The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-15

Brief Mention.
Our ice dealers report business boom.
Ing. Shouldn't wonder.
TIE regular July term Of the Municipal
Court will commence on Monday next.
THB June rise, which was prognostiCated
by many river men last Spring, came In
TIE National Road east Of the city is
now in better condition than II has been
for years.
THERE is q great demand for freight cars
on the b. 4 o. Road, on account oil the
vast amount OF grain going East.
The men al the Whitaker Iron Works
are now working day turn altogether. The
mill Is running full In all departments.
IT has been customary among glass
manufacturers to shut down every year for
a couple OF weeks in July, but so far, we
believe, none have shut down this year.
List OF letters remaining unclaimed in
City PostoniCe: Samuel Bistel, n. Bann.
son, S. A. Caldwell, T. I. johnson, +. W.
Morton, II. X, Miller, Geo, +. Nichols, II.
q. Petit.
WITHOUT INDUCING in any wild specula.
tons based upon empty hypothesis, we
pronounce this weather too inCandesCent
to run down local item with any degree
Of comfort.
'fnE Committee on Text Books OF the
Board OF Education will meet this even
ing, to decide upon the number and char
acter Of the text books to bo used in the
public schools.
TIE man has happy future awaiting
him who will invent d tumbler that will
prevent the temperance man who drinks
buttermilk in saloon from saturating his
mustaChe with the fluid.
TIKI dry goods men report very good
business, although in the midst Of what is
commonly termed "the dull season."
They say they have sold more goods right
along this season than last.
TIE Wheeling Library rooms will be
closed for one month, after to-day, on nc.
count OF the i'll health OF Mrs. Patterson,
the Librarian, who will spend the vacation
in the country, recuperating.
To the broiling heat OF the sun yester-
day afternoon, in Centre Wheeling, was
added the infliCtion Of "My Grandfather's
Clock" ground out Of a new.fangled hand
organ by soulless ten0 with dirty shirt
and bad eye.
CnRls. SIEBxE's Sky Parlor Concert,
which was postponed from Friday night
on account Of the weather, came of last
night with a good deal OF eclat. The
Wheeling City Band entertained numer.
Gus company with some choice music
during the evening.
TIE Beethoven Singing Society, at a
meeting held on Sunday afternoon last,
elected new officers. Mr.. Richard Henry
was chosen President, to succeed Mr..
Henry Blumenburg; Mr.. VIM. Muegge is
the Vice President, and Mr.. Vim.
Grabe the Treasurer.
THERE are no further developments at
the Gas Office. Yesterday was occupied
in removing the wooden flooring that had
been laid in the cellar, so that the remain.
der Of the floor proper can be dug over in
the search for missing records. The work
Of digging up the floor will be resumed to-
day.
OWING to the increased freight traffic
over the Parkersburg branch Of the b. &
o. Railroad, two freight engines have been
taken Off the Fourth Division OF the main
line and put upon the branch road. 1t is
understood that two or three additional
engines will be sent from this end Of the
line to the branch road whiting few days.
YESTERDAY Q number Of the boys set
out for the happy fishing grounds that are
found about twenty miles up Wheeling
Creek near Cold Springs. They were
Messrs. lack and Frank Robinson, Sam.
Adams, Charley Frissell. Jas. Batelle and
VIM. List, OF the firm OF Norton 4 List.
On Thursday they will be Joined by Alec.
Chapline, Will. Rhodes and one or two
othets.
WIEN you go home TO dinner and find a
hand organ man turning the crank and
singing at the top Of his voice, 1--WE shall
meet on that beautiful shore" you sim
cerely hope that he means nothing per-
sonal, but is merely exercising his lungs
for the benefit OF thcchildren on the front
steps. The thought OF hearing that voice
in the beyond" is trihe more than you
are willing to be good foT on this earth.
THE individual who enjoyed the distin.
guished privilege OF being the only repre-
sentative OF the sterner sex found at the
Norrington place, on Sixteenth street,
when it was raided on Sunday night, turn
ed out to be a cigar maker, instead Of ashoe'
maker, as reported yesterday morning
The South Side shoemakers called at this
Office in body, yesterday, and begged to
be excused from any knowledge OF the
Aladame's tea party.
TIE Street Commissioners force have
commenced grading the south side oil
Seventeenth street, between Eof and
Jacob streets, preparatory to macadamiz'
ing it. The street has recently been mac.
adamized on the side south OF the
Hemplield railway track, between Jacob
and Wood streets. There is great deaI
OF heavy hauling done on this street, and
the Improvement has long been consid-
cred an absolute necessity. The work
will be completed in the course Of two or
three weeks.
COUNCIL BOARD OF EQUALIZATION ASH
APrEALs.-The Council Board OF Euuali.