Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-18
SMALL TALk
minor Matters Of Interest Briefly and
PIthIly Told

be begun at the Zane Street NJ. T..
Church, by the pastor, ]. Engle.
THE store rooms in the new Egerter
building, at Eleventh and Market
streets, are being rapidly finished up.
WM. ULLMAN, Ed. Schafer and Ed
ward Dick, East Enders, will leave for
a hunt ia the interior of the State in
few day.
CHATHAM SIycLAIR's drug store at
McMechen has been sold to Lytton &
Crawford. two prominent druggists vi
Pittsburg, Pa.
CITY COLLECTOR SHAFER yesterday
turned over to Receiver Kindleberger
$500. 16 on account OF general fund, and
Sl35.27 on account OF ten cent levy
fund.
JAS. P. MORGAN, the elocutionist, as
sisted hy other we'll known local talent,
will give a musical entertainment at
Odd Fellows Hall, the seventeenth OF
next month.
JOHN REALMS pony ran off with
Eugene Kress, OF Seventeenth street.
few days ago. The runaway was on
Eighteenth street. The boy was thrown
of the pony and was badly bruised.
YESTERDAY morning a small black
dog went mad in the vacant lot ABOVE
Thirty-eIghth street. The dog scared
people generally in that locality. The
mad dog created big excitement Tor
time.
JOSEPH ROBINSON, Alonzo Miller and
Ted O'Brien, South SiderS, are home
from a hunt to Ohio. They caught an
immense possum weighing twenty
pounds. This weight seams to break
the record.
THERE will be a grand dance given
next Thursday night at John Kemple's
hall. at Twenty-Fourth and Market
| Four young Sixth ward ladies' will
give the event. Good music will be Ia
attic ndance.
GERTRUDE, the little daughter of VIM.
Fullerton, of South Cnapline street,
who was not expected to recover from
the results of serious accident, is get
ting along we'll. 1t is now thought she
will recover.
THE Electric Sparks have arranged
for a big ball on Christmas night. The
dance will be given In Beethoven Hall,
and Meister's full orchestra will furnish
! music. The boys are anticipating an
interesting social event.
STEPHENS PosT No. SO, G. A. R., was
visited last Thursday night by Holiday
Post. A delightful fraternal time was
had. There were addresses from Com
rades Richard Robertson, George Con-
ter, George Clifton and others.
QUITE a large party of Bridgeport
people will attend the concert and so
cial at SCOTS NJ. E. church, three miles
out the National pike, on Wednesday
evening, November 90. Most OF the
talent will be from Wheeling and vicin-
ity A general good time is promised
all.
THE newly organized Dynamite"
Club, of the South Side, left yesterday
on big hunt to Proctor. Chris. Zieg-
Ter is captain, Theodore Wagner, OH
Ger Frank Rohrl and Andrew Long,
game carriers. Otto Auber, the South
Side timer, has been secured to be at
the station with his wagon to haul the
game home.
THIEVES entered the premises OF
Samuel Olson, of Upper Benwood, last
Thursday night and stole five fine fowls.
BE has mo clue. The hen roost OF
Michael Lantry, OF South Jacob street,
was also picked the same evening. Thls
is the second raid the thieves have made
this week on Mr.. LantFy's hennery.
This time four chickens were taken.
AT the recent meeting OF the Butch
ers' Protective Association there was
large attendance Of butchers present.
Considering the hard times and the olI-
ficulty the poor will encounter this win
ter, the price OF pork, sausage and lard
was reduced. Pork and lard was Is
cents a pound aud was reduced to 12H
cents, and nearly similar reduction
was placed on sausage.
LAST Wednesday night there was
pleasant occasion at the home OF George
Hans, Of 1870 Sixteenth street. The
event was a birthday celebration ten
dered to Jacob Hinkleman. 1t being his
twenty-second birthday. A good crowd
attended, and a beautiful gold watch
and chain was presented Mr.. Hinkle-
man bv his sister, Mrs. Hans. He re-
ceived other valuable preseRts.
A FINE B. & o. passenger engine,
which had been on exhibition at Chi
cago, came to the city yesterday morn
| ing. 1t left here On train 40 in charge
| OF Lee Wells. 1t will be taken to the
Philadelphia division. The engine was
a beauty, having foot inch drivers.
Its number was S5s. The compound
engine $50 will arrive in the city to-day.
1t is the only compound engine owned
by the 3. & ..