The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-08
SCRAPS or NEWs,
Gathered Here and There By IntSlli
geleeF Reporters.

Esnesr Reporters.
ASoTHEE freeze,
TIE factions fight to-day.
THE Justice Ihopa we're barren Of news
yesterday.
The dry goods stores are closing at 8 ?.
since the Let inst.
CIRCUIT CouRT meets to-day pursuant to
adjournment ThursdEy.
A EEw venturesome people were skating
on the river Ice yesterday.
Tue Leasure Boat Club gave q dance at
Westwood's Hall last night.
Tue county law library room Is being
fitted up for Judge Boyd's office.
The present ice crop beats the harvest
ofRny previous year in quality,
THE icy pavements yesterday made
some Of the most digniaed unbend.
THR change in the weather will likely
hold the ice in the river Tor sometime yet
HUNDREDS OF children Of smaller ant
larger growth. enjoyed the excellent
sled riding on TWenty'seCond atreet yes
terday.
INV. O. 7. BUTLER sWore out q peace war
rant before Squire Philips yesterday
against Bertrand MeTiben. Hearing thil
morning.
SEVERAL cars on the Hempfeld jumped
the track at Mt. De. Ohantal yesterday
afternoon, delaying trains Tor some hours
No one was hurt.
Peter DILLON, who was getting in icI
for John speidel, In the Eighth ward, yes
terday, had his hand mashed and
thumb broken by acake OF ice.
YESTERDAY was a dull day at the Cour
House, Recorder Hook even shaking hi
head in the negative when the reporte
asked him II the customary marriage II
cense had been taken out
THE Cleveland Ltader says that "Jacl
GlassCock, OF the Cleveland base ball club
is praCtiCing daily at Wheeling" Can
be- possible that Jack Is hidden someWher
catching balls fired out OF q cannon.
ENGINEER WM. CoTrs, Of the Yigilan
Engine, lotterisd of q valuable gold watcl
last night. Two hundred chances wer
sold and Joe Purcell, q Top Mill heater
drew the prize. The number OF whiCI
was 1888.
Tue week OF prayer, established by tn
Evangelical Alliance, which has been OIL
served by the Protestant churches OF thi
city during the week, ends to-day, TIL
subject for to-day Is "Prayer for Chris
tian missions and the conversion Of tn
world to Christ"
A FIGHT took place in front OF LaurenC
Heller's saloon, opposite the PostotiCe
last night, in which Pat Donovan, oil ERs
Wheeling, was brutally kicked in the fac
by a man whose name we did not learn
Donovan was so badly beaten up that b
was carried into Shirk'S drug store for rt
pairs,
WHILE the foremost OF two east.boun
freight trains on the Central Ohio Raj
road yesterday was taking the siding q
Ned's Siding, the hindmost train cam
booming along and into the cnboos
OF the foremost train, making a generi
mashup Of cars, and throwing the eugin
and one car into the creek. It'll probabl
that somebody will get q rest for this acc
dent Independent.
SOME person, evidently an alRrmlst, wa
passing up Main street, below Twelfth
yesterday evening, about $3.50 O'Clock, an
seeing q light in the third story Of th
building occupied by ]. L. Burt 4 90, .
an iron warehouse, ran to the W. U. I
office, and gave the alarm from box %
The Department turned out promptly, bu
as the FIRE proved to be nothing more tina
a gas Jet burning, their services were no
required.