The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-14
CITY MATTERS,
Brief Notes on Current Events OF Miuo


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WILL Dixon, a well known Wheeling brick.
layer, Ia working in Florida. i7l Vi, s
ANorHKa smigrAnt train went west over
the h. d. 0. road yesterday. y ri
The Committee on Fire Department will
make It's annual tour on the frat Thursday
In June. -a-f,. "A. trFrt ~
TnE next meeting OF the Ohio County
Wool Growers Association will be held q,
Point Mills next Saturday. F.lN,i ,4!l
CHARLIE CouAS, a substitute letter.carriss,
has been advanced 10 the position OF regu.
lar carrier by Postmaster Sterling. .S"F
A CAR loaded with coke got of the Hemp.
field track yesterday forenoon at the Mau.
chester coal works, aud delayed all trains for
several hours. .9 mHfa .f,a9lE
THERE Is an unusual amount OF sickness
among. horses In the city. Squire Arkls re-.
Gently lost two horses, and now has one Dan.
gerously sick. Eg T'NfT 1f'.' q
II rained nearly all day yesterday at inter.
vals, and Inst evening several very heavy
showers fell, accompanied by light thunder
and lightning. Pa & Z. = -. / "a
HENRY HAuNE, a muck roller at the L.
Belle mill, was buried yesterday. Virginia
Lodge, A. A. |. Il 3. W., OF which he was o
member, attended the funeral in body.
0rricER Aurr yesterday killed dog In
East Wheeling which showed evidences OF
hydrophobia. He had not bitten anybody,
but was swapping and snarlipg at all who
passed. b. '5'~'.'''
KnAagRs band and orchestra was ysster.
day engaged for the st. Lawrence excursion
] 10 the Cincinnati Musical Fesiivsl. Captain
Billy List Ia determined TO make It pleasant
for his patrons. = H5-,,s-
DuAlSG the past two daysR ,ceiver Dunna.
away has taken up outstanding or Il ,aiing
order. 10 the amount OF $50, 5G7 80. The
money TO do this with was obtained from the
annual licenses taken out. -. 's F.sn
| CLERK Hook yesterday admitted to record
deed made May u by Christian GlaesneI
and wife 10 Eugene Woodruff, In considers
tion Of $500, for part Of lot 40, on the corner
OF Fifth and Market streets.
Gov. JACKSON yesterday received intslli.
gence that Squire Pipes, OF Cameron, had
committed fugitive from ius,ics named G.
W. Davis wanted In Greene county, Pa, ior
forgery. The Governor teleg.aphsd the fact
to the Pennsylvania authorities, and Davis IL
held to await requsition from that State,
AN excursion will 20 up 10 the Pittsburgh
Musical Festival Thursday, and return on q
spacial train on the pewiky road after the
Performance. Tho very low rate OF 81 for the
round trip has been secured, and reserved
seats Tor the festival are on sale Rt Banners
Tho tickets are good on any P. W. Il Ky.
train for Pittsburgh on THURSDAY. ~, M
A WASH HOUSE on the premises OF Henry
Helfenbine, east OF the city, aud In close
proximity to bis residence, caught fire yas-
terdAy morning and wap burnt down. The
air was still and the house had 9 tin roof or
1t too would have been destroyed. All thu
family meat, iiour and provisions were in the
wash house, and the loss will be about 5000.
FRED kRAusSorF, clerk in McClain
Brothers drug store, died yesterday morn.
ing after brief illness at the residence OF
Robert Mel lain, at Elm Grove. He hnd re-
Gently attained his msjoaily, and was a
steady and intelligent young man and a
great iavorite with his employers, and cape
cially with Mr.. Robert McLsln, in whoae
family he was brought up from an early sge.
He WAS one OF the Grit inmates OF the Wheel.
ing Children's Home. n.g.1.
| Eu:lEE!s men and others residing or doing
business along Water street from Eleventh
to Fourteenth streets, have gotten up petit
ton to Council asking that It compel the
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati 4 St. Louis road to
use coke or hard coal in it, engines that are
used in the city. The thick black clouds OF
smoke that pour out from the engines as they
work a!oag The lsvee grades ar3 vsry disa-
gresable, and there has been howl owe. the
nuisance for long lime.