Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-11-29
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Minor Matters OF Interest Briefly and
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THE Stone Bridge Commission is called
GO meet this afternoon at four o'clock.
AN Important meeting Of the German
American Cleveland Union will be held at
Rogers Hall tomorrow evening.
THE ice has been broken. Officer West
arrested two vags, who gave the names of
Chas. Johnson and Mr.. Jones, in the Sec
Ond ward, last night
TIE Junior and Senior American Me-
chanics lodges are making preparations
for a burleSQue initiation, to be given at
the Opera House, on the evening Of the
23d OF December.
ALL members Of Battery Dn are called
to assemble at Seamon'S cigar store on
Water street tomorrow afternoon at one
O'Clock, to attend the funeral Of their late
c0mrade, John Cox
BEATRICE. wife Of n. o. BrOwnlee, of
Claysvllle, Pa, who has a number of rela-
tives in this city, died at her home yes
terday evening. She was a daughter of
Thomas and Sarah Noble, Of this city.
THE wheelmen Of the country who are
making an effort in behalf of good roads
are pushing their work vigorously. In
this city Jason G. Stamp, the well known
cychst, has petition and is securing nu-
merOus signers for it,
The Sisters in charge Of St. Johns Home
for Boys, 90 Thirteenth street, wish to ex-
press their thanks to Mr.. DOnohoe, Mr..
Hearne, Mr., ThOrntOn, George l.. burst,
and others, for generous donations to the
boys on Thanksgiving.
THE funeral Of Mr. Samuel Jepson will
take place this morning from the Fourth
Street NJ. +. Church at 9 o'clock. the
funeral sermon will be preached by Rev.
A b. Riker. The rare 3sC.sser RIM Will take
6iis SAT GREENWOOD cemetery."-s -
THE work of river improvement bly Inc Cuo
National Government has been about suST-
pended for this year. IL is TO be hoped
that operations on the Ohio river. es-
pecially on this end Of ii, will De resumed
early next summer.-PitsblTg Commercial
GdzettC.
MANAGER RHEINsTROM has booked The
MapleSOn Opera Company for December
18th and 10th, in the new opera comiQue
success, "Fadette" The VOOdOO, which
appears az the Opera House on December
9th, is said 70 be fInnier than "a Trip TO
Chinatown"
Mr. Ross CHEW, who spent seven years
In the retail wall paper business in this city
and for the past three years has been con-
nected with one Of the eastern wholesale
wall paper houses, has entered into part
nership with the Arm Of Geo. h. hurner q
Co, and will carry on business at the OLD
stand, the firm name hereafter being hur-
ner < Chiw.
CHARLES SCHRADER, a well known
Young man of Elm Grove, has purchased
the interest of Mr. II. Hannah in the spice
and mustard factory Of King u Hannah,
which is located on Market street near
Tenth street. The new firm Will remain
in their present quarters the remainder OF
the winter, when they will construct new
building in or about Elm Grove.
Mr.. NJ. X. CARROLL, who resides on
Eleventh street, and is employed at the La
Belle mill as milwright, is al his home IN
a serious condition. About three weeks
ago ne cut his right leg with an
axe. The cut was small one ana MT
Carroll failed TO have it attended TO. The
wound has since developed into an alarm
ing case of blood poisoning, which may re-
suit seriously.
So far as is known the comet did not
strike the earth, and we are yet on Jne
land of the living. Many people were
very nervous about the matter, however,
and among the colOred people IN some
parts Of the South the excitement was IN
tense. The general haziness OF SUNDAY
night prevented the people IN THIS Secuon
from witnessing whatever OF meteorlc us
play there may have been.
The complete record Of Washington and
Jefferson football team for the season OF
1892 is as follows: Geneva in two games
scored is points against the local team ana
W & j. scored 40; with the Western Uni
versitv the local team won by Is TO O.; with
the Three AS the team from this place
made S and the AS none, making the ag-
gregate score Of Washington and Jefferson
So, and the combined score OF all opponents
SUNDAY was the first Of advent, a season
of special significance 10 the devOut Chris
tian. but marked by no special observance
i'm either the Protestant or the Catholic
churches. The period includes the four
SUNDAYS preceding Christmas. In the
Catholic churches tue only deviation from
the usual order is a change in the color OF
the vsstments, the purple supplanung the
red. There will also be an extra DAY Oh
fasting, but aside from this there Will DC
no special features or services.
THE funeral of the late William M. Will
l,ins took place Yesterday morning at
O'Clock from his homo on Ohio street.
island. The services were held under the
directions of Virginius Lodge, L. .. y. r.,
of which Mr. Wilkins has long been mem
her. and the lodge attended IN body Inc
Rev DIR. Riker. of the Fourth Street M. h.
Church preached the funeral sermon. Al
the close 9th services the body was taken
TO st. Clairsville for burial on the Z. Il. "
w road. and a large number OF friends
went ONT. The interment took place at the
I,r,ieco,,a1 cnr1atPrv OF that place.