Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-11-28
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly ana
Pithilv Told.

Pithily Told.
OFFICER HERBERT is on the SICK ilst-
CHARLES WATKINS was released from the
workhouse yesterday.
THERE seemed to be an unusual mum
Der of vags in town yesterday, ana severai
were run in by the police.
ForR candidates were initiated by Wei
come Lodge, A. Q. L. w, last evening, III
their hall in McLain's block.
A COMPLAINT reaches here that the llght
on the corner of Wood and Thirty-iifth
streets has been ont for some time
The many friends of Mr.. James Gaus
will regret TO learn that he is very low with
pneumonia. Yesterday his condition was
reported as serious.
Ir is the first time in ten years that Man
ager Riester has not had THANKSGIVING
attraction. The "Clemenceau Case was
booked but the date was changed.
THE west channel pier of the new, Island
bridge is now about six feet above the level
of the water, and the work is beyond all
danger of interruption by freshet.
THE bullet was extracted from Charles
Heusere's head, yesterday and for time
the patient improved, but later he grew
worse, and last evening was said to be
worse than at any time heretofore.
SHERIFF STEENRoD gladdened the hearts
of the prisoners in the Jail, yesterday, by
providing an ample turkey dinner, to
which all did justice. The feast was
greatly enjoyed by the inmates OF the IN
stitutiOn.
NEXT Thursday evening delegation Of
twenty-five members of Duquesne Lodge
No. -, \. .. l.. W. of Pittsburg, will pay
fraternal visit to Welcome Lodge No t.,
of this city, ANA after the session OF the
Lodge there will be banquet at Van
keUren's.
THE cases of the men arrested last Satur-
day for engaging in the work of laying
down the new B. Il o. switch in the
Eighth ward, between Forty-ffth and
Forty-eighth streets, will come up III 20
licr Court, this morning, and will likely be
quite interesting
THERE were four cases in Police Court
Yesterday morning, and all were dismissed
Two of the defendants, women, were drunk
on the streets on the South Side and were
only arrested after Officer McNichol had re-
peatedly warned them to go home, and one
of the men was very disorderly on the
Island.
Anour II o'clock yesterday fire was
ulSCONNAtu III Ailt SSttAu oNOi va bAS al
lev Home Hotel. mile from Bridgeport,
on the National Pike. The fire was first
seen by person who happened TO be driv-
ing by the hotel at the time. Help was
quickly summoned and the flames quickly
extinguished. The loss is about SO.
THE driver of the Wheeling Bakery
wagon had narrow escape at Benwood,
Tuesday evening. He was driving up
Eifi6.edt EfetldWdl sPWr aBbiSatG 81 an
engine. When the track was reached he
checked his horses and they fell back. The
train struck the shaft of the wagon, break
ing it off.
THE GAINESVILLE District Conference at
its session held in Beallsville, unanimously
endorsed the movement to hold Literary
and Religious Assembly after the Chau-
tauqua plan, on Burr's Mills camp grounds
during the summer of 1891. The pro-
granme includes some of the best lecturers
and instructors in the country
TUE foot ball eleven of Washington and
Jefferson College has just received and
accepted challenge from the Wooster,
Ohio, College team to play match game
of foot ball in Pittsburg next Saturday
afternoon. The contest will probably take
place ut Exposition Park. and will be
PLAYED according to the Rugby rules.
JONI HEATH. who was seriously iolted
up in the St Clairsville Northern collision,
is getting along all right, and James F.
Anderson has about recovered from his
shock, but still carries his right arm in
sling The other parties, we learn, are
also improving, except the wife OF Con
ductor Hoffncr, who is in a critical condi-
ton at her home in Bridgeport
A Thanksgiving cooking main occurred
at Fulton Wednesday night. The first
fight was between a ginger red and
spangled, the former winning. The second
fight was between the same spangle and a
beef-headed red. The beefhcad scaled the
moon on the first fly. About $50 to SO
changed hands on this fight. The third
fight was between grey and brown red.
The red won. In the fourth fight, between
black red and Il spangle, the spangled won
in six pittings. About S25 or $50 changed
hands on this fight. There were about
fifty sports present.
IL the case to enjoin the Wheeling x
Lake Erie Railroad from obstructing the
county road along the river, from Martins
Ferry TO Burlington, heard IN Common
Pleas Court, at St Clairsville, last week,
Judge briggs took occasion to explode the
popular theory that the County Commits
sioners had absolute control of the county
roads The Commissioners have the au-
thority to see that the roads are kept in re-
pair, but the law does not authorize them
to permit any distractions to be made or
grant any privileges that will impede pub
lie travel or curtail the use of the road TO
the general public.