The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-23
LOCAL LACoxICs,
srI.i sots and Comment on Current City
Events.

TEE steamboat men hailed the rain win
greatioy.
THE Baltimore & Ohio psy.car will be
here next Monday.
oxE marrisge license was issued by
Recorder Hook yesterday.
THERE will be . special meeting Of
Council next Tuesday night
OuR farmers brought in an unusually
large amount Of wheat yesterday.
The Eighth ward Hancock and English
Club will received banner tonight from
the ladies Of that ward.
Payday at the following mills to-day:
Top Mill, Riverside, Belmont und South
Wheeling Glass Works.
RICHARD BRAXsoN, OF Pittsburgh, has
been elected mansger Of the Nail City
Glass works at Etnayille.
AFTER protracted drunk, Tom Richie
was arrested yesterday afternoon on the
wharf, by officer Miller.
0uR coal dealers say that their orders
for coal are coming very rapidly in order
to get coal houses filled before the cold
weather.
Ex.PoIicKxAS W. H. DAVIS had one OIL
his hands badly hurt yesterday by q saw,
at the Bodley wagon works on Eighteenth
street, East Wheeling.
We notice by our Bellaire, st. Glars
vile and Steubenville correspondence thai
each OF these places would heve sent large
crowds to this city tonight.
DICK BuRroS,ot Woodsfeld, o, fell from
car on the Bellaire and Southwestern raj
road Yesterday and sustained such serioui
injuries that his life ia despaired OF.
A PRE- was discovered IN the building
occupied by Schamitzinetz, the dyer, nea
the Market street bridge last night abou
6 o'clock, but 1t was put out before any
damage was done.
A SON Of Mrs. Reed, who lives on Eot
street, was thrown from his horse yester
day at Simpsons stables, on Fourteenth
street, the horse falling upon him ant
nearly crushing him.
PEoP. HERMANN scHocKEY celebrated
his twenty.fourth birthday yesterday
The choir OF st. Paurs German Church
presented him with q fhe gold pen ant
holder as tribute Of respect.
GREY EAGLE TRIBE No. S, Of the I'm
proved order of Red Men celebrated
their ninth anniversary, last night, by {
grand ball at Koch's Hall. Birch's quad
fille-band furnished the music.
PRISONS arriving on the P, W. & Ky
railroad on the late train complain loudl!
OF the darkness in and around the passen
GER depot. We have had our attention
| - thtu faHf lavRFal fimpl.
If the weather be favorable, Ed. Blett
per. of the J. W. SChultze Boat Club. anC
VIM. Hagedorn, OF the II. ]. Leasure Club
will row regatta this afternoon over The
lower course for challenge cup.
TwESrY.FouR cars OF immigrants went
over the Baltimore & Ohio railroad yester
day morning. Two OF them being negroe!
from Stanton, Va, enroute to Iowa, and
the other twenty-iour were from Europe
TIE Grand Lodge l. o. o. F. OF WeSt
Virginia meets next Tuesday at Fairmont
The delegates from this city leave for that
place Monday night Among others Grand
Treasurer, Henry Seamon and Grand Fl
nancial Secretary S. F. Faris.
THE Central Glass Works recently made
two large shipments OF glassware to the
heart OF the European glass manufacturing
region. This shows what protective
tariff, united with business capacity and
enterprise, does for this country.
THERE was an unusually large crowd at
Tallman's Hall last evening, the occasion
being the reception given by the Green
back Club to their numerous friends. Over
ffty couples were in attendance. The
music was furnished by Cockayne.
Az alarm OF fire vas sent in yesterday
from box "a, corner OF Main and Twelfth
streets. 1t was caused by an explosion Of
gasoline in the cellar OF the building used
by the Nail City Lantern Company. A
boy was filling can with gasoline near q
gas Jet and the yaper igniting, the expo
sion occurred. Before the flames could be
extinguished they had spread 10 the water
closet near by, and some little difficulty
resulted before they were put out by a
Babcock extinguisher. The loss was
nothing.
The Epizootic has reached Wheeling.
So far we have heard no report OF Its de-
yelopement IN any OF the street car or
livery stables, but several horses on the
streets yesterday showed the uDmistakable
symptoms OF running at the nose, sneez:
ing and coughing, and other evidences Of
influenza. The present disagreeable
weather is very favorable for its spread,
and We shall not be surprised to hear oil
its early prevalence everywhere in this
vicinity. The first signs Of It's presence
should serve as a warning and GAUGE the
utmost care TO prevent It's taking SER
ious turn.
The returning board" completed the
counting OF the returns OF Union district
yesterday evening. There were several
''contested seats" in this district. Col.
w. W. Miller, defeated candidate for JUS
tice Of the Peace, thought that by re-
count he could be retained in his present
comfortable quarters on Twelfth street,
but the recount went against him, and
Launder, Unsuccessful candidate, lisa little
ahead by the recount. Uncle John
Boring, by the returns Of the Commits
sioners OF his district, was fourteen votes
behind, and be too thought that he might
keep his seat by the water cooler in the
Commissioners office, and he did pull up
six votes, but when the sun went down
Uncle John whistled mourniully to lis
"dorg" and went home still eight votes
behind. There were no other changes
worth mentioning. This morning the
Commissioners will begin the canvass OF
Centre district.