Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-06-23
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters OF Interest Briefly ana
Pithily Told.
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Pithily Told.
SATURDAY was the longest day in the
year.
YESTERDAYS storm will be rough on
strawberries.
THE Knights of St. George go TO Column
bus this afternoon.
THE Committee on Cemeteries is called
to meet this evening.
THE State Bar Association meets III
Parkersburg on Wednesday Of this week
ATTENTION is called to the insurance no
tice by State Auditor p. f. Duffy III inc
advertising columns.
A PICNIC will be given at Seiberts gar,
den tomorrow and an exhibition drill Will
be given by the Knights of st. John.
CHARLES Cook, n puddler in the Belmont
mill. had the misfortune TO lose his left eye
Saturday morning while breaking top.
PASSENGER train No. ON the b. X o.,
coming west. Jumped the track two miles
this side of LittletOn yesterday morning at
II o'clock and it was 3 80 before she was
gotten back all right.
rnE grand rally held by the congregation
of Simpson NJ. +. Church was a great sue
cess. and over $500 was raised. The mem
hers of the church certainly deserve credit,
and their pastor great praise Tor the Soou
work.
WILLIAM STEVENSON will have hearing
before Justice Davis on the charge of steal
iua so from August Sumer, the soldier
recruit. in John Fendt's saloon one day
last week. The case will be heard ut : p
m. to-day.
TuE conductors of the Elm Grove motor
~ .,,..H.,..l Nv tho eamnlnN 10
nut off any passenger, who in any way
offends or disturbs the other passengers,
either by word or action, and the rule Will
be rigidly enforced.
FRANK EpNruNDs and Abraham Brown
raised n row in the Second ward Saturday
night and were run in by He'll. Besides
these two cases four DRINKS were register
cd at headquarters. IL was the lightest
SATURDAY nights business known in long
time.
WASHINGTON CAMP No. l Patriotic Sons
of America have issued a call for all mem
beers of the order to turn out July 4, ut :
o'clock in the morning, for street parade
and n visit to Moundsville, and also invite
all American ex-soldiers and their sons 70
join them
Two oil companies were chartered Sat
urday by Secretary of State Ohley. The
Ten Mile Oil and Gas Company has capt.
tai of 81. 500 and will have its Office at
Clarksbufg. The Tauner Oil Company Will
keep its Office at Parkersburg, and has i
capital of =, 800.
MEssRs. \. p. TALIMAN, 5: o. CumminSs,
IJ. 7. Mercer, John NJ. Criswell, ID. II.
Darrah, \. O. Mellott and j. NJ. Marlng
are the incorporators of the Bellaire Brick
and Fire Clay Company. Some of the
hardest brick have been made from the
claws found in this vicinity that have ever
been seen in this city. There are lew Sucn
brick made anywhere.
Mis-. LIEUT.. KELLY, of the Salvation
Army. has been lying down in house OPP
posite the Belmont furnace, very i'll, for
some time. and Yesterday she was removed
in the patrol wagon TO a house ON Sixteenth
street. and people, thinking some one had
been hurt. followed the wagon through the
streets like jays. The patrol wagon is a
great thing. and people are now wondering
how the city did without ii for so long. y
swinging cot has been made for the wagon,
and a person lying on it rides very easily.
Two VERY successful Gospel Temperance
meetings were held yesterday by Evan
gelists Watkins and McKain. In the
morning ut the Tunnel huts, where the IN
mates are accustomed to spend Sundays IN
gambling, &c. they listened attcntively TO
the speaking and singing. In the after
noon at the Market Place, there was an
unusually large crowd, and the addresses
of Messrs. Raider. Watkins and Mckain
were listened to with great attention.
These meetings are doing a great deal oil
good. and deserve the countenance oil every
temperance man and woman in the city.