The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-03

COUNCIL meeb tonight III special ses'
sion.
TIE Fultonese INDUCED inn masquerade
on New Year night.
County CLERK Hook issued his first mar.
riage license yesterday.
TIE Laughlin Iron Works will start up
on full time next Monday morning.
THE new Episcopal Church at Bellaire
will be formally opened this evening.
TIE Whitehall Times says the tug Of war
comes when mustache meets unused hash.
THE National Bank Of West Virginia
has declared dividend OF three per cent,
payable on demand.
II you want 10 ear how cold Il Is, ask
an Island man about the SUSPENSION
bridge. lie nose all about It,
Merchants are wise who advertise
For he who'd rise and take the prize
Most exercise the peOpe's eyes
Or sacrifice his merchandise.
SHERIFF TISGLE gave the prisoners in
the county iail big New Years dinner,
Of turkey, minCe pie, etc, on Wednes-
day.
The public installation and banquet OF
Cyrene Commandery No. Z, Knights
Templar, will be held at Masonic Hall this
evening
OS Wednesday Conrad Othel, living in
Centre Wheeling, fell through a cellar
opening and injured one OF his legs
severely.
By mistake we mentioned that Upton
Kelley sang at the Mpnnerchor concer:
on New Years eve, Mr., Kelley did not
sing there.
Two Germans met an the street yester.
day. First German: "Vot year vOs dose,
alden sefendy?" Second German: aid.
cen sefendy, nein." gs
TIE first week OF January Is week OF
prayer, ordered, wesuppose, with especial
reference to the assembling OF the West
Virginia Legislature.
Folks didn't appear to want to hear
anything last evening. They ran along
holding their open hands over their ears,
and seemed to be in hurry.
THERE was a righteous young Plumber;
the very reverse OF hummer; But the
pipes froze up bad-And he got very mad
And lie swore-did this backsliding
Plumber
TIE First Branch of Council will to.
night consider the proposition to pay the
Mayor salary. II is generally thought
the action OF the Second Branch, in adopt-
ing the resolution, will be concurred in.
The claw and temperance" party will
hold their primary elections this evening.
We hope the Judges OF the primaries will
promptly send the result TO the IHTRLLt-
eENCER office for publication in Saturdays
paper.
A FASHION item says "black velvet bands
around the neck are becoming popular. "
They will never displace black broadclOth
sleeves, however, or produce half rs pleas
ing an effect, all other things being equal,
OF course. 80
JoINSY FULToN, employed with Otto
Hess gang OF ice cutters on Wheeling
creek, tumbled into the water and got q
cold bath yesterday afternoon. The bath
was not considered luxury with the Their
mometer down in the neighborhood OF
zero.
MARKET MASTER EDWARDS desires us to
say that the reason the lamps in the Sec.
Ond Ward Market have not been lighted
recently is because OF the big metre being
frozen. Further, he states that the lamps
are only under his control the night before
market morning.
THERE were five tramps in the city cooler
last night. One was arrested in North
Wheeling, near the Hospital, for vagrancy,
and the others in the Second Ward, for
drunkenness. One OF the vags wore new
and valuable overcoat, which he is sup
posed to have stolen.
FRIENDS OF Mr.. Barney McEntec, the
letter carrier, called at his residence in the
Eighth Ward on.Wednesday evening, and
presented him with n gold watch and
chain, bosom pin and Il well filed purse.
Mr.. c. J. Hayes was the spokesman OF the
party. Barney's friends are friends who
are friends.
TIN following millinery and notion
houses have agreed to close their places OF
business from January ID until March !,
1870, at 6 p. NJ. daily. except on Sunday
L. Swahacker, S. S. Kisncr, Speyer Bros,
A. ]. Rice 4 Co., +. Bell, W. p. Bachman,
7. 7. Sorgler, J. Forsyth, L. Rody, A. j.
Worls, |. Walters.