Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-12
SMALL TALh
Minor Matters Of Interest Briefly and
Plthlv Told

Minor Matters OF Interest briehy anu
rIthnv Told
ArGranl Opera House this eyening-A. W.
Fremont iu Jhe play oi 'i''
The biz snow last night interferred ser
iously with railroad travel.
Tue street cars ran very irregularly,
last night. because or the snow.
TIERS was but one case In Police Court
yesterday morning. vag. he was a.
lowed ,o get our Of town.
TurHE viii be an important meeting Of
the Elks this evening. All members are
requested t0 be present
CuHLrs ZorCgLUR, a well-kuown and
highly-esteemei resident o. Fulton, died
az bis h0methcre yesterday morning, aged
5s years.
THE good sieiChlug yesterday was too
much Cor anum Der % yOuag peOpleand they
brayely endured the cold 10 consideration
Oi The sport
Tu0-E gentlemen Of leisure who arc fond
of giving their occupation as snow-shovel-
iuc. can all De accommodated with JOB
this morning.
MARaEEY GREER yesterday qualified as
eXecutriX OF the last Will and testament OF
Mary Greer, deceased. Bond, 500; no
security required.
MEETINGS are continuing with success at
the Baptist Church. Rev. L. +. Peters
will be present during the remaining days
Of this week and part Of next
A MARRIAGE license was issued yesterday
70 Ella b. White, native OF Iona, Mlch.,
aged %, and Jennie Mccain, native OF
East Liverpool, o., aged Il.
THE Committee on Court House and
Jail met NJ the Jail yesterday 10 make an
examination Of the building preliminary to
its being taken of the contractors hands.
YESTERDAY morning the water pipes in a
range in the residence of Dr. Burchinal,
on South Chapliue street, exploded wreck
ing the range, but fortunately iniuring no
one.
THREE Elm Grove cars became unman-
agable, yesterday morning, on Sixteenth
street, and scOOted almost entirely across
Chapine street before they could be check
ed up.
The many friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. h. J.
HOge will unite in heartfelt sympathy for
the bereaved parents on hearing OF the
death OF their infant son. which sad event
occurred yesterday morning.
THE high price prevailing for live hogs
now is the greatest known since 1865 when
the price ran up to 10 cents and hung at 9
and 10 cents for long time. Some OF the
dealers believe that these figures will be
reached this winter.
Ow1Na TO the cold weather the free lee
ture by Judge Dodge, Of Chicago, H., on
'The Kelley Cure" to have been given at
the Opera House this evening, has been
deferred till Tuesday evening, January 24,
1898, in the Opera House.
CHARLES FROHNIAN's great company will
present De Mile and BelascO's success,
MEN and Women at the Opera House,
next Thursday night. The play will be
presented by the same great cast that was
seen i'm New York for three hundred nights
and one hundred nights in Boston, and the
production will Sc Identical with the one
seen in those cities.
AT the meeting OF the stockholders of
the MOundsville Mining 4 Manufacturing
Company at MOuudsville Tuesday, the old
Board of Directors was reelected. The
Board met subsequently and re elected the
same officers for the ensuing year as last
year Following this action Mr.. J. Glen
Cooke who has for a number OF years
been general manager of the Company,
offered his resignation, which was ac-
cepted.
OK the South Side, Monday night, two
young wags fixed up a dummy to look for
all the world ike living man. Watching
their chance they struggled the effigy into
a saloon while the proprietor was out and
leaned it up against the bar When the
salOOn-keeper entered the room one of the
ways, who stood behind the dummy, or
dered drinks for three The two men
drank and quietly slipped out, leaving the
dummy to pay the bill After waiting sew
eral minutes the barkeeper demanded his
pay. Receiving no answer, he angrily
seized bottle and felled the dummy TO the
floor Ia rushed the cOnSpirators, the pic
lures of horror. you have killed him ~
they exclaimed. ~ couldn't help it,"
pleaded the now terrified liquor dealer, she
drew 8 knife on me first"