The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-06
LOCAL HRENlTIEs.
Matters of Minor Moment In aud Abou
the City,

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the City,
], W. WHrTR, Of East Wheeling, has
been appointed a letter carrier.
The cooperative pottery atTiltonvllle,
o., will be'Ieady for business in a few
days,
Hon. D, D. LUCAS lectures at the Opera
House this evening for the benefit Of the
Home Rule fund,
CYRus OLDHAM, late substitute letter
carrier, has been advanced to the regular
force, vice Mr., Swarlz,
MICHAEL HRARNE has sold hisresidenCe
in Mingo to Thomas Brittle for 500 aud
will remove to Wheeling.
TIE Arion Singing Society proposes to
celebrate It's fifth anniversary with big
picnic some time this month.
A NUMBER OF Wheeling and Bridgeport
people will take in the excursion to Lake
Chippewa over the G., l., 4 W. road to-
day,
CHARLES SgIDERT and Andy Weisgerber
have made raCO for their horses for SO o
side, to no run at the butchers picnic
next Thursday.
WAYMAS CHAPEL, A. NJ. L. Church
gave very successful and enjoyable 80
cial and festival at the Second ward mar
ket hall last night.
One hundred dollars has been raised
for the Laing-RiIz race, Ritz went TO
Pittsburgh yesterday to conclude the ar
rangements for the race.
HoBps, BRocKuNlER 4 Co.'s glass works
have started up in part, making fancy
ware. Tho works will not resume in full
until natural gas Is introduced.
Tue river is again falling at this point.
The depth in the channel last evening, as
indicated by the marks, was ! feet II
inches. At Pittsburgh the river ia falling
with depth Of feet 8 inches in the chan
mel.
The Regulars, Of this city, are to play
base ball with tho Morgantown Rough
and Ready Club on the 18th and 14sh
insts, at MOrgantown. The people Of
that plaza are anticipating considerable
sport.
G. B. JONES and John A. Harris, two Of
the oldest members Of the letter carrier
force, both OF them well known, have ten.
dered their designations 10 Postmaster
Simpson, to take effect the first OF next
month.
JAKE KRMpLE ia in Charleston and Is
already announced to deliver "lecture"
there on the ecCentricities oil the eccentric
people Of that place. He also proposes to
visit Maiden, st. Adams and other places
In tho valley, study the people and then
lecture.
Mn. MICHAEL FRIEsMUTu made further
trial OF his carrier pigeons yesterday. He
sent two Of them 10 Urlchsville, where
they were released. II was II minutes
and 10 seconds from the time they were
flown to tho time Of their arrival homo.
The distance Is fiEty.seven miles.
THE funeral OF John Turpin, OF Ulin.
ton, whose death was noted In these col
umns yesterday morning, took place from
his home yesterday afternoon and was
largely attended by neighbors and sev.
eral friends from the city. The remains
were inferred on tho hillside short dis.
lance from where he lived.
AsrRAN0ER named Lindsay, who claims
TO be from Cincinnati, was arrested at
Nfingo yesterday morning for breaking
seals on a Panhandle freight car. Wed.
nesday night he stole a lot OF shoes at
Wellsburg, which were found on his per.
son. He was taken to Steubenville and
placed in jail In default Of 500 bond.
THR Belaire and st. Clairsville railway
track Ia now converted into a stan.
dard gauge as far up as the Fair Ground
gate and the work will be completed to.
day. Regular trips between 81. Clairsyille
and st. Olairsville Junction will be re-.
sumed tomorrow, as we are informed,
and on and after August 10Th, through
trains to Bellaire and Wheeling, three
trips, daily, will be- run on schedule time
under the general regulations Of the st.
Clairsville Division Of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroads.. Clairsville Gazette.