Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-05-19
SMALL TALK
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
Pithily Told

Il AkTlE TAYLOR WIS GtLGSCON ~ O--.SS-
! Desmond, yesterday, for lettering IN May
! Williams house of i'll fame.
AN old citizen of Wheeling died in Chi
| cago Nav Sth, Mr.. James Mckinley, in the
eighty-fourth year Of his age
RALPH Il. SPEARS, of this city, has been
| granted patent on new punching ana
| shearing machine invented oy him.
HENRY VoLLIYGER, of Washington Dis
| trict, says he positively declines 10 run Tor
/ the nomination of County Commissioner.
THE Citizens Building Association winds
up the 18th of next month. Its shares were
| $50 and il took eight years and two months
to pay out.
The lady members Of the German NJ. E.
! Church are making arrangements for an
April Social, which will take place on June
! ,, at G.. A. Il. Hall.
A MARRIAGE license was issued to Pat
rick H. Brogan, aged 80 years, OF Alleghe-
ny, Pa, and Mrs Eva Henderson, aged %,
| OF Reynoldston, Pa.
Mr. SToETzER was not present at Centre
| District Democratic suggestion meeting on
| Tuesday evening, as enormously reported
| in the REGISTER yesterday.
A MEETING of the Alumni Association of
! Madison school was held Monday evening.
1t was decided TO give banquet after COM
| mencement the latter part OF June
A YOUNG man working at the Nail City
Lantern Company factory, whose name
could not be ascertained, lost two fingers
under stamping machine, yesterday.
CoUER DE LEON Division, U. II. K. of p,
of this city, will send about % members to
the meeting of the Supreme Grand Lodge,
which meets in Kansas City, Mo, IN Au-
gust.
ABOUT eight o'clock yesterday morning a
! buggy containing two women and q small
child was upset at Thirty-ninth street, on
the Ohio River railroad tracks. No one
was injured.
THE motion for a new trial in the Pipes
case at Waynesburg, was TO have been filed
in that place yesterday. A hearing will be
had during the term of court which occurs
in the third week Of June.
A BOWLING party was given at the Park
last evening by Miss Kathreen Atcheson,
(which was a most delightful affair. The
party was chaperoned by Mrs. Robert Nj.
Browne and Mrs. Walter Rinehart.
JOIN V. GAVIN was suggested, at the
| Webster meeting the other night, as
candidate for School Commissioner. Mr..
Gavin is not candidate and declines to
allow his name 10 be used in that connec-
/ tion.
THE Moundsville Base Ball Club would
would like TO hear from ali clubs in this
section, and would like to arrange to have
a club at MOundsville on May 80. Answer
through the REGISTER. Edward Manning,
! Manager
A GENTLEMAN who claims to know just
what ne is talking about, and who has been
travelling in every section Of the State, says
the wheat and other grain never was more
promising in the history OF the State than
! at present.
OUR cemeteries are visited every day
now by relatives and friends OF the de-
parted, who are fixing up their lots, plant
ing flowers, etc. 1t is hoped that these
| flowers will not be disturbed this year as
they have been at other times.
Mr.. HENRY VoLLINGER wises to thank
his friends for suggesting his name as
candidate for County Commissioner at the
Washington district meeting last Saturday
night, but respectfully declines to be can
didate for reasons best known to himself.
HERMAN ROsEBERRY, a young man living
in the lower part Of the Eighth ward, had u
narrow escape from death Tuesday even
ing while at work in the tube works. he
was carving a heavy pipe across a small
trestle several feet high, when suddenly
the trestle gave way, throwing him TO the
ground. No bones were broken, but he
was badly shaken up.
THREE very handsome pictures were sold
to Jacob Snyder from the collection on
! Market street yesterday. The price paid
was $500. Several other pictures were also
sold at private auction and brought good
prices. Auctioneer Hereey is in charge OF
The sale, and will continue to dispose OF
them by private sale.
JOIN SHORTS saloon was broken into
Tuesday night, and some $40 worth OF
material taken. Suspicion rested on Jake
Keylum, Geo. Kraft Tude Kraft, Clancy
| McAndreyys and AL Martins, and they
were all arrested yesterday at krafts
blacksmith shop, and taken before Justice
Gillespy, who held them in default OF S0OO
for the grand jury.
THE advice is as old as the circus itself,
but it is always pertinent; Do not leave
YOUR dwellings vacant for minute be-
tween this evening and the departure OF
the circus. Be sure and have some adult
member Of the family at home and alerta all
the time. Burglars and sneak-thieves will
abound, and they will be on the lookout for
unguarded dwellings.
IT is the opinion of many well-informed
towboatmen that there should be rule
adopted by the United States steamboat
inspectors requiring towboatS with tows
going down stream to keep a certain dis
lance apart. 1t is believed the enforce
ment of a rule OF that kind would be the
means Of avoiding accidents similar TO
that of the Sam Brown and Twilight last
week.
The date announced in Yesterdays issue
for the O. W. L. Clubs outing at the Park
has been changed. The day decided upon
is Wednesday, June 23d. A street parade
will be given, in which all the members Of
the local and visiting clubs will participate.
The full Opera House band and orchestra
will furnish the music. a fine musical and
amusement programme has been arranged.
The members of the Wheeling Cyclers
held an important meeting at their hall on
South jacob street Tuesday night. Two
new members were admitted. The ar
rangements for the relay race from
Brownsville, Pa, 10 this city were all
place on Nav 50. The Mayor of Browns
Vile will be appointed time-keeper and a
number of cyclers from that place will
take part.
The Wheeling Park Association has
secured the services OF Mr.. \. &. Bach
man, fiEe landscape gardener, The park
as il is. comprises about fifty acres, and l;
is intended TO inclrde in its environments
between forty and fifty acres adjoining,
owned by the Association. The plat OF
land has been surveyed and Mr.. Bachman
will make a landscape map including the
entire tract of land, about 400 acres, with
all the elevations, etc.
"THE approach of the time for holding
the National Prohi bition Convention has
aroused interest Us to who is TO be our stand
bearer" sale local leader of the cause.
II think the local feeling is in favor of w.