Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-12-17
SMALL TALA.

-On1y seven mere business days be-
fore Chrinstmas.
There were no cases in Police
| Court, yesterday.
The Beabcut Club will dance at
tier club house this evening.
There is a letter at this Office fer
James Lucas, the well Anown base bal
payer.
-Four deeds of trust were admit
ted to record in Clerk Rotertsons Of
ice yesterday.
Isn't it 8 shame that dollars are
l SO scarce just at the time when nice
things are so Plentiful?
The work Of setting the new curb
on Sixteenth street, between Chapline
and Market, was commenced yester-
day
Have you decided on what you
are going to buy him or her, as the
case may he? Times getting short,
you know.
If that Western blizzard would
kindly deposit little snow in this
vicinity, il would appear a trifle more
like Christmas.
j. w. Berry, of Moundsville, was
arrested by Officer Allen, yesterday,
for carrying a revolver. He was later
released on bail.
The Rose Leaf Club will dance to-
night at the Young Mems Democratic
Hall. Music by the Grand Opera
House orchestra.
The only business transacted in
the Circuit Court, yesterday, was an
order in the case of Mrs E. w. Diehl
V. w. j. Colts, ct al
Chief Bennett yesterday arrested
Annie Kelley for drunkenness, and
Lieut. Clemans locked w. A. Long up
for the same offense.
1t is understood on strictly first
class authority that the country is
threatened with another roller skating
craze. Call the police.
The postofice employees are very
busy these days. The fact that Christ
mas is near is apparent in the increase
in packages and in money orders.
The full tide of holiday shopping
has set in. The man and woman with
q bundle were very much in evidence
On the streets, yesterday and last
night.
1t is reported that representatives
Of the Westinghouse Company, of
Pittsburg, are seeking location in
the business part Of town for an cleo
trio light plant.
A great deal of local interest was
evidenced last evening, at the verdict
reached in the Eastman case, at Par
sons, and the Registers bulletin was
read by hundreds.
The Trustees of the Ebenezer Bap-
fist church have awarded the contract
for the erection of the new church
building, on Tenth street, to w. A.
Wilson & Son. Work will be COM
menced at once.
The Board of County Commits
sioners Will meet at p. N. next We'd
nesday as Board of Equalization and
Appeals. In the afternoon the Wheel
ing and Elm Grove railway ordinance
will be taken up.
The Slayton Jubilee Singers pleas
ed a good sized audience at the Opera
House last night, with their plantation
melodies, chOruses and limitations. 1t
was the fourth number upon the Ep-
worth League Star Entertainment
Course.
The new cars for the Wheeling
and Elm Grove electric railway have
been shipped from the manufacturers
in Philadelphia, and will arrive here
in a few days. The Company will OBJ
tain power for the present from the
Wheeling Railway Company, and the
cars will be running on the city end
of the line by the first of next year.
james Gordon, of the Island, an
employe of the w. A. Wilson & Sons
planning mill, had the second and third
fingers of his left hand taken off at
the first joint Wednesday evening,
while at work on a shaving machine.
The injuries, which were dressed by
DR.. Hupp, are such as to cause
a disuse of the members for several
weeks.