The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-23
CRY siATrERS..
Brief Notes on Currcn. vents of Minor

~aH rNl#HEH"H ~r. lnIsfttts LNI fN-..|NHHH vi
MArlsrss al both theatres this afternoon.
TuE Pottery will start TN Monday on full
time.
TO-DAY Is pay day al the Bou.h Wheeling
glass wofka, 3iN
YESTERDAY morning Chet Wheat, while
cleaning Il revolver, accidentally Hhot him.
self In the hiud.
UERS have resumed business, aud ~ a CON.
sequence eggs nro quoted ut n figure that
does not make them quite such n luxury IS
they have been recently.
A WOMAN named Mis-. Mercer. Lying y few
miles out tho Fatfnont pike, while milking
4 COW wa, knocked down and severely
trsmped by the vicious brute.
MUSlcrrAL Court mot yesterday morning,
Judge J, ilers On the bench. There being no
business Of importance 10 transact court ad.
j)urned I'LL this morning nj $3.50 o'clock.
EpwAnp 8. DnLoS, having been appointed
n Notary Public for this county, yesterday
guslifed In Recorder Hooks onlse, giving Il
bond Of 800, with James +. Maxwell ~
surety. W MOST
DURING the violent wind that prevailed
| WeaGes lay morning q large hatchwHy roy6r-
Ing OIL the rlof OF tho State House was
l SAo"A eW"Jk ~ - N"sNt NAiN tNp W.
yet bean able to find out.
Me-. j. @. GnEES, proprietor Of tho Green
House, yesterday sold Tho remainder OF his
lease AT term ., two years, 10 Mr.. w. u.
Howell, the marble cutter, who will take
charge OF tho premises OH the first OF April.
pEyoxp the o'osins OF the banks aud Pub.
lie Library ndd The hoisling OF the STARS and
! stripo9 on tho etale House and ono or two
other buildings, the birthday OF tie Father
OF his Country received little or no attention.
A NUMBER OF Wheeling society men arc
busy arranging for n hop 10 DO given ut
Franzheim's hall next Monday evening. II
will probably be the last social event OF tho
season, Being Cotton up Suddenly, M I'M.
p,omptu ALTAR, US 1t were, 1t Is bound 10 be
enjoyable. -05
WAsnISo roa's birthday n observed last
night by the Cedar Lsaf Social and the
Whaling City Boat Club which gave balls.
Tho former danced ut Arion Hall to IRA.
mer's music and the latter at Turner Hall
kept time to tho strains Of music from May
er's orchestra.
Or the forly-six fire alarm boxes in The
city, sixteen were entirely submerged by the
II bod. These arc bsiag cleaned, repaired
aud replaced, as fast as possible. The irreg-
ular striking OF the fire alarm ball In the
Stsls House tower yesterday afternoon was
caused by the replacingof some OF the boxes.
The Board OF Public Works has malo great
progress In cleaning up the streets Of the
city, TINT were urdar the waters OF the ilood.
On the Island near!yal the debris haa been
removed from the streets, but thers are still
huge piles in n large number OF yards. The
Gasfrus.ees are also getting along rapidly.
Both OF thesa departments, however, have
been put at great expense by the d,od.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY the INrELLIGESckR did
rot give credit to whom credit was due. The
carload OF provisions and $2l1 10 sent from
West Alexander were not entirely the dona.
ton OF IVES! Alexander. 1t seems that per-
haps two-thirds OF the carload OF provisions,
and $50 were given by the country people.
They all came from the same section aud
Wheeling is glad TO know that the generosity
extends through all tina! district.
OFFICER Bird yesterd,y afternoon arr,sted
n nOldescript .okinginLivldualfo for peddling
on tho sire 1t without a license. The fellow
is supposed TO DO All Arab or Hthdoo or some
other sind CT a hea.hen. Ho has a swalthy
complexion aud wears 3 red skull cap vita
Il long black tassel. A smell Of gar
lie psIyaded Esthe atmosphere around
him. He coHd not speak u word OF English
outside Of the price OF his stock in trade,
which largely consisted OF cheap ~rosasies. It
was reported tha. three Others OF his tribe
arrived in the city with him. The question
that was puzzling Capt. Bennett last night
was, how to make the,,fellow understand this
mornings proceedings In police court.