The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-06-21
LOCAL BREvIrIEs.
Masters OF Minor Moment In and Ahout the
CITY,
LAST week Of the public schools,


0NE marriage license was issued satur'
day.
THERE will be eight cases for Judge
LETTERS TO dispose Of in police court this
morning.
WILLIAM HABERFIELD has Issued chal'
lenge to Henry He'll to row 3 thEee-mile
race for $3.50 to $500 q side,
TuE North Wheeling Glass Works
closed down Saturday, which will last
until the first Of September.
In one day last week the American Ex-
press Company handled at its office in this
city 1850 pounds Of freight.
STRAWBERRIES are about finished, but
nice raspberries are plenty and cheap.
Cherries continue very abundant.
THREE drunks, two disoTderlies and one
man accused OF carrying concealed
weapons were locked up Saturday night
The last wills and testaments Of +. i,
Ziegler and August Sanders were admit,
ted 10 probate and ordered to be recorded
Saturday.
JIMMY TRAVIS, a boy OF 10, was run over
by meat wagon while flying kite on
Twenty-sixth street Saturday, His in
jurieB are seriouF, but not dangerous.
Tue Wheeling Natural Gas Company
have completed their line under the u
( ?, railroad tracks at the Ohio Valley
Glass Works and will proceed at once to
Bellaire.
THRREyoung men called at Mr., Helnersr
In North Wheeling, and asked Tor some
thing to eat. While Mr., Heiner was get,
ting II the callers stole his gold watch and
deCamped.
ATthe picnic on the State Fair Grounds
Saturday there was row OF large proper
tons. Joseph Mowers and William
Ebeling were locked up by the police fol
participating in 1t.
TIE Natural Gas Company OF West
Virginia broke ground on Main street, IN
the First ward, Saturday, for It's pipe
line. The work at the South End still
continues, and force OF men will also be
put to work in East Wheeling before long
THERE was large meeting OF the 60
loon keepers Of Bellaire, Bridgeport Az
nsyille and Martins Ferry, held in the
Turner Hall at Bellaire Friday night,
when the association decided to employ
James O. Tallman, Esq, to defend or ad'
wise them in suits under the Dow liquor
law.
THE AIirgo mill went on double turn
Monday, but being short Of tenders has
been unable, until Friday night, to MAKE
successful run on night turn LIZA kegt
were turned out Friday on day turn and
1, 2O3 on night turn, makinga total Of 2,40l
kegs in one day. Total for week, ll,SOl
kegs.
TIE Sumner missionary band, OF the
Thompson NJ. Il. church, Island, gave 9
very pleasant and entertaining, exhibi
ton at the church Friday evening, con
sisLing OF Rotations, tabIeaux, etc, under
the supervision Of Mrs. Jones. A les
tival followed, which was well pat
roniZed.
JOSEPH ToMLIEsoN, one OF the lunatlCs
taken from this county to Weston satur'
day, gouged his right eye ball from itf
socket with his finger nails Thursday
night while in his cell at the county jail
lis was laboring under religious frenzy,
A doctor replaced the eye, but the sight
Is permanently destroyed.
TIE naiers are very confidently ex'
peCting, in fact claim TO be sure, that next
"Wednesday will see the Pittsburgh mills
sign the nailers' scale presented by the
AmaIgamated Association, which Is the
"Ningo" scale, and that after being signed
the nail departments OF those mills will 90
on, reports to the contrary notwithstand'
ing.
WILLIAM STEWART, an old and well
known citizen OF Wheeling, died Saturday
night at his residence on Main street be-
low Seventh. Mr.. Stewart was at one
time a prominent business man oil this
city, being an extensive hardware and
stove manufacturer and dealer for many
years. He retired from active businesa
about fifteen years ago.
WHEELING PARK held another large
crowd yesterday. The Elm Grove road
had all OF its afternoon trains filled to
OVERLOOKING. The Opera House orchestra
gave good concert, and 1t and the pleas
AMI weather were thoroughly enjoyed by
The crowd as 1t strolled along the pretty
walks or lounged under the plentiful
shade trees. The magnolias, which grow
80 profusely in the Park, are In bloom
now and I'll the air with their fragrance.
The Park seems to become more and more
popular every day, il one Is to judge by
the crowds that frequent 1t.