Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-20
THE CREAM OF THE NEWS,
AS 1t Appeared in the Columns OF t.
SUNDAY Register"

AS 1t Appeared In the Columns of tie
SUNDAY Register"
About the City.
Canton stands at the head Of the League,
with percentage of $50; Wheeling is sec
ond, with .666, and Dayton third, with
.5SS.
In Part Two Of the Circuit Court, judg-
meut was entered in the case of K. M. Gill
leland Va. the Wheeling Soap Company,
for $172.68.
Mr.. r. r. Roper, editor and proprietor
of the Elmirs, N. Y, Gazette, and bust
ness partner of Governor Hill, Is visiting
in the city.
f. France, representing firm of special
ists. was fined ten dollars in Police Court,
Saturday afternoon, for circulating obscene
matter about the city.
BERTHE Lawrence won the walking
match, retiring at midnight Saturday
night with score of 268 miles and III
laps. her next highest competitor beng
Clara Bell, with 21I miles and laps.
Wheeling defeats Dayton for the third
time, straight, by score Of 10 to IL. by
ding T, OF this city, wss put IN the box Dy
the home team to give him a trial. he
pi,ched a fair game up to the fifth, when
be was disabled By bstted ball.
A larpely-attended meeting Of the whole
sale erooers of this city, Steubenville, Par
kersburg aud Gallipolis, was held at the
Chamber of Commerce, Saturday rvenlng,
and preliminary steps taken to effect a
strong organization.
Nothing was done, Saturday, in the
Pipes Mccoy Islander suit, the jury being
adjourned until Thursday next, partly
owing to the illness of Mr.. W. T. Burt,
one Of the jury, and partly to convenience
counsel, who bad other important business
on hand.
In Part One of the Circuit Court, SAtur-
day, Judge PAUL rendered decision In
the litigation between the Wheeling Nat
ural Gas company and the Top Mill, de-
Gliding in favor of the Gas Company. In
concluding his opinion the Court said: II
am of the opinion that the defendants, the
Wheeling Natural Gas Company, should not
be required 20 specifically perform It's can
tracts with the complainant"
TeIegraphic Summary.
Collector John T. McGraw files his res
ignation, to take effect on the Doth OF
May.-The appointment If new pension
examiners at KingwOOd, RavenswoOd and
Huptin on.-DiscussiOn of outlook for
West Virginia aspifants at Washington
Two vacancies on the Supreme bench of
the United States may be filled by the APP
pointment of Attorney General Miller and
Hon. George A. McCrary, of Iowa.-The
national pension appropriation exhausted.
Homestead employees meet to consider
Carnegie's new scale.-The result in de-
tail OF the election in Montana, five Demo-
cratic majority. scheme to
succeed himself as Governor of Ohio
Changes in the B. & o. service. -
Hon. William Lawrence, of Belle
fontaine, publishes card announcing
his candidacy for Governor of Ohio
James Gordon Bennett starts on a mystic
Iious trip into Central Africa. 1t is given
out that he has heard that Chinese Gordon
is alive, and intends to ransom him. -
Boss Msgee wins with ease at Pittsburg,
beating the Qusy-Bsyne combination. -
Heavy wind and rain storms in Kansas
and Texas. Funeral services over the re-
mains Of Allen Thorndyke Rice.-Another
plot to assassinate the Gar discovered
Base ball and general sporting news, be-
sides much telegraphic matter of general
news value.