The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-16

Record Of Minor Local Happenings Of
Current Interest

AtcoFu VI Athvr Local HnpneningH OF
Current Interest.
BOAED Of Education this evening.
THE assessors are once more around prylng
into your Affairs
Tnr Legislators do not tackle kindly to
night sessions.
RIgrlAH monthly meeting Board of Edu.
cation tonight
see Barney about II"
A SPECIAL session OF Council has been
called for Friday evening.
FREsu garden truck begins 10 appear In the
markets In small quantities
THE Fire Department test signal Il now
sent out Of y r. ", instead Of 8 p. ".
TIE Fire Department Investigating Com.
mittee viii meet next Monday evening for
organization.
pROEEN Limestone in great quantities Ia
being placed on Market street between Fiitb
and Seventh stFSetS It was needed badly.
WALTER MARSHALL, who owns the coal
mines near slacktown, had portion OF bis
chute taken away during the recent heavy
Tux United engine was taken To the repair
shop Of Cox & Morrison yesterday. The
boiler hues were found TO have melted down
and all run together.
MILE RHEA, The actress, will be at steu,
benyille on the twenty.thlrd instant. Wheel.
ing boys have already written for accOmmo-
datlons at the hotels.
CARL AND FRASK BABRlrT, Of the Eighth
ward, we're pulled in by officer Combs yes.
terlay fol, INDUCING In q home fight, and
lodged In the Eighth ward station.
THERE is a bad break In the board walk on
the east side Of tho National road above
Seventh street Some dark might some one
will break leg, and then for a damage suit.
A VERY quiet wedding will take place next
Wednesday morning at o'clock, liz the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church. The contracting
parties are two Of our well known young
folks.
TUESDAY evening as George Rank, dray.
man connected with HOfIIman's tannery, was
loading leather on the levee, large and
heavy roll fell on him, badly hurting his
back.
Tue following postmasters have recently
been commissioned for this State: John
Sheridan. Elk Garden, Mineral county; Gil.
bert NJ. Hart, New Interest; Matthew 7. Nc.
Clurg Mt Lookout.
TIE City BOARD OF Equalization and Ap.
peals met yesterday, and were In session fol
SOME time, but transacted nothing but rou.
tine business. Some OF the petitions referred
TO them by Council were disposed Of.
Tm Wheeling RegiIisr calls the members OIL
the West Virginia Legislature "Sober So.
Ions" The constituents OF the gentlemen
will be agreeably surprised to learn that
their representatives arc sober.-BslLaire III.
depeHdsHt.
fHE Council Committee on Water Works
met last evening, and instructed the chair.
man and superintendent OF the works to In.
YeStigate the cost and efficiency Of the How.
ell patent blowers which 1t Is proposed To
put in the boilers at the water works.
THE ladies OF the Fourth Street N. E.
Church will give one OF their enjoyable
socials at the church this evening. An ele.
CANT supper will be spread at six o'clock and
later In the evening u musical and literary
programme OF unusual interest will be
rendered.
MANY Of the escapes on the Sidney at the
time OF the explosion last Friday were hair
breadth In their nature. Engineer Cummins
would have been blown out into the river
had Il not been for guard rail. The damage
to the boat was very small, comparatively
speaking.
TaE first donation to WheOling's Public
Library comes from ex.ATayor Sweeney, one
OF the United States Commissioners for the
State OF West Virginia to the Paris Exposi.
ton, IN the shape OF report from the Board
OF Commissioners on the Exposition, in five
large and well bound. volumes They are
profusely illustrated and are very interesting
WHEN everything is completed at the
Sugar Refinery, not more than fifteen men
will be employed, the larger portion OF the
work being done by machinery. Nearly all
oil the machinery at present is in position,
but lew more pieces are yet to arrive. In
about ten days the manufacturingofglu glucose,
will, 1t is expected, be proceeding regularly.
TUESDAY evening little daughter OF VIM.
franklin, OF the Sixth ward, got lost on the
Elm Grove railway. She had been sent on
an errand and when she failed to return her
parents were very much alarmed. In the
meantime the little one had been found by
one Mrs Nuns who kept her until yesterday
morning and then sent her home, much to
the joy Of the mother.
YESTERDAY morning, before the Senate was
called to order, one OF the Senators in great
good humor had resolution sent up to
another Senator who was for the time occu.
plying the Presidents chair. The resolution
was read by him as follows: "ReSolred, That
this legislature is strawberry and creamer,
aud Will adjourn In the spring." The adop-
ton Of the resolution was ordered to be COM
municated to the committee clerks and pages.
soNE thoughtful citizens are disposed TO in.
quire why It now takes four men to make
the city assessment Of personal property, at
an expense Of s. each, or $l2 In all, per day.
when heretofore two men did the same work
for SJ Last year three assessors were APP
pointed, and clerk employed, because
valuation OF real estate was also made, and it
was thought that three men could form o
more reliable opinion Of the proper appraise-
ment than two. The inquiry seems peril.
nent.
TUE Supreme Court OF Appeals met yes.
terday morning at 10 o'clock, all the Judges
on the bench. The arguments were com.
menced In the case OF the Chesapeake and
Ohio Hallway Company VS.. Jos. s. Miller
Auditor. The points In this case were re-
Gently briefly and conCisely set forth in the
this Court In the lower districts. 1t Is in
this Court on mr. appeal from Judge Melyin's
decision. The Chesapeake and Ohio claims
exemption from taxation, as tits the sue
ceSsor Of the c. & o. r. r. Co.,
which was tho successor OF the old
Richmond and Coyington road. The
Supreme Court decided yesterday to allow
each attorney four hours for his argument.
Col. White, ex.Attorney General and counsel
for Auditor Miller, commenced at 1880 A. N.
and closed at $50 ?. ". The Court then ad.
journed until to-day at 10 O'Clock, when
Colonel Hogeman for the Railway Com.
pany will commence his argument, TO be
followed by Attorney General Watts for the
Auditor and Judge Robertson, OF Virginia,
for the Company. The arguments will con-
sumo the remainder Of the week.
TaE joint entertainment to be given at
the Opera House tomorrow evening by the
pupils Of the LinSly Institute and Wheeling
Female College can easily lay claim to being
the finest amateur entertainment ever given
in the city. This statement we venture to
assert, no one will deny after the perform.
ance Is over. For weeks past the pupils who
are to take part have been carefully perfect
ing themselves under the direction Of their
tutors. The programme 10 one that has been
selected with great care, and embraces some
very choice numberS II isin two parts and
evenly divided between the pupils from the
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