Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-05

81 stars ana stripes and bunting upon
business houses and residences. AS fal1
as learned there were only Y mis-
haps Of consequence in the city q VIC
Tins being Rein Darby and st. Cali
Archer, as is related elsewhere. A lev
parties suffering from the convivial
weakness were gathered in by the po-
lice in the evening.
A party Of twenty-three Aetnaville
mill men passed through the city en-
route for Columbus to fish and hunt.
The parties have found a place within
a short distance of the Capital where
fishing is said to be excellent and water
fowl plentiful.
About 8 o'clock a. m. yesterday an
alarm of fire was sent in from the Sec
<ond ward and was responded to be the
company. The cause of the alarm was
a small blaze which had started in some
rubbish neal an outbuilding to the rear
of the old National house on Union
street in the Second ward. 1t was not
necessary to use the hose, a few buck
etfuls of water from the hydrant close
by being sufficient to subdue the
flames. 1t is thought the fire orlginat-
ed from fireworks Of some description
which were being set off in that yicln-
ity.
Yesterday morning Jesse Washing
ton, a Well-knoWn colored man about
town, was arrested by Officer Shepherd
and locked up to await a hearing this
morning. Washington is suspected OF
relieving John Ney, of the Second ward,
of a watch and chain Saturday night.
The colored mar put UP the watch for
some groceries at Al. Green's store in
the Second ward Monday and by a
fortunate chain of circumstances Ney
learned where his property was and
secured it. Washington when arrested
said he got the timepiece from a tramp
in a decker. but it remains for him to
substantiate this story. The chain was
not with the watch and the prisoner
told where to get it at his home. but
a search failed to secure it. The fellow
has been up once or twice before for
petty offenses.
The excursion given by the colored
people UP the river was an eventful
affair. The boat landed at S~teubenville
for a couple of hours and when the
crowd got on board again it was hila-
rious and ready to start something.
Those who expected to see fun didn't
have to wait long and the fellows in
charge told the captain to make a
landing in order to put ashore the par
ties spelling for a row. This irritated
Bill" Edwards. a Bellaire coon"
81 IL 1aaI - Pow rorJ, ~ %I1 ao,
tain. Edwards struck at the captain,
and as he did SO l.. Perry, also from
here, slugged Edwards. The fight then
became general and it is said three
shots were fired after Edwards as he
fed overheard. The enterprise was not
a success financially, but from the
standpoint Of a large juicy time it was
above par. The boat didn't go to
Browns Island, but turned at Steuben-
vile.
L. Stephens and family are spending
a week at Bethesda.
Mrs. j. I. Lane and Miss Jessie Butte
have returned from a weeks visit to
Pittsburg friends.
Miss Gertrude Thomas and Mr.. Fred
Wise, delegates from the C. E. Society
at Rock Hill to the National conven-
ton, left over the c.. & P. yesterday
morning for Detroit.
w. c. Warnock and w. w. Watt
spent the Fourth hunting and fishing at
Glencoe.
Miss Orla Kelly, of Wellsville, is Wis
iting Miss Clare O'Tool. of the Third
ward.
G. w. Dickens and family spent yes
terday at Warnock's.
J. F. Moore, of W~ellsville, was in the
city yesterday.
The Misses Crafty, of the Fourth
ward, spent the day with friends at
Lewis Mills.
Mr.. C. M. Wyrick and party celebrat-
ed yesterday by driving out to Colerain
and taking dinner at the Wayside Inn,
the famous resort for spring chicken
and waffles.
Mayor Freese was among the visitors
to Moundsville yesterday.
There was a good deal of powder and
red fire set off here last night. The
Fourth was not permitted to pass with
Out patriotic observance.