Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-23
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
Ditbily Told

Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
Pithily Told.
THERE were no cases in Police Court
yesterday morning.
THE Council Committee on Police is
called to meet this evening.
FIVE deeds of trust were admitted TO
record by Clerk Hook, yesterday.
THE Council Committee on Fire Depart
ment is called TO meet this evening.
LA SPECIAL motor will run out on the Elm
Grove line after the opera on Saturday
evening.
THE James Mullarky arrested for being
drunk, is not James Muuarky of the Bon
Ton store.
THE GAINESVILLE band treated people in
the central portion of the city to some fine
music, last evening.
THE Homestead Building Association, of
ParkerSburg. will elect two lady members
of the Board of Directors.
POLLEN, the colored man, committed to
Jail month or so ago for unlawful cohabi-
tation, was released yesterday.
JAMES NJ. CONRAD, the garbage contract
or, filed his bond yesterday in $1,000, with
NJ Lotus and James Carroll as sureues.
THE street sweeper was tried on Market
street, last night, and did great work
sweeping the bricks clean of dust and
mud.
OWING TO the sale of the Steamer Bellaire
the excursion to Steubenville this evening,
given by the Bachelor Club, is indefinitely
postponed.
A MAN painting the ball and cross on the
Cathedral spire yesterday, attracted great
deal of interested attention from people all
over the city.
THE Board of Directors of the Park As
ISOLATION held their regular monthly meet
ing Wednesday. Everything was found in
good shape.
THE Star Building Association will COM
mence receiving dues Saturday evening, at
No. 1l60 Main street. All persons desiring
stock should be on hand.
THE eleventh anniversary celebration of
the Fulton Fire Brigade at Seiberts Car
den. Wednesday, was a grand success and
the boys came out about sl15 ahead.
THE knights of the Golden Eagle last
evening decided to 60 to Pittsburg over the
B. Il o. next Tuesday. 1t is thought about
two hundred Wheeling Knights will go up.
IN Part One of the Circuit Court, yester-
dav, the case of Hamilton " The Wheeling
Mining and Manufacturing Company, was
still on trial. Part One was not in session.
THE census enumerators have received
their commissions, and have forwarded
their Oaths of office, &c. There is some
kicking among them at the way the wards
are divided up.
Z. NJ. LOVE, the man who fell in the Ho-
tel Windsor, Wednesday evening, after
having been released from the Hospital,
where his foot had been amputated, was
much better yesterday and will likely re-
cover.
THE patrol wagon made four trips yes
terday afternoon. landing as many cases in
the lookup. Among them was Alice Low
erage, for disorderly conduct, and George
Shell, for raising row at his home on
Eighteenth street.
Nix. JOHNSON, a travelling painter, com
menced to paint the cross and ball on the
Cathedral steeple yesterday. Johnson sat
upon the top of the cross with his feet
dangling under him, using his brush with
as much confidence as if on terra frmd,
while his large audience below held their
breath.
THE tools and contractors that were to
be used by the B. 4 0. Company at Ben
wood Junction, in making the proposed
Improvement at that place have all gone,
and me work is for the present, at least,
abandoned. 1t is said the contractors have
gone to work on the new line that is to con-
meet the Valley road with the.main line at
Chicago Junction.
THE rooms of the Board of Commission
ers, at the Court House, have been full of
escaping gas for several days. Yesterday
plumbers were engaged to look for the leak,
and after tearing up some of the flooring,
one of the men went into the basement
rooms, where he found chandelier had
been broke of, and the gas was pouring out
to the full capacity of the pipe.