Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-16
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Picked Up Here and There BIZ RcEist;
Reporters.


Reporters.
! FRoU.FRoU" at the Opera House this
afternoon.
OFFICER LUEENs arrested plain drunk
on the Island, yesterday.
THE Chicago Beef Company commenced
filling their ice house yesterday.
F. ScHEyK & Soxs received thirteen car
loads Of hogs yesterday from the west.
The Ohio County Medical Society met
at the room Of the Board Of Education last
, evening.
A GRAND oyster supper will be given st
Mansfelds saloon, No. 1912 Main street,
this evening.
We call the attention Of our readers to
the annual statement of the City Clerk, on
our third page.
THE furnace at the Central Glass Works
is undergoing repairs and will be com
pleted 10 about ten days.
GEo. DEscaER fell down yesterday while
assisting Hoffman, at Fulton, 10 house ice,
and seriously cut his face.
A VERY enjoyable progressive euchre
party was given at the residence OF Mr.
John Mendel, on South Penn street Island,
last evening.
THERE will be grand matinee for
ladies and children at the Cbaplire street
rink this afternoon. Go and see General
Bonnie skate.
4 FEW days ago two amateur skaters
were practcing in the store of David kull
ST., and accidentiy broke O large pare OF
glass, costing S25.
Is Police Court yesterday morning J ohn
/ Hsndlan ard Morris Horkhein er wee ar
raiened for testing the speed of ths.r nsgs
on the public streets and fined 50 aud costs
! each.
! ANN WOOSTER, proprietress OF South
Side den Of iniquity, was srraigned in
Police Court yesterday morning, together
with three inmates, and sli were assessed
the usual fines.
YESTERDAY morning Albert Schserers
slaughter house was set on FIRE by lamp
falling on the floor and breaking The oil
was ignited and it was with difficulty that
the flames were conquered.
YESTERDAY as two ladies we're driving in
sleigh opposite the Sentral Glass Works,
the sleigh, BY some means upse; and they
landed in snow drift Fortunately the
horse they were driving stopped immed'
lately
Two horse yesterday hitched to wagon
standing on Sixteenth street became very
much frightened at passing freight train
In their efforts to get away they fell, doing
little damage TO themselves, but inInriug
the harness considerably.
TIE Board OF County Commissioners
will meet ar 9 o'clock CT Monday
morning, when they will proceed to the
Public Building in body and carefully
examine it and the plans prepared, with a
view to probable changes.
ABOUT six o'clock last evening quan.
! tity of silk scarfs and handkegchieis 10 one
of the show windows OF Franks tailoring
establishment, on Twelfth street, caught
| fire, and created some little excitement for
time, The loss sustained was email,
JONI COLEMAN, the druggist, was arous-
ed soout midnight few nights ago by u
colored boy who said he was in hunt oil
place 10 sleep during the remainder OF the
night. While Mr.. Coleman was confer
ring with police headquarters BY means Of
the telephone, the lad departed.
AT midnight last night Officers Dunlap,
| Watson and McNicholls raided the house
Of i'll fame KEEP. BY Celia Williams, at No.
| 923 Market street, srrestiug the landiady,
four colored girls and two white msn. The
entire party was locked up, bat after q
time procured bail and were released.
VIZ call the attention of the readers Of
the Sunday REGISTER TO the new depart.
ure OF Complications, under the editorial
control of Mr. +. B. Chadbourn, Of Lewis
ton. Maine The matter therein contained
will afford much amusement these long
winter evenings, ard the column will
doubtless find many admirers.
TuE second appearance Of the skating
pony General Bonnie, at the Chaplme
street rink drew another large audience
last evening. The miniature horse went
through his difficult evolutions on the
rollers in grand style, and TO the great
satisfaction of the spectators. he will ap.
pear again this afternoon and evening,
Az exciting debate occurred at yester.
day session OF the Iinsly Institute Inter-
arr Society between Harry Adsms, OF
NouudsvilIe, and Will L Clark, of Pleas
ant Valley, affirmative, and Robert Dc.
veneer and James Ewing, both of this city
negative, the question being: Who has the
most right to complain, the Indian or the
negro2 The question was decided in the
affirmative The Literary Society is in
tlourishing condition.
YESTERDAY was the day set apart by the
| Wcmans Union Benevolent S2cie,7 for
the opening OF the envelopes sent out about
month ago with an appeal for contribu-
tons 10 the society. The actual number
of appeals sent out was 1886, and POI
responses were at hand yesterday, when
the work OF opening the envelopes COM
meuced The total amount contained in
these 29l responses was Sil3jO, which
WAS turned into the treasury Of the society
One envelope contained so Confederate
bill, accompanied by note in lady
handwriting.
| 0UR own make shoes in al styles 8 30
! Locke's, 1913 Main street.