Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-06-12
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters OF Interest Briefly and
Pithily Told.

Minor Matters OF Interest Brieny ana
Pithily Told.
THE Council Committee on Cemeteries
is called to meet this evening.
THE Council committee on Fire De-
partment is called TO meet this evening.
A SHEET evangelist attracted large
number of people, at Fourteenth and
Market streets, about haif-past seven
last evening.
ATTENTION is called to the advertise
ment announcing the Forty-sixth An
nual Commencement at Mt. De Chantal
in this issue.
THOMAS LOWRY, the plucky miner so
badly injured at Patterson's coal mine,
out the National road from Bridgeport,
is now on fair way toward recovery.
VIM. WILSON. of Bridgeport, the man
caught in the Wheeling creek coal
mines a few days ago, has so far recev-
cred that he is believed to be out Of
danger.
THE ]. W. Kemple and Jesse 81.
Schafer base bail clubs, OF the South
Side, played an exciting game OF base
ball at RidReway's Grove. Score l3 to 5
in favor of Kemple's team.
THE Teutouia Singing Society of the
South Side, is arranging for its second
anniversary the twenty-fifth Of this
month. Arrangements are being made
to have the event grand one.
FRANK Fox, of the Fifth ward. while
in Ohio yesterday visiting friends,
badly fractured his ankle. He stepped
on a stone causing the injury. The
young man has been brought to his
home.
IT is reported, that the steel depart
ment at the Riverside mill, will close
the first of next month for repairs.
The foundation for the shears has grad
ually been giving way, till repairs are
necessary.
NED ALIENS valuable dog was killed
by the street cars at Forty.tifth street
yesterday. People who saw the oc-
currence say the dog must have been
ground up in the machinery. None OF
the remains could be seen.
THERE was another big rush ont to
the Park yesterday, and a most de-
lightful afternoon and evening was
spent by the hundreds who make the
trip. The Opera House band dis
coursed splendid programme.
THE street cars ran very irregularly
yesterday, something being the matter
with the machinery at the power
house. 1t was no unusual thing for
cars to be halted for q few minutes at
every circuit Of the Hloop" on the
Island run.
AN alarm from box 3S, about half
past IL yesterday morning called Sec
tion Of the fire department to the resi-
dence Of Frank Jackson in alley Six
teen. A fire started on the roof, but
was extinguished without the aid OF
the department.
THE House and Hermann Juniors
defeated the Central Garden Clue yes
terday by score Of TO 6. The feature
of the game was Weisner's fine catching.
Batteries, for the Juniors, Delbrugge
and Fullmer; for the Centrals, Schneider
and Long. Eleven innings were played.
MANY employees at Bloch's tobacco
works, are planning fishing excursions,
as probably the place will close down
the latter part of this week, for about
two weeks. This will be done, as the
old warehouse is to be torn down, pre-
paratory TO the erection Of the new one.
THE new street car company at
Bridgeport did not give out the con-
tract last Saturday, as expected, for the
new power house. Some misunder-
standing as to the bids caused this. The
contract will be let this week. Work
along the route is progressing splen-
didly.
THERE was a christening yesterday
afternoon, at the home Of the accom-
modatiRg car dispatcher Oscar Nc
Greal, of the street car company, at his
home at Twenty-third and Main streets.
The child, son, was chrlstened by
Father Reynolds, and M. j. OKane
and wife were sponsors.
THE Bairisch- Wittelsbacher Maxi
milan Verein, will give picnic aud
sommernachtsfest at the State Fair
grounds this afternoon and this even
ing. 1t will be preceded by a street
parade, headed by the Opera House
band at 100 o'clock. A very large at
tendence is confidently expected.
THE base ball game up at Bethany,
Saturday, between mines from Bethany
and Observation-Disclosures Colleges, was
a remarkably close contest. Neither
side scored until the last half OF the
ninth inning, when the Washington
Club had the good fortune to get man
home, winning the game by the score Of
/ To O.