Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-05-13
SMALL TALK
Minor Matters OF Interest Briefly and
Pithily Told.

THE GeIsey residence, on South Mar
ket street. is being greatly improved.
The B. g. o. tunnel east Of the city
is being repaired by large force OF
| men.
GEORGE EBELING is making noticea-
BILE improvements at his South Side
pharmacy.
REDMAN & Co. have the contract for
and are making repairs to the steamer
Belle Prince.
The La Belle factory was OF yester-
day and will resume tomorrow. The
remainder of the mill is on In full.
LIvERYMAN Thompson, of the South
Side, has bought beautiful match
team, and has added them to his stock.
Work at the new city water works Is
progressing very satisfactorily. The
brick work will be begun in few days.
THE three new residences In the
Henderson addition in North Wheeling,
are we'll under way, and will be neat
homes.
HAMILTON BURT, of South Eoff
street, had a valuable pug dog run over
by the B. a. o., yesterday. at Ford's
Crossing.
THE American Union League held a
largely attended and enthusiastic meet
ing, in their hall on Twelfth street,
last night.
EIGHTEENTH street extension, near
the Union depot, is soon to have new
pavement. Some Of the materials are
already hauled.
THE extensive improvements at the
Union bridge are completed This week
has been the greatest week for freight
traffic over the bridge in its history.
A MARRIAGE license was issued yes
terday to Louis Degroote, native OF
Germany, aged 81, and Jennie Fuld, a
native of Hesse-Darmstadt, aged %.
JOHN JONES and Gus Schrader were
arrested by Officer Lukens, yesterday,
for disorderly conduct at the Lutheran
church. The two are pals OF jeff Davis.
THE plate mill at the Lower Benwood
mill was shut down indefinitely yester-
day. The pudding department there
is still off. Over one hundred men are
idle.
THE main shaft at the glass works,
| factory III" is broken, and nearly all
| the plant is idle. 1t is probable, 1t will
be a week before the break will be re-
| paired.
LAST Thursday night, at the Laugh
lin mill, the piston Of the engine broke.
and both factories are idle in conse-
uuence. The mill will resume full next
Monday.
PASSENGER traffic on all the roads
coming into the Union depot has been
exceedingly good the past few days.
Agents and baggage masters are kept
hustling.
MICHAEL KATING, well known glass
worker OF this city, was married few
evenings ago to Miss Amelis Forbes, Of
Fulton. The happy young couple will
reside in Fulton.
AT the Island end Of the Suspension
bridge the unused track OF the street
car company breaks great many wag-
ons and carriages. Complaints are
heard very frequently OF this.
The Sumner Lyceum met in the A.
M. Z. church In North Wheeling last
night. There were debates, songs and
recitations. The time spent was a
pleasurable one to those attending.
NEXT Monday night, in Cyclers' Hall,
South Side, the Full Bloom club will
give private dance. A large number
| of invitations are out, and arrange
ments are made for 3 most pleasing
| social time.
PLEASANT VALLEY is all worked up
over the race for the membership OF
the Board of Education for Triadelphia
| district. Messrs. Madden and Hamil-
ton are the candidates and the race will
be a very close one.
THE cute fox terrier, Mike, OF the
| Vigilant Hose house, killed eight rats In
| fifteen minutes in Seventh street
stable few days ago. The boys
| wouldn't sell the dog for his weight in
currency, since his record.
THE three engines at the power
house OF the street railway were started
yesterday, making the new power house
In full operation. Street car men
Noticed great difference In the running
| Of cars and the power yesterday.
LAST Thursday was a busy day in the
freight department OF the w. b. 81 L.
Company railroad, Over one hundred
and fifty car loads OF coal and iron ore
passed over the Terminal tracks, max
ing by far the best business day OF this
| year.
Anew nights ago at Thirty-seventh
| and Eoff streets, Jack Steurnagel and
another man were driving horse In a
| buggy. The horse became unmanage-
able, and both men were thrown from
the buggy and were considerably
| bruised.
| PEOPLE In general, who walk near
the Stone House grocery, In North
| Wheeling, complain Of the bad condi-
ton OF the board walk there. Several
persons have got bad falls, so dangerous
is the walk. People there would like a
brick pavement.
YESTERDAY there was a still alarm Of
fire brought to the Eighth ward hose
house. Chris Kalbitzers house on
South Water street was found ablaze,
sparks from a boiler smoke stack having
| set the roof on fire. The flames were
ssou extinguished. Damage slight
COAL trade over the w. & L. E. r. R.
through this city was never so good as
at present. Last Thursday was big
day, when thirty car loads was carried
over the road from this city and ship
ped to Huron, o. The coal Is trans
ferred from the B. & o. The strike in
Ohio causes these large shipments.
CHIEF HEALY has finished delivering
to each fireman In the city a new alum
uium spanner, o sort OF wrench for the
| hose. Each man Is expected to carry