The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-10
CITY MATTERS.
Brief Noles on Current Events OF Minor

Interest.
oxE marrisge license was Issued yesterday,
the Hrst for several days.
TIE regular seml.monthly meeting. Of
Council will be held this evening.
LARGE tns looking wstsr melons are arriv.
Ing In town daily from the Baltimore mar
keL They are grown in Georgia.
WoRK was continued all night on the Cer.
trail Glass Works gas we'll, but at midnight
the distractions were still in the well.
JoHN MCKAY, the Boston oarsman. has
issued challenge for three mile scuiling
race, $500 q side, 10 William BricelApd or
John Ritz, OF this city.
MR r. p. Glass OF Clinton, this county,
and Miss Matte Gibson. Of this city, were
married at West Alexander yesterday morn.
ilg by Rev. Nj. Colman. 4
THE Healy Base Ball club will 20 out to St.
Cl4irSville next Saturday and plly game
with the picked nine that downed the Wheel
ing printers last Saturday.
THE Committee on Fire Department at It.
meeting last night, decided TO recommend
that an iron roof he placed on the hook 4
ladder house, and ordered several bills paid,
Tx new telephone wire between Bellaire
aud Wheeling is up, and is very decided
improvement on toe old one, communica.
tons being much more easily dlstiuguishable.
The special joint committee appointed 70
look up suitable quarters for the city officials
so that the dangerous ARK" can be abon-
dontd, Is called to met at 9 O'clock this al
tIrnoor.
NV counterfeit ten cent pieces have been
put in circulation They are good imtta-
ton and closely resemble the silver piece,
but the metal Is quite brittle aud will break
with bard pressure.
ABOUT o'clock last evening the residence
of John Springer. on EOf street, near Cald-
wells Run, was entered by thieves while the
family was absent, and silver watch and q
small sum OF money taken.
A MAN giving his name as olt1 Commtity
was sent 10 the WorkhouSe yesterday BY
Judge Je flers for disorderly conduct. AS he
was leaving the court on-his way to the hill
he fell IN q I'll, cutting a fearful cash on his
head.
By come awkwardness the name OF DR.. ].
e, Reeves, 4 this ty, was yesterday printed
MS "Rey."J T. Reeves. II the blame for the
blunder can be definitely fixed, all the Doc.
tors surgical skill will be required 10 attend
10 the injuries Of the responsible individual.
The German Fire Insurance Company
elect I'd the following Directors at a stock
holders meeting Reid yesterday: John Oster-
ling, William +. Stifel, Augustus Rolf, Anton
Reymann, Frederick Schenk. Philip Schuehle,
a. G. Egeit.r, Casper Hell aud George E.
stifel.
THE Secretary OF State yesterday issued .
certificate Of incorporation to the Unitsd
States Ballot Box Manufacturing Company,
Of Boston, Mas, formed for the purpose Of
manufacturing parent ballot boxes. The
capital IL $3.50, with the privilege OF incrsas.
ing to hElta million.
The AGisn Singing Society, OF this city,
yesterday rec lived word tbAt they hal been
selected as one OF eight societies IN the SaeE-
gerbund to furnish eight singers each for the
''Solo ChorusCs," o. little ,'cheruses of the
S4sngsriest. This honor Is high one, and
is q compliment TO the musical culture Of
Wheeling, ..
THE case OF Martin Fisher VS.. James Rus
sell was Tried yesterday before sq1ire Cald.
we'll Russell claimed that Fisher was in
debted to him, and be went TO the latters
{ RAJ in Marshall county and took possession
OF horse which was in pasture The horse
vas sold by Russell, and Fisher sued him.
The Squire gave judgment in Fishers favor
for $l9j.
THE Turner'S will celebrate their thittieth
W n E4ahA P'SAAN a.
garden to-day Visiting Turner's from sew
eral other cities were expected to arrive last
night on the P. W. & KY, but owing to
ISome misunderstanding tley did no: come.
but will be here to-day. A committee, ac-
mpAnisd BY the Opera House band, met the
train at the depot, but no Turner'S we're there.
TnE Island reel is nextt1 the ARK" pro-
baby the most ancient relic in the city. It's
history is almost lost in the missy past.
There Is legend that it was stolen from some
Ohio company or fished from the liver where
1t had been run after many years OF useful
ness. For a long number OF years It was
attached TO the Vigilant engine and was
wrecked an innumPTable number OF times:
Then during the Eecles regime the Island
hose house was bull, a new reel bought for
the vigilant and the relic" patched up and
put in the Island house. But now, it Is
about TO COLLAPSE and new reel will soon
be necessary, or else 8 big sam for rebuilding
the present ruin, or else the disbanding OF
the comDany. Reels cost about SEQ,