Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05
Small TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and Pith.
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Minor Matters or Interest BrleIy anu I'm
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This is Passion Week.
Bids will close to-day for the addi-
ticn to the ambulance and patrol build
ing.
The Bellaire Central Labor Union
held its regular meeting yesterday
afternoon.
The Board of County Commission
ers will meet in regular monthly session
this morning. :
-Parkersburg citizens are agitating
a project for the establishment Of
public hospital
The river is still falling slowly.
The marks at the wharf last night
showed eight feet
j. c. Hervey will offer at Auction
Wednesday, April 18th. lot Of house
hold goods at No II Eleventh street.
The Holy Week services at the Ca
thedral will be mere than usually elab-
crate, especially during the evenings.
Herbert & Ayers have purchased
the cigar store of Richard Kelsey, for
merly Meders, under the Mcclure House,
Ground will be broken this week
for the new parochial school at the
Church of the Immaculate Conception.
Outside of the locals, the only pack
ct to-day will be the Ben Hur. which
will leave at ten p. m. for Parkers-
burg.
Abe Kimball has turned up at
Waynesburg, Pa, and his wife and
Chas. Former are in Jail, charged with
bigamy.
The disagreeable weather yesterday
did not appear to affect the attendance
at tn churches. The congregations
were large
The Vesper services at st. Joseph's
Cathedral last night attracted a large
congregation. A very eloquent sermon
was preached
The Federal District and Circuit
Courts will convene this morning.
Many of the officials spent Sunday at
their homes.
The propeller Manhattan made its
first appearance at the wharf last eve
ming since its early demise in the Sis
tersville and Wheeling trade.
The household goods of z. f. Rob
ertson vii be disposed of at private sale
Wednesday ard Thursday, at his resi-
dence on South Eoff street.
The annual Altenheim benefit en-
tertainment will be given at the Opera
House Thursday night. An excellent
programme has been prepared.
The conductors on the electric mo-
tors still announce the unsafe condition
Of the Market street bridge, but few
passengers walk across that structure.
Rev. c. E. Clark, pastor of the
Thomson NJ f. Church, of the Island.
delivered an address at the afternoon
meeting at the y. N. c. A. yesterday.
The Wheeling Chinaman is not
averse to the habit of opium smoking
practiced by his countryman. and makes
frequent calls at the drug stores for the
drug.
The new paper bag factory being
built on the South Side. above Cald-
wells Run, for the Wheeling Paper Co.,
is about completed and ready for bus
mess.
A couple of young men were arrest
cd at Elm Grove late Saturday night
by Detective Shorts for jumping en-
B. & o. train, and were taken before
Squire Fitzpatrick.
1t will be decided to-day whether
Warrington will continue wet or
close her saloons. The town has now
nearly a dozen shops and the contest
promises to be close
The meeting of the State Society Of
Sons of tn Revolution will be held to-
day at the Mcclure House. A large
number Of visitors are expected from
different parts of the State.
Work will commence this week up
on the foundation for the new three
story brick business house and dwell
ing to be erected by Mr.. Work, at the
corner of La Belle and Eof streets.
john Ritter, assistant fire chief
will resign his position Tuesday morn
ing. and with ex-Chief Frank Healy,
will go into the saloon business at Aug.
Matthew's old stand on Market square.
The funeral of Rosisna Atwell will
take place this afternoon. Garfield
oIiesf of the Golden