Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-04-17
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters OF Interest Briefly and
Pithily Told

| Minor Matters OF Interest Briefly and
| Pithily Told
THERE were eight cases at headquarters
at two o'clock this morning.
The stone pavement in front of the City
Bank was completed yesterday.
THE Easter bonnet will shine out in all
! its glory to-day--if it doesn't rain.
Mr.. w. J, CoTTs has removed from the
! Island to the old homestead, s27 Market
| street.
Mr.. J. C.. HANDLAN Of South Chapline
street, is candidate for City Assessor,
! South Side.
TIE Glendover Club will give a ball at
/ Bishof's Hall on Eighteenth street, next
! Friday evening.
MAY WILLIAMS house of i'll fame was
raided last night and the madame, one girl
! and three men arrested.
Mr.. n. +. WHITAKER is having a new
stone foundation laid in front Of his resi-
dence on South Chapline street
THE tasteful display OF orchids, lilies,
| tulips and simlax in Wheat and Hancher's
| show window yesterday attracted numer-
/ Gus admirers
The government weather bureau off,
| cials have written to Observer Schnepf 10
/ know the details of the big hail-storm Of
! two weeks ago.
PRIVATE baptism took place at St.
Matthews Church yesterday afternoon at 4
o'clock. Messrs. a. n. Wheat and {. II.
Simpson were baptized.
CARL GIEsEL, the man who left the trunk
at the lock-smith's, as mentioned yester-
| day, and who was supposed TO be missing,
turned up all right yesterday.
A STEAM pipe on the second floor Of the
| City Hall broke yesterday afternoon, and
as a result the outer office at police head
! quarters was deluged with hot water.
YESTERDAY morning about ten o'clock
/ defective fiue in the house No. l3S Seven
tenth street. occupied by Mrs. kreiter,
necessitated still alarm 10 the Atlantic.
| No loss.
REPRESENTATIVE OF the local insurance
companies, constituting what is known as
| the Board of Underwriters, met yesterday,
and decided TO make another inspection OF
cellars, etc, in business houses upon which
risks were held.
THE business men on Market street near
! Alley 9, were kicking yesterday because
the letter box was removed with the lamp
post which stood in front Of the new City
Bank. The box will be put again on the
telegraph pole, at the same alley.
RETAIL merchants along Market street
complain about the lOafers who hold the
curb down on the west side OF Market
street between Twelfth and Fourteenth
streets. The merchants say that the ladies
complain bitterly of having to run the
gauntlet of the living statues on Market
street.
IT is difficult TO say which was the largest
Yesterday, the demand for Easter flowers
or Easter eggs aud novelties. All the
florists had big trade throughout the day
and disposed of an enormous amount OF
cut flowers, bulbs, etc, in the aggregate
The confectionery stores were fairly be-
sieged last night, and for a time customers
could only get waited upon by the exercise
of both patience and ingenuity.
THERE was no Police Court last evening.
At the morning session three case were dis
posed Of Ben Frazier was sent TO the hill,
and Hazel Kirk was allowed TO leave the
city, her fine being suspended.
THE funeral of the late Mrs. John List
| took place at ST. Mathews church yester-
day morning at ten o'clock, Rev. DIR. K.
! Rush Swope, the rector, officiating. There
were large number Of the relatives and
friends of the deceased present and the SER
vices were impressive. The interment was
at Greenwood.
A very fine Krakauer piano has been
purchased from +. w. Banner & Co, for
the Sunday School of the Fourth street
| M +. Church.
Ex-CoUNCILMAN EDw. MILLER was at
market last week for the first time since
his burn out.
COUNCILMAN M. 3. BAILEY, OF the Fifth
ward, wishes it understood that he is not a
candidate for reelection.
OWING TO the large amount Of goods, the
sale of the property Of the estate Of
Thomas L. Shallcross was not finished
Yesterday. 1t will be continued to-mor-
row, commencing at 10 o'clock.
THE Blue Jeans Club of the North End
will give their first grand ball at Zoeck-
lers Hall next Tuesday evening. TerrilP s
full orchestra will make the music.
THERE was a bigrush for tickets for the
Elk-selsior Minstrels, yesterday. The
performances bid fair 10 be immense sue
ceSses.
TIE Webster District Democratic Club
is called to meet at Kemple's Hall, on
Twenty-fourth street, next Tuesday even
ing at 7;30 o'clock.
THE new clock in the addition to Schmul-
bach's brewery. was wound up for the
first time yesterday.
AT ST. Paul's German church, in the
Eighth ward. there will be a class OF
eighteen confirmed to-day, eleven girls and
eight boys,