Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-04
NEWS NOTES OF YESTERDAY.
A Collection of the Small Events of Eacl
Passing Day.


Collection of the Small Events of Each
Passing Day.
The police made ninety-nine ar
rests last month.
The Turner'S will picnic at the
State Fair Grounds, to-day.
Nell Ali yesterday qualified as
committee of Sophie Ali. Bond, $1,000.
One deed of trust was admitted to
record at Clerk Robertson's Office, yes
terday
A B. P w. pay roll of about 5000
will be disbursed at the City Clerks
office, to-day.
The vital statistics of the local
health office for July show a total of
3S deaths, which is low for a mid-sum-
mer NORTH.
The work on the interior of the
City Hall is progressing rapidly. The
Council Chambers will look well at the
\next session.
There were five cases in Police
Court, yesterday, all the defendants be-
ing colored. Three went 20 Jail and
two to the hill.
The Ohio County Democratic Com
mittee will meet Friday evening at
half-past seven, for organization, at
No. 1906 Market street.
MIR Clarke, of Frew's furniture
store, has just completed some very
handsome decorations of chandeliers
and mirrors at the new White Cloud
Hotel
The wills of Holly Pipes, Sallie D.
Schaffer and jeremiah Witten' were adj
mitted to probate at Clerks Robert
sons office, yesterday, and ordered TO
be recorded.
The City Board of Equalization and
Appeals has completed its work, and
the report is now being made up. The
changes in the assessments are not
one-third as large as last year.
AT last nights session of the local
Lodge of Elks, it was voted to remove
the quarters of the organization to the
Rogers block, on Main street, and
handsome rooms will be there fitted up
for occupancy September 1.
"A marriage license was issued yes
terday to Edward Blumenberg, native
of Martins Ferry, aged 20, and Lizzie
Behrens, a native of Wheeling, aged
81; also, to Peter Merice, aged q, and
Sarah Visine, aged %, both of Ben
wood.
To-day will be observed by the
butchers of the city and vicinity in the
shape of the annual outing at Mozart
Park, full details of which have been
heretofore printed. The butcher shops
of the city will close at nine o'clock,
and there will be street parade at
ten.
The bids for the construction of the
Gods Providence Hospital building at
Glendale, have been opened at the Of
flee of Franzheim, Giesey & Faris,
yesterday, but the contract will not be
awarded for a few days to come. The
building will contain about thirty
rooms, and will cost something like
SIS, 0C0.
The Chamber of Commerce Is call
ed to meet Friday morning to consider
the advisability of holding another
merchants Day" What Will be done
about the matter is uncertain, but the
sentiment of many business men, IS that
the event should take place early IN
the spring, instead of in summer or
autumn.
One of the most beautiful zithers
probably in all this country is now be-
ing exhibited in the show window of
the F. w. Banner Company 1t is the
property of Rev. Father Bauer, who is
not only all excellent performer on this
beautiful instrument, but a composer
of a large number of pieces for it. The
instrument was specially selected in
Bavaria Germany, by the director OF
large either club there. 1t was. made
by Xaver Kerschensteiner, who is zlth-
err maker to the King of Bavaria. The
workmanship throughout is most beau
tiful. and the inlaying and hand cary
ing is very delicate and artistic. Inc
instrument is valued at $500.