Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-21
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The News of the Day POintediy Para
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Eh0 News OF the Day fointouy EAE
graphed for Hasty Readers.
THE electric road ran its cars for q short
time yesterday.
Two deeds Of trust were admitted TO
record by Clerk Hook, yesterday.
KRAMER will play for the Centennial
celebration at Marietta April 1lth.
A STRIKE is threatened by the hod car
riersat the North Wheeling pottery to-day.
THE magnificent weather Of yesterday
brought out the ladies in large numbers,
and the retail dry goods trade prohted
accordingly.
THE Board Of Directors Of the Pittsburg,
Wheeling and Kentucky Railroad Com
pany have declared q dividend Of three and
One-half per cent.
ABB. & o. freight car jumped the track
at TWenty-second street yesterday morn
ing, and was be dly splintered. Travel was
delayed for q little while.
A GASOLINE lamp on speanut stand at
the corner of Main aud Twelfth streets, ex-
ploded about half-past nine O'Clock last
night, causing o good deal of excitement IN
that portion Of the city.
THERE WAS q small fire Mt the residence
of Edward Deitz, at Twenty-secOnd and
Water streets, yesterday morning. The
men at the hook aud ladder extiDguished
the blaze with little trouble.
THERE is a small strike in the galvaniz
ing department at the Crescent mill, i've
men making q demand for an increase Of
twenty-five cents per day in their wages.
New men are doing the work.
JOHN MCGOwN, an employee of the Bel
mont blast furnace, was overcome by gas
last evening abOut 7:30 o'clock and was in
sensible when discovered. DIR, Campbell
WAS Immediately summoned and soon
brought McGown around in good shape.
ST. MATHEWS Sunday School intends
| giving an entertainment entitled The
| Peak Sisters on the night of the fifth OF
/ April in the school room of the church.
This entertainment will be in the shape OF
a musical b~urlesque," and will be well
presented.
THE Democratic club of the Island will
build a wigwam on the lot formerly occu-
pied by the rink. The building will be
| 2Ox4S feet, and bids for its erection will be
secured at once. The Island Democrats
intend to hustle things if they are in the
minority over there.
A SMALL boy was standing in the street
lOokinga at the electric cars yesterday after
noon, was knocked down by a horse at
taehed to q wagon. The front wheels pass
ed over one of his legs and the hind wheels
would have crushed his head but the
| driver pulled the horse up with such force
that that the little fellow wa saved. He
was pretty badly hurt and was taken
home.
THE girls at the lantern globe works, in
Bellaire, went out on a strike yesterday
noon against q packer, against whom they
had a grievance and who was made their
foreman. The girls all belong to the
Rights of Labor and the cause Of their OBJ
lection is that the foreman returned to
work after the packers had been out On an
unsuccessful strike. The factory, which
was the only one running in the city, was
compelled to close down.
WHILE standing in q commission house,
yesterday, q REGISTER reporter noticed a
man, who bore every evidence Of having
lust got over 3 batter, cone in and ask fOra
turnip. al have been in business a good
many years" said the commission man,
after the chap had left, land hundreds OF
such men come in for turnips, but l have
never discovered why they eat them. ]
suppose turnips poSsess some qualities
which assist q man in bIacing up"