Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-20
SMALL TALK
mInor Matters of Interest Briefly anu
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MInor Matters OF Interest brieny anu
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AT Opera House this evening-Ine DA@@ie.'
AT Theatre Musee--Variety entertainment
Four performances daily.
A REMARKABLE increase has been notice-
able lately in the attendance at ouuuas
Schools.
For a change how would good ola,
fashioned snow storm do between no" anu
Mondays
BoYs and girls are now hunting up tnelr
longest stockings and assuring themselves
that they do not need darning.
JoHS WAYBAcKER was arrested oy
Officer Minkemeyer, last night Tor uisor.
derby conduct at his homein the lower part
of town.
MRssRs. l. G. DILLON & Co. have sold
something of novelty in the shape % q
fine music box, which can only De opera
ted by dropping nickel in SLOT.
JAN1roR JOHN HOWELL found set OF
teeth in the basement OF the City mall ~,
Yesterday. The owner can get them ny
applying at police headquarters.
CITIZENS about Forty-third street are
beginning TO inquire when the Council
Committees on Railroads and Streets, Al
leys and Grades, are TO meet TO consioes
the street railway track at torty-tnlro
and Jacob steeets.
The Sunday School of Thompson M. b.
Church are preparing very els0orate
Christmas entertainment, when VIII lake
place al the church next Monday night "A
cantata will be rendered in which Palmer
Coxs Brownies are leading feature.
THERE was a meeting Of the Retail
| Grocers' Protective Association last nlght,
and they unanimously passed a resolution
10 the effect that all retailers hereafter VIII
sell fresh meat and any other articles tney
may deem advantageous in the prosecution
Of their business.
THE art reception and sale held by MISS
Lizzie Ulrich and Miss Edith WILKINSON,
at Miss Ulrichs home, at 80 North huron
street, was well attended yesterday alIer-
noon and evening. The display OF paint
ings and fancy work was beautiful ana the
ladies are TO be congratulated on the sue
| cess OF their Undertaking. The affair Will
be continued this afternoon and evening.
CARDS were sentout yesterday morning
by Mrs Anderson Rslston, Of Martins
Ferry, announcing the marriage OF her
daughter, Miss Anna M. Rals:on, to Mr..
X. Il. Kerr, the well-known lumber dealer
of that place The ceremony Will be per-
! formed by Rev. A. z. Brownlee, at the Y.
| p. church, Wednesday, December 18TH, at
70 O'Clock noon. After the ceremony re-
ception will be held at the home OF the
brides mother, on Fourth street, from one
TO five o'clock.
A PARTY of four, two men and two wo'
men, stood at the silk counter in leading
dry good store yesterday. From the scraps
of conversation overheard it was easy 10
discern that the younger couple were en-
gagged, and that the elderly people were the
father and mother Of the brlde-elect. Tney
were out buying the dress, and as soon pc
came know, the young man was 1ootlng the
| bill. After some conversation between the
party and the salesman the groom was
heard to remark: "Well, I'm paying LOT
| the dress, of course, but l want her TO be
suited, and tell you. Sl2 is a good deal 10
pay for dress unless it's nice ana SUITS
you"
THERE were several cases in Police Court
Yesterday morning. LATE Harden, for as
saulting his wife while drunk, got 30 days
| on the bill Tom Norton, for disorder, got
| 80 DAYS on the hill Ed. Payne, colored
urchin, was arrested for raising racket
around the Grand Opera House. he was
fined 81 and costs, or 10 days on the hill.
Messrs NJ. Gutman g. Co., NJ. j. O'Kane,
Louis Whit and A. L. Rice & Co. were up
on a charge Of throwing waste paper on the
streets. His Honor said he always gave
merchants, in such cases. the benefit Of any
doubt. and as it was not clearly shown
these firms did put the paper in the streets,
he would dismiss the cases, hoping they
would be careful in the future.