Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-01-11
SMALL TALK.

Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
PrthiIy Told
AT Opera House this evening-Hanlons'
"Superba."
AT Grand Opera House this evening" Bryant
& Richmond's Keep 1t Dark" Company.
TIE Electric Light Commission is called
to meet this evening.
The natural gas supply was good yester-
day, despite the cold weather.
THE Council Committee on Fire Depart
ment is called TO meet tonight
TIE brokerage firm Of Rhodes & Thur
Der has been dissolved, Mr.. Thurber retir-
ing.
JOHN WELTr, of the "Riverview" saloon,
was arrested last night for selling liquor
on Sunday.
Lieut.. Braumersreuther has been de-
tanned in Washington with an attack OF
the grippe.
THERE was no truth in the Sonderman-
Goetz marriage announcement, as given In
yesterdays paper.
The stockholders ofthe Riverside Glass
Company of Wellsburg, have reelected the
old Board Of Directors.
THE Bostwick Steel Lath Company have
secured an order for los, 900 feet OF lath for
new hotel at Atlanta, GA.
GEORGIA FRANKS house of ill-fame was
raided last night about midnight, and the
madame, four girls and two men arrested.
The funeral of the late M. Reilly will
take place this morning at 9 o'clock, re-
QUEEN mass being celebrated at the Cattle
dral at $50.
The Brunswick Fishing Club will give
one of its enjoyable dances at Turner Hall
tonight, for which Mayors Orchestra will
furnish the music.
The attention of contractors is called TO
the advertisement of the West Virginia
Board of Worlds Fair Managers, pub
lished this morning.
REV. DIR. GEORGE E. REED, President Of
Dickinson College, will lecture on DUAL
tiles That VIM in the Y. NJ. G.. A. Hall at
s o'clock this evening.
The John Keyser who was arrested last
Saturday for dlsorderly conduct, was not
the gentleman of that name who was for
merly night clerk at the Stamm House.
The o. w. L. Club presented Ed
Franks, one OF the members, on Saturday
night with an initial ring set with fine dla-
monds. Refreshments followed which
were hea rtily enjoyed.
MEssRs. Nj. LONG, B. Watson, B. F. Per
kins and Henry Geunther have gone to In
dianapolis, as the West Virginia delegates
to the Stone Cutters and Masons' Conven-
ton. The convention meets this morning.
THE funeral of the late ID. a. Mckee Will
take place from the family residence In
Etnayille, at $50 TO. day. Mr.. Dave Nc
Kee, son of the deceased, arrived from
Missouri yesterday, and Mr. VIII Mckee,
another son, gotgin from Butte, Montana,
last night at midnight.
YESTERDAY morning was the coolest
since March /, 1891, the mercury standing
at above at Schnepf's, al o'clock. UP
at the New bridge Office, IL stood at above
at 3 80 a. m, and went down as low as 4.
The weather grew steadily warmer all day,
and at midnight the thermometer was
above the freezing point degree or so,
with indications of snow.
A SWELL musicale was given last Tues
day night at Sycamore Place, the residence
| of Hon. A. w. Knots, in honor OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Harrison Phnbus, Of old Point Com
| fort, Va. Among those present were Mr.
]. w. Worthington, of Pittsburg; Mr., Lit
tie, of Oil City, Pa. Mr.. Hulings, of Los
| Angeles, Cal. Mr.. A. j. Gaskell, Secretary
| of South Penn Oil Co.; DR.. Nell Jewlett,
of Kansas City, Mo-; Prof. Finke, OF the
| Peabody Institute Of Baltimore; Mrs.
Weise Hale, of Balti more, Md; Miss
Charlotte Nicolai, of Br ooklyn; Miss Rose
Robinson, OF Manningt on, and Miss +. y.
Mapes, Of Aurora, Ill.
The weighing of the United States mails.
which takes place every four years, Will
be commenced about the middle OF Feoru-
ary. and will be continued thirty days
| The purpose of this weighing is to form an
estimate on which to base the contract with
the railroads for carrying the mail. The
time mentioned is selected as being about
the average, the heaviest period being dur
| ing December and January, and the llghtest
during August. Weighers are employed
by the department who weigh all mail
handled, man being placed in each car on
heavy runs, the mail clerks doing 1t on
| light local runs.