Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-24
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Pointed Pencilings of Brief Items OF Local
Interest.
ONE marriage license was issued yester-
day.
A GANG of men are at work repairing
the wharf.
THE Board of Commissioners will meet
on the 2sth inst.
THERE were two cas- g, before His Honor
yesterday morning.
ATTENTION is called to the notice to
taxpayers in another column.
THE Typical Mexican Orchestra at the
Opera House matinee this afternoon.
AMAN a monkey and a hand organ
amused the children in the city yesterday.
The monkey maintains the man.
The Council Committee on Real Estate
and the Board of Commissioners Commit
mittee on Building met last evening.
A WRECK occurred at Shelbyville, on the
B. so. yesterday morning, about D O'Clock,
which demolished several freight cars n
DELAYED trains two hours.
LEON VAN WALT was before Justice
Davis yesterday, on a peace warrant sworn
ont by Charles Lee. He was put under
$50 bonds to keep the peace for one year.
CONTRACTOR CAMPBELL is grading
Chapline street, north of Eleventh, prepa-
ratOry to putting down the brick pave
ment. He will probably commence laying
brick this morning.
OPEN air services are held every Sunday
evening from 6:15 o'clock to Z at the lower
end of the Fifth Ward Market House by
members of the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION. A meeting will be held to-mor-
row evening at the usual place.
We learn that fOrty-six students have
entered the Wheeling Business College this
month, the largest number ever entering In
one month. Of this number thirty-seven
entered the summer school and the re-
naming nine the commercial department
for afull course.
ALLEY Is has been paved with cObble
stones from Chapline to Eoff. From Chap
line to Market, besides being paved with
brick, it has been provided with a brick
sidewalk on each side. 1t is now q better
street than Market street is q street, and II
isn't used so much, either. Why Is it.you
ask? That's the question.
THE driver of one of Schuele's wagons
dumped n large stone on the street car
track opposite the st. AlphOnsus church
Yesterday morning and complaint was
made about the matter. A warrant was
sworn out for the driver and he will APP
pear in Police Court to-day.
THE attendance at the young mems
meeting at the Y. NJ. c. A. are equally as
large this summer as during the past
winter. This proves that they are popu-
lar and interesting. Young men are IN
yited around to the building at 3 O'Clock
tonight and 4 o'clock tomorrow.
IT is probable that the Ruttan-Smead
heating apparatus will be placed in the
new Richie school building. 1t IS the
most perfect system of heating ever in
vented, and Mr.. BlackmOre, n gentleman
who was Superintendent of a school in
which it was tried, and who is in the city,
avs it works like a charm.
REV. W. NJ. EATON, of the Third Pres
byterian church, of this city, who filled the
pulpit ofthe First Presbyterian church, OF
Bellaire, last Sabbath, and was so high
" appreciated by the congregation, will
conduct the funeral services of MIR. John
Schillito, by request of the family, on Sab
bath afternoon at 2:30, at that place.
THE chap who points his gun in the di-
~rection of the REGISTER composing room
windows and lets fly every now and then,
almost ending a handwriting type-sling-
er's life, had better let up Items are
pretty scarce, but there is no desire on the
part of any of the REGISTER force to fur
nish one in that manner just yet. Another
shot was fired through one Of the windows
only day before yesterday and narrowly
missed striking one of the workmen.
A FIGHT occurred i'll the Eight ward
yesterday over a game of base ball. Two
of the players began quarreling about who
should pay for the ball, when one, a great,
bulky fellow, let fly his right bunch OF
digits and landed them upon the nasal
prOtuberance of another young man who's
not his size. The blow was 50 hard that
the young mans nose was badly broken
and displaced, and he was Knocked to the
ground. DIR. Pipes fixed up the battered
smeller and the injured man is breathing
easier.