Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23
BRIEF NEWS NOTES.

ClIduStIS Ill lut Clly yCStCluoy W. =
as Follows: Mrs. D. c. Eaton, Allie
gheny, Pa; S. Mancher. Cleveland;
David A. Baker, Philadelphia; H. r..
Little, Lexington, Ky; H. A. Hilfiker.
Rochester; John Childs Jr., Smiths
Ferry, Pa; Charles Porter, Barnes
vile: George DeBee, East Liverpool;
John Tempest and ]. n. Van Eman,
Pittsburg.
For bargains in Wall Paper go to
Lichtig's.
Margaret J. McNickle, widow of the
late John B. McNickle, of Martin $
Ferry, O., has been allowed pension
Of IS per month, dating from July 18th,
1897.
Charles Roberts. a well-known horse
dealer OF Cincinnati, who has been a
guest Of Thomas Cullen for several
weeks, will leave shortly for Newport,
Ky.
The members of the Capitol base ball
team have been assigned positions as
follows: Glasso, catcher; Curran and
Kane, pitchers: Heatherin gton, short
stop; Schindewolf, first base; West
lake. second base; Davis, third base;
Krider, left field; Witte, centre field;
Campbell. right neld.
The Capitol restaurant on Union
street. has received a fresh coat of
white paint. which adds greatly to the
attractiveness Of that establishment.
A sketch artist now engaged in paint
ing a large sign Of advertisements at
the corner of Union and Thirty-sec-
ond streets. is attracting considerable
attention.
Cortland Rankin, secretary of the
American Window Glass Company. of
Gas City. Ind. stopped in the city the
other day to visit his mother. Mr..
Rankin was en- route to New York
city.
Joseph Burdolph has purchased fine
horse to match the animal he has been
driving in his delivery wagon.
A new glass plate was placed yester-
day in the south window of the Globe
Hotel
The directors of the Dollar Savings
Bank will hold a regular meeting next
Monday afternoon for the transaction
of all business that may come up.
Mrs. J. R. Hartshorn. the well-known
miliner. who has been on the sick list
for some time past, is improving.
Mr. Caruthers. the popular travelling
salesman for the Enterprise Enameling
Company. has left for the West on an
extended business trip.
]. NJ. Duga. a prominent attorney Of
Cambridge. O., was in the city yester-
day calling on attorney G. I. Moore, OF
the Third ward.
Richard A. Kane. of the Third ward,
who is employed in the window glass
factory at GAINESVILLE. arrived in the
city yesterday afternoon to spend
while with his parents. Richard is the
Mr.. Kane which,, according to a false
report circulated during the early part
of the week, was killed on b. & y.
freight train near GAINESVILLE. Mr..
Kane is very lively looking corpse,
and his friends are exceedingly pleased
to note the fact
The building being put up as an adj
dition tc the Novelty Stamping Works
and which is to contain the ware de-
partments and machine shop, is near
ing completion. a large force of men
are now at work on the building, and
are making considerable Roadway.
The walls Of the addition will be OF
sheet iron and the roof will be of slate.
1t is to be two stories high and Will
contain the latest improvements.
The Working Society Of the Second
Presbyterian church was rendered
reception last evening at the home OF
Fred. Bingle, in the Fifth ward The
evening was very pleasantly spent in
social discourse and music. At the
conventional hour a tempting spread
1. on, nf Nv tho
society, after which they dispersed.
John Ransom, coiored, all employe
of the steel plant. was the victim of an
accident Thursday night He was
handling a heavy piece of pig iron
when it suddenly slipped from his
hands and fell On his right foot, mash
ing it badly. The injured man was
taken TO his home in the Third ward,
where a physician attended the wound.
He will be laid UP for some time.
The Bitter-Sweet Club was charm
ingly entertained last evening at the
home of Misses Myrtle and Maggie
Stewart. in the Fourth ward. A large
II ,mber OF meiIhers We're pest Mt and
spent the tine in numerous solis of di-
versions, including dancing. At The
usual hour the guests assemble i'll
the dining room and did full justice
to an appetiZing luncheon.
Another young man was arraigned be-
fore Mayor Freese on the charge Of
operating slot machines yesterday
morning. He was fined SO and costs,
or $3.50 This makes the sixth man
that has been found guilty Of making
use Of such a gambling device, and the
prospects for making many more SINH
lar charges are good. Ii is quite evil
dent that the new city government is
determined the slot machine must leave
the town.
The entertainment and social given
last evening by Bellaire Lodge 10 A,
Independent Order OF God femnlars.
was a marked success in evsry partic-
uiar. The affair was given in the hall