Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-02-20
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a. 9 o'clock.
suxExs of families are still In the
First ward. from Benwood.
The work of boring for gas at tho Top
mill Is being pushed along rapidly.
WoRxNEs were engaged In opening the
sewer nj the post-offics corner yesterday.
C1sCUrr CouRr CLERK MITCHELL is paying
q brief visit to his family. near Elm Grove.
TEE work of filing the holes on Thirty
fifth street, east of Jacob, was commenced
yesterday.
PART OF the single scull belonging to the
Nail CITY Boat Club called the Charles
Bipele, is at present at the mouth Of the
creek.
THE village of LeatherEoo will elect
her municipal officers the tirst OF next
month.
The old mill OF the forge department OF
tie Riverside iron works will start no To-
dsy The plate mill will resume operation
Thursday.
HARRY HArssER, ESQ.,. Of Elm Grove, will
remove his family TO the Second ward to-
morrow, and will permanently locate
\ there.
YESTERDAY dog belonging to Jake Kin.
| dleberyer bit a small child in the North
d. officer Heller was notified and dis
patched the brute.
The full particulars of freight accident
| in which Mccullough and Jones were lu-
| iured near Trenton, will be found In our
Telegraph columns
YESTERDAY morning Wilbur, son OF Capt.
! John Carlin, had his ankle badly mashed
BY falling into the c0gs of Gordon press al
the Intelligencer office.
WM. MCNULLEN, the we'll known boiler
maker, will leave during the week for toe
Vest, and will make that his future home.
This city will lose good workman.
The wall in front of Mr.. Dave Greer's
residence, corner Of Market and Eighth
streets, has fallen in, but will be repaired
as soon as the weather will permit.
TICKETS for the matinee performance o.
Hamlet are now on sale at Wilson & Baum
ers. Reserved seats are 50 cents. Ihls
price will meet with general Satisfaction.
The residence OF Mr.. White, on South
YORK street, Island, was entered by thieVe:
Monday night. The thieves were scared
of by the neighbors, but not before they
succeeded in procuring some yaIuabt'
property.
SECRETARY Hook and Superintendent
Exlsy, of the State Fair Association, lsf
on trip down the river in a skitf yester
cav morning on hunt for the property
belonging to the association which wa!
swept away by the flood.
| MYLEs SWEENEY and P. Conner, WHIT
were tried before Squire Ankle on Monday
evening on the charge Of disturbing re
ligious exercises at the Salvation Army
meeting were honorably discharged by thu
Squire yesterday evening.
The Riverside blast furnace at BenwooC
is all right and Manager Hearne has sue
ceeded in getting it in blast again. ltwa
feared that it had been chilled as the watel
crept up around the tuyeres, but by won
derful good fortune this accident Wa
averted.
THE people of New Philadelphia, Ohio
Yesterday sent to Bridgeport for the Relic
| Committee a car containing 200 bushels o
potatoes, 1900 pounds hams, shoulders sno
bacon, 200 loayes of bread, groceries Of
various kinds and clothing. Another Cal
| is TO follow.
| MONDAY eyeninga sneak thief entered Mr.
Ed billions residence, No, 1873 Fourteenth
street. and stole the gentleman's pocket
book containing q number OF valuable
papers besides q sum of money. The
pocket book was found about block from
the residence yesterday, with all the papers
intact, but Of course minus the money.
The members of Evening Star Lodge No
Is, X. of p, desire to tender their sincere
and Heartfelt thanks to Black Primo,
Lodge No. 81, of Bellaire, Ohio, for theil
liberal donations of money, bedclothinf
and wearing apparel, and also to Mr. Jas
Mccormick, of Bellsire, for kindness shown
during our recent suffering by the flood.
LAST Monday evening Fred Cline, of the
steamer Princess, had a very narrow escape
from being drowned near the Belmont
| mill. He lost his balance on the boat and
iell into the river between the ferry float
and the steamer. Messrs. Watson and
Flaccus seeing the accident Immediately
went to his rescue and soon had the Cap
iain safely landed.
JOSEPH WEBB, of Sixteenth street, pre-
sented Capt. VIM. FRINGE, Of the steamer
Belle Prince, with q magnificent set oil
elk's antlars in recognition of the Cap
tsin's gel ant services on Thursday, Febru-
ary I, when be took his boat and rescued
the imprisoned residents Of Somehow.
Capt. Prince will mount the antlers on
the hurricane deck Of his boat.
NEXT Monday and Tuesday nights
Charlotte Thompson will present to the
people of Wheeling "a Ray of Light and
Jane Eyre" respectively. "A Ray OF
Light is a new creation, in which Miss
Thompson takes the part Of q demented
boy. The play was given for the first time
at Pittsburgh Monday night to fairly good
house. "A Ray Of Light" will probably
| have an excellent run. On Tuesday night
Jane Eyre" will be presented, in which
Miss Thompson acts her part with great
| power. Miss Thompson's wardrobe is one
of the very finest assumed on the American
| stage.
DEPUTY SHERIFF GERMAN, acting on q
arequisition from the Governor Of West
Virginia went to NcKsesport yesterday
ard arrested Cummings Norris on charge
of enlightenment. He was lodged in Jail to
await the arrival of John ]. Williams,
| sheriff of Lewis county, W. Va. Nothing
| is known Of the circumstances OF the case,
except that Norris was arrested once be-
fore in one of the eastern counties of this
State, but escaped before he could be taken
to West Virginia. He was working at one
of the manufacturing establishments in
Mckeesport when arrested.-PIttsburS
! Commercial Gazette.
NEXT Friday night one of the most pop
| ular entertainments of the season will be
| yiven at the Opera House. 1t is the cele.
trated Hamlet" the entire cast being
composed OF home talent, with Mr.. Ed.
Lsrkin in the principal role. Three
| months of careful study and practice have
enabled the company to do artistic work,
All the seats except few in the orchestra
row have already been taken for Friday
night The balcony seats are now on sale.
| This morning the chart for seats for the
Saturday matinee will be opened at Will
! on 4 Banners. These seats will 60 fast,
| and persons DESTROYS OF attending the
! matinee should purchase tickets at once.
Seal Skin Cigars.
| A handsome sum is awaiting the be