The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-05


ST.. VALENTINE begins to show lis hand.
oSE organ grinder does not make
spring.
BIO wedding on the South Side this
evening.
HAnuISorn Of spring: the step.ladder
man Is around.
CLERK Hook issued two marriage Ii.
Censes yesterday.
THERE are some new and unique styles
Of valentines this year.
1'nE farmers are busy making maple su.
gar. Elegant weather for the sapto run.
0SE release deed only admitted to rec
ord yesterday at the County Clerks office.
TnE II. N. Merta Literary Society, Of
South Wheeling, discussed the whipping
post question last evening.
TnE Council Committee on Real Estate
has been called to meet at the city build
ing this evening at I o'clock.
TnE fine weather Is bringing out the
promOnaders and the drivers. The cOun.
Try will soon be resorted to again.
THERE are three eClipses set down in the
almanacs for this year, none Of which,
however, will 10 visible in the United
States.
THERE arc at present forty.tiyc prison.
crs in Prof. Warehouses; geological insti-
tute on the hillside, stripping and break
ing stone.
THIRTEEN hundred people were packed
into The Opera House OH Monday night.
This is the largest audience the house
ever held, ..
Or Monday Miss Laura Cochran, while
skating on the creek at Bridgeport, broke
through the Ice and WIS with difficulty
rescued from drowning.
TIE lIempGeld trains were running from
the ,. & o. depot, yesterday, as usual, the
repairs TO the creek bridge having been
finished the evening before.
TIE crowds about the street corners in
dictate that there are very many tllNt have
nothing TO do. There il still " general
complaint about the lack OF employment.
Ira person wants to get up early It is
well 10 leave o load OF coal dumped IN
front oil the house, and the door.bel will
not fail to call thou before the break OF
day.
TWELVE kegs Of nails, which were on a
dray that was backed over the bank into
the river ut the Riverside Mill about a
week ago, were recovered yesterday by the
Riverside Company.
MoLLlE FRASCIy, who created q scnSa'
ton in steubenville last summer by stat.
ing that she had been led aStray by a
prominent citizen OF Wheeling, was mar.
ried a few days ago toa wealthy Illinois
man.
Four tramps WHO were arrested at
Smiths Mill OH Monday night were be-
fore Mayor Robinson, OF bridgeport, yes.
terday, for vugrancy. They were released
on condition that they leave town imme-
diately.
ARRANGEMENTS are now being made for
furnishing the new summer hotel Of
Mcssrs. ShalIcross and Walter, which will
be opened April LIST, under the manage
ment OF an experienced hotel man. This
will be tine resort.
YESTERDAY afternoon n tramp entered
the residence OF 4Ir. John MCLure, q river
engineer, on Virginia strOOt, Island, and
selecting o hat from the rack in tho hall,
quietly took his departure without stop.
ping to pay his respects to the inmates.
lie did not leave his card.
TmE City sergeant's office blossomed
out yesterday, q fact that was noticed by
all whose business carried them there,
and OH investigation it was found that
Capt. George McCully. the Ssrgeants
prime minister, had made his appearance
in gorgeous new uniform.
YESTERDAY was one Of the dullest Of
the dull days so dreaded by reporters. II
was dull In the superlative degree. The
city was secured for interesting news
items, and found TO be rs bare as old
Mother Hubbard's cupboard, when she
went to get her poor dog a bone.
Iris plain to be seen that the sporting
men" about town arc uneasy. The new
City Sergeant's sweeping raid on the baw'
dy houses appalled, them by its boldness
and they don't know just where the light
ming is likely to strike next. And They
remember, too, that Dennis Sweeney hu
said: "Thc gamblers must CO."
TIE social and supper at st, Matthews
Church, last evening, under the auspices
OF the Ladies' Mite Society OF lle church
was as successful as any OF its predeaoS
sors, which is saying good deal, rs Tho
public well knows. 1t was literally pa
tronizel, and II all present did not thor
oughly enjoy the entertainment offered il
was not the fault OF the ladies in charge.
A PETITION praying the Legislature moi
to pass the bill now pending In that body
abolishing the Municipal Court OF thls
city, was circulated on Main street yestsr
day, and received the signatures OF many
OF the solid business men OF the town
The petition sets forth that the Municipa
Court is the most convenient court for bus
iness men, and tho public generally, helC
in the county, and tho earnest desire O
the petitioners to keep 1t In existence.
GIRLs, il you want to encourage young
men, get an album. It's the first thing
bashful young man grabs when lie enter
u strange house where there are girls
We've seen them look through one unit
they knew every picture by heart, from
page one TO General Grant in tho bacl
part. It's wonderful what interest bash
full man will take in a girls grandmotho
and pug-nesed uncle at the first visit, bu
it's always so. Get EN-, girls. It's The
best thing in the world 10 occupy fol
lows hands, and It's . sure cure for bash
fulness.
WHEELING FAMILY MARHET.-rhere Is
fur supply Of everything in season in oul
markets Just now, at moderately cas-,
prices. The fluctuations in the quotation
giNcn from week TO week is so siight rs Il