Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-27
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Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and Pith'
ily Told

Minor Matters or Interest brieily anu ilh'
lily Told.
Council tonight in regular session.
The Council Committee on Scales is
called for this evening.
There were five cases in Police
Court, yesterday morning.
The Washington ard Jefferson
Glee Club are at the Windsor.
"A case Of a Sixth ward woman,
charged with indecent conduct, will be
tried this morning before Justice c. S.
Greer.
Yesterdays arrests included Peter
Weldon. by Lieut.. Ingram, for drunk
enness, and Mart Chisnell, for disorder,
Saturday evening.
Before the late election a certain
Eleventh street cigar dealer painted his
sign over with gold leaf. He has just
changed it to silver
Jerry Mead, recently appointed
deputy mine inspector, yesterday filed
a $4,000 bond before Squire Rogers.
He will assume his duties June LIST.
A big crane was put up at the
readiness TO erect the new foot-bridge
which will arrive from Pittsburg in a
couple Of days.
A gentleman who came up on the
Ohio River railroad yesterday morning
says he saw the two persons who broke
Jail in Parkersburg last week, camped
on the river bank about four miles
south Of this city.
"A large audience enjoyed the lee
ture of Rev. DR.. George c. Wilding, at
Thomson NJ. E. church last evening, on
the subject, "A Trip to Mt Hood
Rev. DR.. Wilding is a pleasing and i'm
pressive speaker and his address was
highly entertaining.
Prof. State, the physical instructor
at the Y. NJ c. A., has new bi-gear
attachment to his wheel that is a mar
vel in simplicity of mechanism and eff
fectiveness in regulating the gear of a
wheel. The gear of the wheel can be
changed from II to 61 without the rider
dismOunting.
The directors of the Wheeling Musi
cal Union held a meeting Sunday after
noon. and among other matters of bust
ness transacted elected three delegates
10 the meeting of the National League
of Musicians 10 be held at Kansas City,
on Nav 4th. Those chosen were J. j.
Nelson. ]. Meister and A. Somers.
The p. & o. officials say that in
stead of 1000 bushels of grain being
stolen from the cars at BenwOod june
ton. that 300 bushels will cover the total
amount. The arrest of several parties
will probably follow as a result of this
stealing. which has been going on for
some time.
Sunday morning was the time set
for the base ball match between the
amateur mines of George Young and
Harry Krager. rival BARRIERS of the Sixth
ward Krager had his nine on the
field at the appointed time, but Young
and only two or three of his players
showed up. The game was postponed
until next Sunday.
The bicycle thief is abroad on the
South Side and has been very success
full within the last week. As men
toned in the Register, collector lost
wheel while calling at house in the
lower end Of the Eighth ward. Last
Saturday also the collector OF the Free
dom Oil Company had a wheel stolen
from him on Main street, between
Twentv-sixth and Twenty-seventh
streets. while making a business call.
An evidence that spring has set in
permanently is the number of snakes
that have made their appearance. An
undertaken killed one in a cemetery
the other day. and yesterday Edward
Cloudy. a Sixth ward young man, saw a
huge black-snake, five feet in length,
wrapped around tree. He made an
attempt to catch the reptile but it
crawled into its hole at the foot Of the
tree before he got near enough.