Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-02-25
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The attention OF tax payers Is called 10
q notice by Collector Brice, in another
column.
VIZ have been having good maple
syrup weather lately. The sap will soon
be running.
An auction sale of fue household furni-
ture will take place Tuesday next at No.
1867 Main street.
The last will and testament Of Thomas
F. Costello was admitted to probate yester-
day and ordered to be recorded.
EDWIN, a three-year-old son of j. p.
Troll, fell from q chair at his home on the
Sonth Side, yesterday, and broke his left
arm.
THERE will be a special meeting Of the
Young Men's Democratic Club at Its
room on Twelfth street, this evening, at
7:30 o'clock.
MRS. GOLDEN, Of Seventeenth street,
fell in q fainting tit ut Fifteenth and Chap
line streets, yesterday afternoon, and hurt
herself slightly.
IKE SMITH was arrested yesterday on q
warrant charging him with cruelty to ami
mails. He will have q hearing before His
Honor THIS morning.
=. REV. J. GIBSON CAN'T, of st. Lakes
Church, will begin Sunday evening to give
from a Protestant standpoint the distinct
i've features Of the church.
The Bellaire Democratic City Commit
tee will hold q meeting at City Hall, at
T:3O o'clock this evening, to fix a time for
holding the ward primaries.
THE stock of hardware, tinwsre, ETC., in
the storeroom Oft. ". Simpson, No. 2247
Market street, will besold at auction, COM
mencing at ten o'clock this morning.
CLERK Of the Circuit Court Mitchell
was slightly burned on the hands Thurs
day evening, by an explosion Of natural
gas at his residence on South Front street,
Island.
The members of the Ohio county bar are
called 10 meet ut the Court House, at 3
O'Clock this afternoon, to take suitable &C.
ton upon the death of the late George w.
Thompson.
THERE were seventeen cases before His
Honor yesterday morning. Joe Barum,
tie rotund man arrested for flourishing a
pistol several days ago, was let oil with a
nominal fine.
The International Sunday School les
son will be conducted by DR.. Randolph, at
; o'clock this afternoon, at the Y. Nj. G.
A. building. Young mems meetings will
be held at the same place at 100 o'clock
tonight and 4 o'clock tomorrow.
OFFICER MCNICHOL yesterday arrested
a boy, who gave his name rs Joe Ledley,
on a message from Pittsburg to the effect
that o ~youngster was missing from that
; city, Ledley said he was from Baltimore,
but a. he told several conflicting stories he
was held.
IT is learned that the item in the Ben
wood news yesterday, stating that there
was a strike at the blacksmith shop of the
= Tube Works is an error. The sum of Sl.SO
I is paid at the Steel works for twelve hours
work, and 81. 90 at the Tube Works for
ten hours work.
TIE Rev. N. F. Dryden will deliver the
, fourth and lest lecture of the present
, series in the interest of the Prohibition
Amendment, at the North street Nj. +.
Church, tomorrow evening, at 1880
O'Clock. Subject: ''The Means TO be En-
ployed in the Present Conflict"
A NUMBER of Unknown young folks
gave o pleasant hop at bursts parlOrs
last evening, which wa highly enjoyed.
Dancing was continued until midnight,
when refreshments were served by Dlrst,
after which tine amusement was continued
until an hour or so longer. Miss Mamie
SitgrCayes made the music.
The Manchester Coal Company, who, it
is said, have been paying the highest price
for mining paid in this State, and the only
J operators paying the Columbus scale" in
West Virginia. have been compelled to
close their works, near Mt. de Chantal,
, owing, it is alleged, 70 the failure OF the
miners to live M to their contract.
THE Kendall Novelty company drew a
crowded house at the Elysian theatre,
Bellaire, last evening, and the show caught
on in great shape. The Wheeling contin-
gent, including McNabb, Dinger and
White, all made hits. The performance
will be repeated this evening. About
twenty-five Wheeling people went DOWN
last evening, and others will 60 down
D this evening.
AMONG the cases in Police Court yester-
day morning was that of Ida Brown, col
ored, charged with keeping a house of i'll
fame on Tenth street. This house was
raided by Officer Watson and Others of the
force Thursday night. IL is the place par,
ticularly complained of in the petitions OF
residents Of the Second ward lately sd-
dressed TO the Board of Police and Fire
Commissioners. The nuisance will soon be
abated.
The gentlemen who have in hand the
organization Of the Social Club, OF which
mention has been heretofore made, are
succeeding admirably, and over $500 worth
of stock has already been subscribed, and
it is hoped TO largely increase this amount
in the next few days. The matter Is one
that should not be allowed to lag, as the
apartments that the organization contem'
plate renting may not be obtainable in q
few days.
A YOUNG lady who attended the hop al
Durst's parlors, last evening, was sitting
on the edge Of q marble table o. the head
of the stairs, when the table suddenly
turned over with her and girl, table and
all were precipitated TO the floor below.
The remarkable thing was that the marble
slab broke to smithereens, the table was
smashed and the steps broken, but the
young lady picked herself up unhurt save
q few small bruises.
PRESIDENT LOGAN, of the Chamber Of
Commerce, has appointed the following
committees in conformity with resolutions
adopted at Thursday evenings meetings
To acquire information concerning val
liable minerals underlying the city, Messrs,
J. Dallas Ewing, Capt. John Mcclure and
d. Walter Bell. To consider the adyisi
bility of keeping open the New Chamber
of Commerce, day and evening, Messrs,
DE-. T. Fl. Logan, John c. Rehildafer and
IHullihen Quarter.