST Wednesday Charles Daub, of Full
ten, purchased q bull and Thursday the
new arrival ran away, since which time
the entire country has been searched for
him. bU no one was able to see him
Y stPrt ay the an ma was noticed and the
entire community turned out and the bull
chase commenced, which occupied nearly
the entire day. Lawrence Hitler finally
killed the brute by magnificent shot witt
4 rife.
VERY quiet wedding took place al
Darlington, Ohio, last week. The con
tracing parties were Miss Jennie Pearssll,
Of ClaIinglon, and Mr.. Henry Hsg edorn,
f the South Side. The wedding took
place at the brides residence and was &
recherche affair. Mr.. Will Goethe, OF this
city, and Miss Lottis Cochran, of Claring
ton, acted rs attendants. The happy
couple were the recipients OF many hand
some snd useful presents. After the cere
mony an elegant little reception was held
at the brides home.
YESTERDAY a report was circulated to the
effect that at the Central gas works large
reservoir Of gas was reached and until las
/ night it was firmly believed, but at this
/ writing the workmen have discovered that
"a nr,lu ha al
some time sgo and has broken out again
with renewed force. The work Of boring
will be pushed along Immediately. A
present they are boring through a very
| hard stratum at the depth of about | 500 fee
and expect to strike paying gas Us soon a.
| this stratum is pierced.
THERE is strong probability that Their
1 will be a change soon il the mPtho o
/ transfer of freights now handled at Bel
/ laire, by the b 4 o. There is a suggestion
| that q freight depot at Ritchetown Nigh,
/ be made the place Of general transfer TO-
/ freiehts on the b. x u. lines, in which
event a large part Of the business don,
here could then be done at that point. On
the other hand, some of the officials OF thu
road are in favor Of erecting general trans
fer depot on the company's ground on the
west side of Bellaire, in which the bust
| ness can be done much more conveniently
| snd at less cost than IL Is at present done
| Ii might be worth while for our citizens to
give this matter some attention before ina
| sctiOn is taken,-Bellaire Tribune.
A GANG Of pickpOckets made a successful
raid upon the people at the Union depot,
| in this place, and in the cars on the way to
Wheeling, on Thursday evening last Dr..
Boyd Emory lost $S5, Hanford Morrison
SIS, and Newton Morrison q watch. These
gentlemen are all from Somerset, aud the
robbsTies, most likely, took place in the
| crowd at the depot. Alexander McGill and
George Lindyille, Of Esst Finley, had their
pockets picked while on the train, the foV-
mer losing 800. VIM. A. SproTls, of Clays
Vile, suffered the same way to the amoRnr
| of ten or fifteen dollars. Miss Mary L. Day
was the only person we reported robbed on
the grounds, and this happened while pass
ing through a com pact crowd in Floral
Hall. People attending fairs or o,heT
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