The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-12-12
NEWS xURBISs
Picked Up AMER the Main Grilt Has
B0en eround.

B0eR GFOHnd.
THE snow made very brief call
A PERsoS named Murphy was pulled in by
Officer Kennedy yesterday for disordeFiy
conduct
THE HOlksblan will be out in an enlarged
form this morning, and continue SO until al
ter the holidays
The MRnnerchor people have leased the
room now used as skating rink, and Will
take possession January LIST
THE Jefferson Democratic Club" which
has had such hard time getting into exist
ence, is said to have at last materialiled,
IT Is said death.rattle insurance companies
abroad are still operating agencies IN this
city. They are harder 70 root out than the
Canada thistle.
4 THE case Of KleinhRusvs, Neidhardt q suit
Tor damages on account of alleged SANDER
Gus utterances, was compromised Saturday,
the defendant agreeing TO pay the costs.
OFFICER COINS last evening arrested lad
named Charles Mack for snow.balling u
lanp-lighter. The habit Of promiscuouslly
snow-balling 10 bad one, and should be
broken up.
TIE snow yesterday afternoon had the eff
feet Of bringing out the sleighs-the owners
probably fearing this would be the last
chance this year, which Is not an unusual
apprehension.
IS part 9 OF the Circuit Court, Saturday
the Jury In the case OF Page vs., Simon Baer
& Son, for the recovery OF money amounting
to $2s, returned verdict for plaintiff for the
full amount OF his claim,
An elegant new company has been engaged
r.. al nj
prising several old Wheeling favorites and
many entirely new people OF National fame
A good show can be relied on,
SATURDAY afternoon Mrs, Benz. Chapline
was attacked by an epiletlC fit while passing
the Virginia hose house and ie.I to the
ground. She was removed to Mr.. Dun
leyeys residence, where she shortly after re-
covered.
A CERTIFICATE OF incorporation was issued
on Saturday, by Secretary OF State Stllnaker,
to the Riverside Furniture Company" which
corporation will be the successor to the fac.
Metzner, shelhase & Co.
HENRY Smith, the special constable charged
with felonious shooting, was examined by
Sluire Bulger Saturday and the case dismiss
ed 1t Is to be hoped that this case will serve
as caution to reckless officers concerning
the manner they use their shooting irons.
An attempt was made to rob the residence
OF Jacob Ritter, corner OF Twenty'tourth
and Eoff streets Saturday evening, but fortu-
nately 1t proved unsuccessful. The thieves
attempted to enter by way OF tho transonl,
but that fell, and the crash OF the glass
awakened the inmates
TIE legal contest over the stake money in
the KnoEe.O lIanlOn boat race, which has
attracted large share OF public interest," has
at last been definitely settled by Q Compro-
mise. The purse of $3.50 was equally divided,
and o Hanlon paid the costs due Squire Phil
ips' Court, amounting to SLIGO.
IT Is thought and hoped that the end OF
the East Wheeling riot cases, now pending
before Justice Felber, has been reached
Nine OF them were up Saturday afternoon
for trial. Those against Lawrence Miller and
Miss Lizzie Campbell were dismissed by
agreement. The other cases were postponed
indefinitely.
LEON VAN WALT, one OF the young men oil
the city, was arrested Saturday morning by
Constable st. Myels, on q warrant sworn out
by W. A. Marley, the shirt manufacturer,
charging Van Walt with embeGzlOment In his
collections After some time bondsman
was found In the person OF j. II, Good, Esq,
and the hearing set for to-day.
SEVEN boiling furnaces at tho new Laugh
lin Mill Martins Ferry, have been COM
pleted, and the fires will be started in them
today or tomorrow. The nailers are nearly
oil at work fixing their machines and are
about ready to begin making nails, The
plumbers arc putting the finishing touches
on their work, and the boiler makers have
packed their tools and left.
WHEELING theatre goers who cannot be
pleased with tho attractions offered at the
Opera House this week must DO hard to
please indeed. They will have Fun on tue
BRISTOL" buffalo Bill" In "The Prairie
Waif" Mains Comic Opera Company, an
organization whose merits nrc well rccoS-
nlzed here, In Donna Juanita,' q new
operctta, highly spoken Of by those who have
seen It In the East, and lastly the revised
version" OF "IIumpty Dumpty"
SATURDAY the case Of the Slate VS.. Belle
Lindsay, on q peace warrant, was before
Squire Dulger, and was dismissed at the
costs OF the defendant, by agreement; Pen
dIeton for the plaintiff and Houston for the
defendant. Tie case OF the State vs. Mar
garet Toomey was tried, and defendant was
lined 81 and costs and required to give bond
Ill tuC sun VI FbV W plehuAN w WIZ pShSO lSA
six months. Tho defendant appealed; Fen
guson for the State and PendIeton for the
defense.
The Board OF Equalization and Appeals
meets again on Tuesday II is making mate.
rial Roadway In increasing the assessment Of
city personal property In the aggregate, and
the resulting benefit to the City's treasury
will be considerable. Numerous citizens In
whose assessments by the city officers and
the county assessors discrepancies have been
discovered, have been invited 10 meet with
the Board and explain that little matter TO
their satisfaction or submit 10 an increase Of
their valuation. It Is to be hoped that the
careful review OF the returns this time will
effect reform In the valuations given the
assessors by property holders.
THE following IL an extract from the report
OF City Surveyor Hoge, to be submitted to
Council tomorrow evening on the safety OF
the Seventeenth bridge: II have observed
when teams are passing over 1t that the vi
bratlons are very great, and as the columns
are Of cast iron, these constant vibrations
arc liable TO break them, which would result
In The destruction Of the bridge. may here
Observe that cast iron no longer enters Into the
construction OF truss bridges, aud is especial.
y excluded In all specifications. Under
these circumstances, deem II my duty to
say that in my opinion the bridge Is unsafe"
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