Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-14
SMALL TALK
Minor Matters of interest Briefly I'd Pit h
lily Told


The City Hospital is full. There are
fifteen patients now at the hospital
The Silver Star Club will give dance
at Mozart Hall on December 18TH.
Rev A. Moore made an eloquent adj
dress to the young men at the !. II. Z. A.
yesterday afternoon.
The forty hours devotion services
were concluded at three O'Clock yesterday
at the Church of the Immaculate Concep-
ton.
The Central Garden Club will give a
masquerade ball at their club rooms Wed
nesday evening Of this week. ProI. hil-
meyer will play.
The Mutual Social Club gave success
full dance at Mozart Hall Friday night.
Miss Molie Humes won a fineetoilet set
as a prize for the best lady Walter
The funeral of Mrs. Getner took place
yesterday afternoon from her late resi-
dence on South Wood street The inter
ment was at Mt. Zion cemetery. The de-
ceased was 50 years Of age.
officer Babb arrested Newton Linn and
Jack Richards in the Sixth ward last
night for lighting. The men hdd pcth
scrapping for ten minutes and were oolh
covered with each others gore.
The secretaries Of the various Demo
cratic suggestion meetings are rcquesJcu
to send or telephone the suggestions 70
the Register office tonight Immediately
The Sixth ward thieves conuue TO be
heard from. 1t Is reported that the base
ment Of the residence Of family named
Harris. near the hill. was entered early
yesterday morning or the night before
and considerable stun stolen.
The receipts for the four nights of the
City Hospital benefit amounted 10 nearly
a thousand dollars After the expenses
are deducted the net proceeds VIII amount
TO quite a snug sum. in consideration Oh
the prevailing scarcity Of money.
-Four arrests were made by the police
yesterday. Nellie Jones was run I'm by or
ficcr Michigan for lettering on the streets
for purposes of prostitution; Mrs. Baker
drunk. by officer Crumbacker. MauGe
Williams. diSCrdcrly and Ike thompson
drunk. by officer Holmes.
Yesterdays announcement of Whit
tinghill Bros. successors TO Geo. X. lay
Tor. by error named dress goods only
They wish the public to know that they
Will sell out the entire stock Of dry goods
now contained in the store. 10 make room
for the new stock they Will substitute.
The rivalry between the Reds and
Blues in the contest 10 secure the largest
number of new members for the y. NJ. G..
\. is intense. Each side has already
gotten a large list and is confident OF be-
ing the side that will have the honor OF
being banqueted after the first OF Janu-
airy.
The woman who figured 50 prominent
ly I'm the difficulty between McCarty and
Rogers AT the Riverside bar mill Saturday
evening was a Mrs. McNichol Of the Sec
ond ward Her claim was for an old board
bill Some OF ,he mil men who Witnessed
the affair say that she carried a revolver
and struck McCarty on the head and in
the face with 10 after ho had knocked
Rogers down with the pair Cf tOngs.
1t would be well for the police TO break
Up the gang Of ramps that inhabit the
empty freight ears near the Belmont mill
Probably some Of these individuals can
explain some Of the mysterious and nu-
merOus thefts that have been going on in
the Sixth ward lately. Every day there
are four or FIVE Wandering Willies
gathered in this vicinity. who use the cars
to cook. eat and sleep I'm.
Despite the serious accident which be-
feel young Woodruff Ross the other day.
the youngsters who make "a practice Of
jumping freight ears have taken 10 heed.
The reckleSsness that these YOUNGSTERS
display is surprising \ trainman said the
other day that ne had been ON the road
for twenty years and yet to-day hr would
not jump on moving cars like these BOYS.
some less than ten years Of age. Young
girls. also. ten and twelve years Old. m-
dulGe IN the same dangerous practice.