Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-01
FACT ANDFANCY.
Minor City News and Pertinent rslk
and Comment

and Comment
An alarm pell was placed in the Eighth
ward hose house, yesterday.
MRs. Macy GRuBER is lying dangerously
i'll at her home, No. 81 Fifteenth street.
The TOP mill will stop Thursday night
and will be of the balance OF the week.
ONLY two arrests were in the lookup at
q late hour last night. Both disorderly
cases.
The Happy Eight fishing club left for
their fishing grounds, at the Three Sister
Island. yesterday.
The specimen" at the Crescent mill
have not received the advance asked, as
heretofore published.
IT was reported in town last night that
a case of small pox had been discovered at
LittIeton, Wetzel county.
TIE work of taking stock at the Belmont
mill be completed this evening, and the
mill will start up tomorrow.
Tx Hammond patent self.feeding
machine. which was tested At the Belmont
mill. yesterday, is decided success.
THE Pottery AsSembly's picnic at the
Fair grounds yesterday was largely at
tended and was financially success.
A SMALL boy, whose names we did not
learn. was bitten by dog on Market street,
just south Of Sixteenth, yesterday alter
neon.
YESTERDAY the bankers held a meeting
at the Exchange Bank and decided TO only
pay S5 cents for trade dollars, on and after
Monday.
HARRY McLURE and George Clator sold
their interest in the Nail City glass works
yesterday to Charles Rhodes, the president
of the company.
THx Knights of st. George will give a
picnic 81 Fairy Glen Grove, opposite Steu-
beayille, on the Fourth of July. A fine
time is anticipated.
TIE Top Mill Nsil factory will close
down Tuesday evening next for the
balance of the week. The mill company
during the four days stop will take stock.
JUpGE SNYDER, OF the Supreme Court,
did not sit in the mandamus case yester-
day, he having formerly been counsel
with W. II. Hogeman for the railroad com
psDy.
THE last will and testament OF Hannah
Rust was admitted to record yesterday.
Charles Rust is executor, with bond a.
LOCO, With +. w. Ritz and =. w. Johnson
suretie>.
YESTERDAY the workmen engaged in
sinking the gas we'll at the Central Glass
Works were very unfortunate. bit
became fastened and caused a delay Of
several hours.
Foreman Robinson, of the United engine
house, left for Fish creek on a fishing ex-
ptdition. yesterday, TO be gone about a
week. Charles Kleiyes, a we'll known fire
man. is on in his place.
YESTERDAY Capt Henry Seamon was
summoned to appear before the United
States Court, at Parkersburg, on the 10th
inst, as a witness in the case of the United
States vs.. David c. Keller.
BsLLAiRE is having trouble with her lire
msrshals. On last "Wednesday evening
J. b. Bean was elected Fire Marshal, but
has declined 10 serve, and another meet
ing has been called for Monday evening at
at 80 o'clock sharp.
nf. HAMILTON, of Washington, ID. C..
Surgeon General of the United States
Marine Hospital, arrived in the city yes
isrcay. and removed DIR. John Frissel,
marine surgeon at this point, and appointed
Dr. 8. l.. JepSon in his stead The cause OF
the removal was not made public.
YEsrERpAY the following change was
made in the fire department horses;
George, one Of the Eighth ward red horses,
wss placed in the Hope house, and the
Hope horse taken to the Eighth ward.
This change was made on account OF the
speed of tue horses; the animal that has
been used at the Eighth ward was too slow
for his mate.
The picnic of the Knights of st. George
Al Fairy Glenn, opposite Steuaenyille, on
July 4th, promises to be an immense al
fair Good music will :te in attendance,
trip. Trains will leave over the Z. w. y
~. at 80 4. NJ. 9:02 A. 4 and l::222 p. VI
The Bellaire packets will connect with al
trains. thus atiording sn opportunity Tor
sll sho wish TO 60 to attend.
YESTERDAY afternoon an unknown man,
who had for some time been loating around
the cooper shop at the foot OF Twenty
seventh street, drew 3 revolver and fired
four shots into a fishing boat lying at the
foot of the street, narrowly missing several
men who were engaged at work therein.
Who the man was or his motive for shoot
ing could not be ascertained, a. he made
good his escape. The police are working
up the case.
YESTERDAY quite an excitement was ere,
ated in the East End by the supposed lind
ing of q stone building about twelve feet
below the surface, at the corner Of Eigh
tenth and EOf streets. Mr.. BOdley has
had force OF men at work for several
weeks on an excavation for fOun'
dation for the new addition 10 the BodIey
Bros. wagon factory. Friday they struck
a brick wall, and yesterday they found out,
by digging around il, that il was portion
of an old sewer, which runs east and west
down Eighteenth street.
IT is a notable incident, among the
graduates of the public schools this year,
that the honors, both first and second were
carried of by pupils who represent the
schools presided over by lady principals,
in preference to those managed by rep
reseutatives Of the sterner sex Miss
Jennie Wincher, the vsledictorisA, rep.
resented the Washington school, while
Clay school was represented by the Saluts'
toiIsn. Miss Annie Sage. The race for
priority by these schools, through their
star students, was very close, Miss
Wincher. who carried of the first honors,
only leading her opponent by six points.
The fact, rs it now stands, shows de-
cided victory FOR the lady principals over
their sterner con temporaries, at this the
elimination of the academic year.
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