Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-16
RESULTS OF RUNNING.
small matters OF News Picked Up Here
and There.

OFhN NiE tO-ulSut- a /. "a
TWENTY EIGHT cases will be tried stpolice
court this morning
TIE imported scenic artist Is doing some
me work al the Opera House.
MArER's band will give picnic at the
new fair grounds next Saturday,
The June term Of the Municipal Court
continues this afternoon ut 2 o'clock.
TaE open air concert viii begin at $50
o'clock, this evening. at Capitol square.
The men burned in the trench on Twelfth
street last week are getting along nicely,
THE passenger traffic on the Elm Grove
motor line yesterday was simply immense.
TnE work on the wells for the new pump
az the water works is rapidly being com
pleted
YESTERDAY afternoon a holly contested
pitch battle took place near the Belmont
blast furnace.
THE Top mill factory, and in fact all the
nail factories in this city, will work until the
LIST of next month.
The remains the late E. H. Burt were
laid away yesterday afternoon. The funeral
procession was very large one.
STEEL nails will be cut at the Riverside
nail factory this week from steel mshufac-
ulred at their steel plant at Benwood
The new FIRE engine will not arrive here
until the latter part of next month, at which
time grand test Of the engines will be
made
YESTERDAY morning Rev. J. Cowplan1
of Point Pleasant, preached at st. Luke 5
Chapel, on the Island, to a large aud ap-
precisGye congregation.
MANAGER REIsrER, of the Belmont mill,
has had tile brick placed in front OF his ris-
idence on Market street The pavement is
much smoother than if laid with common
brick.
YESTERDAY afternoon, while the Diurnal
was lying at the wharf a fight took place
between SteUGenville man and resident
OF this city. Neither OF the men were
arrested
The LaBelle forge department will no:
be in working order again for at least two
months. The company intend putting a
new foundation in the entire building north
Of the factory.
some timein the near future the COM
pany that played Hamlet, under direction Of
Mr.. Ed Larkin, may present the play at
Cumberland in accordance with a request
from there to that end.
HAIRY ELlsLER, Exalted Ruler of the
Pittsburg Lodge of Elks, will bring down a
party next Sunday and inaugurate the
Wheeling lodge which will be No. -. The
boys will have good time.
A TYPOGRAPHICAL freak, Yesterday morn
ing. made Us say "bOck" beer was sold at
the Cathedral festival Of course it
should have been birch beer Our friends
at the festival will understand this.
The German Benevolent Society will pic
mic at the new fair grounds to-day. The so
ciety parade the principal streets this morn
ing headed by the Opera House orchestra
p:lor to their going 10 the fair grounds.
Mr.. Francis WHITE, rising yonng man
of this city. has Just graduated as a Batche-
Ter at Law at the University at Washing
ton. ID. G. The REGISTER is always proud
OF the triumphS of Wheeling boys either at
home or abroad.
FIVE Young Wheeling bloods languished
in the Steubenyille baStile. last evening
for an over indulgence in the nectar that
Softens the brain aud mixes one 5 feet. The
braves will appear before his honor, the
mayor Of Steubenyille. this morning.
A COMMITTEE of the Bellaire 'Lieder
Kranz Schuetzen Nerin'' visited yester-
day Mr. Henry Seibert and arranged for
a shooting festival (Yogelschisson) in the
style of the fatherland The festival to be
held the FIRST DAYS of September, will last
three days.
EARLY yesterday morning Capt. Bennett
raided two houses of ill-repute. One kept
by Ann Wooster on Tweuty-tirSt street, and
the other kept BY Clara Moss. in Alley l6
In the former house eight girls, the madame
and seven men were arrested, and in the
latter four girls, the madame and three men
were captured.
YESTERDAY everiug Mr. Andy Hamilton,
while driving his roadster down Market
street, encountered the Salvation Army near
the corner of Fourteenth street. The music
and singing of the Armg scared the animal
and in his efforts to get away the buggy was
broken By coming in contact with the lamp
post
MAJOR JONI NJ. SWEENEY, the Wheeling
Loaf builder. and Capt Dode Berry, had a
close call from drowning at Hsrmar, Ohio,
last week They were in buggy on ferry
boat, when their horse became frightened
and backed off into the river. By the
prompt action Of the ferry hands ell were
rescued with no further damage than an I'M
comfortable wetting-Marine Journal
An accident occurred at Bethany last
week that might have been worse, and was
omewhat disastrous. Walter Cowan was
irving Il couple Of mustangs attached to a
carriage in which were a couple of Young
adde's when the mustangs took fright, and
upset and smashed the vehicle Miss BERTHE
Hawkins was somewhat bruised, and also
another Young lady, but neither of them
,ery seriously hurt The carriage was dam.
aged to the value of SIS.
The cartmen in the employ of Mr. Gore
the street contractor, Saturday evening
made demand for 50 a day, an advance of
80 cents The contractor informed them
that he would pap the advance provided the
city authorities did the same A meeting
of the cartmen employed BY Mr.. Gore and
| the city is called for o clock this morning
| at the Fifth ward market house to take the
necessary steps toward securing a general
| advance.
The steamer Diurnal carried frightful
crowd of excurSiOnists from Steubenville
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