Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-01-09
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
PIthily Told


more than two inches thick.
Tom HAYwoRIH was arrested by Officer
| Stanley, yesterday, for disorderly conduct.
THE heavy steel Orders for the new B.
| & o. bridge over Caldwell's Run are be-
ing placed in position.
ALEXANDER SALvINI. son of the illustri-
| Gus tragedian Thomaso Salvini, is booked
| for Wheeling in "Don Caesar de BaZan.n
ONE dollar and half an hour fora horse
and sleigh is the thing that makes livery
stable men happy when there Is snow on
| the ground.
w. H. HEARSE was yesterday appointed
| administrator Of the estate OF Catharine
Harbour, deceased. Bond, $1,000. w. L.
Hearne, surety.
The next attraction in the Y. NJ. G. A.
concert course will be the Divide Musin
Concert Company. The concert will be
given at the Opera House January 18th.
The Still Alarm' is coming. 1t will be
at the Opera House on Friday and Satur
| day of next week. The business manager,
Mr.. w. H. Strickland, was in town yester-
day.
IN the pool game on Thursday evening
up TO one hundred balls, Clearwater made
| an average Of AZ, while Statler for the
! same number of balls made an average OF
81.
THE Linsley Cadets purchased hand
| some floral emblem bearing the initials
81. Gu and sent it as token of their re-
spect TO William Brinton, one Of the cadets
who died last Thursday.
CHIEF McNIcHoLLs yesterday received
postal from T. G. McMasters, of Monroe
! county, O., who describes himself as an
old West Virginia soldier, asking for
place on the police force.
THE big iron trusses for the roof of the
cell building of the new Jail are be-
| ing hoisted into place. The roof is also
being placed on the front building, the jail
ors residence, ana the Fourth ward school
| building.
A MAN named Schell, who was arrested
on Tuesday for whipping his vile, came to
! police headquarters last evening, and
pei her to go back and live with him. lie
| didn't get the aid he asked for.
The compositors of the London Daily
! Chronicle have sent to their fellow-crafts-
men of the REGISTER Office a handsomely
engraved and printed New Years Greet
ing, conveying all manner OF good wishes.
| The courtesy is highly appreciated.
AMONG those who rejoice at the snowfall
| the doctors are not least IAN open winter
means the mischief to me-" said q physi-
| clan to the Arounder. Its just so much
| extra wear and tear on my buggy, and
when you're not counting on buggy bills
| they come very high"
The genial hair abbreviators at Lewis 4
! Clemens barber shop have formed Fra
ternal Cooperative Take-out and Spenda-
| tive Association, for harboring Of spondu-
| lix Each MEMBER puts certain amount
! in the pool, and the first man that gets
broke during the week grabs the pile.
! 1T is rumored that a number OF well
| known young men are agitatlng the project
/ of establishing toboggan slide at Recrea-
/ ton Park, 10 be operated the year around,
with ice in winter and rollers in summer.
! Toboggan slides are popular throughout
| the country, and would no doubt be sue
| cess here
| Nick AssELTA, an Italian who has been
| In the fruit, peanut and confectionery bus
| mess here for quite while, is ambitious
| 10 become the proprietor OF the Green Will
| low saloon, at No. 927 Market street, recon-
mended to be closed up by the Committee
which investigated the matter, couple OF
weeks ago.
! the number of small children in this city
engaged In picking up pieces Of coal that
| drop from cars while being unloaded on
| side tracks. There was a small army OF
youngsters yesterday near the Atlantic en-
! CINE house. all armed with baskets, pals
| and boxes, diligently scraping the earth Tor
pieces Of the black fuel
AN Italian named Mike Morrini was ar
rested by OfflcersScally near the TOP"
mill yesterday, at the instance OF Consta-
| BILE McMasters, of Mt. Pleasant, o., on
! charge of obtaining 800 by false pretenses
I So 20 Fn1tptua1 her Inns hand
over the river in her bare feet, abandoning
| her infant child. Officer Scally had TO hunt
UP another woman 10 take care OF the
| babe.
ONE Of the best athletic exercises for the
| development of the muscles Of the back,
| hips and loins, TO give strength 10 the
| shoulders and upper arm, trmness 10 the
! fingers and toughness 10 the wrist tendons
and forearm sinews is the use OF a shovel.
! This exercise to be most beneficial should
| be enjoyed where there is constant
| draught of pure, cool air, and no dust-say,
| in the proximity Of snow-bank. L. s.
| Boys, show this to the old man first.
| THR knights of the Golden Eagle, Gar
| field Castle No 3, at their last session IN
stalled the following officers: Z. O., j.
| n. Ballinger; n. c., G.. w. Charnock; V.
| c., E. S. Malone; II. p, j. Il. Cook; V.
H, c. +. Williams; G. of e., w. q. Her
cules; X. of T., George Paulers; M. OF ~,
| w. H. Williams; 5. H., j. h. Glover; w.
B., NJ. G. Hercules; w. C., Il. w. Archer;
Ems, Joseph Heath; Esq, w. f. Belleville;
Rep. 10 Grand Castle, >. =. ullum. This
| is the banner castle in this State, having
| membership Of $50 members, and the castle
is in good financial condition. The last
report shows the castle TO be worth $751;
! 49, and are still growing, having had two
| limitations at the last session.
| The United States Pottery Association,
which includes most OF the manufacturers
of fine pottery in this country, is gong TO
make an effort at the Fair to overcome the
prejudice of Americans for imported goods
| A committee from the association was sent
| 10 Chicago some time ago TO confer with
| Chief Allison and get space for united
exhibit This committee has just made its
| report to the association and filed an apph-
| cation for space. The association wants
| 81, 900 square feet, and will meet at the
| Grand Pacific January 18th TO discuss plans
| for the exhibit. Letters have been Issued
| to all manufacturers asking them to make
| full exhibit for the benefit Of this i'm
portant industry.
A TRLEGRAM from Franklin, Pa, says:
''The Conried Opera Company has certain
| " struck hard lines in It's tour OF the oil
country. On Sunday nightits prima donna,
| Miss Rita Selby, aud the leading attraction
| of the company, skipped by the light OF the
moon for New York without giving any
notice, but leaving note stating that she
would report at New York. Miss ,Selby
considered that she was not treated with
proper respect by the stage manager, Mr.
McCollin, who persisted in giving his wife,
Fannie ID. Hall, the best OF everything go
ing, especially in the matter of dressing
rooms. and so she turned up her pretty
nose, gathered up her belongings, ana with
her mother left the hotel at 2 O'Clock Mon
dav morning and boarded train on the
VALLEY road for Pittsburg. Her departure
leaves the company in bad shape, but Con-
ried ought to be used 10 such things. Last