Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-02-26
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CorscIL tonight
osx marriage license vas issued yester-
day.
The County COMMITTEES on Finance meet,
tL-LigEt.
1uE Hope hose compsoy opened Cap
sesman's sever yesterday.
The srs vas lighted for the drst time
since The Hood, on the Island. last night.
TAG County Committee on Roads shd
FL, ges will meet this mornin at ID o'clock.
Tag ViRilsnt engine was ssnt to the
,foIs for q general oyerhauling yester-
tsy
COMPLAINT is made that the gas lamp ct
,h, head OF Twenty fifth street is nsysr
i.hted.
The Executive Committee on the Relief
FUNDS met last night and audited mum
ar of bills.
ONK of the Moguls on the Hempdeld
rnl down, yesterday, delaying travel for
~, MT one hour.
TRE relief steamboat Resolute passed up
Yesterday, having distributed all OF the
stores on board.
Patrick BAEREr, boiler st the Belmont
mill, purcha sed q lot at the corner oil
twenty seventh and Main streets yester-
day.
TIRE forge department Of the Greek mill
VIII go on today provided the water main
is repaired, which furnishes the mill with
wafer.
MAKrIS CARRoL will start force Of work
men to-day breaking ground for the cree
ton of his new residence on North Main
street
ALL Of the fire alarm boxes except three
have been fully repaired aud are in good
xorkirg order The remaining three will
be repaired 20 day.
The Committee on Poor House aud
Farm and Court House sad Jail met yes
to-day. Nothing but the regular monthly
nll!s were acted upon.
An entertainment will be given at the
Fs ma College Friday night next The
Invitations are issu' d and the affair prom
isEs TO be an enjoyable one.
AUTHORITY was granted, yesterday, by
he Secretary Of State, to the Union Flint
Glass Works, Of Martins Ferry, to reduce
tbe PAR Yslue OF its shares OF stock from
500 10 SIS.
THs County Commissioners should have
neo index made Of the real estate reco,us
n the Recorders office. The new index
shou d be made by lots instead OF the pres
ert slpbsbetical manner.
EMR. Jos ANDLISGss,, a popular barber OF
ihS Eight Ward who has been away Tor
bout two wears, has returned and opened
first class barber shop ON the corner oil
Thirty seventh and Jacob street.
TIE following conveyance was admitted
10 record at Clerk Hooks office yesterday:
A deed made the lst day OF August, lSSS,
by VIM. C. Smith and wife to w. l.. Smith.
in consideration Of 500, for piece OF land
in Triadelphia district, this county.
A MERCHANT said yesterday that many
false reports had been sent out from
sustained. These reports have led country
IN, rchants to believe they could not get
good assortment of goods here and led
them elsewhere to buy.
QuIrE an excitement was created at the
corner of South Huron and Virginia streets,
Island, last evening, by the explosion OF
the oil streetlamp at that corner. Only
By the most prompt work OF the residents
was the frame building situated near the
lamp saved from burning.
COMMISSIONERS STEIN says he was not in
structsd by the Board to provide for the
Cofiield family, as has beretotors been
s;stedin the papers. be offered to pro-
vide for the children, but the fatner de-
clined to allow them to be taken away.
The family never asked nor receive cant
from the county.
The Gas trustees met last night for the
purpose of opening bids and awarding
the contracts for furnishing lime to the
works and the lighting Of the gas and oil
lamps throughout the city. Whether the
trustt es finally decided on the awards or
not we are unable TO say, as reporter who
visited the meeting was informed that
nothing could be giyen to the public yet.
Tue Academy of Mnsic was crowded last
night TO witness Tourists in Pullman
Palsce Car" The audience was entertained
an hour and half by q 6rst class variety
company, then the performance concluded
With the sfterpiece named above. 1t was
good and kept the au Hence in roar dur.
ing the whole time. Big houses will un-
doubleday attend the Academy the whole
week.
IT is dark as fourteen midnights CONSOLE
dated into one in the vicinity of ain and
Twenty-tbird streets. No gas lamp. How
soon are they going to. replace the broken
one? Better be done before some psdes-
trian breaks his or her neck. Cant see q
thing. The B. of P. w. will have the
blessings of many people showered down
upon their heads il the matter is attended
to early.
YESTERDAY the p. W. & Ky. Road were
REQUIRED to give 5000 70 the Board Of
Public Works to remove their track of
Water street. near Fnrty.eighih street, in
| the Eighth Ward. IL seems that the com.
pany moved their track over about six feet
on to Water street, in the Eighth ward, and
Captain Schockey, member of the Board
Of Public Works who resides in the Eighth
ward, stopped them from moving any more
of their track.
LAST Fridays issue of the REGIsTER con
tanned an article taken from a Pittsburgh
paper relating how Wheeling youth had
arrived in that city and INDUCED in the
festive game of poker, had by great, good
| luck won q cool-or hot--Sl 900, then be.
| coming elated opened faro room and had
been done up for his money by some sharp
ers by ways that were dark and tricks that
! were vsin The young man was squelched
implicitly busted, as it were. This
crushed young mans name was not given,
ont ID was suspected, and rightly, too. The
Young man is commonly known as Count
Freeze" who left the city some time ago
~ith SlO0 in bis pocket He has not re-
turned yet. The cause is probably appar-
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