Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-09
SMALL TALK
Minor matters OF Interest Briefly and
PithuT Told

Minor Matters OF Interest Briefly ana
PithuT Told
TIE Council Committee on Claims is
called 10 meet tnis evening. u
THE Shriners are TO hold their sessidn in
Mercantile Hall, in Franzheim's block.
| TIE work of laying the telephone cable
/ over the steel bridge was completed, last
/ evening
BUILDING operations are still going for
ward actively, nOJWithslandiEg the late
/ ness OF the season.
/ JOE LUBIC was arrested at the Grand
\ Opera House, last night, by Omcer Sny-
\ der, for disOrderly conduct.
| That portion OF Sixteenth street be-
\ tween Main and Market has oeen IN bad
condition for the past few days.
/ Tue EIks here have received an invita-
! ton to attend big social next Wednesday
night at McKeesport, by the Elks OF That
\ city.
I THE retail trade is beginning to boom, in
I all lines. The holiday shopper has made
/ heavy inrOads on stocks OF goods the last
few days.
/ THERE was but one case in Police Court,
! yesterday morning, the offender being John
l Mooney, ClafReu VIII ulsOLuots 4AO "SA0
70 the hill for month.
SHERIFF-ELEcT Franzheim will qualify
and give bond, Monday. The bond will be
S95, OOO He will enter upon the discharge
of his duties January lst.
ADENsE fog hung over the city yester-
dav morning and on the river 1t was 50
heavy that boats had TO lay up. 1t was y
/ O'Clock before the sun dispelled the mist.
] I
bated Yesterday and ordered TO be record
ed Mary A. Long was named as eXecu-
trix; she can not qualify for thirty days
A NUMBER Of the public school buildings
were photographed, yesterday, oy DR.. Z.
/ Is. Milspaugh, Of ParkerSb burg. Inc WORK
I is being done for the West Virginia Worlds
Fair Board.
/ CHRISTMAS and New Years falling on
| Sabbath, the succeeding Mondays will De
observed as holidays AS the banks will
I be closed on those days, maturing paper
must have attention on the preceding sat
urdsys.
THE young ladies of the McCabe Mission
Band will give an apron social In the Yves
\ ley NJ. f. church on Saturday evening, De-
j cember 10, the proceeds for the 0enent OF
I missions. The ladies are hard at work,
and no doubt the affair will be success.
The freight business on the B. q o. is
/ said to have been so heavy the past month
or more that nearly all their engines are
\ disabled by reason or the extra service
\ they have TO perform. In some instances
\ freight has been delayed two months oy
\ reason Of the blockade.
THE members Of the Retail Merchants
/ Association are making preparations Tor
\ the banquet ard reception which VIII take
/ place in the AriOn Hall Monday evening.
I IL is the intention Of those IN charge TO
make this affair one Of the most notable
ever given by the Association.
BARRING the scarcity of water this has
/ been a remarkably favorable fall Tor out
door work For building, farm work or
other such labor, there have as yet been
few DAYS too wintry TO work, The roads
have also been good, and the man who is
not ready for winter is behind the times.
Mr.. ID. w. SIMPSON, a prominent mer-
chant of Wheeling, and wife were IN the
city Tuesday seeing friends. Wnlle mere
they attended meeting OF Henry camp
Lodge No. 49, /. q. or u. L, ana tney
sneak in high terms of the order here. They
are members of Enterprise Lodge, No. %,
and there are only six simpsons IN that
lodge,-BellGire Independent
Tue entertainment and ball to be given
by the Daughters OF Liberty az Ouu feI-
lows Hall this evening promises 70 be
grand affair. The committee has arranged
an elegant programme for the early part
of the evening, after which dancing TO
Mayer's music will be INDUCED in: rms
hall is one OF the finest in the city Tor TINS
purpose. There have been about4 400 tickets
SOLD and a large crowd is expected.
THE entertainment to be given in Helm
lein's Hall, at Bridgeport, on wednesday
evenis0y, December IA, by the District
Lodge. of the /. o. of G. T., Of this district
promises to be q grand affair. The COM
mittee are making elaborate preParat1ISo3n. LOIS
Parnesviue. Steubenville, Mlngo juno
ton. Toronto, Bridgeport, Wheeling ana
Bellaire take part in the entertainment