Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-02-22
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
PlthiIy Told

Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
PIthily Told
AT Opera House this afternoon and evening
FLORENCE Bindley In "rhe Pay Train.
AT the Grand Opera House this afternoon and
evening-ParisiAn Folly Company.
PN-PooL is on the rage.
IT promises to be a wideawake week for
society.
TIE cold wave was either wrongly
shipped or delayed en- route.
PRoF. SPEEDY has conducted fourteen OF
| these Kermiss and Kermoise affairs.
OUR merchants are buying their mer-
chandise fer the spring trade. Tney an
ticipate busy and prosperous season.
THE United States Glass Company has
published a new calandar containing
view of all the factories Of the concern.
THE reserved seats for the Kermoise will
go on sale at Houses music store to-mor-
row morning at o'clock. There Will
likely be great rush.
A BALL for the benefit of Mrs. Theresa
Hammer, of the East Side, will be given at
| Beethoven Hall tomorrow evening. Mrs.
| Hammer lost her husband some time ago.
IT is said that Miss Florence Bindley,
who appears at the Opera House to-day,
| has a collection OF diamonds valued at
$4,000. Wonder if she intends to wear
themi
The Island Gun Club will again try
honors, to-day, with the Washington pa
Gun Club. The shoot will take place on
the Island. Both teams are in good train
! ing for the match, and some crack scores
are expected.
THE Wheeling Turverein will give its
annual masque carnival at Turner Hall to-
night, and it promises 10 be one OF the most
complete occasions of the kind held this
season. Many of the costumes will be pro-
cured from Cleveland and Cincinnati.
The prisoners at the Penitentiary will be
given a holiday to-day in honor OF Wash
| ington's birthday. The ladies OF the White
| Cross, this city, will so down and render
an interesting musical and literary pro-
| gramme for the entertainment OF tne prls-
oners.
A FIvE-MILE handicap across country
run will take place this afternoon, the par
| Elephants being members Of the Y. M. Z. A.
Three handsome medals will be awarded
| 10 those securing first second and third
| places. This is rather novel athletic
event, and will be participated IN with
much earneStness.
REV. CHAs. O'MEARA, rector OF the
Episcopal Church of Bellaire and Martins
| Ferry, received a unanimous call from the
| Church of Washington, Pa, to become
| their pastor. The salary offered is larger
] than has ever been paid TO any former
rector, and a strenuous Efforts being made
| to induce Mr.. O'Meara TO accept.
The quarterly report of Secretary Dill
| lon shows the total membership or the
! American Flint Glassworkers' Union 10
| be 1887, of whom 6,50l are employed.
| There are 4T2 non-union tlnt-glasswork-
ers. There are now in operation l23 FAC
tories with us furnaces. Inc national
and local treasures now hold $6O,OOO.
The Catholic calendar for the week be-
ginning yesterday, February q, is as FOL
| lows: Sunday, Sexagesima Sunday; Mon
| day, the chair of st. Peter at Antioch
Tuesday, the commemoration OF the pas
sion of the Lord Jesus Christ; Wednes-
dsv, vigil, st. Peter Damian, bishop and
doctor; Thursday, st. Matthias, apostle;
Friday, st. Alexander, patriarch OF Alex
andria, and Saturday, st. Leander, plshop
| of Seville.
THERE is one whist club of four promi-
/ nent society people at Little Washington
| that is very much excited just at present.
| These PLAYERS started out early in the sea-
| son with the understanding that, at the
| close of the season, the week before Lent,
| the winners should be wined and dined by
| the losers. A continuous score has been
1 kept and at the last game there were but
nine points difference in the score.
| Hon. JOHN NJ. LANGsToN, of Petersburg,
| Va, arrived in town yesterday, and Will
| speak this evening at o'clock at Grand
| Army Hall, under the auspices OF the Peo-
pies Church. He will deliver an eloquent
and patriotic address appropriate to the
! day. Mr.. LangstOn is one OF the aolest
| coiored orators in the country. AT the con-
clusion of the speaking banquet and re-
ception will be rendered Mr.. Langston.
Mrs. NEWTON LINcH, Of the Ladies'
| Board Of the Worlds Fair, held confer
| ence with Superintendent Anderson last
| Saturday in reference 10 the proposed
| plan of devoting one day month in the
| bubble schools to the consideration or the
! Worlds Fair. 1t was agreed TO hold a
meeting Of the principals next wednesday
| 10 discuss the matter. While the plan
NAV be adopted, it is likely that the time
| devoted TO the matter will be limited.
WE learn that Schmulbach, Wheeling's
millionaire brewer, contemplates locating
| his fine stock farm near Holidays Cove,
! and has secured an option on $50 acres OF
| land for that purpose. As Mr.. Schmul'
] bach has eleven highly bred Electoneer
| horses and SlXty-nVe Otner nlgu OEeuS al
his Lexington, KY, farm, the people across
the river should interest themselves In
bringing his stock up here, as the move
would be Of general benefit to the commun'
! ity.-Steubenuille Herald.
| "ORANGEs are plenty and cheap this sea
| son. said fruit dealer Saturday. 1.-The
| Florida orange crop this year is the largest
| in the history Of orange-raising in that
| State. The yield is about double that OF
last year, and never before has there been
| such an abundance of the luscious fruit
In spite of the fact that their crops are the
largest ever known, they are worse of
| financially this year than they have been
| after some seasons Of short crops IN the
! past. The whole trouble is in the
| market. The supply is much greater
than the demand, and the bottom
has fallen out Of the prices. A good
grade of oranges can be bought on the
! trees for go cents per box. This price is
the lowest that has ever been paid for the
fruit, and the grower has to bear the bulk
Of the burden. The condition OF the Flor
ida orange grower at the present time is
somewhat analogous TO that OF the fruit
growers of Delaware and New Jersey
after the unprecedented peach yield of last
SUMNER There are several prominent
citizens of Wheeling interested in orange
groves in Florida, who will likely realize
little from this years crop.