Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-09
NOTE AND COMMENT.
Chat and Gossip On Various Topics
About Town.


A NEW curb is being put down on North
York street, Island
The laying Of the gas main on Twenty
third street is completed.
MANY of the East Wheeling alleys are in
q wretched sanitary condition.
FOURTEENTH street, between 'Chapline and
EOff, is being filled uD eight or ten inches.
YESTERDAY afternoon a wagon loaded
with hay upset On Chapline street, near
10th.
QUITE extensive repairs are being made
to Mr.. SnideT's residence, on North Nam
street.
A GANG of men were at work yesterday
leveling up Chspline street, at the corner OF
Tenth.
A NEW crossing is being put down over
Alley D, on the south side Of Fourteenth
street.
The Jefferson County Teachers Institute
inst adjourned, was q success In every
particular.
The case OF State VS.. Peter Nelson will
be tried before Squire Arkle this morning
at 8 o'clock.
The indianapolis Rolling Mill will de
liver ], 100 tons of rails to the Cincinnati,
Wheeling and New York Railroad.
CONSIDERABLE difficulty was experienced
in getting the steamer Regular on the docks
yesterday, the boat being too wide.
The B. & o. railroad has force of men
busily engaged leveling the main track
through the southern portion of the city.
The County Medical Society will have a
buss at the funeral of the late DR.. Blngell
to convey the city physicians to the Gene
terry.
SQUIRE PHILLIPS has moved his Office
from North Main street and will now hold
forth at No. "a 18th street. Squire Wheel
ers old stand.
The final examination OF applicants for
teachers certificates in Ohio county, will
be held in Fulton, Thursday and Friday,
August IS and Il.
The Globe nine of Belaire and the ST..
! Clairsville nine will cross bats at the Fair
! Grounds Saturday, and not the Lilly nine,
as heretofore stated.
\ WARRANT was issued by Squire Ankle
| for J. ". Norman o. the charge OF assault
! ing Miss Fannie Innghaus. The case is set
/ for this evening al seven o'clock.
SEVERAL entries of cattle for the State
! Fair were made yesterday by farmers in
| Green county, Pa, Marshall county, West
! Virginia, and Belmont county, Ohio.
MICHAEL LANE was up before Squire
| Petermann yesterday, charged with using
! abusive language toward Mat. Mclaughlin.
| Tine Justice assessed fine OF 81 and costs.
TIE compOsitors OF the SteubenvIlle Her.
! a'd office, who have been growing rich by
! working for 90 cents per thousand, struck
| for an advance OF i've cents yesterday and
| got II.
THE case OF the State VS.. Miss Fannie
nf dot hg
! Eeace vas tried before Squire Arkie yester
! day and the case dismissed at complaint
| ants costs.
The case OF John o. Pendleton VS.. Caas.
! Newman for debt of 800 for prOfeS Ional
services was tried before Jury at Sluire
! Alkle's yesterday, and the paintiH was
allowed by the jury SI5.
! YESTERDAY morning George Clifford
! struck Assistant Lookup Keeper MCNam
IRA in the face with a club for refusing to
! hand him a drink of water. Clifford was
! fined $40 and costs for assault.
| J. +. MARTIN, of Ravenswood, this State,
went to Cincinnati Tuesday and put up at
Reds hotel. After registering he proceed /.
| ed 10 get drunk, and going to sleep in a
saloon. was robbed of his watch.
YESTERDAY a Belaire team scared at B
! 4 q. engine near Twentieth street and at
! tempted 10 run away. Fortunately several
| persons were near, and the horses were
! checked before they could 10 any damage.
MEssRs John Henry, George Butler, W.
| Lukens and Robert Cline all members OF
tue fire department, leave on the excursion
train for Cleveland TO day. TIE boys eX
peCt to have splendid time, and it is
hoped they will not be disappointed.
4 REPORT reached this Office last night
that Frank McDonaldson, a rougher at the
Creek mill, had had his left arm badly
burned while at work. Owing o the late
ness of the hour nothing from reliable
source could be asCertained.
OFFICER MAHoNEY arrested J. Wier col
Ored last evening for beating his wife.
Upon searching the prisoner ne found a
pistol. Wier will have to answer two
charges this morning. carrying concealed
weapons and beating his wife.
THE corner stone OF the new NJ. +.
Church, South, in course OF erection at
leetown. Jefferson county, was laid with
appropriate Masonic ceremonies on Satur-
day. large number Of newspapers, CONS
and manuscripts were PLACED in the stone,
= copy of The REGISTER being among the
former.
THE reunion Of the Ninety-eighth regi.
ment of Ohio volunteers, at FreepOrt, D.,
on Tuesday. was an immense success.
About $50 members OF the regiment were
in line, and the exercises OF the day at
tracted about 1 900 strangers to the town,
who apparently thoroughly enjoyed the
event.
LAST evening two of the members of the
Riverside base ball club called and Informed
US that their club had not challenged the
| Globes, OF Bellaire 70 play match game
for $40 u side, but would play them tO.mpr
row for pleasure. They further stated that
| in a few weeks they would probably Oe
ready to play the Globes for 800 a side.
PEoF. w. H. SEANoN, eldest son of Capt.
| Henry SeamOn, the we'll known river man
| of this city, but now resident OF Bates
VILE, Va, and Miss Matte PootZnan
! laughter Ct John Pootzman, Esq, OF Nor
! raDtOwn, this State, were married at the
| latter place last evening, in the presence
| OF q large number of relatives and friends.
The Kennett Fishing club have returned
! from their fishing grounds, two miles he
| low Proctor, and report pleasant time.
| During their stay they became very pOpu-
/ lar with country folks, and scarcely day
| passed but they received a visit from some
! Of the ladies. 1t would be impossible -
tell the size OF some OF the fish that they
! caught.
| HARRY JONES and Robert Right have each
| put up forfeit OF $50 10 row three mile
! skiH race. They met Tuesday night. but
! could not agree. Right wanted six weeks
! to get into condition. Jones finally agreed
| TO give him seven weeks If the purse would
| De doubled. making il 800 aside. Last
evening lights friends accepted the pro
| posal and the articles OF agreement will De
! drawn up tonight