The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-22
sCRAPs OF HENs,
Gathered Here and There By Intelli
geneOF Reporters.

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Eencor RspOEtsFh
WEL1sBuRo Is q dangerous place Tor
Wheeling lawyers.
TUE mud mounds on the street were
carried away yesterday.
TIE HempGeld road carries great
many Chicago cattle just now.
WILL Wheeling have line Of Herdics
or an elevated railway, which2
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad con.
ductors are being arrayed in gaudy new
uniforms.
ELEVEN car loads OF Western cattle went
over the Hempfeld, to Washington, Pa,
last Saturday.
EMMETT GARY had one Of his fingers
badly mashed, while at work at the Greek
mill, yesterday.
THERR Is great complaint about the con.
dition OF the board walk at the head OF
Eleventh street.
The contract for the brick work Of the
Fifth ward school house has been awarded
to Hamilton 4 McGrsnahRn.
The bridge over Wheeling creek at Full
ton has been closed for repairs by order
OF the Board Of Commissioners.
HAMILTON 4 McGRANAuAN are having a
telephone connection made from their
peninsula briCkyard with the city.
NUMEROUS complaints come from Wash.
ington and Brooke counties on account oil
the ravages Of dogs among the sheep,
Tue steamboat Ls Belle has the most
disCordRnt whistle OF any boat on the
river, and 1t is in almost constant use.
Mr., JAMES Dyson, OF the Gas office, was
badly burned while at work on the Island
last Sunday, by an explosion oil gasoline
THE Mathews smoke consumer will be
nut on either the Katie stoCkdaIe or the
st, Lawrence during the coming fortnight
YESTERDAY was the opening OF spring,
hut between Vannor and the almanac
there ia some difference, which was settled
in favor Of the former
THERE will be q special meeting OF the
Board OF Regents oil the Deal, Dumb and
Blind Asylum, at Romney, April 9th, for
the purpose Of organization and other
matters.
The annual contest between the Philo
and Union, and franklin and Washing.
ton literary societies OF Washington and
Jefferson college, Pa, will take place to-
morrow evening.
The following letters remain in the Post
office unclaimed March q, 1881: Mrs.
Jennie Austin, John Boyd, Frank Do
Forest, ii, Jenkins, VIM, Pountney, Jacob
RosenCrRnz, and d. r. Thomas.
ANOTHER rowing match between Muir
ply and Knoke 10 on the taps. Knoke
has already beaten Murphy twice but
Murphy's friends claim that he has de-
veloped wonderfully during the last year
HAMILTON 4 MCGRANAHAN have already
contracted for more than $40 900 worth oil
work, and the season has hardly COM
menCed yet. They expect TO burn over
9 900, 900 bricks ct their kilns on the Pen
insula during this season.
PITTSBURGH papers are trying TO provoke
Philadelphia oarsmen to tackle some oil
the lannon's "spruCers" around the Smoky
city," Now 1t occurs TO US that Pittsburgh
can be very well accommodated without
getting 80 far away from home. Wheeling
has q few right good men any one oil
whom 10 not afraid oil any man In Pitts
burgh.
THE Terra Gotta and Sewer Pipe Works
OF MCMahon, Porter 4 Co., at New Gum.
berland, West Virginia, under the super
vision OF Mr.. Hugh MCMahon, have done
fine business during the past year, and
are preparing for rushing spring and
summer trade. They shipped 4,OlO tons o.
pipe down the river last week, and will
make another shipment Of $500 tons to
Cincinnati this week.
THREE years ago the peach trees were In
blossom on the 18th OF March. This year
the air was cold and raw on the 18th with
occasional rain. On the 10Th there was o
cold rain, which for time foil In torrents.
On the Goth the storm which had ragged In
Illinois and further west, reached Wheel.
ing, giving US slight snow storms through.
ont the day. During Sunday night the
wind wsssvery severe, accompanied with
occasional storms Of snow. On Monday
morning the 2lst, the roads were frozen
on the surface and the roofs were covered
with snow where they had been protected
from the wind.