Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-08-08
SNAIL TALk
Minor Matters OF Interest Briefly and
Pithuy Told

W. are beinz treated 70 a series OF beau |
tiful nights.
THE Council Committee on Fire Depart |
ment meets this evening
YESTERDAY was a hot day, the mercury
getting up 70 ninety degrees
WORK is progressing nicely on the new
Webster district school building.
THr CITY is rapidly being depleted so
strong are resort ward tendencies.
FEEDING flies 20 Helm5right's hooking
bird is one of the pastimes of Market street.
CoryC1L "a. morrow evening. The popu-
lar conundrum is, will there De quorum.
TINS is the political calm before the
storm. The campaign orator Will soon De
at IL.
HARRY McLURE has q curiosity in the
shane OF a silver dollar with two heads
on IT,
The new Jail is progressing, but not with
sufficient rapidity 20 make the spectator
dizzy.
The mammoth outlines OF what will be
the new Baer grocery building can now Dc
seen 70 advantage.
Wheeling Lodge, No. G, l. Q. Q. T., at us
regular meeting Saturday evening, lnlu-
ated i've new members.
TIE people who use Market street as
race track ought 70 be called down. Itlss
dangerous place 70 try the speed OF nag.
TIE Council Committees on Real rs
tate. Police, Streets, Alleys ana Ntaues'
Markets, and Health are called 70 meet To-
night.
TuE Wheeling Press Club is under obli-
cations 10 Rt. Rev. Mgr j. 7. Sullivan OF
the Cathedral for q handsome present IN
the shape of a teu-vOlume edition OF
Chambers Cyclopedia,
THE introduction Of the Thompson-Hous-
ton system of electricity Tor the street rdll-
road will be noticed particularly In the IN
creased speed. They Will be equipped 70
run "a miles an hour, although TINS Wiu DC
regulated in the more compact parts OF the
city.
ArSt. Alphonsus church yesterday the
services at Vespers were very imposing
They had reference TO the patron SAINT Al
pbO1sus. The attendance was very large
Sunday afternoon, Rev. Father DldacuS
conducting the services, assisted Oy ali the
priests.
Mrs W. A. Isett Saturday evening enter
tanned q number of friends in honor OF Mrs.
Lieut.. ID. d. Mitchell, who will leave tne
city to-day for st. Louis, where she VIII
remain until her husband joins ner at the
expiration of his assignment here Tor rem
devious duty.
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amount Of filth which is allowed TO remain
on the Second ward market square over
sunday. IL IS obnoxious 70 property own
ers and pedestrians alike, and the Board OF
Public Works should take some steps 10
remedy the evil
THE War Department has just Issued a
very valuable bulletin, filed with data re-
garding the rivers of the country, thelr
floods, drOughts, etc. The poruOa CeEOIeE
sI a able nook OF
reference for all interested IN Ine uucIua-
tons Of the stream.
THE brass band, composed Of Homestead
strikers were entertained By the Palace
Fishing Club, seven iu number, at their
camp. a short distance from Elm Grove
Sunday They highly praised the Palace
Fishing Club and say they spent the pleas
ATTEST day Of their life with the boys.
ONE of the features of the coming State
Fair will De an unusually nne Iunch JaOie
inaugurated by the SwOpe Guild OF 81
Matthew's Episcopal Church; Inc pro
ceeds OF the table viii be turned over 70 Tue
new CITY hospital. The attendants az the
table viii include many OF the popular
young society ladies.
THERE we're a large number OF private
and family picnics yesterday 70 the access
ible resorts, aud nearly all the picnic
wagons ia the city were brought lclo
reQuisitiOn. From seven 10 ten CLOCK
last night there was 3 stream or DIG lhul-
5ering wagons of all kinds pouring into
the city from the different resorts.
The General Committee on Labor Day
celebration held a meeting yesterday alter
noon. and the report showed that all the
arrangements for the big day are now well
In hand. There were committees present
from the Sporting Hose Co. Of Bellalre ind
the Independent Hose Co. Of Martins Fer
~. and the articles OF agreement Tor tue
fireman's race 70 take place that cay nave
been properly drawn and signed. Inc race
is Tor Sl1O. The arrangements were also
made for the entries for the various races.
THREE shaves day is almost too many
for tbe average citizen, but 10 wasn't TOO
many for a certain individual who patron
ICED Booth & Clemens barber shop one day
last week At o'clock in the morning,
after an all-night tussel with the willy cup,
he strolled 10 to get shaved. de walked IN
once more at II o'clock and got shave,
and at o'clock his capillary projectors
were again curtailed. He forgot each time
that he had before been shaved, and no
amount of argument could convince hlu 70
the contrary.
To.pAy the twenty-frst anniversary Of
St. AlphOusus Society Will be celebrated
bv a grand picnic at the New Fair Graunds.
The ceremonies Will be iuaugurated by a
grand parade this morning, 10 which all the
Catholic clergy are invited. Amusements
of an kinds at the Fair Grounds. The
Opera House orchestra will furnish music.
Division No. 1. OF the A. o. H., will meet
at their hall at o'clock this morning 70
to.<e part in the ST. Alphonsus Society
parade There will be a baud az their hall
IN escort them TO St. Aipn0nsuS Church,
where thew form. The Knights of st.
George will meet at Z 80 at their hall, and
will be escorted likewise
IN the absence Of Rev. DR.. Rlker who is
now at Lakeside, the pulpit Of the Fourth
Street Methodist Church yesterday was
occupied bv w w. Martin, a student OF
me Ohio Wesleyan University. The morn
ing sermon was eloquent and TO the point.
In the evening the services were held IN
tine basement Of the church, and another
excellent discourse was preached. Mr..
Martin started ont by saying that perhaps
the most wonderful painting, the one that
rad attracted the widest attention, was
entitled Christ Before plate" The
preacher said 10 was not the artist, 1t was
NOT the deliCate cOlcriug, the fine align
rnsnt. il was the subject 1t formed one OF
he most important events IN the history
of the moral world, ana around this sub
iect the preacher wOve sermon OF uni
versal interest