The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-16
CITY MATTERS.
hrief Notes On Current Events Of n inor
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TaE skating out at Leatherxood |. said 10
DO glorious. F{Fff. [59 lF,5' Z
TnE river last evening was falling with I
feet II inches In the channel. u - y 4
'BrsrsEss In the Police Courts and suuires
Criminal Courts has been exceedingly dull
for several days . nj - J II
MEs were busily engaged yesterday cutting
Ice In the creek, 80 aS to allow two Of War.
ren's oil boats 10 be taken up to the ref merry.
The Republican City Executive Committee
will meet Mt the City Building this evening
70 arrange for holding the usual city prima.
ries. - gr,a rgI -" : 1,TlTl
TIoxErs for tho "Uncle Toni matinee 10.
day will be on sale at Wilson K Bau iner's
music store. Adults IS cents, children ID
cents. No reserved seats.
CAPTAIN BENNETT goes 10 Pittsburgh to-day
after George Washington. the col0red boy
charged with stealing Dr.. 1Iarvey's diamond
whose term In the work house expires there
to-day. tEfs.5 3'I(, 1--we
Tue jury In the Zevely forgery case were
discharged ut noon yesterday, beingstill I'm.
able to agree Upon verdict. The last vote
showed four for acquttal and eight for con.
victl0n. nNE NFg- gEt
SAN ALLEN was tho only culprit In Police
Court yesterday morning. Judge IeUen
fined him $50 anu costs for drunkenness and
reckless driving In the Eighth ward Oh Thurs.
day evening. @ @
A PETITION Is being circulated In the coun.
try districts asking the Board Of County Com.
missioners to pay the claim OF the gentlemen
interested In the Roneys Point and West
Union turnpike. NIa.5 ,gU
TnE Committee on Fire Department made
a tour OF the engine houses OF the city yes.
terday, inspecting the fixtures aud apparatus,
aud taking an Inventory ofthe property, pre-.
paratory to the change Of Chief Marshals.
LAST night number OF the young men EN-.
p1oyed ut the Riverside mill, danced at
Goetzs Hal to the music OF Birch's orches.
ira. The boys know how 10 enjoy them.
selves, and always do. Last night vas no ex,
ception. sjlT
Dick WALTERS and Dick Kenney were on
4 wild, demalishing kind OF drunk last
evening, and broke things mp In Rines sa.
loon, Market Square. Walters was arrested
And after tussle landed in the cooler. Ken.
ney will be arrested. rF- ..E
last night after the First Branch had ap.
proved Mr.. Cummings bond, ex.Malsllal Ec.
cles handed over to him the keys, and Mr..
Dunning assumed charge us Chief Of the Fire
Department. He did not express himself AZ
10 what changes would take place. " an
"UScLE TOMS CABIN" as given ut the Opera
House last night by Anthony & Elis's grand
double company, was pronounced by the I'M.
usually large audience present the best per-
Torrance Of the old play ever seen ON a
Wheeling stage. All the advertised attrae.
tons were given. -
Council last evening adopted the ordi-
nance, full synopsis OF which appeared In
the lSTELL1GEScER about four weeks since,
giving to the Mayor and Chief OF the Fire
Department the power of wardens. and regu-
lating the actions OF the tiremen, police and
populace at fires. .U
For tue past two nights the ladies' OF the
German Evangelical Protestant st. Johns
church have been conducting very Success
ful fair and festival at the Academy of Music.
The display Of fancy articfesis large and eIc.
CANT a nice supper is set, there Is a plenty
Of music and one can spend very pleasant
evening, The fair closes tonight.
BURGLARS entered the postohice at Elm
Grove Thursday night or yesterday morning,
and opened early all OF the letters In the
office. Whether any thing was stolen from any
Of them or not cannot yet be ascertain I'd, nor
Is there any clue to the perpetrators The
office is unfortunate in this regard, rs 1t sui.
fered a similar visitation some time ago.
THURSDAY afternoon about three O'Clock.
as passenger train No. 5. on the b. & Q. road,
was passing Cameron, it struck and ran over
an old man named Joha Yelling, killing him
instantly and mangling bis body in sicken-
ing manner. He was seyenty-siI years OF
age, and IN uncle OF Matthias Yelling, the
weil-known conductor on this division Of .ite
3. & 0. road. ...8
HARRY ZlEGLER who was working on the
Cleveland 4 Pittsburgh bridge at Bridge
port, was unloading bridge iron from car
yesterday when he was caught by large
piece Of iron. weighing 200 pounds. Ills
lef leg was fearfu!ly mangled. DR.. Todd,
surgeon for the Cleveland & Pittsburgh rail.
road company, assisted by Dr. Wagner,
dressed his wound. He is now lying at Hills
hotel.
COMMENCING Monday evening and contin.
uing during the week, there Will be held in
the basement OF the Church of the Immaccu.
late Conception. in the Eighth ward, fair
and festival under the auspices OF The st.
Paul Literary Society. Mayors orchestra
will furnish music every evening There
will be my Number of pretty girls and pref
ty fancy articles, good suppers, etc. ~
join CoypREy, alias "Cnrly Jack,", who
needs no introduction to Wheeling readers,
Is attracting attention over In Pennsylvania.
He was recently in Jail at kittannIng under
suspicion Of burglary, and had so l0osened
the fastenings OF his door that the EN- tire pop.
uiation Of the Jail would have escaped, when
former fellow prisoner was arrested at Pitts
bufgh tor Drunkenness and "paye the snRn