Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-12-04
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admitted 10
e, yesterday.
~ Of importance
.icuit Court, yester-
the only cases regis
lquaItsrs this morning
broken. Officer Dsku
from the B. u o. derO',
noon,
. OF Chapline Street NJ E
Ill give an entertainment Thurs
Friday evenings.
.FICER WATSON found George Holtz-
LAW snOCziDg in the market house, last
night, and locked him up.
THOMAS MCDUEA got into a fight in 8
Market street SALON, last evening, and was
arrested by Oficer Dunlsp.
THE Committee on Roads snd Bridge,
of the Board of Commissioners held a
MEETING yesterday afternoon.
OFFICER WILKIE found q fine piece of
machinery in the possession OF Bob Null
doom, last night, and took it to htadquar-
tiers.
EDDIE, . four-y esr-old ron of Jacob
Ritz, Of the Island, fill against g CRATE
Yesterday, and cut y bad gssh on his head,
making q very painful wonnd.
WAYBURN PUIIZ, aged 9 years, q son Of
]. W. Prltz, of the North End, tell down
while playing Sunday Afternoon and broke
o small bone in bis right wrist.
Persons living in the vicinity of Mar
ket and Eighth streets, complain about the
boys who leaf 10 tina. locality, and annoy
the residents and passeTs-by, by throwing
stones, apples, etc.
TIE regular monthly meeting Of the We
mans Union Benevolent Society will be
he'd Wednesday afternoon in the \. NJ. G..
A. psrlcrs, at 2:30 O'Clock, and a full at
tendance of members is urged.
IT IS Iumored that q Wheeling wholesale
grocery house has leased the McConville
corner and will cccupy it next spring, the
heCOnville dry goods firm goipg out Of
ouslnessat that time. -StsubeRrtHe Gazette
The case Of Wilson vs.. McCulloch was
heard before Judge Boyd, in Part " OF
the Circuit Court, yesterday. TheJury was
urable to agree, after being out for en- four'
and was adjourned over until this morning,
when they will try it again.
A CONFLAGRArION started amorg the
rubbish IN the north creek bank last eve
ming about five O'Clock aud al alarm Of fire
was sent in. The Hope reel went down and
e%xtiuguishsd the fire snd ths water IN the
creek wa allowed 10 move on undistorbed.
SUPREME CHANcELLOR WARD, Of the
knight of Pythiae, has Commissioned Col.
b. STANLEY to institute q division OF tie
Taifnrm Rink a. Martin9burg. This will
be No. 4. The new Psrkersburg Division
will bs instituted on the lith. 1t is prob
able C,c1r de Lion Division Of this city will
90 down.
CHIEF SMITH yesterday received o let
ter from Marshall " Brown, detectives Of
Newcastle, Pa, to ise effect that W. II.
Jones, was missing from that city, and
WAS Supposed 10 have been drowned, and
his body hOated into the OHIO. Auy in
firmation Of the missing man should be
made known TO the police.
SOME ladies. who are interested in the
work Of the Young Meu's Christisn AssO.
cation, ae making preparations to fur
nish TIE parlor in the new bui ding the
Association will soon occupy. These ladies
are requested to meet ut 4 o'clock this
afternoon at the Association building, 1122
Market street, to perfect their arrange
ments.
INFORMATION from Turkey Foot is to
the eff ct that two wells are expected in
Wednesday, and q good many people are
very anxious as to the outcOme. The four
dry wells made thi1gs very quiet in this
oil territory the past week, and there is no
rushing in to Obt sin leases. However, 1t
is claimed by sens Of the Toronto people
that the dry well story is only ajoke, and
that they are plugged and only reported
dry for a purpose.
FOR q week or so past. a man with q
patent leg has been circulating among
business men aud tickling pedestrians,
asking for money ID get q BID, his story Of
hard luck bei5g very plausible, IS be looks
like a man who has seen better days, aud
is evidently well educated. However, in
stead of spending bis money for beds and
somethir z to eat, the greater pat is used
TO purchase morphine, Of which ne uses
about q drachm a day.
Cor. BOWMAN informs us that the com
promise made by him with the Fleming
girls for money due him for information
furnished the authorities Of Brooke county,
W. Va, OF property not returned for tax
alton, is all wrong as printed. He was not
allowed ) per cent. of tie $500, 900, for the
law does not permit the informsr to include
the back yelrs, and consequently he got B
per cent on $50, 600, the amoart his iGtcr-
nation placed o1 the dupl cate Tor one year.
ibe $4,000 ives as good rs found, anyhow.
, -SieuBeRrWe Gazette.