Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-17
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SMALL News Items AAoas Town anA
Vicinity.

A roRrIos Of the Pottery viii start up
Tuesday. 20 .. .
Tue North Wheeling glass house 10 still
| blocked in.
THE La Belle nail factory worried full
force lsst week.
TIE nail factory at the Top Mill will TO
| sume work tomorrow.
TIE boilers and heaters ut the Top Mill
will 60 to work Tuesday.
The Board OF Public Works has about
100 men at work cleaning the streets.
ALL the local packets on the river will
enter their respective trades this week.
The Cedar Leaf Social will give q hope at
Arion Hall on Friday evening, February
I'D.
The river was falling slowly at dark last
night, with 81 feet inches Of water in The
char mel.
A LARGE lot of new meters were received
at the gas Office yesterday to replace those
injured by the Hood.
BELL's foundry is still idle. This in ius-
t-y will start up just as soon as they can
secure iron to work with.
MARY F. DAVIS, who resides ut the corner
of Thirty seventh and Jacob streets, lost
$500 worth Of furniture, etc, by the Hood.
A. s. ScHU1rzE, OF Thirth.eight street,
was not out OF the city yesterday, as stated
in the Journal. He gave orders to 400
people.
IT was not Martin Maloney the boiler in
the Belmont mill who was arrested for dis
orderly conduct Friday. 1t must have
been some other Martin.
DE-. SAMPLE FoRp, of the Eighth ward,
who was driven out OF his home oy the
food. is now stopping at Alexander Caf-
-.
JOSEPH Wo)Ds wss Yesterday qualified IS
executor of the will and testament OF Jane
]. Woods deceased. Bond $4,000; no Sc
curity required by the terms Of said Will.
CHEZ DuNN1HG and several OF his men
were at work yesterday trying to repair
the fire slarm wires, which are out OF order
owing to other wires getting crossed on
them.
Is the Eighth Ward relief store there
was not as large a SUPPLY OF food as could
| be wished for; yet the people were being
| pretty we'll supplied Nobody seemed
hungry.
JHs Belmont mill is still idle. This firm
| have a great amount of repair WORK 10 90
| before they could start up. The manager,
| has been working bard TO get thlng s 10
| order 10 start mp.
Ar the Sixth ward relief store yester,
day they had plenty of provisions ana
| clothing to run them until to-day. a
great many impostoTs have been discoVereu
| and barred at the store.
THE citizens OF Waypesburg, Pa, on
hearing of the suffering ADD destitution in
Wheeling, had bills printed asking Tor
donations, and will send carload OF pro-
| visions and clothing here to day.
The forge department OF the La Belle
| mill was only working single turn, last
week, on account Of the company being
unable to procure coal diggers. This de-
partment will be on full this week.
The Gas Trustees held a meeting last
/ night and concluded, on account OF the
| food, TO extend the time OF discount one
week, yesterday being the last day OF
grace. This will give gas consumers one
more week to pay up their bills and save
| the discount.
THE Notwithstanding cooper shops belong
l ing to Wilson and Dunlevy, have oeen bad
l ly damaged by the flood. Their upper or
| main shop was 30 badly injured that II had
| TO be torn to pieces. The men will all go to
| work tomorrow in the lower shop making
kegs for the Benwood and Riverside mills.
YESTERDAY the B. & o. pay car arrived
in this city to psy of their men. The
| company, owing to the flood, are paying
| their men of q week sooner than at other
| times, knowing they were in need OF the
| money to live on. The workmen could
| not say enough in favor OF the company
| for their kindness and forethought in pay
ing them off so much sooner than usual.
ARE>Er1r ball will be given at Arion
| Hall Tuesday evening by the young men
| of Wheeling for the purpose OF raising
money to assist the people washed out by
| The flood. The whole proceeds are to go to
he sufferers. The following gentlemen
| con pose the committee: Ed King, Ed
| NtCbltr, Henry Kress Leo Buch, Wm.
| Craft, All Clator, John P. Ripley. Alex
Gores. Music by Professor manners full
| orchestra.
AT the relief clothing store. at Asbury
| Hall, the ladies experienced great trouble
| last week. To give our readers slight
6ea OF the rascality of some OF the people
re receiving supplies we will cite one care;
| The ladies noticed one woman come every
| iay with orders. and finally they found
out :hat che did not live in the district
covered by the flood. visit to her home
| disclosed large hand wagon full OF cloth
nc she had procured, and she was not
-esly in need OF anything. They immedi-
| tttly hurGled the goods up and TOOK them
back 10 the store.
FRIDAY night Martin Thornton, the res
| tsulant keeper, received note, stating
| thSt family residing near tue belmont
| mil! were in destitute circumstances ana
| asking him for help. Mr.. Thornton i'm:
| medislely went TO the Sixth ward and
| buyii q large basket OF provisions, he
| or, cur, d guide 10 take him to the house
| Designate i. Mr.. T. found the people in
| must Strengthening circumstances; nothing
| 70 eat or wear He gave them his provis-
| ions and notified Mayor Miller yesterday,
Sho will see in the future that these people
are properly looked after
THE fremen have been doing very good
work all over the city with their engines,
| pumping the water out Of the cellars. The
/ The men have been working steadily since
Yesterday week, night and day, and are
now as completely worn out looking set as
! nerson could see In days walk. Talking
with one OF the engineers yesterday, a re-
porter was informed that, in this gentle
mans opinion, the fire engines were
greatly damaged by the steady hard work.
| in fact none OF the engines would be OF
much service to the city again until they
were thoroughly overhauled, IS the work
| lust completed by them hurt them more
than all the service they have ever had in
this clty.
MARTINS FERRY.