Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-17
BIS OF NEWS,
Picked Up Here and There by Register
Reporters.

Reporters.
kTHE pilgrims are slowly returning.
ONE marriage license was issued oy
Recorder Hook yesterday.
TO-DAY is the anniversary Of the death OF
BENJAMIN Franklin in 1890.
APPLICATIONS for liquor business are com.
ing in rapidly to Clerk Bowers.
EDWARD CHAPMAN was run in BY Officer
Wilke, last night for disorderlY conduct.
THERE will be q meeting of the A. and
B. teachers Of the public schools, this after
noon at Centre school
Two shots were fred last night near the
upper market house, but the party who did
the shooting could not be found.
HENRY GAUs was up before Squire Phil
lips yesterday, on q peace warrant sworn
out BY Thomas Allen. The case was dis
missed.
TIE many friends Of DR.. and Mrs CARR,
son will be panied to learn of the death Of
their infant son, which occurred yesterday
at noon.
The funeral of Thomas II. Heyman viii
take place to-day at p. m, from the resi-
denee Of his sister, Mrs. r. q. Miller, 75l
Main street.
TIE Island Rink Polo Club viii give ar
excursion to the Elysian rink, Bellaire, Apri
2lst. The Princess has been chartered fol
the occasion
The German Lutheran Church gave &
grand entertainment last night, which wa!
largely attended. 1t was an enjoyable an
successful affair.
TIE Clover Leaf Social will give thei,
second private dance at Labelle Hall OF
Friday evening, April "a. Birch's banC
will make the music.
A FIGHT occurred this morning about
o'clock near Holidays planning mill be
tween two young men, one OF whom was ar
rested while the other escaped.
JACOB ZINNER, o. the Niagara company
who was injured at the FIRE Tuesday morn
ing, was able to be about on crutches yester
day. Here is another case where a fire
mans relief fund would come in nicely.
COLONEL JAKE KENPLE will tell the
people of MoundsYille, tonight, How Eli
got there" The lecture is full of rich fun
and the ColoneIs old friends will no doub
greet him with cheers and q big audience.
IT was learned yesterday that there ws'
no truth in the item published yesterday IL
regard to q B. & o. railroad man being dis
charged for using $500 of the company
money. The report vas without founda
ton.
Miss GRACE Gross, a teacher Of drawing
in the Cincinnati schools, is here instruct
ing the teachers IN the public schools il
the electic system Of drawing adopted By
the Board of Education at q previous meet
ing.
JOHN MCNAMARA was before Squire Ankle
last evening, charged with the double crime
of attempting to kill his wife and beating
her. As sufficient witnesses were not pres
ent, Mcnamara was sent to jail to await 6
hearing, which will take place this afternoon
at 1 o'clock.
Some complaint is being made by team
sters that T~wenty-fourth street is offer
blocked up BY cars on the B. Il 0. track
and at one time yesterday about a hall
dozen teams were waiting all together toI
the cars to move so that they could cross
A policeman was telephoned for to have the
street opened. Whose fault is this?
The people in the South End would like
TO know if the Board of Public Works il
still alive. If they are, they would like tc
have something done to the streets in thaI
section. Everybody is disguised with the
terrible state OF things down thvre, and are
beginning to think that they will be com
PEELED to wait until the mud dries up sc
that the wind will blow it away.