Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-06-07
BITS OF NEWS,

Picked Up Here and There By Register
Reporters
The Council Committee on Accounts
meets tomorrow.
TWENTY gas wells are going down in
Washington county.
The second issue Of the Boycotter was
distributed yesterday.
The last examinations of the public school
graduates occurred on Friday last.
THEIRS will be a re union at Zane Street
NJ. E, S~unday.school this afternoon at 2
o'clock.
TO-DAY is the anniversary of the meeting
of the First American Congress in 1865, in
New York.
The Browns of Bellaire, and the Regulars
of this city, played a match game on the
Island yesterday.
ROBERT CAMPBELL, late member of the
Board of Public Works, has a large paving
contract in Pittsburg.
TIE Committee on City Prison was to
have met last evening. but the business was
postponed until TO morrow.
THERE was a rafting fight between Il
white man and a negro in front OF the ST
James Hotel yesterday afternoon.
A WARRANT was sworn out before Spur
Arkle last night for John Duffy, charged BY
John McDonough with sssaulting hun.
The C~larington Brass Band favored L
with " selections yesterday afternoon
which they performed in excellent style.
BALTlMORE LODGE No, 6 K. of P, will
give the grandest picnic of the season at the
New Fair Grounds on Saturday, June 10th
MANAGER WOLF, of the Telephone Com
pany, has about ten miles of the poles for
Tie Little Washington line up and ready
for the wires.
The C., L. & W R r. will run an excur
sion train to Cleveland on Friday, June l.
1885. Trains will leave Bridgeport at G:lj
Standard time.
The last social dance Of the season given
By the South Side Singing Society will tax.
place at their hall on the South Side Friday
evening, June l9.
A little scrimmage occurred last nigh
on Sixteenth street in which one man va
slugged in the jaw with a billy and another
had his skall tapped.
SIX cases were registered at police head
quarters last Might've for disorderly on
lighting, two for prostitution on a board pile
and one for fast driving.
A FOX hunt was INDUCED in by a number
Of our sportsmen last night. 1t took place
out beyond the Stone church, but what sue
cess the boys had could not be learned.
The Glass City" fishing club, composed
of several young men from the Crescent
mill, left yesterday for their fishing grounds.
down the river. They ioated down.
THIS Whittier Literary Society will give y
grand excursion 10 New Msrtinsville, Jul,
4th, on the new steamer Courier. A good
time is expected. Round trip so cents
TuE"Hsppy Eight" held forth at Sieberts
last Thursday evening, and was pstronized
by the same Old jolly crowd" which is
always to be found at the Happy Eight
>daTce5.
MESSRs STANTON K DAVENPORT have q
lirtle book for sale entitled, Working PEG,
plr's Rights" price ten cents. IL is replete
Sith q variety of informstions valuable to
he Wsgeworber.
CAPrAIN HARRY TRAyis' football team
won the game, after a close and exciting
contest, at the Alhambra Palace rink las
light. Col Bero acted as referee and gave
great satisfaction.
Tbs "OEl Social will give a moon
light picnic al Sei5erts, next Thursday
evening. The Owl is the twin brother
If the Comet Social" and draws about
the same kind Of q crowd.
The beautiful march played on the occa-
sion of the drill bv the Wheeling LighJ
Guards last Tuesday evening was called the
Light Guards" IL was composed by Prof
Zimmerman, of Philadelphia.
DR. JACOB BELLEvILLE viii preach both
morning and evening, in the First Presby.
terrain church. DR. Belleville is the father
of j. NJ. and DR.. j. E. Belleville, OF this
city.
The State Pharmaceutical Association
DOES not meet until Tuesday. ard those who
will attend from this city will cave on Mon.
day afternoon. The session viii be unusual
y interesting,
The officers Of the various insurance
companies, on petition OF their employees,
have decided to close their offices every Ss'-
urday afternoon at 3 o'clock from June |
until September l. This is commendable
sction.
GEORGE L DURST's new steam ice cream
machine (third one of the kind ever made
in this country is certainly a model piece
of work. For superior cream and lowest
prices Mr.. burst is certainly the man. Spec
ial inducemsnt to picnics and festivals.