Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-02-09
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lrd oy Clerk HOOK Yesterday.
THERE were seven cases before the
Police Court yesterday morning.
ONE OF the horses in the Eighth ward
lose house is sick. DR.. Robinson is at
it.
The Palm Leaf Social will give a skat-
ng and dancing carnival at the Chspline
rink Friday evening.
MAJOR HENRY and Harry Fulmer will
kate a three-mile race, mile heats, at the
North End rink next Saturday night.
TIE Wheeling Turner Class on Sunday
decided to attend the "Gautumen" to be
held in Steubenville on Sunday, February
The Windsor Athletic Club will give
their first grand skating carnival at the
Palace rink Saturday, Zebra
sry -.
The milk train from Washington was
three hours late yesterday morning, and
several families drank their coffee plain for
breakfast
The Committee on Fire Department
met at the City Hall last evening and
audited bills. T. C. Moffst was elected
chairman.
The REGISTER has received four dollars
from some unknown person, to be added to
the NeWburg relief fund. 1t has been duly
forwarded.
JAMES BOGARD, an employe of Schenk' 8
slaughter house, had his left hand badly
scalded yesterday, which will ~incspacitate
him for some time.
The Gas Trustees advertise for proposals
for cleaning, lighting and extinguishing
the oil lamps OF the city, and also for haul
ing coal and coke for the works.
THERE will be a skating and dancing
carnival at the Capitol Rink next Friday
evening. Good music will be in attend
snce, and q pleasant time is anticipated.
YESTERDAY was a glorious day and the
ladies took advantage of it TO do their
shopping. Weather like this makes one
feel that there is something to live for.
The DUPREz y BENEDICr minstrel
band favored the REGISTER Office with a
delightful serensde yesterday afternoon.
The parade of the company attracted gen
ersl attention.
The Wheeling Pottery Company is now
receiving spring orders. They are coming
in with q rush. Their new ware, Ada
msstine China, is taking the cake" over
ware ofother factories.
a NUMBER Of the colored young men
will give another grand ball and minstrel
performance at Meunerchor Hall on
Thursday evening. The boys call them
selves "Msmma's Black Babies Minstrel
The work OF cleaning out the crock
sewer on Chspine street, from Twelfth
street north, was finished yesterday. The
sewer was entirely filed up ant had to be
taken apart, hoisted to the s~urt<ce, cleaned
out and then relaid.
The great 6ve-mile race BET geen Jesse
Burkett and lid ShuttleRorth aomej eff at
the Alhambra Palace rink n Thursday
evening. This race will be the closest
and most exciting ever skstea By these
two, as 1t is for money and blGod.
SEVERAL men from Elm GrG7e came iu-
TO town on Saturday and succeeding in
filling up with cheap booze, Tcey were ex.
ceedingly boisterous sud were tired of the
motor line several times. Oae Of them got
into a controversy with a man from which
emerged so badly used up that DR.. era.
craft had to sew up several bad cuts about
his head and face.
An entertainment will be given a. the
NJ. L. Chapel this evening com.
neucing at T:30 o'clock. An excellent
programme has been arranged, consisting
IF ~recitstions and musical selections. The
proceeds are for the benefit Of the church,
and the affair should be literally patron.
zed. All are invited.
Two horses attached to q hay wagon ran
away Yesterday at the Second ward Mar.
set House, and comisg down struck q
buggy which was standing i'll front of
iaus barber shop, overturRing it, (the
not the shop The vehicle was
not Injured and the horse was stopped o
hort distance below.
The Committee on Scales Of the City
Council met last e~veniag and opened pro.
,osals for furnishing the new scales for the
ward. There were but two bidders,
IS follows: Howe Scale Co., Eve ton scales,
so; eight tons, $50; ten tons, 800.
fairbanks Scale Co five ton %scIles, $50;
light tons, 800; ten tons, Sis. The
.ommittee selected ca eight ton Howe,
.tter a long d~eliberatioG.
DuPRgz Il BENEDICT's minstrels opened
asst night at Charley Shay's Academy OF
iusic TO a packed house TIE perform
nee given was q very good one ana the
pplalse was loud and frequent. The
est card in the company is the frat act Of
be Christie Brothers They are great, and
whole shoR IN themselves. The conpa
: is very good all through and the music
excellent.
SoNE time about II o'clock Sunday
light al old German woman, who lives
it'll her son on the west side OF Market
rect, two doors below Alley 5, arose and
IT the house. Some time afterwards the !
IN found that his mother had disappeared !
nd gave the alarm. Several police were !
for her oil night, but in vain, and
was fsarei that she had drowned herself, ,
1t yesterday morning che returned home, {
however, to tell where che had ,
zen. !
AFTEB sixteen months idleness fires we're .
,hted in the boiling department Of the !
Iron Works this morning, and !
ork was resumed at ten or q dozen fur {
ices. The object is to work Up the large !
ock OF pig Hetsi on hand, and with the l
esent force working single tusn there is :
ticient to keep them going FIVE or six !;
ontbs, Some forty-6Ve men are employ. L
+, and it lookss little like old times about =.
Q miiL-S'eqbepTtlle Herald. !
A PECULIARLY pitisbls scene was noticed y
Chapliae street yesterday afternoon, it r
ing that Of woman in q deplorable !.
tie OF i~ntoxicstion, accompanied By au- n
her oma who held g baby in Der arms Il
d q little girl. The sober vsa o
TO use her whole strength to ?.
her companion from lying down on
: pavement while the little girl assisted n
?. Cne spectacle Of that sort goes q a
g ways, and IS sn eloquent temperance D
ture. ri
THE great Brahma Rhematic Wonder, Al
tho nuro ~ rban,at;ar, onS a,.l