Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-07-29

stone weighing twenty pounds or more
went through the roof Of the dwelling
house No. 7l3 Market street, but fortu-
nately without doing any harm to the in
mates
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
Steamboat Sold.
The Relief Togboat Company, OF New
Cumberland, have sold the Steamer Clifton
to Arthur Moren of Pittsburgh and Cap
tain Geo. B. Foreman.
Placed I'm the Pen.
Deputy Sheriff /. N. Grimes and s. A.
Bainbridge, of Taylor county, arrived In
the city last evening. They took to the
penitentiary Jerre Taylor who was yes
terdsy morning sentenced to eight years
in that instruction for b~nrglarizing o
iewelry store at Grafton recently.
Declare aDfvidsnd.
A meeting of the Board Of Directors OF
the Wheeling Electrical Company was held
yesterday afternoon at It's office and it was
decided to declare a dividend Of 8 per
cent, which fact shows the concern to be
in q prosperous condition
The Bon-Ton's Contribution.
The Bon-Ton sales for the past week
foot up $745. Under the announcement OF
the proprietors that five per cent OF the
weeks sales should 90 to the relief of the
food sufferers, the firm will send their
check for $3S. Is to the proper committee.
This is a welcome and generous contribu-
ton.
Another Body Found.
Early yesterday morning q young man
named Hanke found the body Of Hermann
Stencil, one of thu victims Of the Csld-
wells run disaster, floating in the river
near the street Car station. Coroner Schultze
was notified about half-psst six o'clock
and sent the remains to Zlmmermsn's I'M
dertaking establishment. The body was
taken to williamsburg, o, last evening.
Honorably Discharged.
Arthur Mcmillan was arraigued before
Justice Davis al four o'clock yesterday
afternoon, charged by w. NJ. Derthick
with the larceny of about 81 so from the
room of the complainant, at the boarding
house occupied by him, OF the 10Th day
Of June last. After an examination into
the evidence, the Justice discharged the
defendant, there not being sufficient EVIL
dence to substantiate the allegations OF the
complainant.
Officers Elected.
The Mozart Singing Society has elected
the following officers: President, H. W.
Schrebe; Vice President, Otts Kalbiizer;
Director, Ed Scheuler; Vice Director, A.
A. Nolte; Corresponding Secretary, Aug.
FeleT; Financial Secretary, V. Jeale;
Treauuree. G. Kettler; Trustees, c. Horst
mann, c. Rohrig and G. Fisher; Music
Committee, A. II. Nolte, A. Jeale, and
II. W. Shieb.
Unique Ware.
The Pioneer Pottery works, of Wells
vile, general manufacturers Of ironstone
china and decorated ware, have put on the
market a novelty in the way Of a hand
come china pitcher, Of graceful design, en-
belished with the portraits Of the Demo-
cratic and Republican candidates for Pres
ident and Vice President. Mr.. j. c.
Forbes, representing the firm, has left at
this Office one of these pitchers, bearing
the portraits of the next President and
Vice President-Cleyeland aud Thurman.
Unprovoked Assault.
Between twelve and one o'clock yester-
day an nnproyoked and brutal assault
was made by Frank Mccormick upon a
German named Gustave Grestzinger, st the
B. & o. crossing at Thirty-tnird and Chap
line streets. Grestzinger was going along
quietly to mis- work, when Mccormick,
who was with a gang who make the vicin-
ity of the crossing a loafing place, stepped
out and knocked him down, and then beat
him and kicked him in the face in o shock.
ing manner. Mccormick evsded arrest
and skipped out of town.
Tyler Democrats.
The Tyler county Democrats held their
County Convention at Middlebourne, yes
terdsy afternoon, the attendance being
very large and the enthusiasm great, indi-
eating a very healthy condition of affairs
in the county. During the progress Of the
convention, speeches were made by Att0r-
ney General Alfred Caldwell, Senator Som
merville, and Col. D. d. johnson. The
Convention instructed for Judge Stanley
for Judge and Col. d. d. johnson for Con-
gress, and selected delegates to both the
Congressional and State Conventions, as
well as Senatorial and Judicial Conferees.
They Ought to Slow Up.
To IL Editor Of the Register:
SIR l, as q citizen and taxpayer Of the
city of Wheeling, desire to ask the follow
ing question :
What is the ordinance Of the city gov
ernipg the running Of trains within the
city limits?
The Ohio River trains run at least TWEEN
ty-fve miles an hour through the city,
endapgering the lives Of children and
property. We, az citizens and taxpayers,
should be protected by the laws of our
city. CITIZEN.
Wheeling, July %. /
mo train can lawfully be run at q speed
of twenty. five miles an hour within the
city limits, sven if the road is protected by
safety gstes.-ED
An Old Landmark. |,
Tommy Dixon, an old landm ark at the
B. & O.. Depot, ia gone. In fact he threw
up his job q week or more ago, claiming
that more work was imposed upon him
than he could do. Tommy came to
Wheeling ust about the time the B. & o.
got here, and ever since hiss acted as depot
baggage master. There is no employe on
the road that has been longer in the serv.
ice than Tommy Dixon or probably as well
known by the travelling public. He came
here in 1853, having been engaged for the
position by General Agent ]. B. Ford, then
located in this city. Dixon ia now sixty.
two years Of age, and is q hearty, we'll
x-., $3.50 FILL - -. -. ..a- Il