The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-03-31
LOCAL BREv1rIKs.

City.
CouScIL this evening.
oSE marriage license was Issued yester-
day.
MINNIE PALMER in "My Sweetheart" al
the Opera House again this evening.
Cry SERGEANT SMITH and Officer Batum
returned from Pittsburgh last night.
Tng Germania Amusement Society will
give public ball at Arion Hall Monday
next.
A MAN named Harnett, almost blind,
and claiming to be from Wheeling, is III
the Bellaire workhoute.
BARLOW, Wilson & Co.'s Ministries will
hold the boards at the Opera House next
Saturday evening. "Nutf sed."
TGE hotel property on Market Square,
recently purchased by Mr.. s. Lasch, Is
the Old Home, and not the Rine House, as
has been published.
LETTERS addressed to the following per-
sons remain unclaimed at the postoihce:
Thomas Duncan, W, O. DeMonttort, r.
Price, w. II. Thurman, David White, +.
Shryock, Jas. Rager. T
The Maggie, which has been running at
the North Wheeling ferry since the Oil
max burned, will go back to Steubenyille
this evening. Skill ferries will be run
until another boat can be obtained.
TuE crowds at the Island rink are not
falling Off in numbers in the least; ifany-
thing. they are increasing. The manage.
ment still continues to strive to please and
Is meeting with success in It's efforts.
The North End rink has been engaged
for tomorrow evening from s to y o'clock
by a skating party composed Of well
Known NJ young people. It Will be one Of
the most swell parties Of the KIND that mas
been held this season. 1
MAco's Humpty-Dumpty" and spe.
cialty. troupe opened O weeks engagement
at Charley shay's Theatre last night to a
fair house. The company is agood one,
and gives very pleasing entertainment.
Some OF the specially acts sre as :ae In
their line as anything ever seen here, and
much OF the pantomime is new.
TnE river rose over one foot yesterday,
the marks last evening indicatinga depth
in the channel Of oyer7 feet, and the river
was still rising. The reports from above
last night were as follows: Morgsntown,
i feet 8 inches and rising; Rice's Landing,
s feet 10 inches and rising. The Katie
Stockdale departed for Pittsburgh at p.
NJ, with o fair trip. 1.
TIE Beliaire Independent has the follow,
The Bellaire Nail Works is running
to its fullest capacity Hith$l24 nail ma
chimes in operation turningo out steel nails.
This company: BY the way, will supply the
Laughlin Nail Works with steel, as u be-
gan this morning to make steel nails ex-
clusiyely. This Is the last mill in this sec:
ton to fall into line, and now all the nail
works in. this section are turning out steel
nails.
TONIGHT at the Fairmont roller skating
rink, according to the Fatrmont papers, g
very interesting event will take place in
the shape OF twenty-five mile race be.
tween Biek Sheppard, OF this city, and
Prof. F, @, Shatler, Of Pittsburgh, formerly
manager Of the Capitol Rink in this city,
but at present managing the Fairmont
rink. The challenge comes nom shep-
pard, and Is for the State championship.
The winnerwill have to skate around the
rink 500 times
REV. o. w. w. Frazier, a native Of
Africa, and born in seTpent-woshiping
tribe, and who is educating himself as
missionary to his tribe, will speak Tues
day evening inithe A. u. u. Church, Mar.
Eet street. He lisa most interesting speak
or, and the story Of his LIE is decidedly
No admission will be
charged, but a collection will be taken for
his benefit. He will appear IN his native
costume. Mr.. Frazier is highly spoken Of
by the press OF Wilkesbarre, Pa, and Pitts.
ton, Pa, the Elmirs, N. Y, Times and
other papers.