Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-12
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly ana
Pithily Told.

Pithily Told.
Tur police appeared in their light summer
helmets, yesterday.
BASE BALL on the Island park this AFTER
mountaineering VS.. Dayton.
THE Council Committee on Fire Depart
ment is called for this evening.
THE Benwood tube works shut down;
SATURDAY.. fora two weeks stop for generaI
repairs.
A NUMBER of Crescent mill men have
gone 10 work in the new sheet department
of the Top mill.
THE funeral Of the late Thomas Sweeney
will take place, from the family residence
ON Virginia street, at ten o'clock
THE Kings Sons of Zane Street NJ. Il.
Church will give an excursion TO Wells
burg. May 9th, on the steamer Bellaire.
THE picnic at Seibert's Garden today is
the first of the season, and the Nail City
Federal Union promise to make 1t a sue
cess.
THE new marks on the landing last even
ing indicated - feet and rising. The marks
at Pittsburg last evening showed Il leeI
inches; clear and cool.
THREE CASES were registered at police
headquarters last evening. There were
good many drunks in town Saturday and
yesterday. but they were quiet ones.
A MEETING of the Ladies' Hospital Asso-
citation will be held this afternoon at the
Young Mems Christian Association Build
ing, and a full attendance is desired.
SATURDAY Auctioneer Haller sold the
Dolan property, at Twenty-third and Main
streets, for $500, and the Simpson property,
at Tenth and Chapline streets, for $500
G. w. GRUB, late bartender for ]. Hob
stetter. has bought Tom Soldiers old stand
zoos Market street He invites through the
advertising columns all his friends TO call
on him.
THE Beethoven Singing Society made an
excursion TO Steubenville yesterday, on
board the steamer Liberty. A large num-
Der took part in the trip, as the day was
delightful one.
JUST as the north bound passenger train
ON the Ohio river road reached the city
limits last evening the engine jumped the
track and turned almost squarely around,
bringing matters TO dead stop. The pas
sengers got out and either walked up town
or came up on the motor line.
As USUAL, on Sunday evening, there was
a large and prOmiscuOus crowd at the b. x
O. depot last evening, bound for Pittsburg
and Washington, including the usual crowd
of toughs who come down here to get full.
The railroad authorities have refused 10
allow such characters TO go up on the O:2O
train. The services of three police are
needed at the depot every Sunday evening.
john LEWIS. engineer at the La Belle
factory, met with severe accident Satur-
day afternoon. He was taking sheet iron
from stack when large sheet slipped
from the top. ran down the tOngs and cut
a cash in his hand at the thumb Joint and
another in his arm between the wrist and
elbow. DR.. Pipes dressed his injuries,
and il required seven stitches TO close the
gap cut in his arm.
A STORY is told of certain well-known
farmer, near New Philadelphia, who went
to town to buy new clothes, but after max
ing the purchases got great jag on. While
going home at night an idea came into his
maudlin brain to surprise his wife by APP
bearing dressed in fine clothes. So stop
ping in the road he undressed and threw
his old suit away, but he had lost the new
ones also. Unable to find either suit he
was Obliged to wander home arrayed like
a ghost He succeeded in surprising his
wife
THE newly-organized Federal Union,
composed Of the laborlng hands employed
in the .Etna and Standard iron works at
Etnaville, met Saturday night and init
ated fifteen candidates The lodge has re-
ceived its charter and secret work from the
American Federation, and will be known
as Etna-Standard Federal Union No.
5Ol7. There is friendly rivalry between
the employees of the two mills in regard TO
which shall have the largest representation
in the lodge
THE Hancock Courier published the
statement that Mr. o. G. ScOfield had been
in that county looking after George Yves
ley Atkinsons fences.n The publication
was copied into the REGISTER of Saturday
last. Mr.. Scofeld authorizes the REGISTER
to state there is not word Of truth in 1t.
He is now attending strictly to promoting
the business interests of the Union Acct
dent and Benefit Association, of which he
is secretary He was in Hancock county
the other day establishing an agency for
IL -----t.----y "IaICu, tOECthcI WIN Iue
vivid imagination of the journalistic fakir,
has been probably the foundation for the
story. "ScOfen says he has eschewed poll
ties since his withdrawal from the State
Executive Committee.
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