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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12
The Holiday Season 1886.

Notwithstanding the fact that people
have been in the habit of complaining OF
hard times generally, yet, if we are to
Judge from the many costly and elegant
goods that have been selected by the lead
ing business men to supply the demands
for the approaching holiday season, we
must certainly conclude that Wheeling
must be on the eve OF an era OF prosperity
eclipsing anything known heretofore.
Mr.. |. G. Dillon who has Just returned
from the East, has made the largest
selection of fine goods ever
purchased for the holiday season,
the designs are the handsomest
and the goods altogether the costliest ever
put on exhibition in this city. Mr.. Dillon
has always been acknowledged as being
far ahead of all competitors in the selec-
ton of his line of holiday novelties, and
with view of surprising all his former
efforts he has already made two trips to
New York City, and glance through his
stock will show that he has exercised the
same rare taste and judgment that has
heretofore characterized his selections, and
made his establishment what it is to-day,
the leading one in the State. Call early
and be convinced that it is the handsomest
stock ever shown in Wheeling.
Mr.. Dillon,s reputation as to his ability
in the selection of fine diamonds has be-
come so universal that it is no uncommon
thing for him to receive orders from other
large cities, in fact there are numerous
customers in Kansas City, Pittsburg,
Cleveland, &C., who never think of pur-
chasing fine stones, except through Mr..
Dillon. His line of fine solitaire and
clusters and matched diamonds is more
complete than ever, and, besides the hun
dreds of fine gold watches, and his man.
moth stock of fine jewelry, his novelties
embrace: Fine China and Pot
terry, including Old Worcester,
Crown Derby, Old Hall, Hun
garian, Goblin Ware, DoultOn China,
French Bisque Figures, Fine Royal WOr'
cestOr, Limoges and Vienna Plates, Ice
Cream Sets and after dinner Cotfees, Ele-
CANT Plush goods, embracing handsome
toilet cases, Oxodized Novelties, i'll gen.
tleman's smoking sets, combs and brushes;
soap and shaving cups, etc, etc, besides
the usual fine staple goods in fine Clocks
and brOnZeS.
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wELLSBURG.

A Slight Fire-A wedding-GeneraI Local
News-PersOnsi.
Special Ttleordm 10 the Sunday Register.
WELLsBURG, w. Va, December H.
A fire occurred about o'clock this after
noon at the residence of |. c. Bickerstaff,
on Main street. The fire department re-
sponded promptly and fortunately extin-
gnished the flames before great amount
Of damage was done. The loss will not
exceed two hundred dollars.
The wedding of DIR. J. B. Walkinshaw
Of this city TO Miss Leggett of Washington
Rev. Cox, former pastor of the NJ. Z.
Church, will fill his former pulpit here to-
morrow.
Col. C. II. Beall, wife and daughter
were in Wheeling to-day.
Miss Ida Moore, of the Martins Ferry
High School, is spending Sunday in Der
home here.
The town council and committee OF
citizens are making progress in drafting
the proposed amendments to the charter.
The next meeting will be Monday night.
A fair sized audience was taken in" at
Barth's Hall last night by the Rivens-
Ames company, the show did not possess
single merit, not even that Of nodesty in
its demands of prices or character Of pre-
sentation.
The little girl of Mr.. Ed. Brues, Of the
Granite House, which was recently burned
by its clothing catching fire, is recovering.
The ladies of the Episcopal church have
secured tie services OF Mr.. Palmer to give
an entertainment at Barth's hall next
Thursday evening for the benefit of their
church.
Our ice men have stored away their
next summers supply. The quality is
very good because of its clearness.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12
Attractive AY-Gnnfls

The holiday season each year bring:
with it line of handsome goods that are
not on sale at any other time. This veal
the articles on exhibition for presents seem
more attractive than ever. Mr.. John W.
Heiskell's establishment, which is un-
dOubtedly the leading headquarters for
fine plush and leather goods, has without
an exception the finest line Of elegant
plush Photograph Albums ever shown in
Wheeling. besides beautiful writing desks,
plush boxes for writing paper, plush auto
graph albums. pin-cushions, satchels, and
all other fancy articles in plush.
On Monday morning Mr. Heiskell will
put on sale 40 elegant plush photograph
albums at So each, that have heretofore
been sold at $3.50. Call early and avoid
the rush. Remember the place, No. ~
Twelfth street
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ST. CLAIRsyILLE.
VIII be Taken To TIE Psn-smali Local
News.-Personal.

