Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-11
NEWS NOTES OF YESTERDAY.

Collection of the Small Events OF Each
Passing Day.
There were large crowds at both
the Parks yesterday.
One disorderly was on the docket
at police headquarters at midnight
The Council Committee on Fire
Department is called to meet tonight.
The next Atlantic City excursion
over the Pennsylvania lines, will leave
on the 21st inst.
Material for the new street rail-
way track on the Island is being rap
idly accumulated along the route.
The B. & o. excursion from Graf
ton and intermediate points yesterday,
brought in four coaches filled with pas
sengers.
The funeral of Mrs. Maria Cline,
who died Saturday in Martins Ferry,
will take place this afternoon from the
residence of her son-in-law, John Wal
ter.
The Trimble & Lutz Co. have is
sued very handy and valuable sum-
maries of the war revenue law, for
distribution among their customers
and friends.
Mrs. Catharine Heimberger,
prominent and highly esteemed ira
delphia woman, died Sunday morning,
and will be buried Tuesday afternoon
at Stone Church cemetery.
The meeting in the interest Of the
proposed auxiliary to the Red Cross
League, which will be held in the Car
roll Club Auditorium tomorrow even
ing. promises to be very we'll attended.
Nellie, bright seven-year-old
daughter of Albert M. Schenk, died
Yesterday morning, and will be buried
this afternoon from the residence OF
DR.. T. M. Haskins, on South EoH
street.
Large numbers Of fine fish can be
seen in the creek near the Reymann
brewery, from the Seventeenth street
bridge. There is a hole of deep water
there, and the fish appear to be crowd
ed closely into it.
Street car No 81 caught fire, just
below Eleventh street, about quar-
ter past nine o'clock last night, from
a burning fuse, and the Chemical tire
men were called to put out the fre.
The damage to the car was slight.
Saturday Auctioneer Hervey Of
fered piece of property on South
Wabash street, for Walter Rinehart,
trustee, and it was bid up to $40 and
adjourned until the 23d inst. SIM
liar piece on the same street was bid
up to $500 and likewise adjourned.
Thanksgiving services, in accord
ance with the wishes of President Nc
Klnley, as embodied in his recent
proclamation, were held yesterday In
the Vance Memorial church at Alien
helm. The Rev. Mr.. Austin officlated,
and preached an appropriate sermon.
Catherine Driscoll, one of the old
est and best known women living on
the South Side, died Saturday, and
will be buried this morning from the
residence of her daughter, Mrs. Mary
Driscoll. Services at st. Joseph,s
Cathedral, and interment at MT. Cal
vary.
There will be flag raising at the
Vigilant engine house Tuesday even
ing The banner which will be flung
TO the breezes will be one OF the
bandsomest and largest in the city.
The names of speakers will be an
nounced in tomorrow mornings Reg
lister. The general public is invited to
attend the exercises.
Mr.. Joseph Ankle, thenenteprising
and popular Eighth warder, Is accord,
ing to report, an artist of the rod and
line. He returned late last evening
from Pig Run, an Ohio tributary, about
twenty-five miles below the city, bring
ing, it is said, as spoils OF his skill
a choice string of the ovlparous, Verte-
brate animals as long as he is tall.
Within the past month the first
iron bridge erected in the State OF
Ohio has been removed. This bridge
was over Salt Creek, on the Central
division of the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road, in Muskingum county, and was
built in 1851. 1t was single span, u
feet in length and was known as
tspollman deck truss bridge with plate
ORDERS" Bollman was at that time
chief engineer of construction OF the