Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-27
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly ana
PIthfly Told


BLOCH Bros tobacco factory closed
down at noon yesterday until the first
Monday in January.
The marks on the landing at midnight
showed Is feet inches Of water In the
channel and rising.
THE funeral OF the daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Baker will take place
this afternoon at o'clock.
Edward Larkin, OF Omaha, Neo.,
formerly of this city, is in town anu
gladly welcomed by his old friends.
A POWER of attorney was yesterday
given by the Supreme Lodge Order OIL
the Provident, to Henry NJ. Russell.
CALDWELL & PETERSON, the roofers,
will donate one Of their fancy ceilings
to West Virginia's building at the
Worlds Fair.
The last three nights of next week
the Grand Opera House stage will be &C.
cupied by Lester & Williams "Me and
Jack Company.
THE teachers OF the Eighth ward
school annex presented Mrs. Kate Alt
myer, the janitress, with rocking
chair Christmas.
THE funeral of Hermann Asmus'
child took place from the Church OF the
immaculate Conception, yesterday, and
was well attended.
THE Society for Social Purity, OF
Findlay, proposes to prosecute owners
OF bill boards and publishers OF papers
for advertising an alleged indecent
theatrical attractions.
Miss DOROTHY MORTON, Of the Will
bur Company, rendered her friends a
pleasant reception after the perform
ance Christmas afternoon.
The Committee on Court House and
Jail of the Board of Commissioners will
meet tomorrow, the Committee on Poor
House and Farm Tuesday, and Wednes-
day is general auditing day.
On Christmas Day the orphans Of the
North Wheeling Hospital were kindly
remembered by j. S. Welty, G. 5.
Feeney, Nj. D. Campbell, F. Miller, L..
Zoeckler and Thomas Arthur.
JOSEPH b. HALL, formerly OF this
city, came from Pittsburg to spend the
holidays here. He is engaged in the
manufacture OF aluminium there, and
reports a great outlook for the metal.
THE Atlantic got still alarm to
Eighteenth street, yesterday morning,
a fire having started under the roof OF
one Of row Of houses owned by John
Troy. The loss will not be over $50.
The cause was defective fue.
THE steamer Mat Allen has been dis
posed Of by her owners, and will here
after ply in the Portsmouth and Park
ersburg trade, thus leaving only one
packet, the Bedford, In the Pittsburg
and Wheeling trade.
A LARGE mum Der Of counterfeit dimes
are floating around, but they are so
perfectly that only experts can detect
them. They go with the people with
out any trouble. But all the new dimes
are not all counterfeit.
THE Harmony Club, which was short
ly organized, will give their first mas
querade on Monday evening, January
IS, 1892, at Teutonia hall. The COM
mittee is as follows: Chris Hartman,
Will Kuhn, VIM. Herb, Martin Rugga-
Der, Henry Sedan and VIM. Meagel.
CHRISTMAS morning Charley Meder,
Jr., the popular young uperintendent
of the packing department at the Cen
trail Glass Co., was very much surprised
when George Rolf, on behalf Of the
ladies employed in the above depart
ment, stepped forward and presented
him with handsome gold scarf pin and
scarf.
CHAs. L. HICKS, of the Mcconnell
Barrel Factory, Eighth ward, was the
recipient Of beautiful present in the
shape of diamond scarf pin and sleeve
buttons. The championship OF the Ohio
valley is claimed for Mr.. Hicks, he hav-
ing made 1O2 barrels In ten hours. He
is resident of Bellaire and member
OF Fire Company No. 2.
AT the Thomson NJ. Z. Church quar-
terly meeting will be held this morning.
Presiding Elder Mick will preach in
the morning. DR.. Fullerton, the pas
tor, will preach In the evening the
fourth sermon on Home and Home
Life" On Tuesday evening next Rev.
DR.. Stone, of New York, will deliver
his very interesting lectures on Ozark
est New York, or How the Other Half
Lives" illustrated.
AT the close of the Christmas enter
tainment at the Disciples Church, on
Friday night, among other presents
was one given to Mr.. and Mrs. f. A..
Sherratt, in the shape Of very hand
some rocking chair, by their friends in
the above church and Sunday school.
Mr.. Sherratt has been the organist Of
this church for some years past. The
pastor, Rev. J. A. Hopkins, was also
presented with q handsome toilet case
by the Y. P. S. G. L. Of the church.
The entertainment was very successful,
a large audience being present, and
every one going away well pleased with
the annual treat.
j. w. MCCoLLocH, OF Short Creek, had
a narrow escape yesterday from serious
injury. He was driving a team OF young
horses down Market street, when the
tongue bolt dropped out, letting the
tongue fall on the horses feet. This
frightened them. and turning short
around, they started up street, bringing
up against one OF the hacks in front OF
the Mcclure House. The shock threw
Mr.. McColloch out of the wagon, but
fortunately he sustained only a slight
Jar. One OF the horses was captured
promptly, the other scampered up street
a square or so before be was caught.
But little damage was done.
MISS MAXWELL has placed a
handsome memorial window In st.
Matthew's Episcopal Church. This
makes the third memorial window now
in the church. The Maxwell window is
of beautiful and appropriate design. 1t
IL in memory of the mother and aunt OF
the donor, Mrs. Ruth Maxwell and