VIII be Taken To TIE Psn-smaII Loca
News.-PersonAl.
speciai telegram 10 ne Sunday Re9la-.
| ST. CLAIRsvILLE, OHIO, December II
William Tallott, convicted Of cuttin,
with intent to kill, will be taken TO tn
penitentiary On Monday.
Samuel Geller, Jr, George Anderson
and Fred Kies were to-day fined $50 and
costs for keeping their saloons open during
our last County Fair at this place.
Samuel Riggs and Miss Francis Murphy,
both Of this place, were married on Fri.
day evening by Rev. w. II. Haskell.
FoR SALE-A good siI-pocket Bruins
wick pool table. Address i. O. Box PSI,
St. Caisville, Ohio.
Quarterly meeting services will be held
in the N. T. church tomorrow. Rev.
Louis Paine, Presiding Elder, will occupy
the pulpit, and assist the pastor in Com
munion services.
The NJ. Z. Sabbath school Is preparing
the beautiful cantata, .sThe Wife's Christ
mas" which will be rendered at the
church on Christmas evening, with the
usual Christmas treat Of candies, &c, to
the little ones.
The County Commissioners have been in
session this week.
Teachers examination in town yester-
day; lots OF pretty girls in attendance.
Farmers Kirk and Trueman StilIwell
were in town yesterday taking q look at
our new Court House.
Miss Lama E, daughter of. p. Hall,
Esq, entertained number OF her little
friends on Monday evening, it being her
birthday.
Billy Cafland, Of Bruce Station, was In
town yesterday on business.
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AIR AND SEA,

And the Woods, Lakes and Rivers Con-
tributing Generously to the Holiday
Season.
But few of the oldest market goers can
recall the time there was more game and
fowl in market than on yesterday morning.
Wild ducks Of infinite variety, cartridges,
squirrels, pheasants, rabbits, venison, pos
sum, turkeys, chickens and ducks galore.
Turkeys sold as low as nine and ten cents
per cheaper than meat, we heard
one boarding house lady say, land / shall
give my guests all the turk they want. "
Ducks were 30 cents each and chickens p
cents. PheaSants sold at 80 to So cents
apiece; quail ut 80 to 81 a pair, and
almost every huckster had big lot on
hand, and rabbits and squirrels went a
begging at 30 cents pair.
The finest and most tempting display to
the lover of good things, was at Sykes, ,
the Market street oyster, fish and game
dealer. From his awning in front of
the store were pending brace after brace
of wild game. Prairie chickens, pleas
ents, partridges, wild ducks, venison and
quail There were teal, mallard, green
bills, blue bills, black bills, and other
varietise of wild duck, at 6Oc to 81 per
brace, 50 that any flavor might be had or
any taste suited. Inside his store packed
in his marble tubs, made expressly for the
purpose, and between layers Office, were
to be seen, fresh mackerel, haddOck, hall
but, melts, rock FISH, sheep head, Holsters,
crabs, river jack, and all so nice and fresh
that their gills were as red as yermillion.
Mr. Sykes saddle rock brand of oysters
take the cake. Wheeling is getting to
be quite a game and fish market, and Mr..
Sykes by his enterprise is doing much to-
ward making Wheeling noted for the
variety of fish and game to be had at her
hotels and restaurants, and supplying
families and dinner parties in season, with
the choicest dishes.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12

Several members OF the Coke Producers's
Association are pressing the syndicate to
advance the price. They state that while
the furnacemen are all raising an cutlery
for supply of coke, the scarcity of cars,
which has again become serious, compels
the producers to stock their coke in the
wards. This necessitates extra handling
and consequent waste through breakage,
which increases the cost of production by
about ten to fifteen cents ton, so that
the producers say that they can't get out
even, although their workmen are earning
high wages. The syndicate still insists
that the present condition of the iron mark
ct does not warrant any advance in the
cost of material. The members still assert
that an advance in Connellsville coke
would drive furnacemen to buy inferior
coke from other fields, or would so increase
the cost of pig iron as to admit flood OF
foreign iron, so that in any case the bottom
would be knocked out of the business.
MERCURY.
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MOUNDSVILLE.
General Local News OF the Week--Person
al Points,

