Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-07
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly ana
PithilY Told.


Pithily Told.
The Board of Public Works has force
of men al work repairing the wharf.
JUSTICE GILLESPIE is having an office
built on Chapline street, opposite the Guy
Hall.
A MEETING of Island citizens, for the con,
sideration of an important matter, is called
at the Mutual Savings Bank, on Ihurs-
day evening.
ABOUT twenty Masons went up TO Cadlz'
Yesterday afternoon, to take part IN the
ceremonies there last evening. They VIII
return this morning.
4 MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued yester
dav TO John a Bishop, native of Wheel
ing, aged 80. and Louise Schairer, native
Of Wheeling, aged "a.
THE stockholders Of the Wheeling Bridge
Company met Yesterday afternoon and re
elected the old Board of Directors. Inc
Board has not yet organized
THE Board of Public Works advertises
this morning for proposals for furnishing
curling. and for re-dressing and re-settlng
curbs and crossings, all bids to be for y MO
stone.
A REGULAR meeting of the Woman
Union Benevolent Society will be held AT
the Y. NJ. c. \. building this afternoon at
o'clock. All members are requested TO
be present.
A REGULAR meeting of the Ladies Hos
pital Association will be held at the \ NJ.
{. 4. building at 3 o'clock sharp, tins al
ternOOn, and as business OF importance Is 10
be transacted full attendance IS desired
The Martins Ferry Council has decided
to assess people from out of town who sell
soft drinks "a tax of SO per month, which IS
an especial hit at the Wheeling people who
sell over there. The Wheeling Council
should follow suit, and pass tax on out
sders
LAST evening a horse ran off in West
Wheeling and went tearing up the Z. X +;
track. II crossed one of the railroad
bridges in safety, but fell through between
the ties of another, and delayed the down
train an hour and half before it was eN-
tricated.
MONDAY evening while c. X p. freight
engine was switching cars at the Bridge
mort depot. a large stock car. loaded with
lumber, left the track, and before it could
be stopped, ran part way across the wooden
bridge at the depot, tearing up cross-ues,
track and bridge timbers.
AT wake on the South Side the other
night some of the walkers wanted to sing
and insisted on doug so, which created a
ruction. The belligerents were told TO go
outside if they wanted TO fight, when one
man pulled out a knife and commenced
doing a war dance about the corpse, as II
he intended to scalp it. He paid fine the
next morning.
PETER Brown, a young man aged about
eighteen years, employed by Hofer, the
Eighth ward butcher. while Strengthening
some sheep on Monday, received severe
cut on his right leg He was scared half to
death for fear he would get blood poison.
out there is little danger of that. He was
taken to DR.. J. II. Pipes Office, where the
wound was dressed.
THE Woodmansee farm. which adloins
Bridgeport on the south, and extends about
one mile back of town, was recently pur-
chased by three leading, Bridgeport men,
who will, it is rumored, convert that por-
ton of the farm lying on top Of the hill into
a park. The PARTON of the farm bordering
on Kirkwood has been laid out in town
lots. which are now being sold for building
purposes.
The sewer pipe manufacturers up the
river are anXiously waiting further nfor-
nation from England as to what the syndi-
cate intends doing The papers reached
London some time ago and the information
was returned that the investigation made
bv the syndicate experts resulted in salts
factory showing. II is believed that II IS
only a question of a very few days when
rho don1 will he closed