Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-04-22
THE CREAM OF THE NEWS,
As 1t Appeared in the Columns oil To
SUNDAY Register"

As IC AppeAreu IL .,
SUNDAY Register.
About the City.
Nalson Hubbard. son of W. P. Hubbard
arrived home, accompanied by his mother
The uniforms for the home team nave
been ordered and will be ready iOr 'ne
first championship game.
The local ball team defests the Snam-
rocks by score of 80 to = henneuy
struck out nine men in succession.
A large attendance at the Cathedral, 10
| witness the impressive services oil holy
Saturday-the closing day OF Lent
A complete review Of the social happen
NOS of the previous week, including one
or two weddings and several quiet httie
parties.
Thirty complaints against garbage col
lectors filed with Health Ohlcer Garrison
on Saturday. There is no collector a' all
in the Second district.
Frank ]. LsMoyne Hupp was awarded
tina frat place as physician and surgeon
for the New York Presbyterian Hospital
over twenty five competitors.
HALEY Woods, of Martins Ferry, de-
feats Bick Sheppard in two straight mile
heats. at the Martins Ferry rink, Satnr-
dey evening, in the presence of about sou
people.
A Young man and his sweetheart make
all the arrangements for wedding at
Justices office, but the mother of the pros
pectiye bride puts Temporary stop to the
proceedings.
Henrietta Pettitt, the Eighth ward girl
accused of theft, AID who fell into the
river from the Benson's ferry boat, turns
out to be entirely innocent Of the charge
alleged against her.
The work of perfecting the extension OF
the street railway system ON the south
side, was not completed within the specl-
fed time, and the result was interruption
TO traffic during most of Saturday.
Close of the sixty-hOur walking match.
The girls made the folio wing scores: Law
renee. 1S9 miles and laps; Reynolds, 129
miles and 8 laps; Sterling, n miles and 10
laps; Howard, 161 miles; Evans, l49 miles
and 8 lap; Cleo, III miles and ii laps;
Znletta, 143 miles and lsps, and DaVitt,
1876 miles and 8 laps
The following route chosen for the l. U.
O. f. parade on the Goth: Right resting
on Chapline and Twelfth, down Twelfth
to Market, to Ninth, to Main, to Twenty
third, to Ohapline, to Twentieth, to Mar
ket, to Sixteenth, to Jacob, to Fourteenth,
to Chapline. to Hall Chief Marshal, ii.
Sesmon; assistants, M. B. Horkheimer, Il.
Hoffman, Raymond Bauer, VIM. RoDb,
VIM. Ellingham. Bellaire, Benwood, Mar
tins Ferry, Bridgeport and Triadelphia
will he present and take part in the parade.
The Ktnaville and Bsllaire brass bands
will also participate.
Nearby Towns.
BRILLIANT.-Mr Humes purchased the
Dunning property. Flickenstein
and family to move to Uni0ntOwn, Pa
No empty houses in town and building
boom anticipated.
FAIRMoNT.- Personal effects of Belle
Boyd, ths rebel spy, sold-Isaac Wilson
hurt by fall of slate at the O'DOnnell
mills-A lively fight for the deputyship
under Marshal Sol White-The West
Fannion shaft abandoned and the personal
property sold.
MARTINS FERRY.-Al preparations
for laying the cornerstone of st. Mary's
ing rat poison TO kill dogs, which should
be stopped-A pet ton to ask Council to
pave Hanover street-Work on the new
Episcopal church soon to begin.
STEUBENVILLE.-The Hancock oil field
is developing into n very big thing; $780,
600 already paid TO farmers for leases
The ap ointment of Senator Coulter as
Sixth Auditor of the Treasury was re-
ceived with much satisfaction.-The new
Democratic mayor is making a record -
The Alikanna will start this morning.
PARKERsBURG.-L. N. Tavenner, Esq,
and wife gone South for Mr.. Tavenner's |
health. Hon. @. F. Scott to go to Wash
ington and his wife 10 Delaware for some |
time. Prospects that John A. Hutchinson |
will be made chief B. & o. counsel in the |
State to succeed Caleb Borgess.. Mrs Will |
H. Smith, Mrs. General Jackson. Mrs. A. |
Gardner Jackson and Mrs. George W. |
Thompson are visiting in Baltimore and |
New York.
PORTLAND. The finest stone quarry in
the State is at this place; the ledge is
twenty eight feet thick.-The entertain
ment of the Tiltonville public school was
grand success.-A party of quarrymen
take an involuntry bath in the river -
The funeral of Mr.. Kirkwood was the
largest that has taken place here in years.
An increased demand for labor.-The
Board of Education has elected T. o. Bell
ton principal, Verney Cox intermediate
and Miss Meek primary.
TelegraphIc Summary.
Association ball games.
Favorable reports of the fruit crops.
The Neff murder trial at Waynesburg,
Pa.
News of the West Virginia Statesmen at
Washington.
State Senator Carpenter, of Indiana, &C
quilted Of the charge of bribery.
Postmaster Pearson, Of New York, died
suddenly of cancer of the stomach.
The lifebcat of the Steamer Danmark
passed in mid-Ocean. Hopes for the pas
sengers.
Albert Parsons, boy of 16, arrested at
Clarksburg for clipping with his grandfsth-
er's wife.
Design and sketch of the new English
cutter Valkyrie, the challenger for the
America cup.
Admiral Kimberley's report of the
wrecks at Samoa, giving detailed account
of the disaster.
Count Herbert Bismarck prepares
statement of Germany's position in the
Samoan difficulty,
jeremiah Couehlnn, m Oklahoma boom
er of ninety, has had nine wives end TWEEN
ty-seven children.
Strike at Duquesne Iron Works near
Pittsburg-1000 men out, and non-union
men expected to take their places.
A battle between Oklahoma boomers
and Deputy Marshals, near Purcell Two
men seriously wounded aud thirty boom
ers captured.
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