Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-14
SMALL TALk
MinOr Matters OF Interest Briefly and
PlthuV Told

AAAuuE AaAkcEa OF interest DEtcAy aAN
PlthuV Told
At Grand Opera House This EVENING". W.
Summers In Jerry"
At Theatre Musee-Vsriety performance, four
each day.
WHEELING hotel porters beat the world
on singing out the railway time tables.
SEATS 90 on sale at Houses music store
this morning for the Mapleson Opera Co.
The Seybold property, in the Eighth
ward, is advertised for sale IN another col
umn.
TIE weather, last night, was good deal
like we have in deaa old Lunnon,
y'knOw."
THE J. NJ GARvY who was arrested on
Saturday is not the well known B. q o.
engineer.
THERE were two cases in Police Court,
yesterday morning. Both were DRINKS,
and both went up for fifteen days.
Two drunks and two vags were locked
up last night. One Of the DRINKS was so
awfully full that two officers had TO carry
him from the wagon to the lookup.
SOME miscreant went into one Of Martin
ThorntOn's houses, on South York, street,
yesterday, and cut a water pipe in two,
flooding the premises pretty effectually.
The battle OF Fredericksburg was fought
on the 18th OF December, 1862. Several
Wheeling people have lively recollections
Of that mild December day on the Kappa
hammock.
THE Board Of County Commissioners
meets tomorrow, to hear arguments upon
and consider the bills Of exception present
co in connection with the late recount Oh
the ballots.
POSTMASTER GENERAL WANAMAKER has
issued an order TO the effect that on and al
ter january ,, 1898. the registry fee on mail
matter viii be eight cents instead OF ten
cents for every separate piece registered,
in addition 70 the regular fee as at present.
The electric dynamo at Wellsburg broke
down Monday evening causing the city to
DO in complete darkness for some
seven or eight hours, making IL very dis
agreeable as the streets were full OF mud
and TO try 70 get around on foot was al
most impossible.
Now is the time when the young man
who has q kRack for making displays IN
store windows is getting in his ork. An
inspection of the stores in this ace VIII
soon convince the most skept u that
Wheeling can hold her own with a. OF the
city decorators in that line.
THE Bethany foot ball team is in daily
practice under the direction OF an exper-
fenced cOacher, and some OF their men are
taking fve-mile CrOSs-cOuntry runs eacn
day. The general impression is that a
stubborn contest will take place next Sat
urday on tue Sueu benville fair grounds.
WHEELING people Will be given a treat
on January nth next, when George Ken
nan, the famous Russian traveller, Wild
made so many startling disclosures IN, re
ference 10 the horrors experienced by ST.
berian exiles, will appear at the Opera
House. In all probability his lecture will
be The East Siberian Convict Mines"
which is full OF the most interest 20 every
body Mr.. KEENAN, will come to Wheeling
under the auspices Of the Press Club.
WHEELING people who had occasion to be
In PittSburg on Monday declare that not
for years have they seen thar city so en-
velOped in darkness throughout the entire
day as was the case that day. 1t was al
most impossible to see a hundred yards
ahead on the streets, and gas and electric
lights were continually kept in use in all
buildings. Many of the street cars were
obliged 70 use their headlights until the
noon hour II was one Of the Old-time days,
caused By too much smOAe and high bar
Ometric pressure.
MONDAY's ParKersbuFg Sentinel says that
Phil Lewis, Of Chicago, the hacker OF Pu-
gilist Billy Smith, arrived in that city yes
day and was TO come to Wheeling to-day to
make arrangements with the packers Of
Jimmy Rowan, OF Steubenville, in regard
10 the preliminariesi of the fight between
those two men. 1t i$ said Smith will night
for purse of from 500 to $780, and the
fight will probably take place somewhere
near this city, though Smith will train at
Petersburg and Rowan will doubtless do
his training at SteObeuvile. Such hight
would draw big crowd OF sports.
IF you want your Christmas present,
which YOU have planned 70 send by express
to arrive on time, better send 1t az once
Every day you delay sending increases the
chances of a glUt in the express office and
the correspond ing risk that your present
will be late. Better by far have your Of
fering arrive ahead Of time than day or
two behind time. 1t is very easy TO marx
"Not be be opened till the 25th," or send
directions by5letter to keep hidden till the
Jolly morning or the Jolly eve. There are
a hundred ways that the difficulty OF hay
ing the gift reach its destination too early
can be overcome; there is but one way to
insure its not reaching It's destination too
late for the great worlds holiday and that
is TO send il at once. The holiday business
this year promises to be greater than ever
with the express companies, so get IN your
work at once.