Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-04-29
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
PithiIy Told.

FIVE hundred dollars Is Sdlu W now
been cleared from the Madame Holla con-
cert.
THE Linsly Cadets base ball club VIII
cross bats with the Mounsville ciuo on Sat-
urday afternoon, May &
The Linsly students will give musical
and literary entertainment on Friday even
ing, May 6, at the armory.
AN important meeting Of the kenna
Club will be held at Schenk's Hall, neXt
Thursday evening, at 30 O'Clock.
WM. p. HUBBARD yesterday qualified as
executor of the estate of Juliana Delters,
deceased. Bond $1,000. G. Il. Hubbard
surety.
TICKETS for the Washington, Pa, Kir
messe, TO be held May and 8 for the bene-
III Of the Hospital are on sale at Geo. u:
Durst's.
IT is definitely stated that in case the
motion for new trial in the Maier case is
overruled, the case will be taken to the
Supreme Court.
ONLY few more tickets are left for the
o. WI. Clubs select moonlight excursion
to Ssteubenville. The affair promises to be
quite success.
MARRIAGE licenses were granted yester-
day 10 David G.. Evans and Ella M. Will
son, and viii McAdams, Jr, and Jessie
Worls, all of Wheeling.
LOCAL base ball cranks of this place are
becoming so enthused with the success OF
the PittsburgS that the late trains on the
B. q o. will reap rich harvests.
All city city licenses are due and payable
before Rext Monday at noon, and every
body who requires license should call on
the City Clerk before that time.
THE Moundsville Coal Company has
agreed to give their men what they de-
mand, an advance Of % cents per day,
making the wages $175 for each man.
THE Council Committee on Petitions and
Remonstrances did not meet last evening,
as announced would be the case, the chair
man of the committee not issuing the call
The Wheeling Park will open for the
season on Sunday next with sacred con-
cert by the full Opera House orchestra.
The Park is mcre beautiful than ever this
season.
ZIEGENFELDER's confectionery has just
had put in position very ornate soda
fountain. Silver, French plate glass, mir
rors and old oak highly polished are the
component parts.
The North End Liternry and Athletic
Association will give dance at their hall
Thursday evening, May s. The boys are
now making arrangements to give picnic
on Decoration Day.
4 social reception was given at the Dis
ciples' church last evening. Miss Matte
Hart, of Wilmington, Pa, sang very ac-
ceptably. She has been travelling with her
father as a leader Of song.
THEME was but one case in Police Court
Yesterday morning, that OF Mary Green,
for drunkenness. She was discharged on
condition that she get out of town immedi-
ately, which she promised 10 do.
AUG. ZoECKLER's meat and provision
wagon was overturned on the wharf near
the foot of Twelfth street from being too
heavily loaded. Considerable time was re-
quired to gather up the contents.
The mock national convention which will
be held at w. and j. college on Friday, May
10, promises TO be very interesting event.
There will be about two hundred and
twenty delegates in the convention.
The temporary suspension OF operations
at the stone bridge yesterday was owing to
the nOn-arrival of stone from Cleveland.
1t is expected to be here by tomorrow or
Monday, at the latest, when work will
again be resumed.
HOME grown vegetables will be unusually
late this season on account of the backward
spring. Seeds that have been planted are
rotting in the ground, young plants that
have been set out are dying, and the ground
will have TO be reset with others.
The race course and drives on the State
Fair Grounds have been put in first class
order and will be opened tomorrow for the
seasons driving. Messrs. j. j. Hammond,
Robert Anderson and Edward Anderson
have a large number of fine speed horses in
training for the summer and fall races.
The Belmont Tennis club, of Bridge
port has elected the following officers:
President, Geo. Turner, Jr.; VicePresi-
Oliver HowellS; Secretary and Treasurer,
Miss Bessie F'Ogle. The court in Kirk
wood is to be enclosed with wire netting
fence for the opening games next Wednes-
day.
A QUIET wedding took place Wednesday
evening at the residence of Mr. James Con-
rad, on South Eoff street. The contract
ing parties were Mr. August Mayors and
Miss Dora Conrad Rev. VIM. Ulfert, Of
ST. Johns Church, performed the ceremo-
nv. Mr.. and Mrs Mayors will reside on
the Island.
THERE is complaint of reckless shooting
with lobert guns. 1t comes from different
part of the town. One day this week while
a young lady was sitting at a rear window
of a South Main street store,a bullet lodged
in the frame work of the window but few
inches from her head The young lady
secured the bullet and will Keep it as
souvenir Of her narrow escape.
Miss MINNIE WATSON entertained num-
Der OF her friends at her home on North
Main street, Wednesday evening in honor
of her guest, Prof. Thompson. The even
II. 1r- in, W
euchre ard other games. Handsome re-
freshments were served at seasonaole
hour, after which the guests departed,
wishing Miss Minnie many happy returns
of the day.
LIEUTENANT BRAUNERsREUTHER escaped
what might have resulted in serious acct
dent while instructing the boys IN some OF
their new maneuvers yesterday morning.
a team of horses coming down Fourteenth
street at rapid pace never halted or gave
sword of warning, but just drove on down
Me street. Had IL not been that the Lieu
tenant was looking in that direction he
would surely have been crushed.
IAN increase in the price OF anthracite
will have at least one effect" said coal
dealer Yesterday; sit will cause people to
use more coke, so that the coke-dealers VIII
get the benefit Of any increase rather than
the anthracite handlers. l doubt whether
there will be an increase, however, for
this is the wrong time of the year. The
time to increase is when people are COM
PEELED to use coal. Now they can SIMPLY
hold off and wait
''RE-INsURANoE is good thing for small
companies" said man prominent IN IN
surance circles, in talk with the REGISTER
reporter 1.-The day of small companies is
past and it is nonsense for the stockholders
in a company whose entire assets may be
wiped out in single nights tire 70 sit
back aud be satisfied TO accept dividend
o: six or eight per cent. This dividend is
often not earned, and is paid out Of the
surplus. 1t is hard enough for the large
companies to earn-mind, say earn-fve