Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-09
SMALL rAL1
Minor Matters OF Interest Briefly and
PithiIy Told.

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THERE was no Police Court, yester-
day morning.
NORTH WHEELING hunters got i've
coons in hunting excursion near Short
Greek few nights ago.
CHAs. McGANIN. of North Wheeling,
has dog be would have fight any ca
nine in the city for a stake.
HOWARD PORTER, OF the South Side,
who suffered the bad accident on TWEEN
ty-niuth street last Tuesday, was much
better yesterday.
THE Fulton Star Rod and Gun Club,
of Fulton, gave big dance last evening
at Korn's Hall. Bachman's orchestra
furnished the music.
The Knights of Rest deny that the
Red Cross Oil Club are champions OF
this State. They claim they refused to
play the deciding game.
TIE North End Literary and Athletic
Association is making big preparations
for the ball 10 be given Thanksgiving
night at Turner Hall.
SIXTEEN persoas went to Mozart Park
last evening and spent a pleasant even
ing at the pins. The incline was run TO
accommodate the visitors.
HENRY BECKER, of South Jacob
street, chased chicken thieves out Of
his yard late last evening. Thieves In
that locality are numerous.
PEANUT" SCOTT was struck in the
mouth, at his home last evening, by a
colored man named Robinson. A police
warrant was Issued for the latter.
ANDREW HokN. the mill man Of North
Wheeling who disappeared so mysteri-
ously about a month ago, has not been
heard from. 1t has been reported that
he was drowned.
GERTRUDE, the little daughter OF
VIM. Fullerton, OF South Chaplfne
street, who sustained such bad injuries
from fall, is little better. II Is now
thought she may recover.
A GOOD many quarters initiating the
last ones coined OF '92, are found TO be
counterfeit. At recent gathering on
the South Side six were found In the
course of the money changing OF the
evening.
IT was learned yesterday at Hun
garian boarding house quarters that
two months ago sixty-tiye foreigners
were stopping there. There are now
five persons there only, all the others
haYing left for their former homes.
A MARRIAGE license was issued TO Jo-
seph l.. Embler, native OF Wheeling,
aged 81 and Ella n. Nichols, q native Of
Wheeling, aged 30; also, to James A.
Metheny, native OF Peasants county,
aged 30, and Minta Sadler, native OF
Washington county, o., aged 90.
BAIL CoNAwAY. Of North Wheeling.
got home yesterday from fishing trip
to Beach Bottom. He caught FIVE Ger
man carp, the largest weighing seven
teen pounds and the others averaging
ten pounds. He is member OF the
Great Western Fishing Club.
THE Iron Queen, which has been
lying of Fourth street since last June,
will leave to-day for Pittsburg. The
boat has been greatly improved and Is
in first class order. Four hands from
North Wheeling have been employed.
Jacob WIlbert has accepted position
as mate.
The Sisterhood Of Steenrod Division,
B. Of L. E., gave an entertainment and
supper last evening to the engineers at
Walther & Dueker's halls. at Chapllne
and Twenty-sixth streets, last evening.
A large crowd attended and delicious
refreshments were served. An excel
lent time was had.
THE statement printed in the Intel
tigencer yesterday morning asserting
that 500 men paraded the streets OF
Bridgeport Tuesday night behind q
brass band, was an eXtravagant ex-
ageration, TO say the least. There was
only about one hundred aud twenty-five
in line, including the drum corps, and
no brass band appeared.
THEY were more complaints yester-
day on the South Side OF the white rigs
the street car company has placed on
their cars. Farmers coming TO town go
some other way TO avoid the rig, which
will scare most any horse A prominent
gentleman remarked last evening that
something should be done; II nothing
else the painting OF the covering some
other color.
THE strange fellow, who takes the
daily swim 10 the Back River opposite
Etnavile, still continues his exercise.
Nobody appears to know who he is.
For some time he would go for bis
bath by way OF the new steel bridge,
bat people gathered there TO see him
daily aud he now goes another way.
He takes his swim about o'clock In
the evening.