Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-01-31
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OxE deed OF trust was admitted 70 record
"a Clerk Hooks office yesterday.
~'rHx silver Leaf Social will give select
dance al Goetz's hall tomorrow night.
HkrsY E. EBELISG was presented with .
tel pound hoy BY his wife on Monday last.
TsE County Committee on Equalization
sna Aprsals meet at the Court House TO-
morrow.
JAMES GRADY, = trscbmsn on the B & o,
IOse, severely cut his LEFT foot TUESDAY
while using . picksxe,
The Queens Lace Handkerchief" drew
snother large audience 10 the Opera House
.ast night, and succeeded in pleasing IS
mach as on the first night.
TuK combination on the boards at the
Academy OF Music this week is an excep.
rionally strong one. Everybody who has
witI sssed the performances speak well OF IT,
The Young PEOPLES Working Associa-
ton are preparing for grand anniversary
ent, rtainment on the evening OF February
7Ih, 1T which time the society will be TWO
years Old.
At sn early hour this morning the ice in
the creek went out with rush. Owing TO
the lateness Of the hour no infOrmstion
could be sscertained as to what damage
he'd been done.
A LITTLE boy in front of the Sixth ward
,chcol, yesterday morning, was struck on
the head by an icy snow ball thrown by
Il half grown youth, cutting severe gasp
on the child's face, just over the right eye.
|. JAMES GALLEoEs, of Bellaire, Ohio, is
the owner of bull pup, and is anxious to
light any dog in Wheeling for $3.50 or more
a side. h mas placed $50 forfeit in the
hands Of Messrs. Filan & Killeen as an
ssinest OF his def.
The Union Lyceum OF the Fourth ward
school has purchased from the agent OF
Appleton & Co, of New York, twenty four
volumes of their large Encyclopedias, at
cost of $3.50. They now have large coiiec-
ton Of choice books.
LAST night three of the South Sides most
chsrming young ladies gave a leap year
party at Schwartz Hall. A very enjoyable
Time was had by all. The gentlemen pres,
ent themselves as highly pleased and
hoped the ladies would not allow too much
time to intervene between sociais.
Is you're anxious for to shine, in the
criticism line, as q man OF knowledge
rare, you must try to pass yourself oil as
having been connected with comic opera
and then pitch into poor singer because
alas she wore black stockings with pink
dress, which is the very latest style.
A CoUsrRYNAN named Osborne, while at
tempting 10 eros the railroad track at
Boggs' Run, Tuesday night, lost his way IN
the dark and drove over an eight foot bank.
Besides badly shattered wagon, one Of his
horses was so badly hurt that it was found
advisable to shoot 1t. He himself was uu-
injured.
TUESDAY, night q slight FIRE at Mrs.
Michael NoOnan's residence, corner OF
Twenty-seventh and Market streets, created
~ lie sn excitement. A basket OF clothes
sturg near a stove caught hre. Fortu-
raIrly several men who were in the saloon
discovered and put it out before 1t had
time to spread.
Why is II that the gas trustees do not
attend to the gas lamps on the Island IS q
question that is asked by the residents OF
INST portion Of our city. We are unable
TO snswtr the question, but one thing IS
certain. not over half Of the gas lamps
are burning. The man who lights them
claims they are frozen up.
some 81 quiries having been made as to
! the possibility of non-members attending
the childreu's masquerade ball OF the
Arion this evening, we are prepared to say
that limited number Of tickets will be
sold emitting the purchaser to seat 10
the gallery, the floor being reserved for the
little folks and their parents.
THE following conveyance was admitted
TO re- cord al Clerk Hooks office yesterday:
A deed made the 2lst day OF Deem Der,
1883, by +. c. Downing and husband, OF
Belmont county. D., to VIM. S. Campbell.
of this county, in consideration Of $1,000
for a piece of land situated at the southeast
corner Of Market and Tenth streets.
YESTERDAY afternoon, Jessie, ten.year-
old daughter Of Charles Watkins, met with
very bad accident on Market, near Twelfth
street. She was walking along the psye-
ment aud slipping on the ice, fell, breaking
her left arm between the wrist and elbow.
| The little girl was taken into Schenck' s
| butcher shop and DR.. McMaster's sum
moned, who reduced the fracture.
SECRETARY SEALNAKER yesterday issued a
| charter TO the Belmont Stove Company, Of
| Martins Ferry, q corporation which pro-
| poses to manufacture and deal in stoves
and hollew iron ware of all kinds. The
capital stock is limited to $4,000, divided
| into shares of 500 each, one Of which is
held by each of the following corporators:
| Thos. Mears, B. Exley, Jr., Israel Werlich,
| August Gerke and w. B. Mcclure.
YESTERDAY morning about5 o'slock Mrs.
Joseph Marble, who resides at the head OF
! twenty fourth street, had a very narrow
escape from being killed. While going
| down stairs she was attacked by vertigo
and fell to the floor below, striking the
back Of her neck on the lower step and
nearly d;slocatiug it. DR.. Reed was i'm
medIately summoned and upon an ex-
animation found no bones broken, though
| Il e body very badly bruised.