Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-07

Minor Matters OF Interest Briefly and
Pithily Told.

HE COUNCIL committee On Scaies Is
called to meet this evening.
Go TO the State Fair to-day, If you
don't do anything else.
THE majority Of South Side BARRIERS
will close to-day at noon for the fair.
WILLIAM ScoTT was arrested by Off,
GER Watson yesterday for disorderly
conduct.
ALL the banks will close at noon to-
day, to give employees an opportunity
Of attending the State Fair.
Mr.. HUGH HARRISON, Of the gas
works, was run down by wheelman on
the steel bridge and badly injured.
OLLIE DEFINBAUGH was arrested
yesterday for assaulting George Cook.
The hearing is before Squire Gillespy
to-day at ten o'clock.
JESS SHAFER, a vag, was arrested by
Officer West, yesterday, and w. L.
Creight was arrested by Officer Moran
for disorder on the Fair Grounds.
A HORSE kicked VIM. Knoke's valua-
Bile dog, yesterday, and the animal will
die. Its value Is $50. Mr.. Knoke is
the popular South jacob street saloon
ist.
THE Street Railway company has
made q new order requiring passengers
from the Island to get of the cars at or
below Twelfth and Market, or pay an
extra fare.
AFTER long and painful illness
Robert NJ. Hanshaw, prominent mer-
chant died at his residence at Burton,
at 11:25 yesterday morning. The
funeral will take place at Grafton.
POPULAR South Side ladies and gen.
tlemen went to Mozart Park last night,
where an excellent time at bowling was
enjoyed. This evening the South Side
Bowling club will bowl at the same
place.
TONIGHT, at their beautifully fur
nished hall on the South Side, the Alert
Club will give their initial dance OF the
season. Two hundred invitations have
been sent out. Kilmeyer will furnish
the music.
A LOVING couple, each smoking Gig
arctic, paraded on the South Side last
evening. Their actions aroused general
Indignation. Part of the time they sang
"Driven From Home" and appeared TO
be strangers in the city.
NEAT wedding invitation cards are
out announcing the marriage Of viii
Metzner, cashier at the Terminal Rail-
road office, and Miss Lizzie Brlnkman,
a popular teacher Of the Fifth ward
schools. The wedding will be In the
near future.
A. l.. HoRNER, a Morristown butcher,
died Tuesday afternoon from the effects
Of dose of laudanum, taken with sui
cidal intent. The drug was taken dur
ing Monday night. He was an old resi-
dent OF the town, and was known over
a large section OF Belmont county.
THE flight and descent OF Nine. Zeno
created great amount OF interest In
the central portion OF the city, yester-
day afternoon, and at least a Thousand
people congregated in alley G and on
Chapine street, above Twelfth, to see
the lady and watch the rescue OF the
balloon and parachute from the house
tops.
NEXT Saturday evening the popular
South Side Fishing club will give a
grand reception at their handsome boat
off Forty-third street. The club, head
ed by elegant music, will march In that
vicinity before repairing to their boat,
where excellent refreshments are to be
served. A large number Of invitations
are out
ST. MATTHEW'S German Lutheran
Church, of Benwood; st. Johns, of
Martins Ferry; ST. PauPs, of Bridge
pert, and the Lutheran Church of Tria-
delphia, have determined. 1t is said, to
withdraw from the Synod OF Ohio be-
cause of a requirement that members
belonging to secret societies be stricken
from the rolls,
BEGINNING next Tuesday morning,
at BuckhannoD, this State, the State
Council Jr. o. u. A. NJ, will hold its
first session. The meeting will con-
tinue for four or five days, and will be
the largest meeting OF it's kind ever held
in this State. The order In West Vlr-
ginla now numbers one hundred Coun-
ellis, each OF which will send delegates.
A MARRIAGE license was issued yes
terday to James G.. Walden, M. d., q
native OF New York, and Addie Nor
rison, native OF Wheeling; also to
Orion L. Barnes, q native OF Belmont
county. aged 81, and Emma j. Bow
man, native of Ohio county. aged 20;
also TO Robert s. Hall, native OF
Ireland, aged 20, and Belle Jane Hyett,
a native OF Belmont county, aged %.
THREE gentlemen from the country
went into market street saloon, late
last night, and each ordered q glass OF
beer There was free lunch on the
counter, and the three strangers
ordered supper. There is a restaurant
attached to the saloon, and In due time
two ham-and-egg suppers and one
of pork chops were served and
eaten. Then the three men each
threw down nickle and started
out. "Who pays for the sup
per?" enquIred the bartender. The
three men looked at each other, and
finally one said: why. we thought
they were free" He was Informed tn at
suppers were not set with nickle glass
OF beer, and they settled the bill.
THE Wheeling Epworth League will
hold its regular monthly meeting at
Thompson NJ. f. church, Thursday
evening at s p. m. Addresses will De
made by Rev. +. n Lynch, Rev. j. Ii.
Hess and others. An interesting pro-
nramme has been prepared. Nnsil will
be furnished by the Ariel Guitar and
Mandolin Club. Efforts have been
made to have large attendance and
successful meeting. Everybody Is In
yited. The Wheeling Epworth League
is union OF all leagues OF Bellaire,
Benwood, Wheeling, Fulton. Bridge
port and Martins Ferry. You will
greatly accommodate the committee
by making mention OF this meeting In