General Local News of the week--Person.
al Points.
Special telegram 10 the Sunday Register.
MoUNDsvILLE, December lie. A.
Weaver and wife are on pleasant trip to
Pittsburg
John T. Gallaher, attending college at
Easton, Pa, will be home in few days to
spend week.
The mission services conducted by Rev.
Gibson, of Parkersburg, were well attend
ed and appreciated.
The watch contest for the benefit Of st.
Xavier's Roman Catholic church was clos.
ed on Thursday. Miss Kate Matthews
procured 1915. Miss Ella Caulfeld
$2l0.1 2 and was the successful candidate.
Mr.. ADDISON Harris will open hardware
store in the McFadden building.
Rev. C.. d. Batelle will preach on Sun
day, December II, in the Evageliatic
Holiness Church. Subject, Temperance
with special reference to Scientific
Temperance Instructions in the public
schools.
Douglas Bruce is home from Texas after
an absence of two years.
A cottage lecture at the residence of
Mrs. A. Gray, on Friday evening, con-
Quoted by Rev. II. J. Hammond, Rector Of
Trinity p. f. Church
Charlie Henderson, arrived home after
one months travel in the Southwest, on
Wednesday morning.
Robert Mcconnell, ST., is seriously ill.
Mcconnell Bros. are repairing their tam
merry, putting in new boiler and several
other pieces of labor saving machinery.
Several of our ameteur artists are get
ting pieces ready for J. A. Kinks annual
exhibition ofart in March.
Mr. Joseph +. Ramage has sold BALI of
his interest in the Min Coal Works to John
Caravan.
Mr.. w. Ault, o. R. road master, was in
town to-day, looking after some repairing
at this point
Miss Jennie Sharp, from near ST. Glars
vile, Ohio, is the guest Of her sister, Mrs.
Joseph b. Ramage.
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INSTANTLY KILLED.
Terrible Accident Over at Bridgeport Yes
tsrday Morning.
4 MARTINS FERRY NAN The YICTIH
Patrick Duffy Caught Beneath Heavy
Machine.
DEATH COMES LIKE 4 FLASH.

Yesterday morning, at 10 o'clock hor-
rible accident occurred in Bridgeport,
which resulted in the instant death OF
Patrick Duffy, stone mason in the en-
ploy of the Wheeling Natural Gas Co.
The company has purchased an old car
rage factory in Kukwood, which they are
fitting ND as branch wareroom, stable,
plumbing shop and dwelling house, the
intention being to station force OF men
there to look after their lines and cOnnec-
nections on that side of the river. Yes
terday they were receiving machinery,
and Geo. Prettyman, driving four horse
team belonging to kasley & Brooks,
was hauling large pipe cutting machine
weighing about two tons, on a fiat four
wheeled truck A number of men, in
Guiding in the number Mr.. Duffy, were
holding the machine on the wagon while
driving over the rough roads. but when the
last turn in the road to the warehouse was
reached, it being a specially dangerous
place, Mr.. Alex. McCance, the line super
intendent, ordered the men to
leave the truck lest some accident should
happen, which all of them obeyed except
Duffy, who voluntarily remained to hold
the brake. Just as the corner was reached
Duffy turned his back to the machine, and
the wheel on the same side of the truck
dropped into gutter and the machine fell
against Duffy, knocking him Ia the ground
and falling with all its weight on his head.
An oil cup on the pipe cutter struck fairly
in the side of his head and the monstrous
weight crushed that member into shape
less mass of brains, blood and bones,
splattering fragments distance of several
feet. The remains were extricated from
under the machine and taken into the
building where DIR. Heinlein prepared
them for the undertaken. Duffy was n
steady. straightforward man 40 years old,
and leaves wife and three children in
Martins Ferry.
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IN A SMALL WAY.
Pointed PenoIlings of Brief Items ofLocal
Interest.

