The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-06
CITY MATTERS.
Brief note. on current Event. Of Minor

North wheeling.
TIE Clator.Layberger race Is to be roWed
on the Wellsburg course.
THE Riverside and Top mills forge depart
ments will resume operations toby, The
Belmont forge will start up Wednesday.
SATURDAY officer Mute shot q dog that had
bitten a little girl named Louisa Behler on
the arm. The brute belonged 10 John New
ton.
Ar. midnight last night the slate at
headquarters contained the names OF twenty
two parties who wiF1-anSwer to Judge Jefers
this morning for their offenses.
The ohesspeakes Of South Wheeling and
Oliyet!es OF the Island played a game OF ball
for q purse OF $40, Saturday afternoon, that
was won by the former club. The score was
22tos
SATURDAY noon a young man named
Charles Seabright was up on Chapline bill
indulging In pistol practice, when be acct.
IDENTIFY shot himself In the left hand, the ball
lodging In his wrist.
TIE receipts OF the picnic held on the fair
grounds July 20. for the benefit OF the Sisters
Of st. Joseph, already amoun 10 over one
thousand dollars net, and several books are
yet to be heard from.
The Republicans Of Belmont county are
striving hard 10 secure Gen. "Bill" Gibson,
"the old man eloquent" to address them at
EtnAville during this campaign. They also
wsnt Foraker 10 be present at the County
Convention, to be held at Martins Ferry.
TRAINS on the Pittsburgh, Wheeling &
Kentucky road are oblised to run very slow
over the Short Greek bridge. It Is o wooden
one and badly rotted In places. An iron
bridge Ia on the cars standing on q siding
there, and will probably be swung In a day
or two.
SATURDAY evening an alarm Of fire was sent
In from box %, corner OF Eoff and Twenty
eighth streets, oecasioned by the exploding
of q lamp In P. BrannoA's house. No. T2s
lamp was slightly burned and q carpet de
stroyed.
THE gambling rooms ct No. 1881 Market
street were ratded by the police Saturday
evening and ten persons captured. They all
vaye fictitious names and put up money for
their appearance this morning. This Is the
first excursion of this nature that the police
have taken for several months.
SATURDAY evening Squire Ankle had before
him the cases OF the State vs. May Land and
Nellie Petit, and two cases against Ella Leoif-
Ter. The Justice assessed IS and costs against
both Land and Petit and continued Leot.
ler's cases until this evening. The parties
named had a back yard Wordy war-hence
the cases.
THE Rsgister's occasional correspondent"
at Mt. Vernon, KY, could have secured the
reprint OF his lengthy communication In last
Sundays issue by scissoripg the columns Of
the NctpS Letter OF July s, where 1t appeared
properly credited to the Mt Vernon CORE
spondent OF the New York Star Ksterday's
NSFS-L Letter.
TsE Riverside base ball club manager ssys
that the O NIB will play the Rough and Rea-
dy's for 500 or 500 and psy hat the expen.
SEES OF the Morgantown club for the cham.
pionship OF the State. The Biversides claim
that they never received q second letter from
Morgantown. It's too bad that a game cant
be played for the gate money, without any
purse.
Mr.. +. HASKE, the well known liquor mer-
chant, was the viciim OF one OF the most dar-
ing highway robberies Saturday evening that
was ever committed In this city. II was
about 0 o'clock and he was engaged in assist.
ing some ladies from q Bridgeport car at the
rough looking men left the car at the same
time, and one OF them snatched at Mr..
Hanke's fine gold chain. 1t broke and the
thief secured the larger part oft and Mr..
Hawkes. gold watch, valued ct $50.
Tue Knights OF st. George held their sec
ond annual election yesterday. and chose
the following officers for the ensuing
year: President, I. {. Riley; Vice President,
G. A. Hadlicb; Secretary, Thos, E. Mulligan;
Assistant Secretary, Christian Blum; Treas.
nrer, VIM. F. Weir; Messenger, M. Whelan;
Captain, d. A. Fitzpatrick; First Lieutenant,
a. +. stauver; Second Lieutenant, G. A.
Hadlich; Third Lieutenant, Jos. Nolte; Ser
geant, Adam Yahn; Standard Bearers, Al.
McGariell and ~. Vockler.
Mr.. Orro JAEGER, OF this city, took part In
several sh .oiing matches at the annual picnic
OF the New York Central Rife Club, August
Cd. In 8 contest with the Mann target be
made 81 out OF a possible 90, and WOO the
second prize OF SIS. The winner OF the frst
prize, $40, only beat MI. Jaeger one point. 10
a contest with q German ring target Mr..
Jaeger use I a %three-pound pull trigger while
the other contestants used hair triggers, yet
he won the twelfth prizs, s., against two
hundred contes ants, all Of whom had the
advantage OF the hair trigger. On Saturday
he was to have taken part IN a prize contest
at Bridgeport, Conn. ftN 70
THE picnic given on the State Fair
Grounds Saturday by the C~igarmakers' AS
sembly X. OF L. was n OF the most sue.
cessful affairs that has taken place on the IL
land this season. In the morning there was
q parade headed by the Wheeling City Band:
Dancing was the great attraction on the
grounds, although the game OF bass ball Do.
tween the ~Cigarmakers' nine and the PFin=
tiers nine attracted a big crowd Of spectators.
This was the third game between these mines
this season. There was q game to the credit
Of each before Saturdays game. Now there
are two games 10 the credit Of the cigarma-
kels, the score on Saturday being II to 0 In
their favor.
COUNCILMAN FRANK HrAIr will be before
Police Court this morning charged with sell
ing liquor on Sunday and assault and bat
terry. Thomas FeeDy waB the man Healy
assaulted. 1t sppeats that Feeny,. who was o
little under the influence Of drink. swore
out 8 warrant against the member Of Council
from the Fourth ward, charging him with
selling on Sunday. The warrant was served
yesterday afternoon. Shortly afterwards
Healy met Feeny near the corner Of Market
and Sixteenth streets and punched his head
and pounded him up pretty bad. Hssly
then went and gave himsalt up at head
quarters. Feeny, while running for adoctot,
was chased by Officer Taylor, who did not
know the circumstances Of the Gaze, but see
ing d man bleeding freely and running, want
ed To know the cause.