The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-23
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Tux county roads are just horEid.
ROBERT FERGUSON. q Top Mil mailer,
died at the Hospital last night.
THE annual commencement Of the pub.
lie schools Of this city will be held June
18th.
Tue Hinge factory is only running par.
tally full on account Of a scarcity OF
iron.
soME necessary repairs are being made
70 the exterior oil the First Presbyterian
Church.
The Agnes Wallace. Villa combination
passed through this city yesterday en- route
to Washington, Pa.
sHERITY BRowS Is making preparations
to move into his new office in Odd Eel.
lows building on Twelfth street,
The Whitaker Iron Works are not in
operation this week on account OF neces'
aary repairs to some Of the machinery.
Tux Washington District LyCeum will
give its annual literary entertainment at
the North street NJ. Z. Church on Friday
evening at O'Clock.
THE acknowledgements Singing
Society will entertain their wives, sisters
cousins and relations tomorrow evening at
their hall on Main street,
Dr.. PARKINSON testified in bis own be.
half at Wellsburg Monday, being the first
witness to do 30 under the recent act Of
the Legislature permitting persons charged
with felony 80 to do.
VIZ are indebted to the teachers Of the
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for an invitation to be present at the en-
tertainment tomorrow afternoon in the
Grammar room OF that school,
SUPERINTENDENT LAWSON, OF the sns'
pension Bridge, certainly deserves the
thanks OF the seventh warders on account
Of his efforts this winter to keep the bridge
and its approaches clear OF snow and ice'
MuCu complaint 10 made against the
Street Commissioner on account OF his
failure to enforce the ordinance in regard
to the blocking up OF tho pavement on
Main street by store boxes and other OBJ
struCtiona,
The annual examinations at tho First
ward public school will take place on
Thursday and Friday. All the grades OF
divisions O and D on Thursday, and all
the grades Of A and Band Grammar room
on Friday.
FISH COMMISSIONERS II. B. MILLER, yes.
terday, put 10000 land locked salmon In
Fgay's Run, about six miles out the Ma.
tional road. The eggs were received from
Grand Lake, Maine, and were Matched
out at the State fishery at Romney.
THE West Virginia Legislature passed
a law before sdjourning, taxing female
dogs 81, and male dogs so cents, This is
\ discrimination against the weaker sex
that the followers OF Susan B. Anthony
ought TO denounce.-B ellaire Independent,
OPYICRR DUNLAP did a very strange
thing yesterday afternoon when he ar
rested John Thompson In North Wheeling
for thrashing HE motherin.!aw. Has the
average American citizen no rights in this,
the afternoon Of the nineteenth century?
JEFF DAVIS, with a company Of "ChoiCe
spirits" left this city, Monday night, for
the wild West. The parents OF the boys
are nearly distracted, and are telegraphiDg
In all directions for them. N. B.--They
do not care whether JEFF Is returned or
not.
LAST Saturday afternoon George Hum.
bic (only In nAme) got on tho rampage at
Elm Grove ane resisted the attempts oil
two constRbles to arrest him and bring
him to fail in this city, 80 q reinforcement
was sent to their assistance and George
lodged in jail during the night.
MARTIN THORNTON has letter from 0
brother in Louisville, from which 1t seems
that the Street Car Companies there have
lust undergone the same seige as our own.
Mr.. Thornton, who ia Sup srintendent Of
the horse car lines, writes that his stable
hands all struck last week, but their places
have now been filled.
CAPT. BENNETT says az soon as the re.
vised ordinance In regard to street loahng
is arranged he will enforce 1t at all hsz.
ards. Now Captain, begin on the corner
OF Fourteenth and Market, west side, and
work up, and you will elicit the lasting
gratitude oil half Of the respectable portion
Of the people Of this city.
THE trustees and the two committees
appointed at the last annual meeting Of
the Wheeling Library Association will
meet at an early day 10 dispose OF the
library. The Secretary Of State has mott.
fed the Association that he needs the
room, and that the library nustbe moved
elsewhere. Why is 1t that city Of $1,000
inhabitants cant support library?
Nh. b. l.. BUTCHER, State Superintend.
ent OF Free Schools, has addressed CirCu.
lar letter to the different county superin.
tendents throughout the State requesting
them 10 inform him al what time they
can most readily hold county institutes
during the coming summer BYR recent
act Of The Legislature the time Of holding
these Institutes has been changed from
August to May and June. Mr.. Butcher
wishes to make these meetings al once In.
teresting and profitable.
LAST Saturday night there was tor.
rifle row at the house oil Stanley. Gardner
In the Eighth Ward, during which sever.
al ehots were fred one Of the balls going
through the window oil a residence In the
vicinity, and, 1t Is claimed, a young man
was shOt, but not dangerously wounded
during the ARRAY. Yesterday the fTall
Neltie was arrested about 2 Pollock In the
afternoon, and after staying at headquar.
tiers until alter o'clock, she put mp $50
Tor her appearance this morning, and wac
released.
QUITE little excitement was raised on
Water street about noon yesterday by an
individual who claimed that his watch
had been stolen. As soon as he disCov.
cred his loss he turned around and
struck a man near him ter.
rible blow on the nose. The
man started to run, holly pursued by his
asssilant, and both were finally brought
mp at the Huseman House, where Cspt.
Bennett and officer Sylyis arrested them,
one on suspicion OF stealing and tho other
for disorderly conduct. The watch was
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