Pointed Penoilings of Brief Items of Local
Interest.
THERE were two cases before His Honor
yesterday morning.
THE Council Committee on Health is
called for Monday evening
THERE were three cases registered at
headquarters ut midnight last night.
Mr.. NJ. ENsHIEMER will probably be
candidate for Council in the Third ward.
THREE will be United States grand
jury at Parkersburg on the 10th OF Janu-
airy.
In the Dillon watch clubs, yesterday,
No. 10 drew the watch in club No. l, and
No. 10 in club No. 2.
PERSONS holding Board of Public Works
warrants should peruse the advertisement
Of the Board in another column.
Two North Wheeling youths were ar
rested by Officer Hazlett last night for
disorderiy conduct in the North End rink.
THE Common Pleas Court Of Belmont
county, Ohio adjOurns tomorrow till De
eember %. Circuit eOnvenes December 10.
THE Mt. Bellevue Hotel property was
offered for sale yesterday, but the sum bid
not being sufficient, the sale was adjourned
until the 23rd.
THE Miraben property, on Ohio street,
Island, was sold to George Lemons by
Auctioneer Haller, yesterday. The price
paid was 81 ,325.
JOHN QUIGG, who was originally
member of the City Democratic Executive
Committee, resigned some time ago, p. w.
BOsley being chosen as his successor.
OHIO CITY Lodge, No. $50, F. & A. ~,
Of Martins Ferry, will meet at their Hall,
at ii a. M, sharp to-day, to arrange for
attending the funeral of Alexander Bran
nan, of Bridgeport lodge.
A CHANGE in the time of running the
B. Il. & c. railroad trains will go into
effect tomorrow morning at 4 O'Clock.
Under the new sche iule trains will leave
Bellaire at $50 a. III. and $40 p. NJ, and
will arrive at 9:25 o. m. and p. m.
THE first of the new issue of two dol
lar silver certificates made their appearance
in the city yesterday. The new bills are
similar in design to the familiar one dollar
certificate, except as to the portrait, which
in this case is the late General Hancock.
FIELDS MINISTRIES closed a successful
three nights engagement at the Grand
Opera House, last evening. Yesterday
afternoon the house was full and the same
condition of things existed last evening.
They gave a good show, as the apprecia-
tiOn audience fully testified.
Mr.. FRANK HENNIG has secured an
excellent room in MeIain's block, entrance
on Market street, for the purpose of dra-
matte and Evolutionary work and is now
prepared TO receive class or private pupils at
any time. He can also be engaged to re-
hearse and conduct amateur performances
and to recite in entertainments at very
reasonable figures. DISSATISFACTION will be
chiefly on voice culture, natural action,
reading and oratOry.
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NATURES HIGHWAY.
DOIngs OF Boats and Boatmen along the
Ohio.

DOings OF Boats and Boatmen along the
Ohio.
The marks last evening indicated feet
six inches and falling.
The Elaine will be Mondays Parkers-
burg Packet at ii a. m.
The Courier will be up to leave for Park
ersburg Tuesday morning at IL a. m.
The C. W. Bachelor will leave Pitts,
burg Monday at noon, and returning will
leave here for Pittsburg Tuesday morning
at Z a. m.
The Abner O'Neal will be down on time
Monday.
The Telegram and Princess arc running
on time.
The Hornet No. has been raised and
passed up yesterday morning with empties.
Ella, up light.
The Nv. n. Chancellor, is laid up at
Charleston, and will not be out until
Monday week:
Capt. E. p. Chancellor, of Parkersburg,
was in the city yesterday on business and
left for home on the p. m. train.
Marks at other places: Oil City,
frozen; Parker, foot inches and
falling; Morgantown, closed Green's
borO, closed; Brownsville, feet and
stationary; Lock No. 4, feet II inches
and falling Riee's Landing, feet 8
inches and stationary.
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NARROW ESCAPE.
Presence of Mind Displayed by Two
bridgeport Boys.

Presence of Mind Displayed by Two
Bridgeport Boys.
On Friday evening two Bridgeport boys,
aged fourteen years, displayed presence of
mind and forethought worthy n much
older person. 1t happened that gentle
man employed on the C. l.. and W. K. r.,
whose name we could not learn, got into
Wheeling Creek while skating at a place
where the water was beyond his depth.
The boys, Charley WOOdcock and Willie
Scatteriay, heard his cries for help and
ran to his assistance. Instead of waiting
to hunt help, or rushing out on the edge Of
the broken ice, young WoOdcOck laid him,
self down ut full length on the ice 80 that
the unfortunate man could reach his
foot while Scatterday held his hands,
this making a connection between the
nearly drowned man and the safe ice along
the shore. In a few minutes, their cries
brought assistance and the unfortunate
skater was rescued with no more serious
injury than severe ducking and the liza
bihty OF a severe cold.
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The Very Latest Thing.

Some new and nobby styles in hats have
appeared this season ane nowhere can a
fuller sup, be found than at the new
store of Ems Amer & Co., No. "a Twelfth
street. Winter underwear in all kinds of
goods are displayed, including sealskins
and the latest Broadway block in stiff hats
and silks. Their stock being entirely new,
making it an excellent one to select from,
no one in need of . fine hat at the
most reasonable price should fail TO
call at "a Twelfth street.
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Lou SwABACKER.

We may say TO those I'm search OF
Holiday Presents Co call and see IN
before making their selections Our
assortment WAS never 30 complete
Will make special mention of hand
some Lynx MufIS and BOas, and Muns
OF all description In Fur and Astri-
chan, also I'm ChiIdren's Sets Our line
OF Ladies' and Gents Mumers, and
SILK and Linen Handkerchief In
Embroidered and Plain IL something
elegant. We have many other suited
goods too numerous TO mention.
LOU swABACRER.
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A False RumOr.

