The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-18
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rain for seven Sundays.
DID you meet Priscilla Ives?
LENT Is over. Nov tho fun begius.
PLouGHISo has begun in the country.
YEsTERDAY was a coal day on the river.
The usual number Of fights took place
Saturday night.
ZANE street, on the Island, ia about
ready for another appropriation.
A DIsGRACKFuL set.to took place at
Twelfth and Market streets last night.
CHARLEY HoRNBRooE will open up his
park to the public the frst Of next month.
JOE DRvISE, who has been in the letter.
carrier force for some time, has resigned
his position,
SUPERINTENDENT WEST will likely assume
charge Of the Penitentiary the latter part
Of this week.
AN extra car can now be obtained on
the Elm Grove road any night for q small
consideration. as.#
THAT genuine harbiuger Of Spring-a
circus-has not even had advance agents
in this city yet,
NEARLY all Of the migrating birds have
returned, which augurs well for the ap'
proaCh OF spring.
JouN WOODS was fined S. and costs last
Saturday by Judge Cranmer on account OIL
disorderly conduct.
The Central Band, with James GaliahsI
as leader, IL the latest production oil the
North Wheeling Glass Works.
JOSEPH MAHooD, q nail feeder for Mat,
AItmeyer, at the Benwood mill, cut 9S6
kegs Of twenty penny nails last week,
JAMES DUFP, the man injured at the
Wheeling City Mills, last Friday afternoon
died at the Hospital Saturday morning
THAT beautiful promenadet the "Pewikyp
iron Eleventh street to the Top mill was
thronged with promenaders Yesterday
Ware glad TO know that the ladies oil
Ist. Matthews P. +. Church will give all
Iolher Of their suppers next Thursday
evening
FRANK PAuLUs had one OF his fingers sc
badly crushed 1T the La Belle Mill last
Saturday that it had to be amputated al
the second joint by DR.. Pipes.
Our intelligent Compositor made US say
last Saturday the Belmont furnace had
turned out sixteen tons OF iron In one day
whereas 1t should have been sixty'onC
tons.
In view Of the proximity Of small poS
was not the recommendation 10 abolish
1.-The pest house, or what amounts to the
Bame thing, 10 discontinue the Office oil Ill
keeper little prematureY
A FELLOW was arrested In Bellaire, Sat
urdRy, for stealing the ritual Of q seCret
soCiety, We suppose the next thing We
shal hear OF will be the arrest OF some
one for stealing the History of tho Pan
handle" -
DARLINGTON HEIduTs," in East Wheel
ling, was raided Saturday night by Officers
Flgate, Junkins, Morris and sylyis. The
usual number OF Joneses, Smiths anC
Browns were cora ed, besides few ie
males bearing the same names.
WIN. TURNER and James and Alex
Jones were before Squire William Philips
last Saturday, Un charge OF stealing coal
ICapt. AL. Prince, prosecutor. The EVIL
IubuCb WIS HOL bullCleut W uOlh thV AZ
Cused, and the Justice discharged them
TuE Gremen at the Yigilent Engine
House will give a ball at Turner Hall to-
morrow night for the benefit Of their en-
CINE house. They wish the public to con
tribute toward furnishing 1t, and we fee
sure that such contributions will be made
THERE Is a depression in the pavement
on Eleventh street in front Of Heyman't
clothing store that has produced ever
more profanity than the mud has. Somt
lCareless person took up the bricks anC
neglected 10 replace them. II Is a very
dangerous place, and on these nights wher
the authorities at the gas works forget L
light up the streets 1t Is regular mar
trap.
| A BALLOON keeper in tho Eighth ward
named Brinkmann, went to his saloor
yesterday morning, at Thtrty.Bixth AMI
Jacob streets, and found hole burned
through the floor, and fire elill sdherinG
to the Joists in several places, while neal
by sat q Jug OF carbon oil. The very EVIL
dent intention was to burn the saloon, bu
who the inCendtary IL, Mr.. Brinkman Ii
at loss 10 know.