Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-08
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
Pitllily Told


lures taken yesterday.
THIS week No. 4 and No. 6 sheet mills, AZ
the Whitaker works, have been running
out two turns day.
THE Committee Oh Salaries Of the Board
of Education meets tonight, aud the Com
mittee Oh Finance Friday evening.
AUG HELMBRTGHT's new business house,
at the corner of Thirty-Sixth and Jacob
streets, has reached the third story.
THE foundation is underway for the resi-
dence on the site of the old electric plant,
at Twenty-Second and Chapline streets.
TIE Teutonia Society will celebrate
their sixth anniversary on July 23d, By
picnic and commentaries, at Wheeling
Park.
NEARLY fifty Wheeling people have gone
abroad so far this year. The European
travel from this poiat is increasing every
year.
BELTz, FLADIYd s. Co. have received
the contract to remodel the two-story
brick house at Main and Ninth streets, for
Thomas Ball.
IT WAS as the guest of the South Side
Fishing Club, and not the Mystic Crew,
that Col Frank Rhlnehart caught the big
catfish mentioned yesterday.
AN employee of Fendt's livery stable on
Seventh street, took MS coat off and laid IL
on chair Monday. 1t was stolen, and
there is no clue TO the thief.
MONDAY morning Mr.. WILDER Berdoller
and Miss Amanda Adams, of Pittsburg,
were married by Rev. A. Moore, at the
Zane Street NJ. e. parsonage.
IT is ruuaored that some of the merchants
of the city are opposed TO the early closing
The rumOr is without foundation, as every
merchant is in favor of the movement.
Mrs. f. COLLINS, of Pittsburg telegraph
ed to police headquarters Yesterday in re-
gard to her son, Albert Collins, who left
home and is supposed to be in Wheeling.
A BRAKEMAN, named Dean, fell from a
freight train yesterday morning near
Warrington, and had his feet taken of by
the wheels. His home was Warrington.
In Part One of the Circuit Court the case
OF the Wheeling Bridge and Terminal Co,
VS.. the West Virginia Tobacco Co., is still
on trial. A verdict will likely be reached
to-day.
JOHN MCNAMARA, conductor on Electric
Motor I, on the Benwood line, fell of the
car while adjusting a trolley Monday night
and was severely bruised about the head
and body.
THE following are the officers installed in
Excelsior Lodge No. 40, L. o. o. F., for the
ensuing year: Wee Grand, James Nc
Guegen; Secretary, Eugene II. Deter;
Treasurer, VIM. j. Clark; Trustee, Harry
Horking.
JOLLY Bros yesterday morning COM
menced the work of driving piles Tor the
false work for the shore span OF the new
Island bridge. The work will be pushed
rapidly to completion.
By deed dated July 18th, Louisa A.
Thompson and Robert Thompson convey
to j. c. Thomas part of lot 81, at the cor
ner of Main street and Market alley, IN
consideration of s., 900.
ABOUT eleven acres of the Robert Camp
bell estate were sold at auction yesterday
bv Auctioneer Hervey to d. NJ. Hender-
son, representing the Wheeling Bridge and
Terminal Co., for S3,025.
A FIGHT over question of labor oc-
Cured between some stone masonS on
Seventeenth street yesterday morning.
Officer Buch arrested JOS Quinn and Ed.
Walsh. David O'Neal, who also had
hand in the scrap, escaped.
THE people at Browns Island, near
Washington. on the Fourth were alarmed
by the rain and wind storm which pre-.
vailed in that vicinity. Several trees on
the island were blown down, and it is not
surprising that stampede Of picknickers
followed.
IN Police Court yesterday morning Yves
Fry, for disorderly conduct, was fined -
and costs; YIN. Gallagher, disorderly, 81
and costs; Walter Score, drunk, 81 and
costs, and r. Carothers, 81 and costs, but
Judgment suspended on condition that he
leave town.
THERE was another disagreeable short
6 ho ole nj 10 nf
day morning. The cars started out, but
after going for half an hOur they stopped
running for two hours and fifty minutes,
and all the workmen employed on The
South Side and in BenWOod had 20 walk to
their work.
JASPER DOUGHERTY, Of New Martins
vile, who was a victim in the Charleston
wreck last Saturday, and whose head was
almost entirely cut off, was brother-ln-
law of Jacob RedfoX, the grocery mer-
chant on North Main street. Mr.. ReGfox
went down to Charleston but was unable
to view the remains.
By deed dated June 9th Charles
Schmidt, Minnie Schmidt, Fred Happy,
Louise Happy, Henry Bieberson and wife,
aud Frederick Bieberson convey TO LeOpie
Kress lots 81 and Is in Belvedere addition,
10 consideration of 800. All coal underly-
ing said property is excepted.
\ RIOT on the T.. " i. train carving eN-
cursionists home from Wellsville Saturday
delayed the train several hours. The train
men were almost overwhelmed ana had to
make many stops to eject the toughs who
had taken possession of it. Several women
on board tainted. and there was reign OF
terror.
ARCHITECT NJ. T.. GIEsEY is preparing
plans for the new business house for Simon
Baer's Sons, to be erected on the site of the
old Hubbard saw mill 1t will DE built Of
brick, and will be six stories in height.
The work of erection viii be commenced as
soon as the Terminal Company vacates the
ground, which it is now using for dressing
StOue.