The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-08-21
MINOR MENTION.
The Doings OF Day Boiled Down for
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The Dotngt OF my bosiS" A'"" aS
Hasty Readers.
TgrJ. w. Schultz Boat Club will picni
to-day at a grove near West Wheeling, Y
THERE are several cases Of typhoid feve
on the Island, and an occasional one O.
more in other wards.
A YOUNG sister of Mr.. Tom Rose, fore
man OF the Eighth Ward Hose Company
died night before last.
KRAMER played for party at the resi-
dence OF Mrs. Henry Brues, on North
Front street, Island, last night
SUPERINTENDENT RIDDLE OF the Water
Works is extending water mains dowr
Chapline street in the Eighth ward.
BEFORE SQUIRE Nix last night Eliza
Windel was charged with collaborating
The case was settled by payment OF costs
BURGLARS effected an entrance to the
residence OF George +. Irwin, on The Is
land night or two ago. but were frighten'
ed of before anything was stolen.
A SURPRISE party celebrated John
schuider's forty.second birthday last
night In Centre Wheeling. The Wheel
ing City band was on hands. a..
ANOTHER excursion will be run 10 Mag
ara and Toronto by DR.. R. ]. Shaaer
Thompson within few days. The Doctor
knows how TO manage an excursion, and
any one who wants to take pleasant trip
will do well to 60 under his care to the
"Great Falls"
ONE Of those things ne fellow can find
out: Says the BellaiIe Indpendent, zone Of
the men who escaped from the Cadiz jail
last week, John Lewis, negro desperate,
was captured in Wheeling yesterday. Just
why runaway prisoners strike Wheeling so
FREQUENTLY, and are picked up about as Of
ten, we cannot understand"
ED. BLErrNER, Of the Eighth ward,
hired q valuable wagon to man who was
Transporting passengers TO and from the
camp grounds at Moundsville. Yesterday
IA. learned that the man had sold his
wagon and left the neighhorhood, leaving
him (Blettner) minus hire for 1t, and out
the wagon.
TnE Handlan Bros. have placed card
in the windows Of their placeof business in
the New Mcclure announcing that SPAR
sons, the Photographer, will photograph
to-day the loaters in front Of these win
dowa" These gentlemen have the right
idea OF this and 1t is hoped that other
business mon in their neighborhood will
contribute all they can toward the wiping
out OF this abominable practice OF loatng.
AN explosion occurred at the Upper
Riverside mill yesterday afternoon under
the following circumstances: A laborer
dropped ball OF molten iron from
buggy into some water, when a terrific
explosion took place, throwing the iron
in all directions. A portion oil 1t struck
a boy in the face, injuring him slightly |
and striking one or two others OF the |
workmen, but fortunately injuring none
Of them seriously. The mill was full Of
men and the escape Of all was something
marvellous.
Tng citizens Of the Eighth Ward are
very indignant over the delay that Is tax.
ing place in the matter Of the Jacob and
street Improvements. These
streets are all torn up and the work par.
TALLY completed along the line OF each,
but for some unaccountRble reason the
work Ia dragging and the people are fear.
full lest winter will be upon them "when
no man can work" with ruined streets
and an absolute loss to the city OF what
has already been done.
NroHr before last Fred Wafnecker, a
piree,. car diver on the Elm Grove, became
jnvolyhd in a quarrel with George Hipgs,
near Walkers Two Mile House, and Jump. /
All ofF hia cal 10 exterminate Higgs. Riggs
receiyed the car driver with open arms and
| nocled Him down two or three times be.
fore he was aware wIs.at was going on
Finally In q @clinch" HIges got one Of his
sheeks mixed up with the car drivers
eeth, and q part Of It stayed In his mouth:
aigps never was beautiful, but he is not
o Cheeky" now as he was, and War
,ecker was sitting sOlemnly around the
treet car office yesterday with beefsteak
N his eye, and the eye in sling i