Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-13
SMALL TALK
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
Pithily Told.

Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
Pithiiy Told.
THE Messenger for December is out,
Overlooking with holiday advertise
ments.
THE Busby property, on Market
street, was bid up to S4l5 a foot, and the
sale adjourned.
The marks on the landing at midnight
showed 10 feet inches OF water In the
channel and falling.
NEXT Wednesday. 10th; Friday, 18th,
and Saturday, 10Th, are ember days;
days of fast and abstinence.
The new passenger car for the Ter
minal Railway Company has arrived,
and will soon be carrying passengers.
A MARRIAGE license was issued yes
terday TO Henry Whit, a native OF Pc
tersburg, Va, aged 43, and Lizzie
Gibbs, native of Richmond, aged %.
THE programme for the sixth regular
meeting of the West Virginia Bar Asso-
citation, at Parkersburg, January 9th
and 18th, is out.
Two freight cars jumped the track
just under the suspension bridge, about
two o'clock yesterday afternoon, delay
ing traffic for time.
LAST evening forty-three courses OF
stone were in place at the stone bridge.
The stoneyard derrick, on the East side
of the temporary bridge broke down
about noon.
A TELEPHONE pay station has been
established at the Forty-third street
pharmacy. 1t will be great con-
venience to persons living in that Sec
tion of the city.
A UNCONTROLLED vehicle was stolen
from John Slaw out Edgington Lane,
yesterday, but was found late last night
by Officer Wilkie, being driven by fel-
lows around town.
MAJOR LoNGa Geo. Lowry and Thos.
McCurney captured coon up the Poor
House Hollow. early Friday morning,
weighing 423l lbs. He got away with
two dogs. He was finally put to rest
by the pole Of an AK.
REBEcKAu degree will meet on next
Wednesday evening at their hall, corner
Twelfth and Chapline streets, (Odd Eel
lows Building), it being nomination
night. A great deal Of other important
business to be brought up.
ScHAEFER g. DRIEHoRsT, wholesale
liquor dealers, advertise Christmas
wines and liquors in this mornings
REGISTER. When you are bnying your
holiday supply of choice wines and
liquors you must not forget Schaefer o.
Driehorst, Main street.
THE Forty-eight Hours Devotion at
the Church of the Immaculate Concep-
ton will close with solemn high mass,
at ten o'clock this morning, at which
the procession of the Blessed Sacrament,
followed by the acolytes and the dliter-
ent sodalities, will take place. This
will be followed by Benediction.
THERE were four cases in Police
Court, yesterday. Isaac Thompson, for
abusing his family, went to the hill for
fifteen days. James McKenney and
John Coleman were arraigned for light
ing. Coleman got So and costs and Ken
ney was dismissed. The fourth case
was drunk.
JAMES A. HENRY, the real estate
agent, sold during ethe week, houses
numbered 1881 and 2633 Chapline
street, for BENZ. Exey, Sr. and Benz.
Exley, Jr., to Sarah j. Bingell at 81, 200.
Houses numbered 1886, 233s and 2340
Main street, for Fl, X. List to William
j. Bodley and Wickliff N. Bodley at
$4,000. Lots No. and 10, Belvedere
addition, to Mary V. Robinson at $3.50.
THE Pacific Flour Mills have been
shut down all week, putting in a patent
understanding furnace is the cause.
The mills will be turning out their IA
nous brands of -four again by Wednes-
day night. The cost of the improve
ment will reach $4,000. If the patent
does all it is guaranteed to do no doubt
other mills will follow, as it is said to
be coal saver as well as a smoke con-
sumner.