Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-14
SNAIL TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
PIthily Told.

Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
Plthily Told.
THE Arion is booked for an outing at the
Fair Grounds, next Monday,
STAGE CARPENTER RICHARDSoNis beauti-
flying the entrance to the Opera House.
The Arion Singing Society will give an
outing at the new fair grounds Monday,
the nth.
THE colored Methodist Society had a
picnic at the Park yesterday, which was
well attended.
THE last of the excursions for the season
to Atlantic City left yesterday. Through
out the day nearly $50 Wheeling people de-
parted for this popular resort.
A MARRIAGE license was issued yesterday
to John B. Gibson, native Of Pittsburg,
aged %, and Katie Mozingo, a native of
Elm Grove, aged "a.
LEWIS STEuBENRAUGH, a street-car
driver, died last evening at Bellaire after
a short illness from cramps. The deceased
was member of Humbolt Lodge, K. OF p,
of Wheeling.
NEAT invitations have been issued for
the second annual newsboys' excursion and
picnic, to be given by the Steuoenville
Erening Star, on Browns Island, week
FRED DICKSON, one of the contractors for
the county Jail, stopping at the Stamm, re-
Gently presented Night Clerk Keyser with
Swiss watch of unique design, containing
calendar and planetary movements.
JOHN MORGAN, of alley 10, was arrested
Yesterday on a warrant sworn out by
George Mclaughlin, charging him with
abusing his mother. Morgan was taken
I
Work on the stone bridge progressed
rapidly yesterday, and the stone in the
south abutment pit is now about eight feet
thick on the south side. Men are exca-
waiting on the north bank for the west wing
wall.
A FEW DAYS ago George Mayors bought a
fast horse in Dayton, and yesterday morn
ing the animal was shipped via Steuben-
vile Last evening word was received
that the horse had been killed in railroad
wreck.
YESTERDAY morning when William Steen,
on South Jacob street, went 70 open up his
store he found a strip of paper attached to
the door cut in the knuckler pattern. Mr..
Steen was unable TO divine the signih-
canoe of the emblem.
THE western half Of the superstructure
of the channel span Of the new Island
bridge was completed yesterday and only
the floor beams remain to be put in to rem
der that portion of the span stable enough
to remove the false work.
THE work of making Gould's tunnel,
seven miles west of Steubenville on the
Panhandle, wide enough for double track
was finished last night. During the work
four people were killed and many injured.
Four more tunnels remain to be double
tracked.
THE wholesale liquor dealers have agreed
To close their places of business, COM
mencing Monday, the nth inst, at six
O'Clock D. m, every evening, Saturdays ex-
copied. The trade will please take notice
this rule will go into effect on that day, and
purchasers will govern themselves accord
ingly.
Thomas w. KEENE, the tragedian, begins
his season on the 9th of this month at
Wheeling. w. Va. He will play directly
west TO the Puget Sound and the Pacific
slope. His company is completed and Is the
strongest he has ever had in his support.
He himself is in magnificent health.
ssRichard is himself again" TO the delight
of many friends.
ABOUT seven o'clock yesterday morning
the workmen in Gilleland's glue factory, In
the upper portion Of Benwood, discovered
a man living under the 0. r. K. trestllng.
His left leg was found to have been broken
bv a fan from the top of the trestling: He
gave his name as James Hastings, and said
he belonged to the Soldiers Home at Day,
ton. o. The patrol wagon was called and
he was taken to his mothers home, at 2Sl0
Chapline street
IRIS reported that William Bushfield
and q. Y. Crawford are about TO consum-
mate the purchase Of Browns Island, and
will begin operations at once to transform
same into a pleasure resort-hotel, park,
nicnic and fair grounds, race track, grand
Summer "musical'' garden, etc, and will
also build s, 900 dam across the river IN
order to provide a first-class water race
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