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


BoYroS travelled only four miles on Sat.
urlay.
TIiERE's many slip between the stoop
and the coal hole
Tux ierryboat ut Benson's Ferry Is
running regularly again.
T'EACltEm' Examinations wore held at
Bridgeport on Saturday.
TnR Darlington Cornet Band will give
masquerade ball Of Clarington soon.
LAST night at 10 o'clock three arrests
had been reported at police headquarters.
TnE United States District Court, Coun.
" Court and Municipal Court will sit to-
TnR Zane Street NJ. L. Church is to un.
dorgo repairs as soon as the weather will
permit.
roErs who have been idle all winter will
soon come forward with an "ldyl on
Spring" 1tl.}H
a NEW pastor was elected by the congre-
CATION Of st. Johns German Protestant
Church yesterday.
No deeds OF any character whatever
were fled for record atthe County Clerks
Office on Saturday.
TnE Ladies' Hebrew Benevolent Society
Is preparing to give select hop at Assem-
bly, Hall oil the 10th inst.
TMg County Board Of Commissioners
will meetthis morning at the Court House
In regular monthly session.
TnE gas investigation will DO resumed
before Squire Caldwell, ut tho Court
House, this morning at $3.50 O'Clock.
TnE II. N. Mert1 Literary Society gayo
public entertainment, followed by a ball,
at Westwood's Hall, Friday night last.
KLEvls, KRAFT 4 Co. are putting up a
fine two.story brick residenCefer Mr. Hor-
ace Ridgeley, on his farm near West Lib.
erty.
A SOCIETY for The suppression Of the
fellow who gets of Never, well, hardly
ever" every five minutes, should DO
started. l,sr,S
HosrLER JAMES FRRRELt, OF the Vigilant
Engine House, has been removed by Fire
Marshal Eccles. Thomas Eenney is his
successor.
TnR,helpers employed in the mills in
the city and vicinity are completing ar.
engagements for grand ball one evening
this week.
LAST Friday Charles Stephens, employ.
ed at Armstrong, Coen 4 Co.'S planning
mills, had two fingers badly cut on q "bum-
blebee" saw. ef5r.-..lI
wM. BoYcE, while standing on the
wharf, Saturday afternoon, watching for
Boyton, had his pocket picked OF a small
amount oflnohey.
Or Friday last Robert Young, employed
ut the !Etnavitte Coal Works, sustained
very serious injuries by being crushed
under heavy mass OF coal.
JAKE SPElpELs Of the Eighth Ward, was
arrested, on Saturday night for drunken.
meas and disordetly conduct and locked
up for hearing this morning.
THREE billiard tables belonging to the
Wheeling Gymnasium were sold at pub.
lie sale, on Saturday, by Auctioneer Hal.
Ter, for Sl6l. Mr. Frank Walter was the
purchaser. ra. ...,.
OFFICER McSnANR LEE, Of the police
force, has new boy at his house. The
Doctor reports mother and child as doing
well, but has serious doubts Of saving
McShane.
AMAN name Kronewig, for whom war.
rant was issueda week or SO ago for fast
driving, was arrested on Saturday, and
gave security for Ills appearanceto answer
this morning.
The case Of J. II. Young, charged with
burglary, which was to have been exam
ined by Justice Caldwell on Saturday af.
ternoon at2 O'Clock, was continued over
to Wednesday next at4p.N.
SATURDAY night was one OF the moon.
light oHFS, under the existing system OF
street lighting, and this coupled with the
efficient method OF street cleaning, made
pedestrianism a delightful pastime. They
haven't dug out all the Island people yet.
TIE Young Mems Literary League, Of
Martins Ferry, has elected the following
officers: President, VIM. Lyle; Vice
President, John Pennington; Secretary,
Charles Rainey; Treasurer Ross Turk:
Critic, W. W. Woods; Sergcant-at-Arms,
II. Sanders.
BoYroS ought to have remained in the
city long enough to have tested his rub
Der suit in the water and slush which
flooded our streets last night. II he could
have kept atloat it would have been big.
ger advertisement for his life.saving ap.
paratus than haIfdozen trips to the
Gulf. $3.50.
a LARGE audience gathered at OTIS Hall
last night, TO listen to addresses delivered
by Messrs. Rev. I. F. Scott, Robert Mar
shall, William List, Captain John Bags,
and 9. G. Truxell, President OF the Union.
There were six signers to the pledge.
There will he a meeting at the same Lall
on Wednesday evening. All are invited.
COUNTERFEIT silver dollars are the most
dangerous ofany fthe spurious coins now
in circulation. They are being so perfectly
finished that acids have no effect upon
them, but the weight is generally lighter
han in the genuine coin. So good is the
imitation, ihOwevor, that detection is dill.
cult, and 1t Is well in handling silver to
examine the pieces closely, in order 10 cs-
cape being imposed upon.
CERglrtcArE OF ISooRroRArIoy.-sccro.
tary Of Slate Brady on Saturday issued
certificate OF incorporation to ''The New
River Oil Company" for the purpose Of
searching, boring for and obtaining petro-