II was generally reported, last evening
that Arthur McNichol had died about 8
o'clock and it was accepted as the truth
until about one o'clock this morning when
the news came that he was still alive.
What gave rise to the rumOr of his death
could not be ascertained.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12
At The Grand Opera House.

On Monday evening the famous Waite
Comedy Company commence weeks
engagement. The opening play will be
the favorite drama Of the Honeymoon"
and they will introduce a new play every
evening during the week. 1t is an old
established company, and they are very
highly spoken of by the press wherever
they have appeared. They carry their own
band and orchestra, and will make street
parade every day during their engagement.
They no doubt will do good business
throughoutithe week, as their plays are
well adapted to all classes, and especially
the ladies'
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12
Transfer of Real Estate.

The following transfer of real estate was
left for record at Clerk Hooks Office yes
terday:
Deed made December 8, 1886, by A. j.
McGlumphrey and wife to Wardell Nei-
bert for the north half of lot No. 262, in
William Chapline's addition. Considera,
ton, $40.
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Pardoned.

Governor Z. w. Wilson has pardoned A.
S. Martin who is now confined in the pen
itentiary at Moundsville. 1t appears that
Martin, a resident ofTyler county, was in
November, 1885, convicted by the Circuit
Court of said county, of forgery and was
sentenced by said Court to two years in the
penitentiary. The cause of pardon rests on
the ground of lung trouble with which the
prisoner suffers at present.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12

to emigrate from a pure desire for
change. expect to see the Eastern glass
blowers, who have been on a strike for
some time back, at work within short
time. The trouble is confined to Brook
lyn and New Jersey factories. The officials
of the factories in this city report the trade
outlook very good, but say there is moth
ing of startling nature to chronicle.
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1 see that they are reviving at the Kim

see that they are reviving at the Kim
berly mill, at Sharon, Pa, the experiment
Officiating and rolling old rails into nail
plate, made here in Wheeling some time
ago. The process was patented by E. D..
Wassell, of Pittsburg, and consists in
simply heating the rails and rolling them
into bars seven and half inches wide, and
these ale in turn re-heated and Te-rolled,
coming out in the shape of nail plate. The
plan has the merit of furnishing plate
about so per ton cheaper than the old
method.
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Dentists.
Mbeelin9 Re9ister
YESTERDAY IN THE CITY.
Index 90 New Advertisements.

FIRST PAGE
Holiday GOOdS-Geo NJ. Snook 4 co.
SECOND PAGE.
Discount of ~ to 20 Per Ceut-M. Gutman & Co.
SEVENTH PAGE
Cheap Ocean PaSSage-II T.. BehrenS
X OfP Funeral Notice
FOtice to Persons Holding City Warrants
wanted-Man 90 Take Care OF Horse
Wanted-EurniShed Rooms.
ClOting Out S0le-UniOn Tea and Coffee Com.
pany.
skates, Guns and Rsyolyers-S. T. Boyd.
Important Notice.
A. f. & A. VI. Funeral Notice.
Grand Opera HOuse-Waite's Comedy Com
pany.
For Sale-Desirable Residence
Bakers Magic Relief. n. LANCE Il Co.
Christmas Tree TTimmings-GeO. L. DurSt.
Opera HouSe-pan'l Sully.
Natural Gas Fitting SPecialty-A. J. Sweeney
4 Son.
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EvEY one of our readers will doubtless
be pleased to learn that the great auction
eer and salesman, Mr.. E E. Newton, has
agani come to stay during the holiday
season. He has opened ont his mammoth
stock Of gold and silver watches, fine
jewelry of every description, rings, brace
lets, necklaces, chains ear pendants, Ia
dies fine sets, and ladies gold watches.
Rogers finest cutlery, spoons, knives and
forks; at 1918, Market street, lower end
of Mcclure House Block, where persons
can purchase goods for almost the cost of
manufacture. Mr.. Newton has perhaps
the finest line of French and American
clocks in marbelized cases ever shown in
Wheeling. His stock of fine plush goods
and miscellaneous fancy articles are
among the handsomest ever brought here.
They are sl new and fresh and this will
be \ splendid opportunity for persons to
avail themselves of Christmas presents at
reasonable rates. Goods will be sold at
private sale rs well as at auction and
everyone should examine this stock be-
fore purchasing. Look out for the red
flag.