Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-07
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
PithilY Told

PithilY Told
Council this evening in special session.
CHIEF OF POLICE MCNICHoLL yesterday
appointed Henry Anderson as extraman.
EDWARD SHIPLEY and William Vogler
were arrested by Officer Carney, last even
ing, for fighting on Cnapline street, south
Of Sixteenth.
A MARRIAGE license was issued yester-
day 10 George link, a native OF Brooke
county, aged rs, and Sallie White, native
Of Ohio county, aged "a.
THE glass workers. annual picnic will'be
held at the State Fair Grounds next Sat
urday, and the Amalgamated picnic Will be
held at Rock Point tue same day.
A GOOD many people think it didn't rain
Sunday. but it did. 1t started about II 80
D. m. and stopped about ~ 80 a. m, thus
maintaining,the record for both days.
SUNDAY afternoon, while Mr.. Henry
Beu, of North Wheeling, was l. ing in bed
asleep, he fell OF upon the floor, as he was
turning over, fracturing his right collar
bone.
A MEETING of the Woman's Hospital AS
ISOLATION will be held at the Hospital this
evening at 1880 o'clock. Business Of i'm
portance will be brought before the AsSo-
citation.
THE Board of Commissioners will meet
at the Fulton bridge at 10 a. m. tomorrow
10 consider the petition Of the Wheeling
Bridge end Terminal Company to lay u
line into Fulton.
Corn that was planted in time is making
rapid growth except in fields that are too
wet. There are many places IN which
planting was DELAYED by rains, and the soil
is still saturated with water.
The finest straw berries ever produced in
this part Of the couAtry are now ripening
under this hot June sun. If there is not
excessive wet weather the crop will be the
largest ever grown, as well as the finest in
quality.
Mr.. CONRAD, the ex-garbage contractor,
is a great deal annoyed by complaints OF
the bad garbage service. He wants to re-
mind the public that he no longer mas any
thing 10 do with the contract.-Intelltgence
Mr.. Conrad is not the ''exH-garoage con-
tracter.
JOIN f. WOODS and C. W. H. Park yes
terday qualified as executors Of the will OF
Mary Woods, deceased. Bond $4,000; no
security required. Caroline Russell quail
fed as executrix of the will of Henry Rus
sell, deceased. Bond 5000; no security
eQuired.
THE Island Gun Club will give their
second annual tournament on Wednesday
and Thursday, June 10 and l6. Blue rocks
will be used, and from 10 70 Is events will
take place each day, with extra ones to suit
the shooters. For each event there will be
q guarantee. The match will take place
on the clubs grounds on the north erd OF
the Island.
The last Of fourteen mules belonging to
Paige. Carey & Co., was sold at auction at
the Court House, yesterday. One pur-
chaser created a great deal Of amusement
by his efforts TO mount refractory mule.
He finally succeeded in getting aboard OF
il by tving its head close TO post, and
then had a by-stander cast the animal
loose.
THERE were twenty-five cases in Police
Court. Yesterday morning. frankie Lee
and Harry Murphy got - and costs for be-
ing on the streets for improper purposes,
and Charles Bolden aud Lettia Lindsey,
for disorder, got the same. JIG. Evans
was dismissed on a disorderly charge.
Charles Clagges got g and costs. Nellie
White and Fannie Ruston got so and costs
each for disorder, and nine girls and eight
men s. and costs.
THERE was no small stir at West Alexan-
der Yesterday over the match game 10 be
PLAYED between the Alexander and West
Liberty clubs. When the hour arrived
the Liberty boys were on the grounds, out
the game was not commenced on account OF
rain. Shortly after three O'Clock the
game started, Liberty taking the held,
with Scott in the box and Huoos catcher
The game was called in the last half OF the
eighth inning, Liberty being at the bat
with one man out. The score was 40 TO D
in Liberty's favor.