Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-23
SMALL TALK.

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will give a dance on Monday even
ing, the 29th inst.
John Burke, formerly of S. B. Nc
KEGS, has opened up his new grocery
on South Market street.
Frank AyreS will open saloon
on South Eoff street, in the store room
formerly occupied by F. NJ. Work.
-Drs. Rau and Chambers yester-
day performed successful operation
upon Rev. William Ulfert, at the home
of the patient.
The Twentieth street ghost has
not been seen very recently, although
the occupants have moved out and a
for rent" sign has been posted.
About a week ago Fred. Richter,
a coal miner at Koontz's, got frag-
ment of coal in his right eye, de-
stroying the sight. Yesterday the in
jured organ was removed.
The Wheeling Park Association
will give a deer lunch, in connection
with a prize bowling match, Thanks
giving afternoon at half-past two
o'clock, and large number of gentle
men have been invited, and will re
spond. That there will be a good
time, goes without saying.
The A. o. H. of this city will give
a big excursion by special train to
Fairmont, at half-past two Thanksglv-
ing Day, on which occasion a new
division of the order will be insti-
tuted in that city, The fare is but
SLIGO for the round trip, and large
number of Wheeling people will go
out.
The executive committee OF the
Christian Endeavor Societies of
Wheeling will hold joint meeting to-
night at s O'Clock at the Y. M. c. A.
Those in charge hope that every En-
deavor Society in the city will be well
represented.
The Wheeling street railway is
putting 90-pound rails around the
curve at Twenty-second and Chaplne
streets. The old rails had been down
since the old horse car line was IN
existence.
Jacob Steurnagel has leased the
La Belle saloon, formerly managed by
Frank Ayres. August NOlte will move
into Steurnagels place.
The Children's Home sacks have
been distributed for Thanksgiving DO
nations. The response has always
been liberal heretofore, and VIII dount-
less be no less so this year.
There will be notable art dls-
pay at the Fourth Street M. E. Church
Thursday and Friday, afternoons and
evenings. at which will be show Of
the best pictures in the hands OF pri-
yate owners in the city. A silver or
The display will be under the auspices
of the Epworth League.
Relic hunters have made a series
of raids on the house boat in which
John Rogers is supposed to have made
away with somebody last THURSDAY
night. The boat is still moored near
the LaBelle landing.
Sunday nights rehearsal by the
Opera House orohestra-the first of the
seasonal Arion Hall, was notable
success and was largely attended.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Second Presbyterian Church will ho-d
a Thanksgiving market Wednesday
November oath, at 2:30 p. m. Bread
cakes, pies, rolls, candy and everything
good for sale.
The work of paving Twelfth street
between Market and Chapline streets
was commenced yesterday.
Yesterday morning a cOlored boy
named Davis fell off a car in the Six
teenth street yards of the b. & 0. and
was seriously cut on the face.
The sidewalk is being raised at
Gutman's corner to conform to the
new grade of Twelfth street.
Tho NTionora Cl,Ib will daOcp at
Myers Hall Thanksgiving eve.
Council this evening IN regular SEES
sion.
There will be a turkey supper and
necktie social at Ulrich's Hall, in Act
navi,le, Thanksgiving night, to be
given by the Ladies Altar Society for
tine benefit of St. Anthony's Church
Of Bridgeport.
Yesterday the bricklayers resumed
work upon the last section of the big
Forty-ffth street sewer, and will get
through with the work in about ten
days if they have good luck. This
will make one hundred and seventy feel
of this sewer completed this year.
The Council Committees on Real
Estate and Elections are called to meet
this evening.
There were ten ordinary cases of
DRINKS, disorderlies, ETC., in Police
Court yesterday morning.
There is nothing new in the case
OF John Rogers, the one-legged man,
who was 50 frightfuliy cut up on a
house boat on the river last Thursday
night. Rogers is still at the City
Prison.
The reception to. be rendered to
Rev. N. S. Thomas by the members OF
the st. Matthews P. E. Church, has
been postponed from the Goth inst, I'M
til Tuesday evening, the Goth inst.
A marriage license was Issued yes
terday to Jos. A. McGuigan, a native
of Maryland, and Hannah O'Kane
a native of Wheeling; a,so to Peter
Wolf. a native of Germany, aged %,
and Ema Parg, native of Germany,
aged q; also to James f. Gavin, ma
tive of Wheeling, aged 26, and Jennie
Nicely, native of Wheeling, aged 26.