Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-08-09
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
Pithlly Told.

/ A FINE bird dog belonging 10 Orion Car
roll, was stolen Thursday night.
/ Two deeds of trust We're admitted TO
record in Clerk Hooks office, yesterday.
THE time for the reception of bids for the
| construction Of the new county jail will
/ close on Monday.
The Hobbs Glass Company has fired up
and filed the pots, and will start to work
Monday morning.
| CHARLEY SENsENEY says he is not eau
didate for either of the clerkships on the
Republican ticket.
TIE east channel pier of the Wheeling
Bridge Companys pier has reached the sur
/ face of the ground.
/ The regular trips will be resumed by the
steamer r. f. Phillips between Wheeling
and Bellaire to-day
IMPORTED Belfast Ginger Ale is favor
/ tie drink now, and George L. burst Is the
only man who handles it,
| WILLIAM MATHRR. the man arrested by the
police on the Fair Grounds Thursday even
| ing, was released yesterday.
THE coopers at the LaBelle shops are
out on a strike, and they have a notice to.
| the public in another column.
PAGE, CAREY Il Co. have rugged up cleo
/ trio lights AT the old stone bridge, on Main
street, and two shifts of men will be en-
ployed.
! JAMES MCGOWAN was arrested by Officer
Herbert, last evening, for disorderly con-
duct. Mary Green was also locked up for
her old failing.
| A DECREE of divorce has been entered in
the Circuit Court in the case of John r:
/ Slater v Sarah +. Slater. \. c. Criswell
was counsel for plaintiff
HoN. john 0. PENpLEToN will 20 up to
Wellsburg this morning, where he will ad-
dress a mass convention Of the Democrats
Of the county during the day.
! Mr. WILLIAM B. TRACEY, of the Fourth
ward, requests the REGISTER TO announce
that he is not u candidate for the Office of
| County Commissioner on the Republican
ticket to be voted on to-day.
A CORPS of engineers has surveyed the
/ Ohio River road at the narrows, between
BenwOOd and MOundsville, with a view OF
removing the piling and placing the road
on solid ground.
The Moundsville campmeeting begins
next Thursday. Burr's Mills meeting
commences Monday and only lasts till Sat
urdav The Moundsville meeting covers
two Sundays.
Tue Charles Goddel fishing camp, which
/ is located on Wheeling creek at Limestone,
is fine place TO spend several days. The
/ fishing is splendid and all the boys are
| having good time.
PRor. MONROE, who has charge of the
elephant Modoc, with Givens' circus, will
allow the old fellow 10 take a bath in the
river about o'clock this evening, and the
sight will be quite an interesting one.
THE Spaulding iron works at Brilliant
have been reappraised, this time at $40
900. a reduction Of SIS, 900 from the former
The plant will again be offered for sale and
this time may be purchased for $4,000
ToyMIE. a ten-year-old son of Fred
johnson, living near GAINESVILLE, was
kicked in the face by vicious horse, last
evening, and perhaps fatally injured. If
the boy survives his face will be badly dis
figured.
THE census Of Cadiz shows a decrease Of
90 from the count of 1850. But Il part of
the town was counted then which was not
inside the corporation and that IS left out
this time. The population now is slightly
over 200.
A HEAVY stone was dumped in front Of
Wheat X Hancher's store yesterday after
noon. which is TO be worked into a pedes
tai for large street clock which arrived
Yesterday. The stone was furnished by
Paige, Carey X Co.
THE Fire Department through its Chief,
has received an invitation TO turn out IN
the big labor parade, on the Both inst The
| invitation will be referred to the Commit
tee on Fire Department. at the meeting to
be held Monday night
| WILLIAM MosSBUEG was before Justice
/ Davis, last evening. on complaint of Mrs
| Elizabeth Maxwell. who alleged assault
and battery. The defendant was fined -
and costs, and all the parties were put un-
der bonds 10 keep the peace.
/ THE workmen engaged upon the repairs
/ TO the Market street bridge found the iron
work beneath the floor pretty badly rusted.
| Every inch of the iron is being careful
gone over, the rust and scale cleaned of,
and the irOn-wOrk reprinted.
THE management of the Wheeling steel
plant AT BenwoOd expected to start up
Yesterday but were disappointed. They
now hope to be able to resume work by
Monday but il is dQu9tt1tif start can he
THE Wheeling Development Companys
well. at the head of BOgg's Run, is down
| 100 feet and the driller has met with an
accident The casing slipped down on
| tool and spread it so that ii is fastened,
and the work Of loosening it is very slow.
/ A MARRIAGE license was issued yesterday
10 Thomas =. Landfeld, a native of Della
ware county, \. j., aged 80, and Caroline
| Boiler, a native of Germany, aged -. Also,
| to Charles Hartman, native Of Wheeling.
aged -, and Lulu Cole, native of Mar
shall county.
/ THE Arion singing society, headed by
the Opera House band, has been given the
position Of honor at the head of the pro
| cesson at the District Saengerfest TO be
/ held in Canton next week The parade
will take place on Friday. a big excursion
will leave here on Tuesday.
/ SEVERAL Italians were taken to police
headquarters, last evening, on suspicion
that they knew something about the S3lO
stolen from one of the tunnel workmen.
several days ago, but as the men appeared
to be innocent of any completely in the
crime, they were discharged.
\ BOWLING party, made up Of Sheriff
| Steenrod and Deputies Patterson, White,
| Garden and Bentz. and Prosecuting Attor-
| ney Howard, went out 10 Seiberts, last
night and rolled a series Of games with
| CITY Clerk ThOner and half-dozen OF the
clerical force about the City Hall.
/ Bloch Brothers, of Wheeling, manufact-
urers Of the famous Mail Pouch Tobacco,
| have the thanks Of the Bellaire firemen Tor
So check toward paying the expenses OF
their tournament They will also send the
committee a case of tobacco for each hose
house six to be given to visiting iremen.
-Bclldire Tribune.
Cholera Infantum.
Mr. " 4 Walter. prominent merchant