Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-17
SMALL TALK
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
Pithily Told.


ALTMYER & MYERS new funeral car has
arrived, and it is beauty.
THE Council Committee on Real Estate is
called to meet this evening.
GEORGE WHITEMAN, a well known citi-
zen of Benwood, died at his home Saturday
evening.
PROF. F. H. CRAGo, late principal of the
Ritchie school, has accepted the principal
ship of the Buckhannon public schools.
PROF. JONES, of Wheeling, will lecture
at Bethel A. NJ Z. church, next Thursday
evening, August 20, on the subject,
Don't"
THERE was an immense attendance at the
Park yesterday, and there was the usual
general appreciation of the beauties OF that
delightful retreat.
THE Hub Outing Club, composed OF en-
ployes OF the Main street houses, will go
into camp out the creek to-day beyond
Elm Grove. They will remain week.
The B. & o. bridge at the passenger sta
ton, in this city, has shown some signs OF
weakening recently, and repairs are in
progress. Engines are not allowed TO run
upon the structure at present.
THE Electric Light Commission will meet
this evening to examine the plans for the
power house, to be submitted by Architect
Franzheim. If the plans are approved
bids may be asked for tomorrow.
TOMORROW evening some members of
the Masonic fraternity of Wheeling will
visit the fraternity at West Liberty.
Among the NUMBER are Joseph Hall, Dis
trict Deputy Grand Master; M. Emshei-
mer, Past Master; j. w. Bodley, and
several others.
TOMORROW the ladies of the Presbyter-
ian church, of Bridgeport, will give lawn
fete on the grounds of w. L. Graham and
George Medill, at Brookside. Supper will
be served from to 5 o'clock, and TENNIS
will form one of the attractions.
PIrTsBURGHERs came down in force yes
terday, it requiring ten B. Il .. cars TO ac-
commodate the eycursionists. A good
many of the visitors were pretty well
tanked when they got on the cars last
evening for the return trip.
THE colored camp meeting at Whiteman's
Grove, at the mouth of Boggs' Run, yes
terday drew large crowd from wheeling,
Bellaire and Martins Ferry. The services
were highly interesting, and the music by
the colored quartette was very much en-
ioyed.
w. F. SADLER and J. F. Loos, of Wheel
luR, dTrlNcu III COWu ltiSb ulSu0 VI ouCii
wheels, having come clear through from
that city yesterday in that manner. 1t was
a long and tiresome ride, considering the
condition of the roads, but they made 1t all
right.-PdrkerSb,irg Sentinel.
THE foundation has been started on Eoff
street, above Twenty-ninth, for three two
story dwellings for Mr.. d. M. Carey, Of
Paige, Carey & Co. Contractor Wilbur
Jacobs has charge of the work. The foun-
dation for the three houses at the southeast
corner Of Chapline and Twenty-ninth has
been completed.
REAL ESTATE is in the main dull, as there
is abundant reason to expect at this time of
the year. Some of the dealers are paying
more attention to insurance than real es
tate for few weeks, and buyers and sell
ers alike are out Of town enjoying mid
summer vacation. There are symptoms
of vitality, however, in certain directions.
PROF. Shelf, the Optician, corner
Main and eleventh Street, is meeting
with great success in fitting glasses to
different cases of defective vision. He
makes no charges for examination and
fits glasses to the most difficult cases,