Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-01

TtplU4y.
THE funeral of Mr.. H Hersch took place
yesterday afternoon under the auspices OF
Baltimore Lodge No. q, X. OF P.f OF Whlch
he was member
A MEETING of the W. L. Wilson Tariff
Students will be held at McLaughlin's
Hall this evening. The members Will De
measured for uniforms.
THE regular meeting Of the Women's
| Hospital Association will be held TINS
evening at 80 O'Clock, instead or 3:5O
o'clock, as stated before.
ARoPE broke at the new Stone & Thomas
building yesterday, dropping large stone
| cap and breaking the same. fortunately
no one was near whenit fell.
TOMATOES have advanced in price very
considerably lately. There was good
crop but grasshoppers are destroying them
so that the crop viii be soon finished.
THE firm of W. S. Foose s. Co. has dis
solved partnership, the members being
! Mr. w. S. Foose and Mr.. Alfred PAUL.
Both gentlemen will continue in business
| for themselves.
TIE Literary Society of lions Lutheran
! Church gave garden fete at the
| Bridge Park, on the Island, last evening,
which was well attended, Notwithstanding
the Chilly weather.
THE Carleton Circle Of the Second Pres
byterian church gave a picnic yesterday
at Harvey's Grove, near West Liberty.
About thirty Of the young folks went out
early il Mitchelps wagon.
THE Labor day commute has about com
pleted the work of strengthening up the
! finances. The gross proceeds of the affair
are in the neighborhood Of s, 600, while the
net receipts will be about 81, 800.
THE Eighth Ward Democratic Club
placed au order of fifty marching shirts
! with G.. A. Beuter and ffty-fve helmets
with W. T. Weir. The Kenna Club also
placed an order of thirty-hve helmets vita
Mr.. Weir.
A LAWN tennis tournament, open to all
| local players, will be held at Little Wash
ington, September S. $ and 10. Entries
will be received until September Z, and
upon that date the drawings for first place
will take place.
GEORGE w. WASHINGTON, the ianitor Of
! ST. Matthew'S church, and who was an
| officer of the Wayman NJ. Il. Chapel, died
Yesterday afternoon at his home, aged 90.
He will be buried from Wayman Chapel
| Friday afternoon.
HARRY HILL, drunk, by Wilke, John
| Wolff, disorderly, by Trischer, Fritz Long
for keeping house Of ill-fame, and two in
mates, George Muldoon and Annie Brown,
| by Scally and Ritz, were the arrests made
! by I he police yesterday.
THE Pink Carriers will cross bats with
| the Fulton club Sunday afternoon on the
| Benwood grounds. The game will be
called at 2 o'clock. The Pink Carriers chal-
! lenge the Bellaire club for a game Sunday
week on the Benwood groun1s.
ARCHITECT O. S. Philpott has returned
| from Beverly, w. Va, where be has been
getting things in readiness 10 build 4
| new court house. Mr.. Philpott says the
new State Normal School building at
Fairmont is ready for the roof.
The State Fair Association has adopted
| a new idea in lieu OF complimentary tick
cts. Persons entitled to the privileges Of
the grounds free will this year wear very
! pretty celluloid tab tied to their button
/ holes These admit anywhere, and can be
retained after the fair as souvenirs.
TIE work on the Third Presbyterian
| church is now completed, and the congre-
CATION is now making arrangements for the
/ opening, which viii take place next Sab
| bath morning at 10 o'clock. The pastor,
! Rev. c. NJ. Afford, has prepared a pro-
gramme which will be printed for the Oc-
casiOn.
THEODORE KROGH, who was arrested
! Tuesday, charged with assaulung Annie
! Frederick, was taken before Squire Arkie
Yesterday morning and given hearing
! The evidence showed that he had taken
, hold Of her and shook her. The Justice
! fined him s. and costs, and put him under
+: 500 bond for his good behavior.
! MESsRs. CHAs. S. BRuLEs and T. II.
! Nesbitt will open an oratorical school ia
! the city some time next month. Both gen.
tlemen are recent graduates OF Byron w.
| Kings school in Pittsburg. They will give
! a series of entertainments during the COM
! ing month and will open the Y. NJ. 9. a.
/ yearly lecture course on September 2tth.
Tux fremen across the river are agitat-
| ing the subject OF having the Eastern ONO
| Firemen's Tournament mere next year The
! expense connected with the project would
| hardly be felt if all the business men and
others interested would contribute a small
| sum. All that would be required would De
/ about SEQ or $500 in prizes. The subject
! has been talked a great deal since the Salem
tournament.
The Cleveland Press says: ct. G. Heck
man. of Wheeling, w. Va, loaned two
strangers on a Nickelplate tram SO, TAX
| ing supposed gold watch as security The
watch turned out 70 be worth 10 cents and
Hickman reported TO the police. Later he
saw the two men on the street in this city,
| and Detective Granger caught them on a
train Just as It was leaving Broadway de-
pot. Thep registered as L. Gussman and
Isaac Weinberg"
IL police court yesterday morning
| George Kraft and Alice Leverage were up
for immoral purposes. Alice got $40 aud
/ costs, IN default of which SIZE gees 10 lall
fer thirty days. Kraft was similarly hued,
! Dhorlas Eishas, on1 Charles
Teasley were charged with vagrancy. As
Fisher wanted 10 go home, the Court sus-
| pended the fine. He said be was from
GAINESVILLE The same disposition was
made Of TeaSley, VINO by the way, was q
deaf mute.
TnE Fourth Ward Republican club held
| q business meeting at LutZ'S hall on Mar
| ket street last night for the purpose OF
making arrangements for large meeting
which viii be held at the hall on next Wed
nesday evening, II was decided to extend
an invitation 10 all clubs in the city and
county, and also 10 candidates for district
and county Offices. There will be speaking
( By tie leading candidates Tor the Repuoh-
can Offices and other men will be invited
! 20 make remarks.
II WHEELING butchers are perfecting plan
for a common abattOir which will accom-
plish two desirable ends One is abating
the uuisance of isolated and badly kept
| slaughter houses scattered throug hout tue
city. and another is that economy in butch
ering which will result from its concen'
! tration in one establishment will enable
local dealers 10 compete 70 better advan
tage with the large western establish
! merits. The plan is worthy OF adoption Ia
other places SteHbcHUilis Gazette.
TuE County Commissioners at Little
Washington at meeting held early Tues
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