Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-27
SMALL TALK
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
Pithily Told.

A.
morning, by mistake.
A SIGN is being pu. upon the roof OF
the w. & L. Z. depot.
THE B. & o. paid the men at their
shops in this city yesterday.
THE second engine is being placed in
position at the power heuse.
Mr.. BRITT FALLoURE, Of Eighteenth
street, is improving his residence.
ANDY MARSHALL, Of East Wheeling,
is building an addition TO his house.
OWNERS of wagons, carts and drays,
can now obtain their license at the City
Hall.
THE factory at the LaBelle mill will
go on to-day. 1t has been idle since last
Saturday.
An entire new floor is being put in
the packing department Of the Wheel
ing pottery.
A ROLL was broken yesterday at the
Whitaker mill, and operations delayed
considerably.
ALEXANDER You've. of Young's
pharmacy, East Wheeling, has a fine
new single rig.
THREE gravel trains are at work on
the w. & l.. E. near this city, in i'm
proving the road.
SOME OF the street car company's
summer cars will be put on the road
soon-this week probably.
THE Home Investment Building
Union, by reason Of the improved plans,
has in few weeks sprung rapidly into
favor.
LOCAL lodge, No. 5, OF the United
Order of Loyal Friends, is growing rap
idly. This division has Fulton for its
center.
LODGE No. 3, OF the United Order Of
Loyal Friends, will now meet regularly
in the Knights of Honor hall, on
Twelfth street.
THE Wheeling and Lake Erie Rail-
way have arranged for an excursion to
Barnum's show at Steubenville, On the
third Of next month.
RECORDER MICHAEL STEIN, OF Full
ton, will start next Sunday for Hunt
ington to attend the State Council meet
Ing of the Ancient Order of Red Men.
DRUGGIsT CHAs. MENKEMEELER, Of
South Market streety-has beautiful
new prescription case at his store. He
has, also, made other big improvements.
ANDREW jDIERINeER, of Sixteenth
street, mas bought fine new horse
one that can trot in $3.50. The horse
will be put on the race track this sum-
mer.
THE w. &c l.. e. road has ordered
seven large freight engines, which will
soon be completed and on the road.
One, 4 powerful machine, has already
arrived.
PHILIP ROTH, ladderman at the Hook
and Ladder, resigned" yesterday,
and Jack O'Neil took his place. O'Neil
was extraman and Henry Frohme takes
his place.
A NUMBER Of Wheeling gentlemen
will 20 tomorrow night To McMechen to
note the progress made In the new lodge
of the United Order of Loyal Friends OF
that place.
A MARRIAGE license was issued yes
terday to Samuel n. McCaskey, a ma
tive of Marshall county, aged 25, and
Ella M. Williams, a native Of Belmont
county, aged %.
CHAs. STRoBEL, formerly in Hoff's
shoe store on Main street, will open
shoe store, below Ebelings pharmacy,
on Market street. South Side, of which
he will be owner.
JOHN CoLEMAN's elegant new soda
fountain will be going tonight, and
those who have the neat Invitation
cards sent out by the popular South
Side druggist are In luck.
WELCOME LODGE No. 6, A. o. u. W.,
are getting up a fine programme for
May the cath to celebrate their fifth
anniversary. The celebration will be
held in the Opera House.
DAVID O'BRIEN, who lived here two
years ago, and was employed at the
Belmont mill, died OF heart failure at
Youngstown, Pa, few days ago. His
remains were inferred at Fairmont.
ALLIsoN's Wheeling Wire Works has
secured a large contract Of fencing the
cemetery at Darlington. This firm has
two other large private contracts there.
Mr.. Allison will fit up the b. & o depot
with wirework.
THE premium list for the coming
State Fair. commencing Monday, Sep
TENDER 4th. has been Issued by Secre-
tary George Hook, and is being extern
sively circulated. Copies can be had
for the asking.
JAMES MILLswoRTH, rougher at the
Creek Mil, was seized with a serious at
tack Of cramp about half-past seven last
evening, and was taken to bis home
around the hill" in the patrol wagon
by Officer Moran.
THERE is 3 fine chance for an acct
dent and damage suit on the north
side OF Sixteenth street, west OF Jacob.
The sidewalk has been excavated to a
depth of two or three feet, and there
was no light there last night.
Mrs. CLARK, a woman in the employ
of the L. e o., whose work is the clean
ing Of coaches, met with severe acct
dent Yesterday. She was using a
Ratchet, and struck blow which cut
the end OF her thumb of. DR.. Bremen
gave medical aid.
Mrs. MARY MCDONALD, of the East
End, who had a successful operation
performed by DR.. Ackermann at the
Wheeling Hospital last week, is getting
along nicely, and her many friends Will
be glad to learn she will soon be able to
return to her home.
TIE Council Committee on Finance
will likely be called to meet Friday
evening of this week, as all the depart
ment estimates are in. 1t will probably
take two sessions of the Committee 20
arrange the appropriations In salts
factory manner.
THE remains OF Martha d. Fulton,