The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-04-08

Business on the river ID very qu'es Iess
now. Nf etst
IT will require eight miles otteleeraph
wire for the Fire Department.
SlCHRts. BECK had his eye badly. scalded
by steam, at Reymann's Brew
IT will only cost about $1,000 to conn
plete one OF the best systems OF fire alarm
In the world.
TIE Mnnnerchor Singing Society will
give q grand ball at the Academy OIL Mu-
sic this evening.
YESTERDAY was a day March "swapped"
with April for day with which ito go
out like q lamb"
TIE Committees on Streets, Alleys and
Grades, Water Works and Accounts are
called for this evening.
BRowNLER & KIMYISs, OF West Alexan-
der, Pa, are shipping hogs to this city IN
large quantities Just now.
BRESTANo's monthly says that =. Wa
tiers & Son, OF Troy, N. Y, are building o
new paper shell for VIM. Braceland, otthis
city.
A SNEAK thief was discovered trying to
steal. q bundle from the delivery platform
OF the B. & o. depot yesterday, and was
pursued, but not captured.
The "Married Men and Women, some
OF our best German families, gave u very
large private ball at Turner Hall last night.
Kramer furnished the music.
WE found on our table yesterday the
last monthly Of Brentano, n. Y, which
gives complete reseime OF all sporting
news. Its most valuable adjunct to
every sportsman.
THERE Is no doubt but we shall get the
fire alarm. We have the Worthington
pump, which puts US all right for a water
supply for years, but the greatest Of all
our needs Is the Belgian pavement. Let
US have 1t.
TIE fair under the auspices OF the
ladies' Of st. Alphonsus Church is progress
ling very satisfactory. Yesterday Mr.
Yackle won fine glass set, and Mrs. Ack'
erman set OF pillows and lace spread
ONE Of the employees OF Hobbs, Brocku
nier & Co., while working at a boiler yes
terday, was severely injured by portion
of 1t falling on him. He was rendered
linsensible for time, but 1t was thought
he was not internally injured.
| NIGur before last, at Fulton, Charley
Zoeckler threatened to split open Charley
Hoffman's head ''and see II be had any
brains" or so Hoffman alleged yesterday
4 before Squire W. H. Caldwell, when he
swore out a warrant for Zoeckler.
HENRY DICE, who lives at Valley Grove
- ,,,hs Na ~, IN fhta country FINN Ger
many nearly fifty years ago, but has no
written home in many years, received
letter few days ago announcing that h'
had G, 900 marks to his credit, with inter
est for many years. t
ON last Saturday Deputy United State
Marshall B. j. Campbell arrested Johl
Gebhart, Of South Wheeling, for sellini
liquor without obtaining the specia
license. Alta hearing before United State
Commissioner John Walton, the evidence
was not sufficient TO hold and Gebhart wa
discharged.
THE residents Of the Eighth ward ar
very indignant over the existence OF sew
eral stagnant pools OF water scattered
around in various places, and attribute
the presence OF the typhoid fever Ii
q very great degree to them. We hag
had occasion several times before to cal
attention to these pools, and they SHOULD
be attended to.
AT the annual election for officers OF th
Fulton Fire Company Tuesday night tn
following were elected: President, Fran
Hoffman,; Vice President, Henry Stein
Treasurer, George Zoeckler; Marshal, Ed
ward Ham; Assistant Marshal, Georg
, Kuntz; Second Engineer, August Miller
} Directors, Mike Stein, L. Leuctel, LOU
! Helm and Lewis Hoy.
A ROUGH and tumble fight took place ii
the rear OF the Opera House last night
between H. @. Shallcross and driver 9
Shallcross express wagon, in which Fl. c
was very severely handled. The figh
began at first between the driver an,
Shallcross, but before 1t was over tw,
other expressmen joined their friend, ant
had not some spectator iEterfered tn
. results to shallcross would have beer
most serious.