Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-14
vHEETJNG DAILY REGISTER SATURDAY. JANUARY IA 1898

complain about the poor street car services
Going over from Bridgeport one Is dumped
of at little shanty in the middle OF the Is
land to wait for the electric cars and hall
the time these cars are not running, as the
steam power Is supplied by saw mill IN
the lower end Of the city, aHd when the mill
is not running the electric cars lay OIL
Steubenuille Gazette.
THE annual meeting Of tbs stockholders
of the Provident Life Insurance Company
was held Thursday evening The follow
ing gentlemen were elected directors Tor
the ensuing year: D. H. Taylor Alex
Morrison, Thos. G.. Jenkins, Robert Simp-
son, Frederick Happy, G. Schmidt, Pn
Kochert, Louis Halter, ]. A. Bel, Z. +.
Ulrich, c. E. Vanheuren, c. Il. Goetze In
consideration of the prosperous year Just
passed the directors decided TO open up TWO
more districts Immediately.
EIGHTY-FIvE teachers entered spelling
contest at a teachers institute IN Lockport,
N Y. Only five spelled Rensselaer," cor
rectly. Acknowledgement" was mis-
spelled by 63, or about "a per cent. OF the
entire number of contestants. "Supersede"
was misspeled by IS contestants; 'resus-
ciUaten by "a; excellence by SO; "bene-
fitedn by IS; "business" by 90; medal"
and "maintenancer by rs each; "milllner''
by As: pretentious" and gaseous" each
by 43: and ''concede" By 80. That Is, eacn
OF these words was missed by over one hall
of the contestants.
THE Washington Observer says: Prof.
Chas. E. Hughes, of Wheeling, w. Va,
compostor on the REGISTER, and Miss HAT
tie A. McVey, of Decator, Ills, quietly
stole march on their friends on Thursday
and came to this place where they were
married by Rev. j. ]. Hill, pastor OF the
First NJ. E. church. Prof Hughes, be-
sides being first-class printer, Is also one
of the leading musicians OF Wheeling. Al
ter visiting friends in town for few days
the happy couple will return to Wheeling.
Mr. Hughes is cousin of Geo. W. Doyle,
foreman of the Observer composing rooms
THERE was much relief when the natural
gas was turned on again last evening. Ac-
cording 10 the statement OF one OF the ou-
Gals OF the Natural Gas Company or west
Virginia, there were and Is lbs. OF gas
at Elm Grove at o'clock yesterday after
noon, and i Of an ounce here in the city
The pump which has been repaired was
again set in operation at $3.50. where
there were II and l6 lbs at Elm Grove 81
$50 there were IL and 81 lbs and one
ounce in the city. AT s O'Clock last even
ing there were 10 and IS lbs. at Elm
Grove, and ounces in the city. AT the
same hour Thursday night there were s
ana l3 lbs. at Elm Grove and u OF an
ounce in the city. The pump has q capa-
city OF from ~ to "A revolutions minute,
ard last night was only running at "a.
Just warming up. arguing that there is no
material shortage OF gas.
A party OF seven small BOYS OF the Fifth
ward, ali between 10 and IL years old, gave
what they called "a grand circus" the
other day in the cellar OF the residence OF
one of them, whose parents were indulgent
If BOT prudent. The show consisted OF a
bloodthlrsty border drama, scratched TO-
gether by one Of the hopefuls, a song and
dance, and sort Of minstrel entertain
ment. One of the boys oficiated as the
orchestra with a mouth organ; another
pulled up and lowered the curtain, and the
remaining five constituted the performing
company The admission was one cent;
reserved seats two cents, and the receipts
aggregated q cents. The performance
passed off smoothly and everything went
well until it come TO dividing up the cash.
There was Just one cent short Of four cents
a piece. After some discussion the man
ager," /. e. the boy with the indulgent par
ents, suggested that the fellow that only
raised the curtain wasn't an artist ana ne
oughtn't to get as much as the actors and
orchestra AS result the curtaln-ralser
was awarded three cents and the others
four each. Then the curtain-hoy kicked
and he kicked so vigorously that the man
ager was obliged 10 go TO his lndulgent
papa, who, after hearing the story sympa-
thized with his son, and put up the adci'
tional cent for the indignant stage hand.