Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-03-03
SMALL TALE
Minor Matters Of Interest Briefly and
PithilY Told.

AWNINGS are going up-a sign Of
spring.
A NEW clothing sture has been start
ed at 1910 Market street.
THE monument of Henry Stamm, de-
ceased, is arriving at Greenwood.
THE Council Committee on Police
failed to obtain quorum, last night.
A GRAND figure of granite has been
placed in the Maxwell lot at Greenwood
cemetery.
The Jefferson Iron Works has ap-
pointed John G. Riheldatfer It's attorney
In West Virginia.
SOME South Side people are begin
ming TO plant neat shade trees in front
OF their residences.
A CHILD Of Henry Former, of Moys-
ton street, was buried yesterday after
noon at Mt. Zion.
BROOKS county bonds, Nos. 1 to 90,
issue of 1879, have been called and will
be paid on the 18th inst.
DR.. c. E. MASON is occupying his ele-
CANT new house at LeatherhOod. BeltZ
& Fading did the work.
THE Wheeling and Elm Grove Rail-
way is making good progress tearing
away the trestIe 1T Eice's.
VIRGINIUs LODGE, 1. 0. 0. F., has de-
cided to give a grand ball at its hall the
last Friday night of this month.
BENJAMIN SCHLIcK has sold his meat
shop on East McCOllOch street TO John
Niebur, formerly with B. Gartuer, the
butcher.
A FINE portrait of Mr.. T. w. Bliss,
Grand Tyler of the Masonic Grand
Lodge OF West Virginia, is on exhibition
at Thos Hughes ~ Co.'S.
MILLER, the expressman, took ten
couples in big wagon, last night, to
Wheeling Park, where they spent the
evening enjoya0ly bowling.
Z. b. CARNEY was yesterday appoint
ed administrator Of the estate of
Frances Cranly, deceased. Bond,
Fl, 800; j, II. Hobbs, surty.
THAT big fellow at the Union depot
is still Edward O'DOnnell. All the diff
ference is he has had his mustache
shaved off, aud wears glasses as re-
suit.
JOHN RITTER, whose marriage Ii
cense was made known in yesterdays
REGISTER, is not Homes" Rittsr, OF the
Atlantic engine house, and ne wants
people TO know it.
THE Wheeling Park Association has
its plans FOR the new improvements at
the pavilion about ready for the bids.
Work on the Improvements at the
bowling alleys is rapidly progressing.
ALONG Grand View avenue, in North
Wheeling, the moist weather has cauS-
ed quite laud slide. A large amount
of earth has slid toward the creek. 1t
was lucky no house was situated on IT,.
BUCK" MCCUNE and an unknown,
both OF East Wheeling, good foot
racers. have arranged for race next
Tuesday afternoon in the East End.
Twenty-Five dollars a side is the stake.
GEORGE w. GRUBB, Of e905 Market
street, found a remarkable burglar key
in his back yard last Thursday. IL can
be made TO tit nearly any lock. The
kew was given TO the police authorities
THERE was but one case in Police
Court, yesterday morning. Harvey Roy,
colored, was the offender. charged with
bouncing a bottle of Buck Tyer'S head,
at the cake walk. lie was fined 81 and
costs.
The grocery store on Jacob street
East Wheeling, owned by John Gibson,
viii be discontinued after the first Of
next month. Brit FallOure, the owner
of the building, will change it to a neat
dwelling house.
JOSEPH DIERINGER, a well-known
farmer of ROney's POint, bad a sale last
Thursday, and everything was sold but
the farm. Good prices were realized.
MIR. Dieringer will move 70 Pleasant
Valley aud will retire from farming.
A TELEGRAM was received yesterday
from Chief McNichol and Officer West,
at Augusta, Ga, saying they had ar
rived safe, liked the town, and thought
they would locate there. They had
charge of David, the colOred lunatic.
THE Committee on Roads and Bridges,
of the Board OF Commissioners, met
Yesterday and recommended the ordln-
ance granting the right Of way over the
National road for the line OF the Ameri-
can Telephone and Telegraph Company.
IRIS reported that the Watson hotel
at FairmOnt, on which bids were closed
few days ago, will lot be built under
the present plans. The plans will be
remodeed and a cheaper building
erected. The building was to cost $50.
900.
WILL h. HAYSE, the Sixteenth street
pharmacist, viii move bis pharmacy the
arst Of next ifonth to Jacob ana Six