Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-10-13
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
Pithily Told.

Powell. the magician. will appear
at the Opera House next Friday night.
The Good Boys From Home will
give ball at Odd Fellows Hall, Tues
day evening, the 22d inst. A feature
of the affair will be pie eating contest
among experts.
Prof Davenport, of Chicago, gave
an Evolutionary entertainment at West
Liberty last evening.
The South Side Athletic Society has
been formed in connection with ST. An
drews Mission, and Mr.. White, OF the
Y. NJ. C. A, is physical director of the
new association.
The Wesley NJ. E. Church will hold
Harvest Home services this morning
and evening.
The Jolly Three" of the South
Side, will give a dance at Central Hall,
on South Market street, Monday night.
There were six cases in Police
Court, yesterday. Three disorderlies
got 81 and costs each. Two vags got
fifteen days each and one was dis
missed.
"A marriage license was issued yes
terday TO George W. Hull, native of
West Alexander, Pa, aged %, and Sadie
Bruce, a native of Grant county, w.
Va. aged 90; also, to Jacob Herman, a
native of Switzerland, aged AZ, and
Elise Rytz, native of Switzerland,
aged 3d.
-"Florene" is the name CT pretty
little song composed by Mrs. Seymour
Dunlevy, of Bridgeport, and dedicated
TO her daughter, Miss Helen. The
words, too, are pretty and were written
by Mrs. Louis Steenrod.
The Silver Star Club gave a dance
at Myers Hall, Friday evening, and a
good time was had by all present.
Interesting meetings for young men
will be held at the Y. NJ. c. A. building
at four o'clock this afternoon.
The Columbia Athletic Club, of
Centre Wheeling, will give private
hop at Silver Leaf Hall on Thursday
evening. Prof. Killmyer will play
Prof. J. A. Raynes' new songs.
"Old Time Girl and kitty Malone"
will be sung by Lydia Barry and ]. II.
Cavanaugh, Of the Rising Generation
company
Mrs. Mary Helena Godfrey. relict
of the late William Godfrey, died at
her residence, No. 2119 Eoff street,
South Side, at three o'clock yesterday
afternoon, in the eighty-first year of
her age. Deceased was one of the old
est residents of Wheeling, and was
widely known and esteemed.
The special Council Committee to
report a simplified building ordinance,
is called to meet Monday evening.
The Eighth ward Councilmen and
others who are not satisfied with the
officers selected by the Board Of Gas
Trustees, will probably hold a meeting.
at some point in the Eighth ward, to-
morrow evening, to air their grievances.
It is alleged that DR.. Ford, the Eighth
ward member of the Gas Board, mys-
teriously disappeared about the time
of the meeting arranged for few days
ago, but was subsequently, located. Can
it be that the genial Doctor is back
ward about coming forward in this en-
Urgency?
There were four cases in Police
Court, last evening. Mrs. McCammack
went to Jail for fifteen days, and her
husband to the work-house for a month.
John Thomas Sheffiin and Harry Sween-
ey also went to the hill.
The arrests by the police, last night,
included the following: Nora Collins,
drunk, by officer Walker; Harry Steen,
begging, by Officer Bauer; LATE Hard
ing. vagrancy, by Lieut.. Ingram: Mary
Campsen, disorderly, by officer Devin-
ney; William McCune, disorderly, by
officer Walker; Frank Jordan, drunk,
by Officer Gardner, and Jim Johnson,
drunk, by Officer Holmes.
The Island police were informed,
yesterday afternoon, that Mr.. Thomas
Walker who has been missing from his
home on Coal street since Friday morn
Ing. had been seen wandering about the
Fair Grounds. Officer Bickerton and
others made thorough search of the
grounds, but failed to find any trace of
the old gentleman.