Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-20
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly ana
PithIlY Told.

Court yesterday morning.
THE Council Committee on contracts Is
called TO meet Monday night.
THE hot machines at the Belmont mill
were off yesterday on account oil shortage
Of coal.
A1,RGE anvil block has been cast by A.
j. Sweeney & Son for the Standard AAie
Works.
HANDSOME souvenir program were
issued for the Kirmess last night by l. a.
House.
4 hill of sale was the only document
admitted TO record at Clerk Hooks once
yesterday.
FARMERS say that the wheat was never
in better condition up 10 this time on the
year than now.
MARKET will be held at the Centre MAJ,
ket next Wednesday between the hours VI
three and eight o'clock p. III.
AL,RGE barn belonging TO Mrs. q. w.
Thomson. east of the b. 4 .. tunnel, COL
lapsed from the effects Of the storm
Tur Bostonians. who so delighted the
Wheeling people, sing in Lansing, Mich,
tonight. where they dedicate new opera
House.
HARRY WARNER died yesterday morn
ie0 M his home on South Market street,
| after an illness of four weeks. He was 81
years of age.
THERE was small fire in the show WIN
dow of Locke's shoe store, on Main street,
about O'Clock last evening. But htt!e
damage was done.
| THE Kenna Club gave their third annual
ball at Arion Hall last night. There was
a large crowd in attendance and everything
passed of pleasantly.
SEVERAL Wheeling people have received
| invitations for the Americas CUB pail 10
be given at the Windsor Hotel, in Beilaire,
on Christmas night.
Az error occurred in the Elm Grove
miners resolution of the Arbitration Com
mittee. The resolution read ''and an in
spector of the mine. 1t should have been
land an inspection of the NINE
CERTAIN woman went into Mollie
| Henderson's house in the Second ward,
last night and roughly handled Mollie's
"better half" The woman created quite
a rumpus and the police had to be called IN.
BUSINESS showed decided improve
ment, yesterday, over the two previous
DAYS. Many shoppers refused to be longer
restrained by the blizzard, and during the
afternoon and evening the sidewalks were
well filed.
NEXT Wednesday will be Donation Day
| M the West Virginia home for Aged and
Friendless Women, No. 81 Thirteenth
street y committee OF managers Will DC
there to receive gifts of clothing, food, gro
ceries, etc Donations in money can be
sent to Mr. ]. a. Dell, Treasurer, Main
street, and Mrs. ID. \. Cunningham.
NEXT Monday evening DR.. w. L. David
son will deliver an illustrated lecture at
the North Street Methodist Church. His
subject will be Cramps Through Swltzer-
Iland.n on Tueseay evening Mr.. Davidson
will give an illustrated talk on scenes I'm
and About Shakespeare's Home There
will be eighty fine views with each lecture.
"How is ,rade.n was asked one of our
merchants, Yesterday. Our business so
far this year. he said, sis great deal
better than il was in 1850. In all OF our
departments buyers are plenty, ana they
have plenty or money, TOO, which Is sign
of prosperity. The outlook for the coming
year was never better, and see no reason
/ for complaint from anybody. Money mat
tiers have been a little close, but the pros
poets now are great deal brighter"
DIR. II. w HOOVER and Mr. w. A. Harp,
of Bethany. will conduct series OF meet
ings for the Christian Church in Mounds
vile. beginning Sunday, December 2lst,
and continuing over the following Sunday.
DR.. Hoover was formerly a practicing ply
stefan in New York City, but gave up his
profession and came TO Bethany College to
prepare for the ministry, and will graduate
next June, as will also Mr.. Harp, who is a
member of the Bethany College Male
Quartette. His singing will add much to
the interest of the meeting.
THURSDAY morning 4 colored porter on
the b. & O. road had narrow escape
} from being thrown under his train and
seriously injured, if not killed. His train,
which is the cannon ball, and due at Wash
ington at & 80 a. m, did not arrive until
after II O'Clock, owing to The heavy snow.
For some cause or other the porter got of
his train, and while trying to get aboard
after the train was in motion, missed his
footing. He came in contact with pile Of
snow along the track and was hurled
/. around against. the car wheels He held
on, however, and after being pulled
through the snow for a distance of twenty
or thirty feet, he gained his footing and
hurried into the car.