Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-11
her frail colored boarders were as
sessed the usual fines and costs.

her frail colored boarders were as
sessed the usual fines and costs.
The members of Powell Lodge No.
5 will give their first hop at Mozart
hall on the evening of April 21st. Prof.
Killmeyer will furnish the music.
The plumbing in the city hall is
badly in need of repair. The water
closets and all the supply and drain
age pipes appear to be out of order.
The council committee on petit
lions and remonstrances is called to
meet Friday night to take up appli-
cations for liquor licenses. The ses-
sion promises to be very interesting.
"A rumor is in circulation to the
effect that number of Wheeling men,
for whom Mr.. Howard Hazlett is act
ing as agent, are endeavoring to secure
possession of the Brilliant CO., iron
and steel plant.
The Cathedral Tabernacle Society
will have display of vestments, altar
linens, etc., in the parlors of the Car
roll Club this afternoon and all day
tomorrow. Those interested in this
work are invited.
"A masquerade ball will be given by
Fort Henry Council No. 2, of the Grand
Orient, at Mozart hall on Easter Mon
day. Prizes will be awarded to the
most comic dressed lady and the finest
dressed gentleman.
Evangelist Randall preached at
the workhouse last night to the ten
oners to call again and preach to them.
Mr.. Randall says his expenses are run
ming back and appeals for aid.
The w. c. T. u, of the South
Side, met at the Third Presbyterian
church last evening and transacted
several important matters relative to
the plans upon which they have de-
cided for their work in the future.
The La Belle tin plant is again
on in full, the work of repairing and
reconstructing the department partly
destroyed by fire last week having
been completed. A large force of
employees returned to work Monday
night.
The Young Mems Society of the
Zion Lutheron church, of the South
Side, will give an entertainment at
the Arion hall on the evening of the
18th inst. for the. benefit of the fund
for the semi-centennial celebration of
the church.
Another meeting in the interest of
the organization of a vigilance COM
mittee among Ohio county farmers
was held in Elm Grove Monday night.
The movement is interesting many
farmers, and it's object is protection
against petty thieves.
Captain A. A. Franzheim has re-
ceived a letter from Harry E. Fellows,
private in the general service, U. S.
A, now stationed at Pittsburg, stating
that he will be in Wheeling on the
18th inst, for the purpose of opening
temporary recruiting Office in this
city for the United States army.
The number of convicts now con-
fined in the Moundsville penitentiary
reaches 74O, the greatest number in
the history of the institution. At the
present rate of increase it will soon
be necessary to build an addition to
the prison or to require the accom-
mediation of United States prisoners
elsewhere.
1t Is rumored that on May / Mr..
Arthur Meinhart will become a sales
man for the Hicks & Hoge Dry Goods
Company, resigning his position at
o. Do oh
doubt regret the loss of their valuable
assistant manager. Mr. Meinhart is an
experienced man, having been on the
street for about five years. He has
many friends in and about the city.
Important developments in the
Uniontown, Waynesburg & West Vir-
ginia railroad project are expected to
occur this week. President H. P. Nc
Gregor, of the board of county COM
missioners, who has held several con-
ferences with the promoters and is
familiar with the plans, stated that
two or three prominent gentlemen in
terested in the project will be in
Wheeling during the present week.
AT the Belmont works the little
plate department is off and the big
plate department is working only on
single turn. The management stated
to the Register yesterday that the
idleness in one department and work
on single turn in the other is on ac-
count of a scarcity of orders, and that
there is no foundation for the rumor
that the men were forced out of en-
ployment because they had organized
a union of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton. 1t was further stated by the man
agement that the mill has been run
ming independently ever since the nail
ers' strike, and that it cannot afford to
be governed by the rules of the Anal
gamated Association in considering
the material that it produces.
Pianos tuned and repaired by expert