Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-11-12
BRIEF LOCALS.
SEOar MENTION or VARIOUS HAPPENINGS
ABOUT TOWN.
The Building Pbass = Movements and Aanosuvrss
of People in General - Incidents
Caught on the Fly.

Main street will be finished by the first of
December.
THE Island Tennis Club met last evening
AZ the residence of G. Lee Coen on South
Penn street.
MICHAEL MILLER. the well-known dairy
man. living out Caldwell's run, was buried
yesterday.
THERE will be meeting Of the Electric
Light Commission tonight Tor regular
routine work.
OSCAR SEELEY, who has the contract for
plumbing the new Vigilant hose house,
began work yesterday.
THERE was but one case in Police Court
Yesterday moaning. Patrick Kelley, for
drunkenness, goes to the hill.
Iris said that sufficient snow has recent
" fallen in the mountains to promise rise
in the river within the next ten days.
Jos. SpErDEL, c. R. Tracey, DR.. Gasmire
and L. G. Dillon recently bagged forty-eight
SQUIRRELS in days hunt near Claysvilie.
PEOPLE are calling at Cox s. Morrison's
boiler works every day to look at the ma
chine for making the Bostwick steel lath.
LEASES on all the lands west Of Bellaire
are being taken by oil and gas men as fast
as they can get the farmers or other own
ers.
Mayors Band played last night in North
Wheeling, and will play tonight at Beetho-
ven and tomorrow night at Westwood's
Hall.
YESTERDAY Lottie Wilson was appointed
administrators of the estate OF Leroy Will
son, deceased. Bond, $500; John Gaskin
surety.
ELECTRIC light poles are being hauled to
the Island in great quantities. Inc string
ing of wires will be commenced IN very
short time
AN evolutionary entertainment was given
last evening by Miss May M. Brown In the
interest of Simpson NJ. E. Church. IL was
thoroughly enjoyed.
THE last stone was put in place on the
City Bank Building yesterday morning
and the derrick removed. The sixth story
will soon be under roof
MRS. MARTIN, late of South Wheeling,
died very suddenly, at the residence OF
MIR. A. w. Serig, No. 1928 Jacob street,
last night, about 10 o'clock.
THE citizens of North Coal street COM
plain that the lamps on their street are not
lighted regularly and that the supply or oil
is not looked after carefully.
THE electric motor sd" burned out yes
terday morning on Main street, near Twen-
ty-fourth. After considerable delay Of
traffic the car was taken to the barn for re-
pairs.
THERE has been more gas at the window
glass factories this week than for long
time past, but at the Bellaire works they
are going right along liking up the furnaces
for coal.
AT the regular session of the City Coun-
Gil in Parkersburg, Tuesday evening, .. >.
Philpott, Of this city, was employed to
draw up plans for new city building in
that town.
THE U. S. recruiting station has received
orders to take recruits only between the
ages of sixteen and thirty, instead OF
twenty-one and thirty-tive as heretofore
This is the new law.
A GRAVEL train came down from Steu-
benville, yesterday, with force Of men,
who went to work repairing the Pan Han
die bridge over the creek, and the trestle
work below that point.
HENRY JEFFERSON has driven lot of
piles in the creek bank at the rear Of his
property which fronts on South street. This
will not only protect his bank against fresh
cts in the creek, but lengthen his yard.
CLERK Hook yesterday issued marriage
licences to Lewis A. Smith, aged %, and
Jennie Cow], aged "a, both of Wheeling;
also to John w. Russell, aged AZ, Of Ben
wood, and Line Eberhart, aged 81, of this
ethyl
The Epworth Leagues, Kings Daugh-
tiers and Ladies' Aid Society of the Fourth
Street NJ. Z. church are making great
preparations for reception 10 be given
their new pastor and his family, who will
arrive in this city this afternoon over the B.
& o. from the West The reception will
take place at the church Tomorrow even
ing
THE members of Simpson M. E. Church
will observe Thanksgiving by big Thanks
giving dinner TO be given for the benefit OF
the Church in G. A. r. Hall. In the after
noon Thanksgiving reception will be ten
dered Hon. John M. Langston, the distin-
guished colored orator, of Washington, ID.
c., and in the evening Mr.. Langston will
lecture.
THE roof on DR.. e. A. Hildreth's new
residence on Chapline street is now on,
and the structure begins 10 assume hand
some appearance.
THERE was quite high wind at times in
this locality on Tuesday afternoon. IL did
Cherry Hill road, in Richland district, the
roof was blown completely off the two
story house of Mrs. Richard McCulloch.
TRAMPs are beginning to come in with the
cold weather. There were five of them
after accommodations at police headquar-
tiers yesterday.
, THE remains of Captain Eb Moore, for
merly well known citizen Of Wheeling,
h,.O,, 10 mn n "
ing. Captain Moore was during the
war captain of what was famil-
iarly known as the "old mems" company,
an organization that did home guard duty
in the city. Recently Captain Moore has
been living with his son at Ironton, o.
DR.. A. f. GAsMIRE, Dr. T. E. Hammond.
Mr.. Alfred, Superintendent of B. s. o.
Bridge Construction, and several others,
interested in fishing and hunting, are con-
templating the purchase of Sharp's Island
in Chesapeake Bay. The island comprises
about 500 acres.
Clyde Moore's confectionery and fruit
store at Sixteenth and Chapllne streets,
was entered by thieves Tuesday night.
Just what goods they took away Mr.. Moore
could not tell. They took some fruit and
candies, however, but no cash.
Exley s. Co., of Martins Ferry, have be-
gun work on the new cooper shop OF Mears
& Co., to replace the shops lately burned.
The main shop on the west side OF the
street will be 4ox200 feet.
A NAN named Yoho, hailing from North
Dakota, ate seventeen plates OF oysters at
Grubb's saloon. on South Market street,
last night, and left hungry.
THE Kings Daughters of the United
Church will give social this
evening at the church. Supper will be
served at 7:30 Admission will be free,
and it is expected there will be large as
semblage present.
EACH of the special meetings Of the Y.