Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-29
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
Pithily Told.

Plthlly Told.
On Friday evening a number of
tramps who were sleeping in the old
Hemptield building, at the Wheeling
stock yards, in some careless manner
set fire to some of the stalls. In a
very short time the building looked as
If il would be destroyed, and but for
the timely arrival of William Bayha
and Peter Altmeyer and several other
gentlemen of the neighborhood, the en-
tire building would have been burned.
Mr.. VIII Kepner, who has until
recently been conducting a photo
graph gallery at Cameron, w. Va,
which was destroyed by fire, will open
a gallery in the new addition being
built on the last story Of the Peabody
building. He will have north light,
which is desired by photographers.
The Kreigerverine, composed Of
veterans of the Franco-P russian war,
will give Christmas entertainment at
Beethoven Hall tonight. The children
of the members will receive toys and
trinkets as presents.
La Belle Lodge of Mogulians had
very interesting bungle on Friday
p
troduced into the secrets of the mystic
order Of pOrus plaster The initiation
created great amusement and lasted
until midnight.
High Mass will be celebrated to-
day at St. Vincent de Paul's Church,
Elm Grove, at S:45 o'clock a. m. instead
of $50 o'clock, as heretofore.
The County Commissioners Com
mittee on Court House and Jail will
meet on Monday.
Council has been called for Mon
day evening in special session.
There were two unimportant cases
IN Police Court yesterday morning.
A big edition of quarantine passes
were run off by the local health author
tiles yesterday. It's great quaran-
tine.
A defective fiue caused a small fire
in the Elm Grove post Office on Friday
morning about o'clock, but no dam
age worth mentioning was done,
The headquarters Of the West Viz
ginia delegation to the Republican Ma
tonal Convention at st. Louis will be at
the Planters Hotel, where two parlors
have been engaged.
On Thursday morning, while Miss
Annie Norman, who is employed at the
Wheeling Laundry, on Eleventh street,
was engaged in operating the ironing
machine. she got her right hand caught
in the cog wheel, decorating it very
painfully. necessitat:ng the amputation
of three fingers.
There was no Police Court, last
evening.
Holiday Post and Relief Corps, G.
A. R., and the Sons of Veterans will
have a public installation Of officers at
their hall in the l. o. O. +. building,
Thursday evening of the coming week.
Last evening BENZ. O'Neal, of
Eighteenth street, was bitten in the
hand by the pet monkey at the Atlantic
engine house.
The mems meetings at the Y. NJ. c.
A. at 4 o'clock this afternoon will be
addressed by B. S. Allison, Esq.
The Bachman No. l, on the Corbett
farm. at Waverly. is expected to be in
on Monday or Tuesday. unless some aC-
cident intervenes. The owners, all
Wheeling parties, are expecting a
gusher
The Columbia Athletic Club will
give a ball at Turner Hall on New
Years Eve. Music by Mayors full or
chestra.
The Novelty glass works at Washing
ton. Pa. shut down for five days on ac-
count of a scarcity of sand.
An effort IS being made by the citi-
zens Of Steubenville. o. to put the old
plant belonging to the United States
Glass Company, at that place, which
was vacated six years ago when Beatty
Bros. moved to Tiffin, O., in operation.
Tbs Laughl.n tin mill shut down yes
terd1y to make repairs and take stock.
They will start up in about three weeks.
The Aetna-Standard tin house will go
on IN full Monday.
A Christmas entertainment and
treat was given at the Baptist church
mission. on Eoff street, Thursday night.
The entertainment comprised full
programme, which was well rendered.
and well received by large and appre-
ciative audience. and the little folks as
we'll as the older ones. who instructed
them in their parts, deserve great credit.