Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-29
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
Pithily Told.


The ST. Clairsville Presbytery is in ses-
sion at Martins Ferry.
THE pillars in front of the Exchange
Bank are being repaired.
THE Mannaerchor Singing Society will
have a picnic at Wheeling Park, May goth.
A SHAFT on one of the water works
pumping engines broke yesterday morning.
An accident at the Whitaker mill yes
terday morning caused an idleness OF sew
eral hours.
A SMALL child of Chas. Eckhart died yes
terday morning ut the residence on South
Jacob street
THE steer which died on Tenth street one
day last week. did not belong TO +. Weimer,
the butcher.
OFFICER JAMES MEYKEMYER ran nail in
his foot Yesterday, and will not DC on duty
for several days.
THE telephone line between Bellaire and
St. Clairsville is being pushed rapidly
and will soon be completed.
THE North End Literary and Athletic
Association will give picnic at Seibert' 5
Garden, on Decoration Day.
YESTERDAY morning the eleven-year-old
daughter of Chris Kalbitzer, the butcher on
South Water street died Of typhoid fever.
A RrMoR was current last evening that
Mr. Matt Chew. manager OF the Laughlln
nail mill, would resign his position on May
LIST.
The pupils of Ritchie school annex viii
give an entertainment Friday evening in
the grammar department Of the main
building.
THE foundation was started yesterday
| for the new store room and dwelling ioi
Lawrence Ray, at the corner OF Thirty
eighth and Eoff streets.
THE wife of Peter Corners, on jacob
street near Fortieth street, has become
violently insane, and has been committed
to Jail for medical examination.
THE new engine Of the Wheeling Elec-
trio Company IS in position, but there is
considerable delay on account Of the non
arrival of part of the machinery
Mn. EMIL SCHMIDT, the proprietor OF
the Exchange saloon in Bellaire, is willing
to accept the short end OF the wager OF
$500 to $50 that jackson beats COrbctt
Mr. Schmidt is an enthusiastic Corbett
man.
THE fathers Of the two Bcnwood boys
who entered the public school AZ that place
/ last Saturday. called az the REGISTER
office last night. and stated that the loss
was exaggerated, and would not exceed
$50, which they will pay.
OFFICERS LUKENs, Gaus and Moran
raided George Wickam's poker room ou
Water street, about eleven o'clock Last
night. and captured the proprietor and
three players, all Of whom put up for their
appearance this morning.
SEvENrr-rIvE Belgians arrived in Bel
! laire Monday night, over the {. x 7. Rall-
road. 10 work for Dougherty X Co. on the
Brooks Run pike. This company finds II
impossible to get men enough at home to
do the work.
The Presbyterian Church at Bridgeport
has extended call to Rev. j. NJ. stephens,
Of Philadelphia Rev. Stephens preached
his trial sermon during the flood. and the
services were held in the Y. NJ. Z. 4. hall
on account of the church being Hooded. lie
was formerly pastor Of the Twelfth Street
Church in New York, but resigned six or
eight months ago.
Is Police Court Yesterday morning James
Murray for using insulting language on
Market street got - and costs, Frank
Hammond and Thomas Dixon for fighting
got - and costs, and Edward Jones for
beating got s. and costs. while Wallace
Price for drunkenness got Il and costs
Peter Barnhart for the same Offense com
bined with disorder got - and costs.
NEXT Saturday the OHIO Valley League
Clubs will open the championship season OF
1891 with a blare Of trumpets The Rcd
Cross. of Wheeling, and the Eclipse, attir
ed in their bright, new uniforms. will place
themselves in open carriages and preceded
bv the East End band Of twenty pieces, and
a dozen or so carriages will parade the
principal streets of East Liverpool. Man
ager White, of the Red Cross, has gathered
a formidable organization 10 represent th'
Nail City.