Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-24
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters Of Interest Briefly aud
PithilY Told.

Minor Matters Of Interest Briefly and
PithiIY Told.
TuERr was but one case in Police Court
Yesterday morning. vag.
THE public schools close TINS afternoon
until tue second day of the year
THE Board of County Commissioners
met al the County lntirmay Yesterday.
4 METAL ceiling is being put in the Me
Lure House dining room 10y CaIdweli y
Peterson.
The Western Unios district service Is
a gain IT, opera ton. for the iirSt time since
the big snow.
The North End Athletic ana Literary
Association viii give a ball III turner nan
tomorrow evening.
Two additional candidates for the Office
of Keeper Of the Crematory, m the persons
of John Henry and Michael Quinn.
TIE North End Athletic and Literary
Association will g-ve grand ball on
Christmas night, ~ Turner Hal
NIr>-E> E,Nl X PE>ROpl Will hold 4
Grand aution sale OF seventy lots. in their
addition Co McMechen. tomorrow morn
inr. commencing 40 g O'Clock.
Tur Council Committee on Real Estate
and the Board of Commissioners Commit
ice ON Court House and Jail are called 10
meet iu Joint session to-day.
Tur Little Tycoon viii give "a grand ball
this evening at the ArioR Hall. which Will
b,, one of the events of the season. Music
will pee bv Jna Opera orchestra.
Sr,u IS the scarcity Of wool in this sec
rionat present that prominent WOO! dealer
said Yesterday that there were not two car
loads within q radius of nifty miles
Jrpeu GEORGE f. BoYp this morning an
rounces himself as Democratic candi-
date Tor the Office of Mayor subject 10 the
decision of the Democratic primaries.
Tnr Democratic Senatorial Conferees
for this district Will meet ~ the Court
House az New Cumberland to-day 20 select
q candidate 10 fill the existing vacancy.
Tar ice ran out of Back river, yester-
dav. taking with IL one span OF the 'alSe
work for the new Wheeling Bridge Com
pany'S bridge. Fortunately the span nad
been completed. 50 the bridge VIII not he
damaged.
Ac,KE sale was given yesterday after
noon. from till O'Clock, by the Ladies'
Missionary Society of st. Matthew's Z. +.
Church, at the residence of Mrs. George
Is Caldwell. on Sixteenth street. and gen
erOuS sales resulted.
OFFICER GAUs last evening arrested Ed
Dennis. on charge of disOrderly con
duct Dennis knocked down ene-armed
man named Thomas RigDy, in front Of
Haller's auction room, the alleged cause
being an indecent act on Eigby's part.
CLERK HOOK yesterday appointed George
". Bayha Deputy Clerk Of the County
Court of Ohio county. for The term com
mencing January I. 1921. Mr.. Bayha has
been I'm Mr.. Hooks Office for two years
past. and IS thoroughly competent oi1cial
LAST evening. after the adjournment of
Council. six Democrats aud six Repubu-
cans. friends of Chief of the Fire Depart
ment Haley, met that gentleman at the
Central Hotel, and presented MN with a
miniature hose carriage. with hose and
I driver complete. \ dinner was afterwards
partaken oil, and many pleasant things
were said.
THr funeral OF William RoseuSteel. the
Young man VINO was drowned yesterday.
will take place this afternoon az LinwOod
Cemetery General Manager Oscar Town
send, of the G.. l.. X ". Il. r.. has donated
a free train 20 carry the burial party 10
the cemetery. This IS the third time that
thee. +. * W r. u. have put ON Tree
trains i'm cases of death.
A FELLOW from Fairmont str0licd into
town Yesterday, and il was not long before
he was looking upon the wine wAen II was
red He was 50 Irresponsible wandering
after awhile that ne was hauled inOy Con
stable John Blocker. who carried nim DC
fore Squire Ankle. who ordered him % be
locked APP for trial at " o'clock this morn
inc. He said he had Scycrd! names.
LYMAN G.. DRAPER. Honorary Secretary
of the State Historical Society OF Nlscon-
sin. IS now preparing the second edition OF
Withers Chronicle Of Border Warfare.
This book is devoted largely to pioneer
times In this section of the country, and
any information I'm the hands Of local people
may bc forwarded 10 Mr.. NithcrS through
DrJ. G.. Hump. and will he thankfully re
ccived.
N,NACEE WoLFF. of the Telephone Com
panv. said Yesterday that the farther he
g0t along with the work of repairing the
damage done 10y the storm, last week, the
worse the thing seemed to be, and added
that 10 would likely be three months before
the company was in its former condition,
He spent Sunday between Wheeling ana
MOundsville, and Monday in East w heel
ing, and found the situation worse than ne
expected.
THERE was lively domestic scene IN the
Second ward the other day, which the Cos
sips in the ncighbOrhOOd are still chewing
on quite vigorously II seems that GER
tain girl and her mother were taking sup
per together when the latter. in the course
of a conversation on love affairs, forbade
the Girl to allow her "fellahN 10 come to
the house any more This so riled the
daughter that she jumped up and smashed
an the dishes on the table There was Il
breezy scene Cor some time.