The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-12-16

CouNctL will meet this evening.
BOARD Of Education Thursday night.
WHEAT Is worth from 81 Is to 81 80 at
present,
oNE released deed was recorded by Re
corder Hook yesterday.
"DuTcHY" WEST Is the most versatile
criminal In our iail at present.
TnE Wheeling Hinge Compauy's Board
Of Directors meet this afternoon.
A LARGE surprise party is booked for the
South Side next Thursday evening.
WHAT has become Of the electric light
movement for the suspension bridge
A MOVEMENT Is on foot to resucitate the
base ball corpse in this city. Rtquicscat.
FIFTEENTH and Seventeenth streets are
nearly ir pAssable by reason OF the deep
mud.
tbs store filters at the Arlington works
had to work at night last week. 70 keep up
with orders.
LETTERS remaining in the Postotiice un.
claimed: Frelich, H.; Miller, G. L, j.;
Smoot, A. K.
JOHN HALPlS was arrested by Officer
Sullivan over the creek last night for
drunkenness.
DoN'T forget the Fourth Street NJ. l..
Church Social and bazaar on Thursday
evening, the 18th inst.
THR Paxton Fountain has been care.
fully Toofed and placed in condition 10
resist tile freezing weather.
HuGH BoYp "the old reliable" at the
Police Court, was run In by 0ikCer Miller
list night for drunkenness.
LARGE quantities Of wild game are now
coming into this city over the B. & 0.
from points beyond Grafton.
A CONCERT and ball will be given for the
benefit Of the Hebrew Sunday School, this
evening ut Washington Hall.
ATTENTION is called to the advertise.
ment OF Stanton & Davenports holiday
attractions in another column.
"THn back doors OF saloons must be
locked on Sundays and these excursions
stopped is the way minister put it yes
terday.
The hog market has been unusually
brisk for several days past. Washington
county, Pa, contributesthe most largely a
present.
The Hempleld is doing an immense
freight business al present, extra train
being run every few days to accommodate
the traffic.
County Commissioner Ed. Atkinson
and Henry Seibert took in the Grant re
ception at Columbus on Friday last. The,
returned Sunday.
A CASE Of unusual Importance Is nos
agitating the Moot Court, and charge @
grave Importance has been preierret
, against the Clerk.
Mus. LENA BoEsAK and Miss Fox, OF tn
South Side, who have been visiting friend
lat Council Bluffs for some time past, re
turned home last week.
Nh. JAMES RoBESsoN, OF our city, left Of
the steamer st. Lawrence last Saturda
for the South to accept position on on
OF the large steamers below,
CocxAYNE will 90 to Mouudsville to
morrow evening to play for larg
masquerade ball Tor the benefit OF the bras
band. Avery large crowd is expected.
A ROUGH and tumble fight occurred a
. the POstoftice this morning near O'Clock
between man named Filan and an uu
known individual. Both were arreste
by Officer Asmus.
|. Col. H. B. HUDnARD was up ut Pitt
J burgh yesterday purchasing lumber II
says that the price is up "sEy high" inas
: much as RATS are scarce. He expects t
: see lower prices in the spring.
SEVERAL Of our horse fanciers contem
i plate series Of horse trotting and racin
contests at the Fair Grounds next season
We have some good horses among US, IN,
: such movement would be very success
ful.
Mr.. HAYS SnrMP, Of Moundsville, wa
badly injured by being crushed between
some coal cars in one Of the coal mine
: last week. His hips were badly bruiset
and it is thought that he is injured inter
nally.
A VERY large crowd is expected at til,
, Episcopal Church social tonight at the St
Mathews Church. These socials hay;
been of very enjoyable nature heretofor,
and unusual pains have been taken t,
make this one much more so.
THERE is proposition under Considera
ton to limit the contest between Capt
TAFT and Mr.. T. S. Casey, for the watcl
and chain offered by the Orphans Festi
val managers, to the 9Th of January
proximo. Meantime both candidates ant
their friends are diminishing around 70
votes. TAFT gets boom from the Steuben
vile Sunday Neus OF last Sunday, which
thinks that il he gets the watch the deyi
will get his dues.
The work of remodeling and enlargin,
the Wheat tannery for the purpose o
changing it into q pottery goes on steadily
and will probably be completed in time
for operating next summer. The labor o
removing the watts, which was exceedingly
difficult on account OF the surrounding
earth having been saturated with tanning
liquor, has been completed, and work on
the new buildings will be pushed forward
srapidly as possible.
PERSONAL NIRNrloN.-Isadore Schwa
bacher, formerly OF this city, but now Of
Milwaukee, Wis, is home on short visit
Mr.. c. NJ. Corbley, formerly OF this city
and who was scored pretty severely BY the
Steubenville Gazette for his conduct while