The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-11-08
LOCAL I.ACONICs.
Brief note aud Comment on Current City
Events.


The Whitaker Iron Works will be on In
all departments to-day.
JUSTICE PHILIPS disposed Of several
trivial cases Saturday afternoon.
THR title Club" arrived in the city at
midnight and are at the Mcclure.
The sale OF the Norman property, Cen.
tire Wheeling, has been postponed until
next Saturday,
The Sixth ward drum CORDS will go this
evening 10 Republican iollifCation meet
ing at West Liberty.
RALPH ARXLR Is the beat authority In
the world as to what Is an expression oil
"the peoples opinion"
AN excursion 10 Pittsburgh is contem'
plated by q large number oi our derin"n
friends week after next.
ANOTHER variety show will replace the
one that has been playing In Washington
Hall for several months.
The "BarrPcks" in Parker Row, Centre
Wheeling, was the scene oil loud racket
abont o O'clock Saturday night. A woman
named Price was ont calling on the police
10 restore quiet
SATURDAY afternoon Auctioneer Haller
soId lots Nos. 81, 8S, q and %, Eckharts
addition, North Wheeling, 10 Joseph Bell
Tor $500. Lots Nos. 9 and %, OF the same
addition, were sold 10 George ECkhart for
the sum OF $3.50.
SOME cowardly assassin fired revolver
at an engine on the 3. & o. last Friday
night as it was passing the Riverside Mill,
the ball taking effect in Engineer Filing
hams leg. Road physician, John A.
Campbell, attended him.
A FldHr between two inebriatcd persons
occurred in a saloon al the corner OF Mar
ket and Twenty.iourth streets Saturday
night, in which one OF the belligerents mas
severely beaten over the head with beer
bottle. No arrests were made.
MANY OF the fire plugs in different parts
Of the city are In bad condition from rust
and other causes. They cause much de-
lay and trouble to fremen who have 10
open them 10 get their hose attached.
New plugs are needed in many cases.
Col. DAN. JOHNSON, 1.-THE great left +" Of
Tyler county, has resigned his position as
member and President Of the Board oil
Regents oil the University Of West Vir'
ginis, in order to have clear title TO the
position Of Presidential eeCtor from this
State.
ORPHAN Boy, formerly a celebrated trot'
ter in this section, died last Tuesday, on
tie steenrod farm, east Of this city. He
was owned at the time Of his death by
Henry Harper, Eco. Orphan Boy was
brought to this city many years ago by
Thos. Hughes, Esq.
THE large fire bell lately placed on the
Eighth ward bose house, thoroughly
aroused the denizens OF that neighbor-
hood when it rang for the alarms Satur-
day night. Many enormously thought the
signsls located the fires in that ward, and
the hose house WAS soon filled with
people.
ATTENTION Is called to the changes in
the time OF departure and arrival Of trains
on the p, W. 4 Ky. railroad. The train
formerly leaving this city at 0:l2 A. N.
will hereafter leave at 1927 a. NJ, and the
Recommendation train leaving at 1852 r
". viii! now leave at 5:l2 =. NJ This
change will take place this morning.
We have had occasion to notice those
trucking Justices Of the peace who
80 far forget themselves and their powers
OF discretion as to issue warrant, or listen
to complaint from JEFF Davis. He was
mixed up in several cases before justices
last week, the last Of which he was
Cooked" for the costs, which, however,
he cannot pay, and we suppose it will be
charged up to the county. The Board oil
commissioners will do well to scrutinize
the accounts OF justices, and whenever an
item occurs on Jef's account, to throw it