Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-06-09
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly ana
PithiIy Told.

PIrTsnrRGERs were down in large num-
bers yesterday.
THE Drummer Boy OF Shiloh az Tue
Opera House tonight
BASEBALL on the Island Park this after
noon. Wheeling VS.. Youngstown.
THr Council Committee on Fire Depart
ment is called to meet this evening.
The 20 B. & 0. Eastern train was over
an hour late last evening, the hrst time LOT
a month.
THE Council Committees on Health,
Markets. Cemeteries and City Prison are
called to meet tonight.
A STRAY COW, black, with white spots,
was wandering about the streets yesterday
IL is at the Green house stables.
NlRs. DrrrY and her lover had little set
10 Yesterday, and she loved him so she
had him arrested on a charge OF disorder
THE Carpenters Brotherhood have elect
ed BENJAMIN Comfy and Edward Mossburg
To represent them in the annual meeting
of the National Brotherhood, at Chicago,
in August.
The crowd at the Park yesterday was
! immense, the motor line having ABOUT an IL
could attend TO. The Park Is now IN the
heighth of its spring beauty, and Is more
popular than ever.
Mrs. REBEccA CRAWFORD, wife Of Robert
Crawford. died at the residence of Mrs.
! |. NJ. Fogle at Bridgeport, Saturday mght,
aged Is years. The funeral Will take place
this afternoon at 80 o'clock.
ANDREW SHEFLIx said, yesterday, that
he knew no one of his name being In the
party who took the Washington county girl
up on the hill, east of the city. BLACK
/ berry" Dixon says he is not guilty, also.
FOURTEEN cases were registered at Police
/ Headquarters last night, as follows: Keep
| ing house of i'll fame, one; inmates OF house
3: found in house, 3; disorderlies, four I:
drunk, one: out after dark for immoral
| purposes, two.
CHIEF DEIBRI GEE received telegram
Yesterday from No. II Walter Station, w.
| va. signed Dan hurry, asking him 10
| look out for two runaway boys, ages Jour
| teen and sixteen, dressed in blue overalls
and straw hats.
MRs. "Dg." PARRER has sworn out a
warrant for John Smith, the owner OF the
boathouse in which the adulterated honey
was made, charging him with selling the
stuff. for which OffenSe the "Docter' is in
| iail. Smith was committed by Justice
Ankle Saturday.
| 4 ZIG excursion came down from
! Steubenville and other points above yes
terdav on the steamer Liberty. The affair
was under the auspices of the Steubenville
Turner Society. When the boat returned
last evening about $3.50 o'clock, great
many Of theexcursionists found themselves
left behind.
THE engine of one of the freights on the
Pittsburg division of the b. * O., while
! passing up Sixteenth street, emitted spark
with vitality enough to set fire to lady's
parasol. yesterday evening. 1t was half
consumed before some passer by extin-
guish it. The incident caused quite an eX-
element for moment.
THERE was largely attended temper
ance meeting held in the Second ward mar
ket house yesterday afternoon, addresses
being made by Messrs. Charles 7. McKain
and Prof T.. A. Watkins. There was u
great deal of interest in the meeting and
several signed the pledge. Another meeting
will be held next Sunday at the same hour.
WE see in many of our exchanges fire.
quent reference TO the wonderful merits OF
the Miller Fire EXtinguisher, and we are
glad our citizens are to have an opportunity
of knowing more about this much talked of
machine, as an exhibition will be given of
its workings tonight at O'Clock. on Water
street, in front Of the Stamm House