Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-29
SMALL TALK
MinMatters of Interest Briefly and
Pithily Told

witasters.
TIE was no session of the Police Court |
yesay morning.
TE people who have been wanting "a
read-fashioned winters are about ready |
toynuff,
TIE were four or five hundred people |
ska on the back river yesterday after
nodnd still larger numbers last night. |
iMBER of fre-plugs about town are |
fro up, and Superintendent Cummins |
ha.orce of men at work, looking after |
| the
(aGE X. WHEAT was yesterday APP
! don administrator of the estate OF
Gee X. Wheat, Jr. Bond, $1,000; A. A.
W., surety.
las hard to decide just who was the
! beat the Mercantile Leap Year Ball
lasght 1t was either Miss H., Miss K,
MIR, or Miss II.
mine o'clock this morning, at the
| Yg Mems Christian Association build
| ineats will be reserved for the Swedish
| Qtette concert on Saturday night.
; lecture by George KEENAN,, the ST.
ben explorer and writer on nihilism and
! coct colonies, at the Opera House Jan
ua7, will likely be largely attended.
ERE has been quite demand for
| SKIS the past few days and hardware
! dSs have been looking around on their
tolelves to find some Of the neglected
| ST.
irregular forty hours devotion will
cuence in the st. Joseph Cathedral to-
NOV morning at o'clock, and will close
ae late mass on Sunday morning at
| 10
bN. H. S. WHITE, of Bolton, after the
| Grafton Of his term of Office, expects tc
.rSve TO Blueheld, Mercer county, where
! hivns some fine timber land in Logan
| city, about forty miles from BlueneId.
Hill engage in the lumber business.
IERE will be an entertainment in Mer-
| cile Hall this evening, complimentary
tdr. J. Pinkuss. The beneficiary has
| ldhe use Of his eyes, and the testimonial
| i9st commendable, and he should re-
| ce hearty support from charltaoly-uls-
| pd persons.
C. STEWART, of Arnettsville, Mononga-
| licountv, made the REGISTER office a
pbant call last night. Mr.. Stewart Is
| OPT the wheel horses of Democracy IN
| Mongolia. Mr. Stewart IS here TO Visit
hiaughter, Mrs. Fox, at Benwood, VINO
hbeen seriously i'll.
! .EvELAxD's Minstrels attracted good
| sh audience at the Opera House lasI
nat, and all seemed to be convulSed WIN
| lahter much of the time. Ine hrsI
p was especially good, while the aero
| be work of the Arabs was wonderful,
aialmoSt beyond belief. 1t was c!eah'
! fhrnnUn01lt.
he coolest weather last winter was on
Juary goth of this year, when the lowest
DIT reachedat Schnepfs at a. m was :
are. In '9l the lowest mark was ABOVE
| Yterday morning at O'Clock MI
| Snepf's thermometer Indicated "a aDoVe'
aio'clock the temperature was down 10
lhbove.
HERIFF w. H. MURDOCH, of Preston
coty, with Deputies julius X. Monroe
alb. e. Farman registered at the Stamm
yerday with trio OF prisoners for the
;p.n The prisoners were Harvey Mas
siAIarv Howell and Charles Smith, all
cgicted of grand larceny, and sentenced
fGwo years each.
YOUNG daughter of City Collector
jim A. White was painfully burned yes
tSav morning through her clothing De,
cling ignited while standing In front OF
amen fire. The wounds are not danger
O. thanks to speedy assistance IRON
mbers OF the household, who, tortu'
nelly, were near at hand.
HE Natural Gas Company OF West Nir'
gia is doing all In its power to secure
bier supply of gas for domestic consump
| ii. and hopes to improve the situation TO-
| diover what il has been for several days
! pf All the boilers burning gas IN the
! cf have been cut of, that the supply 70
dtllings might be increased.
EsTERDAY morning the mercury a.
| Smepf1s dropped down as low as de
or and half above zero, the Lowest
! nch being about eight o'clock. At the
| stl bridge toll house, it went about three
bsw. and a number of thermometers OF
m Island indicated zero. AT st. Glars
! vie West Alexander, and points in th'
entry. as low as eight below zero wa
rerded.
Asst nights train on the Ohio Rivel
rul brought up an elght-year'oiu DO.
naed Thomas Malone, who was tickete'
| mare of Chief of Police McNichol. Th
vmgster ran off from Steubenville las
| Sldav and shipped on the steamer Congo
to,arkersburg. He was captured there
bvIhief of Police Mehen, and sent up t
Cbf McNichol yesterday with the re
aust that he be forwarded to Steuoen
Wis. The police will send him up to-day
TIE action of the Board of Public Works
! in assiug the resolution in relation to To
wtk done on the street by the Street Kan
WI Company, was largely through tn
numerous complaints which nave pee
poripg into tue office of the Board, froI
citens. There have oeen objections bot
tone paving and to the dirt and debris lei
| ablt the streets by the Railway Compan
! cofractors. and the Board will see that tn
stIets are left in proper condition oy IN
Company.
TALK about duck shooting" said Nh
lanes Neiu, of the firm of NELL d Elllul
nan. VINO has recently returned from Tal
| In, Texas. "why went out with an ord
nav gun one day and pulled down NIT
tv. ducks in one hour. There's all sort
ra,e there. and you can shoot galore.
oo a complete fill of rich game, as l feas
adm some species of duck for some thirt
! cosecutiye dinners. Do you know th'
tb,eir at times is so full of game that 1t
| ditcult TO shoot a bulletin between them,
confirmed Mr.. Neill. as he closed co
trs,t for eight boxes Of laundry soap Tor
mechant up in Hancock
THERE was a chic young lady on the oaC
riv,r last evening. The finish OF ~
skning and the figures she could G.
proved that she had learned the art
collier regions, where ice is more frequen
Sh was escorted oy young man WIN 7
! ve,v long overcoat and red nose.
wo'e thick shoes and hideous gloves. 81
DATED and wheeled about and carve
@fiSnre 3's'' and"fgure SIS" with her sha
little runners with great alacrity. PoisiI
gracefully for moment, she sped aw W
on "grape vine' course. Her che si.s o ~
grswn scarlet. her brown hair hutter'
sTav in crimp little curls, and she W
LOOKING lovelier tlan ever, when shoe
ins tbing happened The toe OF her rig
skate caught in the bur of her wicked lt
ssste. and down came the handsome you
ladv with forcs that made ner reooun
! - hurt a hit. 6DO WAY