Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-23
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THE WHEELING DAILY REGISTER.
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-Blcch Bros tobacco works we're
idle yesterday as result of the dullness
of trade.
The Wheeling hings works. on
Nineteenth street resumed operations
yesterday. after a four weeks sop.
The B. d o. paymasJer on the Graf
ton and Wheeling division will pay off
to-day.
There were four cases in Police
Court yesterday morning.
George Pine was arrested yesterday.
for attempting to cut a Water street
hotel clerk.
Yes rday morning South Side res
taurant man gave John Holmes a check
10 geyJ cashed, and also loaned him an
oyercOat. John got the money and then
got drunk, and was round asleep on the
sidewalk az Stone & Thomas. He was
locked up, and about $50 0of the cash
recovered IN nickles and dimes.
A marriage license was issued yes
terday TO COnley Downing. native OF
Marshall county, aged "a. and Ella
Thompson, native Of Marshall county,
aged 80.
The first annual ball of Wheeling
Division No. /, National Association Of
Stationary Engineers, was held al Be
about hall last night.
The Seabright Division of Locomo-
tive Engineers will give their second
grand ball a Pythian Castle, on Thurs
day evening. October 29Jh. Mayors or
crestra will furnish the music.
The Authentic Athla,.c Association
will give a ball at Turner Hall on Friday
night. October 30th. Music will be fur
nished by Gal,agher's full orchestra.
A great deal of complaint has been
made of the pranks performed by boys
at the Hobbs coal bank. at Thirty
seventh street The boys have been
building fires az them0Uth Of the bank,
and the smoke drifting back through
the tunnel. has smoked the miners out
in the rooms al the other end. They
have also run the coal cars off the track
and made themselves generally OBJ
nOX.Ous.
Michael kle,hrOw. Warwick pot
terry man, has the reputation of being q
scientific wrestler. He has several times
offered to wrestie any person in the city
for any amount of money. His friends
are anxious to have match arranged
and are ready to back him.
Charles Ks-,lar and William Null
and two young Republicans of the Sixth
ward. have cast a cannon TO celebrate
The Republican victory in 1900.
The Eighth ward boys are making
arrangements for q big Mother Hubbard
parade, 10 be given the evening before
election day Bryan and Mckinley will
give way to Beiyo Lockwood that night.
An emplOye at the Riverside mill
had his foot badly mashed yesterday by
a heavy WEI ht falling upon il.
The Chapel Chapter Of 81. Luke's
p. Z. church has arranged for public
reception and supper TO be given at the
parish house this evening. The house
will be decorated, and The spread will be
excellent.
The brick and stone work on the
new building of r. Schmeichel & Co., on
Center Market square, IS about COM
pleied. Ii is a handsome business house.
Main street, at the intersection of
Sixteenth. is torn up for the repair of the
water main.
DIR. \. W. Tracy continues to draw
lrsge audiences at the Wesley NJ. z.
church. His illustrated lectures are eX-
cellent
In Thursdays Register appeared an
item stating that a South SIDE dentist
extracted a tooth while the pa,ien was
in a hypno.c condition. DR.. J. J. Car
roll. OF South Marke. street wishes it
understood that no teeth were extracted
for anybody. by him, under the circum-
stances described
Yesterday morning a t5amSier
named Thorn sustained a broken wrist
at dump on the creek bank.