Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-13
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Che News OF the Day PointedIy Para
graphed far HASty Readers.
COUNCIL this evening.
THE Progressive Club, the Jewish sociaI
organization, c~ontemplates erecting clut
house.
THE Committee on Court House ans
Jail, of the Board Of Commissioners, mel
yesterday afternoon.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Wheeling Athletic Club will be held
this evening, at the gymnasium, to elect
directors.
THERE were seven cases before His
Honor yesterday morning. Cotton"
Halpin, for hitting Carrie Palmer with 9
poker, got $40 and costs.
THE arguments in the case ofthe Wheel
ing Iron and Nail Company VS.. the Wheel
ing Natural Gas Company, will be heard
before Judge Jacob TO day.
MASTER HARRY BRADY, Of McCulloch
street, gave a birthday party to a number
of his young friends, Saturday evening.
The occasion was a very pleasant one.
FRANK CONDOR and Boss McConDaughey
were before Justice Ankle, yesterday,
charged with being plain DRINKS. They
were each fined 81 aud costs and committed
to Jail in default.
4 CHAP named Robert Garrison got
drunk last evening add was fired out of q
Market street saloon, and was nabeed by
Officer Dunlap. He made a terrible racket
on the way to the lookup.
SUNDAY afternoon, at one o'clock, the
residents of Seventeenth street were
startled with a loud report, which caused
several families to vacate their houses in a
hurry. The cause of it all was high
board pile in Bsltz, Fading " Co.'S,
which was blown over, the falling boards
making a tremendous noise.
AN association was recently formed by
the sportsmen Of this city for the purpose
of ferreting ont all yiolators OF the game
law in this vicinity. They have $3.50 In
their treasury. The parties who have been
SEEMING up Wheeling creek sre known, and
had better stop, or they will be prosecuted
to the full extent of the law. This is q
timely warning TO them, as the sportsmen
who have the matter in charge are deter
mined to put n stop to it.
Mr. W. T. BURT had a narrow escape
from being crushed yesterday. He was
experimenting the removal Of a heavy safe
from the Underwriters Insurance. Company,
when the safe got away from the men and
started to roll down the pavement. Mr..
Burt attempted to stop il and was thrown
to the pavement, the heavy lump Of steel
and iron topping over Just beside him.
A few inches further toward him and Mr..
B. would have met q terrible fate.
GEORGE ard Bob MUldoon got on a tear
last night night and about one O'Clock this
morning they reached McLain's corner,
where they evidently got to
''monkeyiug" for one of the heavy plate
windows in the front door was knocked
out, and broke to pisces over Georges head,
only cutting a small cash in his forehead.
He then attempted to get in the store,
having one leg inside the opening when
Officers Gaus and Watson arrived and ar
rested both men. They will be apt to get
a good dose this morning.
A HoRs weighing 1,400 pounds, which
was being shipped to Washington. Pa, By
Josh RiDe, the liveryman, who's sold him to
9 party there, performed a wonderful feat
Yesterday. The animal was placed in a
box car and the door being not we'll fast
ened it came partly opsn. The horse
pushed it wide open with its nose, aud as
the train swung around the curve at the
Central glass works the animal leaped from
the car, alighted safely on its feet and
started for the stable. Hugh Harrison,
who hsd charge Of it, got the train stopped
aud came back. A horse could not do
that jump sgain once in a hundred times
and escape unhurt.