Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-27
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly ana
Pithily Told.

Minor Matters of Interest Briefly ana
Pithily Told.
ABOUT fifty men are now employed at
/ Wood Bros. planning mill.
ONE deed of trust was admitted TO record
/ by Clerk Hook, yesterday.
! FLORIST NowviOck has large supply oil
/ fine flowers on hand for Decoration Day
Mr. FL. HARVEY has been admitted as
member of the firm of l.. A. Rolf X 20
TIE Council Committee on Real Estate
was called TO meet last night, but failed 10
/ obtain quorum.
An interesting article on the subject OF
Counting the People" VIII be iouhu oh
the inside of this issue'
PRoF. n. d. OEsTERMAN'S Museum OF
| Anatomy will be open in the room next 10
the Windsor Hotel tomorrow.
FIVE Wheeling bricklayers went TO
Pittsburg. Yesterday, making thlrty-seVeh
who are now working in that city
THE Board of Commissioners Committee
on Court House and jail VIII meet to-uay'
| Wednesday is general auditing day.
JOSEPHINE BORING Yesterday qualified US
executrix of the will of John w. BORING
deceased. Bond, $500. No surety It.
quired.
THE Mark Twain picnic in the State Far
Grounds, Friday, will doubtless be great
success. a fine programme OF amuseiheh's
has been arranged
ANDY SHEFIIN went before Justice DAVIS,
Yesterday. and swore out a peace warrant
| for Henry Albinger. Henry waived an eA-
animation and gave bail.
THE long continued wet weather has
about ruined the strawberry crop in this
vicinity. The berries are backward, and
those ripening are watery and insipld
The Andes arrived yesterday morning
from Cincinnati with the eXcurslonlsts
from this city on board. They were all de-
/ lighted with the trip, and report fine
time.
WoRD was received from Wylandville,
| PENNSYLVANIA, yesterday, that w; Il. WI
| liams. the man beaten up so terribly mere,
ten DAYS ago, was improving, and would be
here TO further prosecute the cases against
his assailants.
THE public gymnastic exhibition an
nounced 10 be given at the Y. NJ. {. a.
next Thursday evening, has been postponed
| for one week, on account of the Hospital
entertainments.
SATURDAY was the day appointed for the
regular semi-annual dress parade OF the
West Virginia National Guard throughout
| the state. w mere WERE inc w hctiihS i"bH'
Guards on this occasion.
THE Y. NJ. c. A. Athletic Club will have
an outing on the Bridge CompanyS park
on the afternoon VI Decoration day. root
ball, base ball, lawn tennis, and other
sports will be INDUCED in.
TuE Wheeling Democratic Club has now
about $4,000 stock subscribed and is IN
| hourishing shape as far as finances are con
I Of ~ holders
/ be called AZ an early day for organization.
| MIR. JAMES RIXE died yesterday after
noon about 3 o'clock, at her home on upper
! Market street, after an illness ofabout four
weeks. Of typhoid fever She was much
better on Sunday, and her death was rather
unexpected.
OFrIcER7 MORAN. last evening, found
Winfield Best, Chicago painter, on the
street with a wad of money in his pockets,
and being well tanked up. he was locked
up for safe keeping, as one or two wolves
were after him. About sl30 was found on
him.
! MoNSIGNoR SULLIVAN received cable
gram from Rt. Rev. Bishop Kahn at noon
| Sunday announcing that the Bishop and
party had arrived at Rome on Sunday, ana
would remain until Saturday morning
next. and would proceed thence to Venice
All the party are well.
A GENTLEMAN in Wheeling yesterday re
ceived letter from drummer friend adj
dressed to Mr.. So and So, Bicycling, w.
Va. He said he never saw so many ma
chimes in any town as there are in Wheel
| ing. and he thought the name of the town
ought to be changed to Bicycling.
THRoUGH letter addressed, some months
ago. by Health Officer Garrison TO NJ. a.
| Woodbury.. of Bradford. Pa, eXtOlling the
good qualities of our brick streets, the
| Council of Bradford has determined TO
put down some brick paving, and adver-
| tisementS for bids will be asked Tor at
/ once.
| INanswer to u letter recently received by
Mayor Seabright from Mrs. j. LOOMS, OF
/ Easthampton, Mass, stating that the ladies'
/ of the Methodist Church were 10 give an
apron sale for the benefit of the church and
asking the Mayor if he could accommodate
them with an apron, as they wanted one
| from every State in the Union. the Mayor
will send Mrs Loomis a handsome hand
painted apron, kindly donated by Bell
/ aire lady
| A DELEGATION of North Main street citi-
zens appeared before the Council Com
mittee on Streets, Alleys and Grades, last
night. and called attention to the trouble
arising at Main and Seventh streets, caused
| by the bricking of Seventh street Inc
| smooth surface of Seventh street throws
the flood of water from the hill, during
| heavy rain. across Main street and into the
basement of houses. The matter will have
| to be remedied at once.
Tmr members of organizations paying
sick benefits. funeral aid, death benefits,
and other like benefits, will be glad to learn
that Hon Robert u. Porter, Superintend-
ent of the Eleventh Census, will endeavor
to secure the statistics of the noble work
these associations are doing, and it is safe
to say that no other branch of the census
will be more interesting. The business OF
gathering the data has been placed in
charge of Mr.. Charles A. Jenney, special
agent of the insurance division, ~ Will
liam street, New York City. and all asso-
Citations throughout the United States:
whether incorporated or private should
assist by sending to him the address OF
their principal officers.