Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-10-09
SNAIL TALK.
Minor Matters Of Interest Briefly and
Pithliy Told.

ABOUT 81, 900 has so far been obtained
by subscription for the new City Hos
pital.
TIE stone work on the tower of the
new ST. James church is about COM
pleted.
OFFICER TERRLL locked up drunk
yesterday afternoon, who refused 10
give his name.
LAST evening the pole gang erecting
electric light poles had covered Market
street as far north as Sixth street.
A WARRANT was issued before JUS
tice Rodgers yesterday, for John Cole,
charged with assaulting Henry Tape.
THE Council Committee on Accounts
is called to meet tonight. The Commit
tee on City Prison will meet Monday.
A BLOCK Of 100 shares Of Wheeling
and Belmont Bridge stock sold one day
this week at S24 per share. Par value
S25.
THE Electric Light Commission is
contemplating placing lights on the
like, FROM the toll house at the top OF
the hill east to the city line.
MICHAEL MILLER was released from
the City Prison, yesterday morning,
where he was serving out a sentence for
whipping his wife and daughter.
A MARRIAGE license was issued yes
tarday to William Black, a native OF
Cincinnati, aged 81, and Carrie Thoenen,
born on the Atlantic Ocean, aged 10.
MISS NELLY GIBBONS, who won the
watch at the Daughters Of ST. Georges
contest, is the daughter Of Professor
Gibbons, the singer of white SQuall'
notoriety.
THE authorities of Washington, Pa,
have asked the police TO look out for
man named Charles Turner, who is
minus hand, and who is charged with
stealing a watch.
THE derrick on the north side Of the
creek, at the stone bridge, has been re-
moved from the top of the sewer abut-
ment onto the abutment OF the bridge.
Pile driving is progressing.
THE patrol wagon was called to the
Second ward market, just before noon
Yesterday, where John Ferguson had
fallen on the sidewalk. He was bruised
a good deal, and was taken home.
ONO county is not only some pump
kins, but grows them as well. LaSch,
the gardner, has three immense ones on
exhibition at II. i. HOge's hardware
store. They weigh 1913, 129 and 1873
pounds respectively.
BUSINESS on the B., d. & G. railroad
is better than ever In the history Of the
road. The earnings in September were
much greater than for the same month
last year, aud the expenditures much
less.
JOHN FERGUSON, q simple minded
man living in the Fifth ward, fell down
in an alley between Twenty-second and
Twenty-third streets, yesterday after
noon, cutting an ugly cash in his head.
He was taken to his home in the patrol
wagon.
A HORSE attached to a driving wagon
was hitched to post in front OF Grubb's
saloon, on South Market street, yester-
day afternoon. In some manner the
animal got over the post and fell, the
post penetrating its flesh and making
an ugly wound.
THE work Of erecting the toll house
at the east end Of the new Island bridge
was commenced yesterday. The floor
of the roadway has been completed
nearly TO the west end Of the viaduct
on the Island, and the sidewalks are
completed on the channel span, except
the railing.
THERE was another large audience at
the Opera House, last evening, to wit
ness the closing performance Of Grid
gets Baby" and as upon the previous
evening everybody was delighted with
the performance. The company is one
Of the best in It's line ever seen on
Wheeling stage.
THE Board OF Gas Trustees yesterday
got some pipe up TO the east end OF the
new Island bridge, for the connections
for the main to be laid over the bridge.
Trustee Dunlevy and the engineer OF
the Bridge Company spent part OF
Yesterday examining the bridge for a
location for the pipe.
CONSTABLE WILL LOVES celebrated
dog ''Pete" died yesterday. Pete" was
remarkable for two things-his vicious
temper, and his liking for newspaper
men. He knew reporter as far as he
could see him, and had a record OF pick
ing out strange newspaper man from
group, none of whom knew the gentle
mans profession.
OFFICER Robert McNicholl will resign
his position on the police force, at the
end OF the present month, TO accept
position as toll keeper on the new
bridge. Patrol Drivers O'Neill and Cady
are after the vacancy on the force, and
several other gentlemen aspire to be-
come patrol drivers, in case one OF the
/ later is promoted.
THE Hobbs glass factory has been
[ Inconvenience lately by the shortage
! of natural gas. On Wednesday this
was more marked than usual, but the
gas was not shut or The second fur
mace which started up lately mas been
running with coal aS fuel, which is the
rule in starting the furnaces. Both fur
naceS were running sill right yesterday
with coal and gas as fuel respectively.
DIR. II. G. BRANNEN states the
/ REGIsTEE's MOuudSville correspondent
was in error, when he stated in yeSter-
I days issue that 4 subscription paper
was circulated fer the purpose OF rails
ing funds to defray the funeral expenses
Of the late Thomas J. Brannen. The
Immediate relatives paid for the burial,
and also provided Cor his widow.
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