Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-11
Boat Race.

present at the hearing.
Another Boat Race.
Another boat race is nov being ar
ranged between Bellaire's champion oars
man and willism Hsberfield, Of this city.
The Haberield men have made their first
deposit of stakes-S1O0 a side, open for
more-and the articles provide that the
race take place over the Bellaire course on
the 29th inst, the Bsllaire oarsman 10
have ten seconds start. Whether the
match will be made remsins to be seen.
Wedding this Evening.
At five O'Clock this evening Mr.. j. d.
Locke. the well-knowp boot and shoe
merchant. will be married to Mrs. Amelia
Steger. The ceremony will take placs at
Ave O'Clock, al the Cathedral, and will be
performed by Rt. Rev. Bishop Kahn. Tue
couple will leave at 7:35 over the Pennsyl-
yania road, for a tour to Boston and the
East generally.
Deserved Recognition.
Mr.. Thos. F. Thoner yesterday morning
received notice of his appointment as rail-
wav postsl clerk on the B. 4 o. railroad,
between Wheeling and Sandusky. Mr..
Thouer has been an energetic Democrat
"A hard w~orker-and could always be
found at his post in the party councils and
at the POLLS. Tom has received deserved
recognition, and his many friends extend
congratulations.
The Twenty-Inch Water Pipe.
Superintendent Riddle had q force OF
men at work. yesterday, ditching for the
20 inch water pipe, to the South Side.
II has been suggested that it would save
money and convenience TO the cltlzsns ii
the pipe, at the south end of the Market
street bridge, could be placed low enough
to render it's disturbance BY the B q U.
railroad company improbable, in case
the railroad route along the south
bank of the creek is made use OF.
Transfers OF Real Estate.
The following transfers OF real estate
were left for record at Clerk Hooks Office,
yesterday:
Deed made August 81, 1888, by James
p. Rogers and wife, to Margaret Murrlns,
for fifty feet Of ground on the west side OF
Jacob street. Consideration, $1,000.
Dsed made September 4, 1888, by Chas.
B Hedges. administrator of the estate OF
Mary A. Wells, deceased. to Lucy Martin,
for the south part of lot No. 26, in the town
| of West Liberty. Consideration, $500.
Died From Rough on Rats.
Mrs. Robert Warner, the Sisterville
woman, who took q dose of Rough on Rats,
Saturday evening, after attempting to dose
her children with the same poisonous COM
pound, died at midnight Sunday night
from the effects of the stuff. Only the
prompt action of her husband, Saturday
evening, saved the lives of the children.
Mrs. Warner was subject to spells OF tenn.
porary insanity, and it was while laboring
under this malady that she committed the
act which resulted in her death.
A Runaway.
A team of horses attached to a country
wagon were standing on Market street
yesterday afternoon, when they became
frightened at an electric motor and ran
away, tearing mp the street at a rapid pace.
At Hughes store, Mr.. Isaiah Warren's
horse and buggy were standing and the
country wagon struck the buggy, broke a
wheel and otherwise injured it. Mr..
Warrep's horse, fortunately, did not
brighten aud further damage was avoided,
as the team was stopped. The street Is no
place to let horses stand unhitched, es-
pecially when they are lot acquainted
with the MOTOR.
Mr.. Ousrrier's Sudden Death.
Hon. W. A. Quarter, tie announcement
of whose sudden death will be found in
the telegraph columns this morning, was
10 Wheeling, last week, attending u. s.
Court. He came on Monday last, and that
night WAS taken seriously i'll at the Hotel
Windsor, where he stopped. A physician
was sent for, who pronounced Mr.. Quarter
suffering from heart trouble. He remain
ed very i'll all night and it seemed tor a
time as if he would not recover. He was
better the next day and remained in the
city until Saturday morning, when he left
for home. Mr.. Quarter had always been
a healthy man and his sudden death will
BIS a great shock to his many friends in
Wheeling. In his death the State loses q
splendid citizen and an able man
Proportions for q Flag.
MONTANA MINES, W. VA, Sept. 8.
To The Editor tine Register:
Sir:-wM you kindly state the pro.
portions for a National flag, number Of
stripes and stars, etc.
JAS A. CRAWFORD.
THE U. s. garrison flag, the proportions
Of which are generally followed, is 36x20
feet, or, the width five-ninths of the