Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-11
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
Pfthilv Told.

viii go up 10 Steubenville TINS evening
CHEF or PoIIcE DEIBRUGGE and Lieu
tenant Frohme went up 10 Pittsbug yester-
day morning.
Council will meet this evening in ad-
iourned session and there IS big lot OF
business TO be disposed Of
THE Alumni Association of Richie
School will meet this evening at :SO O'CLOCK
in the Office of the Principal.
The manager of the Wilbur Opera Com
pany advertises no special scenery, but one
car load of beautiful girls.
THERE was but one case in Police Court
Yesterday morning The offender was a
drunk, and he went TO the hill for fifteen
days
TIE damage TO the NJ. Z. Church at East
Liverpool Will be larger than first antici-
pated-Sl 900 as the interior has been quite
badly injured.
SHERIDAN Posi-. G. \ r., will meet this
evening for the purpose of making arrange
ments for the presentation of the Drum
mer Boy
TgE big German takes place this evening
M the rooms of The Wheeling Club, and
very pleasant time is promised all who at
tend, and the number will be large.
The Wheeling and Lake Erie engineers
are running a line, along the upper part OF
Bellaire. east of all present railroads. THIS
will necessitate piling all the way.
The farm of Thomas Beatty. in Archer,
was sold by the Sheriff at $i3 per acre
Three years ago so per acre was offered
for this same farm. -Cddiz sentinel.
THE authorities have ordered the B., Il.
x c. railroad 10 reduce the speed of trains
between Sarahsville and WoOdSiield 10 ten
miles an hour The track is bad there
Ar eleven o'clock last evening Mr.. A. G.
Egerter's condition was reported as slight
Nv better something which will be heard
with extreme satisfaction by the public.
THE weather Yesterday indicated that
winter was somewhat disposed To llnger
There was succession of snow and ram
storms, while a raw wind prevailed all day.
TIE Alphas. a popular social organiza-
ton. danced at MRnnerchor Hall, last
evening. to Prof. Killmeyer's music, and
the merry crowd present spent a very en-
joyable time.
AND still there are no outward signs OF
meeting by the t'inauOs Committee TO make
the annual appropriations. The Council
men say they are waiting on the Board OF
Public Works.
THE police were looking, yesterday, for
some trace Of the man who robbed Kine's
saloon. i'm Martins Ferry, Wednesday
night. The Bridgeport police were also
over looking for the assailant of Mr.. Wat
kins
PHnr PuuIIps. in his Around the
World i'm q Chariot OF Song will be AT
Zane Street NJ. +. Church Monday, April
IA. and as he is known 10 Wheeling people,
he will of course draw large audiences 10
hear him.
THE Council Committee on Markets met
last night and went over the annual license
ordinance. draft Of which had been sub
mitted by City Solicitor White 1t will be
sent to Council tonight, where the blanks
will be filed.
THE Widow Bedottn Company did not
show at the Opera Hoysc last evening. The
show was positively too bad for anything,
and had they given performance last eve
ming nothing but empty benches would
have greeted H.
LINCOLN Public School pupils indulgedi IN
singing Wednesday, under direction of Miss
Boasberg, the efficient insructress. They
acquitted themselves in very creditable
manner, and the singing was listened To
and enjoyed by a number Of visitors.
NoTmNG new transpired in the building
trades strike Yesterday. except that some
of the worlmcu were in receipt of the news
that several contractors have gone away TO
secure men 10 come here and work for
them!
REV. W. II. CooKE. ID. d.. will 20 out to
West Liberty to-day, where he will de
liver a lecture before the State Normal
School. on the subject "l492 and Some of
its consequences Those who 20 10 hear
the DR.. viii hear something eloquent and
instructive.
A GREAT deal of interest is being mani
tested in the coming of the Wesleyan Col
lege Glce and Banjo Club TO the Opera
House next Monday evening, and when re
served seats are put on sale At Houses
music store tomorrow morning. no DOUBT
there will be a rush for them.
WHILE cleaning up his Office. q day or two
ago. Coroner Schultz came across the
commission of Lieutenant Joseph Woods.
signed by President James Madison, and
dated August "a. 1872. The paper has been
lost for twenty years The Coroner will
fix the ancient document up and restore II
TO Mr. Woods descendants.
ALocoNoINE Ola tho "Pewiky'' road sci
fire 10 the dead grass, etc, In the rear OF
Mr.. J. y. Nance's residence Just north OF
the suspension bridge, about six o'clock
last evening As there was danger that
damage might be done 10 the property IN
the vicinity. still alarm was sent into the
Hope which company responded and put
the fire out.
SUPERINTENDENT CHARLES HIgSCH, OF the
Wheeling and Elm Grove moter line was
presented last evening with handsome
gold headed cane and diamond shirt stud
bv the employees of the road, as token OF
their esteem. Both presents are very
handsome ones and Charlie is naturally
proud Of them.
SEVERAL evenings since an unknown
man, who was intoxicated, fell of the Hen
wood ferryboat into the river, and he had
loated 10 the Is. X O. bridge before he was
pulled out. He was then as full OF water
as the space unoccupied by booze would al
low. and il had a very hard effect on his
system. He came very near dying. but was
brought around all right after some work
A GOOD many people braced the stiff and
decidedly chilly air ON the suspension
bridge. about "a quarter past seven last
night. 10 watch the big snow storm which
came down over the hills back of Martins
Ferry and crossed the river to and over
Nichols Hill Only few stray flakes
fell as far South as Wheeling creek. but
about Martins Ferry the hills We're smut
from view
TmE many friends Of Phil l.. zimmerman
will be panied 20 learn of his death, which
occurred yesterday afternoon at half past
four o'clock. that dread disease consump-
ton being the cause. Mr.. Zimmerman was
an energetic young business man. having
been engaged in the furniture and under
taking business. He will be sadly missed
bv many friends The funeral will take
place sunday afternoon at | o'clock from
the residence of w. II. Johnson. on the
South Side
Too Many Goods.
KXo commence an early clcaranc sale