The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-02-01
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geneeF Reporters.
The Top Mil is on in all departments
except the blast furnace.
OyE marriage license was issued and one
deed Of trust recorded by Recorder Hook
yesterday.
Hon. GEO. W. TEPPErT, OF Mason county,
fell upon the ice q day or two ago and
sprained his right arm very severely,
JOIN o. PENDLEroN was In favor Of get
ting q mdndGmu1 compelling Mr.. Jones
to issue the certificate 70 Mr.. Sweeney.
THls Ia committee week in the Board Of
Commissioners, and next Monday will be
the day for the settlement oil January bust
ness,
RECORDER HOOK, last month, admitted
10 record thirty.eight deeds in fee, twenty
four deeds OF trust, and issued twenty-one
marriage licenses.
Howard Fry, who lives with his pa.
rents rear the wooden factory, in East
Wheeling, fell upon the ice Sunday and
dislocated his ankle.
OSR day last week Auctioneer Halter
sold what is known IS the "seymouF"
house on Eof street, near Twelfth street,
to Z. S. Dunaway for 81 800 cash.
LETTERS remaining in the PostoffiCe I'M
claimed January 81, 1881: Ferguson, j.
D., Gibbs, R., Halter, A., MCGEE, Mrs
Hannah, Pearson, David, Roberts, Frank,
Ullom, L, D.
Cart, EDWIN HoRNBRooX left for Pitts
burgh yesterday for the purpose Of con
tracing for the building Of new towboat'
She will be something like the Annie
Kelly, only little wider,
Tue newly elected directors Of the Gu,
zsns' Street Railway Company organized
last evening by rejoicing Captain Andy
Wilson, President; Van b. Hall, Secretary,
and Mike Lotus, Superintendent, Tor the
ensuing year.
TIE following named persons were
elected directors OF the franklin lnsu'
rance Company at the annual meeting
Yesterday: L. @. stiiel, ]. N. Vance, NJ
REILLY, James Maxwell, j. H, Hobbs, I. +:
shallcross, Geo. Adams, ]. X, Botstord
and q, P. Dewey.
MARCUS CLARK, who for the last two
years has been the efficient foreman al
the Vigilant Engine House, has resigned
bis position to take another in the North
Wheeling Glass Works. James ST. Myers
has been appointed to I'LL the vacancy in
the Fire Department.
O, HALEY, the genial and enterpriginQ
agent OF "Good Enough" navy plug, has
presented Capt. Bennett with new club
made from the brand Of tobacco above
mentioned, with the inscription that HE
hoped the Captain would not club the
b'hoys with anything harder than Good
Enough"
GAIT. N. NJ. Lowry, member OF the
House otDslegates, from Summers county
showed US yesterday quite valuable col,
lection OF minerals, found in the hills o!
Mercer county. Among them We noticed
some very valuable specimens Of iron ores
red, brown and yellow hematltesi some
zinc, iron pyrites, &c. A novelty In the
shape Of a petrifed oyster was also In the
collection and attracted much attention.
LAST evening the contests for the articles
hereafter named, which commenced at the
time OF the opening Of the Orphans Fair
held at Washington Hall some weeks
since, were closed and the viCtorB 81
nounced. Miss Mary Shaughnessy car
ried off the prize OF the set OF furniture
valued at SIS; Miss Annie Desmond WOE
the gold watch donated by the Bishop,
and Miss Louise Schwslb was the success
iul contestant for the life size picture o.
Bishop Kahn.