Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-05-20
SMALL TALE.
Minor Matters OF IaeersSt Briefly and
PithIly Toto.

FORTY-EIGHTH street is oaQIy In neeQ
OF repair.
THERE was no Police Court. yester-
day morning.
THE four fine new regulation bowling
alleys at Mozart Park were completed
yesterday.
J.Y. COLLINS, disordsrly, was arrest
ed last night by Special Officer Burns,
OF the B. Il 0.
THE B. & o. shops ct Benwood juno
ton were closed yesterday. To lessen
expenses was the cause.
THE internal revenue receipts In West
Virginia for April. 1894, were $4,000
against S74, 600 in April, 1898.
GEORGE SADLER, the yachtnan, had
q dog drowning in the river yesterday,
which attracted quite crowd.
THE sight OF the B. & o. pay car in
the city yesterday gladdened the hearts
of observation-disclosures included.
PEOPLE who are addicted to water SIS
a beverage have TO take goodly pro-
portion OF mud with 1t these days.
THERE are a large number Of mild
cases OF diphtheria on the South Side.
One physician reported that he had six
cases.
SEVERAL OF the South Side cigar
makers report trade picking up, and
number OF them have put on additional
workmen.
The sewer near the B. & o., on Thir-
ty-eighth street, is stopped up, aud
water is causing much damage TO cell
lars and yards.
A CHILD OF Andrew Druschel, the
electric light trimmer, age one year and
ten months, was buried Saturday after
noon at o'clock.
A MARRIAGE license was issued yes
terday to George A. Schauo, native OF
Monroe county, O., aged %, and Annie
Becker, a native OF Wheeling, aged %.
THERE are number OF fishing clubs
from the locality OF Pittsburg encamped
down the river. A club passed the city
Yesterday with fine little steamer OF
their own.
THE produce firm OF II. E. Bachmann
& Company will have a fine new dsliv-
cry wagon In the trade this week. 1t
is being made by the Donaldson Car
riage Company.
JAMES ROWAN, charged with shooting
with intent to Kill and carrying con-
cealed eapons, waived an examination
before Justice Gillispy yesterday after
noon and was committed TO jail.
THE remains Of Conrad Mahoney,
late of East Wheeling, former glass
worker, will be buried this afternoon
at o'clock at Mt Calvary. The glass
workers OF the city will turn out to the
funeral.
SHIPMENTS OF coal are so large over
the b. & o. that the company is expert
eacing much difficulty by cars breaking
down. Disabled freights on side switch
es are very numerous along all parts OF
the system.
THE local demand for money to
be increasing, thirteen deeds OF trust
have been admitted TO record at Clerk
Hooks office, The last three days. There
have been no transfers Of real estate for
three days.
LAST night there was an informal
social at the First Christian Church. A
large crowd OF the members attended,
and they were given the opportunity to
inspect the new improvements made for
the first time.
LAST Friday night there was a bowl
ing party at Mozart Park, composed OF
number OF South Side business men
with their wives. VIM. Wendell, the
grocer, carried of the hoDors, making
an Individual score OF 215.
THERE were three cases in Police
Court yesterday evening. VIM. Lemons,
charged with disorder, was dismissed.
George Inglehart, charged with dis
order, went to the hill, and Susan Ingle-
hart, same charge, to jail.
Touch looking chaps are seen on the
Island about the Fair Grounds these
nights. A skiff load OF them came last
Friday from up the river and lett yes
terday. They canvassed that part OF
the city pretty thoroughly begging
THE contract for the erection OF the
house of w. II. Frank, on Thirteenth
street, was let yesterday. The building
will be OF six rooms and built OF brick.
O. II. Auber, the South Side timer, has
the contract for the tin and iron work.
The brick paving on the west SIDE OF
Market street, between Twelfth ana
Fourteenth. is getting in a very bad
condition, being full OF holes, rnts and
depressions. 1t would be economy Tor
the city to have repairs made promptly.
THE Mountain State Fishing Club is
encamped at Creek Dam, down the
river. The members OF the club are
South Side young men, and they are
having the best OF luck. Last week
they got a large number OF turtles,
large catfish and groundhogs. They
will remain at their camp for two
months IL luck continues TO come their
way.
THE mem bers OF the Dovsner fishing
club. which is encamped near Mounds
Vile, are having high times. There is
scarcely day that some OF them DO not
fall In the river or make narrow escape
in some way. One Of the members sent
a postal to friend on the South Side
Yesterday, aud II said that Dutch Lewis
and Louis Opperman, both OF the South
Side, had run a foot race last Friday on
the beach and that Dutch Lewis fell
into the river, losing the race. This
made a narrow escape, too, 1t is said.
LAST night there was q pleasant
event at the rooms Of the Dovener club
of the South Side, at Handlan's hall, at
Thirty-si1,h and jacob streets. Mrs
3. b. Dovener sent one Of the most per-
feet Of crayon portraits OF the Captain
10 Justice Joseph A. Ankle. OF the
Eighth ward, with the intention OF
having it hung in the club rooms. Mr..
Ankle took IL TO the headq quarters and
with a few remarks 10 the point pre-
seated 1t the club, and the likeness was
hung on the wall. Thomas Doyle,