Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-01


petit larceny in stealing 1875 from Arthur
Smith, Waterman on one OF the steam
boats lying at the wharf The accused was
sent to jail in default of $500 bail.
The Record Broken.
The first alarm Of FIRE in eight weeks was
sent in to the Hope hose company yesterday
morning about II o'clock. and was coca
stoned by slight blaze in the residence oil
Mr.. L. s. Delaplaine, No 1907 Chspline
street. The fire originated from defective
Aue. The damage was only about $50.
Election of Officers.
The following officers were elected last
evening, at meeting of Excelsior Lodge
No. 40, L, o. o. E. to serve for the ensuing
six months: A. G., John NJ. Arbuthno;;
VIC, C. d. OLDHAM; Secretary, John M.
Greer; Treasurer, Eugene Deiters; Trustee,
Joseph Purcell.
Handsome Prizes.
The prizes offered by the Beethoven
Mozart and Mannerchor Singing Societies
TO be shot for on the New Fair Grounds at
the picnic to be given July Fourth, are on
exhibition at the queensware store of E wing
Bros. The prizes are FIVE in number, and
are very handsome.
Police Pickups,
There was but one case before His Honor
in Police Court, yesterday morning
One disorderly was hauled in yesterday
afternoon and drunk early last evening.
The three men taking part in the cooper
shop riot, will have a hearing Saturday
morning.
on for the While.
Kramer's excellent brass and string band
left for Huntington on the Andes yester.
day, en- route to Greenbrier White Sulphur
Springs, where they will play during the re,
mainder of the season. The band paraded
the streets prior to going to the wharf, and
attracted much attention.
Claimed They Were Robbed.
Two men, evidently from the country,
applied at the Hook and Ladder house yes
terday and stated that they wanted an off
Ger as they had been robbed of some money
in bawdy house close by. An officer was
called by telephone at the City Building,
but by the time he arrived, the men had de
parted, and whether there was anything in
their story could not be learned.
The Mooney Case Again.
1t seems we are to have the Mooney case
right along through the summer. Yester-
day afternoon John o. Pendleton, counsel
for Mooney, made application to Judge
johnson, of the Court Of Appeals for writ
of error, alleging that the Court below
erred in several important particulars in
passing sentence upon the prisoner. The
application will be announced as allowed
next Saturday.
Melons Put In an Appearance.
The first muskmelons of the season were
received by our local com mission merchants
Yesterday. They came from Charleston, s.
c.. via Baltimore, and were worth 50 so PEI
crate of twenty or twenty-five. The melon
we're very nice, and were in good demand
Messrs. Bachman and Meyer informed 6
REGISTER reporter yesterday afternoon tina
a car load of watermelons were ell route Il
Wheeling from Csnston, Ga, and wonlc
arrive by Saturday.
At the Chapline Street Rink.
The prize drawing at the Chspline street
rink tonight will be interesting to every
body, especially to those who hold tick
cts, and large crowd will undoubtedly be
present. The presents are a fine set oil
bedroom furniture, a combination dinner
and tea set of chinaware, silver water
pitcher and polished bsass centre table.
All of them are very handsome, and the
winner Of either will be lucky indeed.
A Large Funeral.
The funeral of the late Deputy Sheriff
Flynn, which took place yesterday morn,
ing, was very largely attended by the
friends and relatives of the deceased. The
remains were first conveyed to the Cattle,
dral, where, at 9 o'clock, services were held.
From there the cortege proceeded to the
Catholic cemetery, where the interment oc,
CURED.
Mr.. Flynn had policy Of 81 900 on his
life in the Ohio Valley Protective Union.
Frost.
Farmers from over in Ohio report slight
frost yesterday morning, which, however,
did no injury to vegetation. In this city
the mercury dropped to so, and at no time
during the day was it above y. At l O'Clock
this morning it had again fallen to SO, and
with a clear sky the prospects for another
frost were fatteriDg. This year of good
1885 seems to be destined to pass into his
tory as a fitting companion to the "year
without a summer" talked Of by our grand
fathers.
Carpet Men Call.
The gentlemen in the carpet trade struck
the city in force yesterday, and for time
the Mcclure House office presented lively
scene Among the multitude we noticed
Col Frank Hamilton, of James Kitchman
& Co, Philadelphia; Major George R. Cal
lahan, of Davis & Roth, Philadelphia; Cap
tain Daniel McLain of Bulge Bros, Phila
delpbia; Chaplain Charles s. Hosglaad, o.
Thomas W. Bailey & Co., New York; Sur
geon II. A. Fitzgerald, Of the Philadelphia
Syndicate Company; Private J. ]. Miller, o
Arnold, Constable & Co and Charles Fow
Ter, Of Hempbill, Hamilton & Co., New
York. All are clever gentlemen, and W.
hope to see them often.
Postoflice Report.
II. A. Albright jr., superintendent, fur
nisbes the following report Of the work done
by the city letter carriers in June:
DELIVERED.