Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-08-19
WHEELING wHrrTLNes
Town Events Trimmed Down for Hurried
Readers.

LAID AZ the NOrlueASt COIucE Vi SAAtSSusA
and Chsphne streets.
JOIN WATT publishes card in which he
repeats that he had nothing to do with the
decision in the Felsing-Heil race.
SOME handsome paper is billed in yari-
Gus portions of the city for Barlow and VIII
sons Minstrels on the Twenty-6f.h.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made for a
game between the Globes and Allegheny at
the fair grounds here, in about two weeks.
The Potters' Assembly gave grand pic.
mic at Seiber;'s Garden. A large crowd
was in attendance and spent delightful
day.
J. F. RICHARDSON is building a new resi-
dence He earned a reputation as an
honest toll collector at the Bridgeport
bridge.
The calcium light stereopdcon will be ex-
hibited at Martins Ferry tonight and Bel,
lsire on Wednesday night. Iii well worth
seeing.
The heaters Of the Top mill will 20 on
Wednesday morning, and the hot iron feed
ers Thursday morning. The boilers will
resume Monday.
A SPECIAL meeting of the Junior Jeffer,
son Club will be held at the Court House
this evening at $50 clock. All members
are requested to be present.
The case of Sam Robinson, charged with
assault was dismissed last night by Squire
Peterman, on account of the non-appear'
ance of the prosecuting witness.
ROBERT PURvIs and Richard Forsythe
were released from Jail and admitted TO
bond yesterday. Judge Houston was sure,
ty for the first, for $50, and Tom Forsythe
for his son, for 81 900.
THERE will be a meeting of the Jefferson
Uniform Escort Club at the club rooms this
evening at 40 o'clock. All members
should be present as very important bust
ness will be transacted.
THERE was much complaint, last night,
that the crowd which hOwled at the calcium
light and how it disturbed those who desired
to hear the music. Both together were too
much of good thing.
YESTERDAY afternoon as John Garrett, a
miner in the Boggs Run coal bank, was
lifting car, he missed his footing and fell
the car running over his right leg and in
fiicting a serious fracture.
CONSTABLE ST. MYERS leaves this morn
ing to be present at the trial of Harvey Len
nox at Harrisonburg, Va. Lennox was the
man he arrested at Elm Grove for roboing a
jewelry store at Timberville, Va.
The Gilt Edge Fishing club returned
Friday evening from a weeks encampment
at the State Dam on the Tuscarawas roads.
The gentlemen composing the party spoke
Oflots Of sport and a jolly time all around.
The Belmont boilers and a portion ofthe
factory went on yesterday morning. The
men do not seem TO mind the intense heat
at all while working. 1t is a wonder, too,
as they are all in soft condition after their
long rest.
AT o'clock yesterday afternoon the last
blast in the upper crib at the water works
took place. The distance Of four feet in the
sandstone foundation has been reached,
and work will be begun tomorrow in lower
ing the crib.
CONSTABLE PRCE, of the First ward, is
laid up with bad case OF blood poisoning
Cause: a blow he received on the
right leg from brick, and received in East
Wheeling while he was on the police force
several years ago.
JoHN BURL, the driver of car No. 3, o.
the Citizens Railway Line, yesterday after
noon, found a ladys purse on the floor Of
the car. AS it contained quite a sum OF
money he turned it over to Superintendent
LOTUS at the stable.
A VERY pleasant wedding party assem-
bled, last night, at the residence of the
bride father, VI. Moore, Esq, at Proctor.
Mr.. Z. A. Williams and Miss Emma Moore
were made man and wife by the Rev. Rey
nolds, of New Martinsville.
ABOUT 9 o'clock last night lady slipped
on a banana skin at Twelfth and Main
streets, and falling sprsined her ankle.
Several friends came to her assistance, and
she was placed on street car and taken to
her home in South Wheeling.
4 SPIRITED little scrap occurred between
Squire Schultze aud an iuebriated IriShman,
at the end of which the Emerald representa-
tive took an involuntary tumble down the
steps Of the Office, assisted in his locomc-
ton BY the Squires number skies.
YESTERDAY morning while little son Of
John Pracht was playing with a fine dog
belonging to Picket, the market street gro
Ger, he was accidentally bitten on the hand.
The dog, which was valued at twenty-five
dollars, was taken to the river and shot.
CONDUCTOR MIcHAEIs put a drunken
man off the last motor at Edgerton Lane
last night for not paying his fare. When
the motor arrived at the station the friends
Of the fellow evInced desire to thrash the
conductor, but wisely forbere from any pu-
giEstic display
IL Yesterdays edition we inadvertently
stated that the Beta Thata Pi fraternity in
this city, were in receipt ofinvitations from
the Sigma Chi fraternity, to be present at
the latters convention at Cincinnati. This
was mistake, as the rival college societies
are constantly at daggers point with one
another.
A LITTLE daughter of Wesley Fritz, who
lives short distance out the Hempfeld
road, was slightly burned Saturday even
ing, by fhe explosion of an oil can, which
had inadvertently had been placed too near
the stove in the kitchen. Fortunately there
was but little oil in the can, and the girl
escaped with scorched face and hands.
YESTERDAY at noon the only case of pros
tration from heat was noticed A farmer
named Abram Hillets, living out Caldwelrs
Run, fell from his wagon at Thirty-Grst and
Eoff streets He was picked up and taken
into a neighboriag dwelling, where in a short
time be revived sufficiently to be driven
home by companion who was with him.
A WELL known glass worker said to re
porter yesterday: 1T is strange how great
" our trade wanes in different sections of
the country. Two years ago glass business
in Wheeling was bOoming-all of the facto
RES working right along. while at PittsbuLg
the factories did little or nothing. Now,
the factories at Wheeling have been running
unsteadilY for the past year, while every
factory in Pttsburg has been rushing
things"
Frantic Horse.
Yesterday about dusk. as Sam Wood
mansee WAS riding a new pony up Sixteeth
street, it took the bit between its teeth and
ran of, tearing up the street at a terrific
gait till il reached Eof, where it sprang the