The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-10
LOCAL B-REv1TIEs.
Matters of Minor Moment in aud Abou
the City,

MATINEE at the Peoples Theatre today,
BATHING in the river Is a popular diver
sion these warm evenings,
THR tile floor recently laid in the engine
room at the city gas yorke ls not q salts
factory Job, and Is TO be relaid,
THE colored Odd Fellows PatFlarGhate
did some fine practice drilling on the Plaza
Of the Public Building last evening,
ED McKNNEY, the well known Balti,
more & Ohio brakeman, who has been on
for some time, will 20 out again to-day.
THR owners OF the railroad to Quincy
from st, Ulalrsvills will make three round
trips to Wheeling each day after the road
has been made a broad gauge.
A CORRESPONDENT wants to know when
the glass irOntsof the handsomeloCk boxes
In the postofice were cleaned last, Some
body else will have TO tell him,
Ma, DowLER, a South Side grocer, was
badly hurt Yesterday on sixteenth street,
his horse taking fright and running
away, throwing him ont oil the buggy,
IHR County Commissioners special
committee on Public Building repairs
met at the building yesterday afternoon,
but no business OF public interest was
transacted,
WoRK on the Fourteenth street brick
pavement Is again suspended on account
Of the want OF brick blOcks. The river ID
so low now that only small loads can be
brought down on the barges,
A SPECIAL term of Part II OF the Circuit
Court, Judge Boyd, will be held at {
o'clock A, NJ, to-day, to attend TO some con
domination suits OF the Board OF Education
and the natural gas companies.
TIE INTELLIGENCRR owes the Steuhen
vile GG2ete an apology for inadvertently
Crediting to the Herald an item concern
ing q blind man living on Yellow Greek
which really originated In the Gdseis.
FRANK BooTH yesterday qualified as ex
ecutor Of the last will aud testament o
Rsbecca o, o. Booth, deceased, and CAV
bond in the sum Of $4,000, without surety
no surety being required by the terms o
the will,
CONDUCTOR N. WELLINd, OF the ireigh
department OF the Baltimore i Ohio, !
spending the heated term with his famil!
on his "BuCkeye State" farm. The Colo
mel is badly missed by his many lad!
friends along the road,
CLRRE Hook yesterday admitted to re
cord a deed made July !, by Elizabeth
Hartenstein TO William H"artenatein, il
consideration OF $500, for the south half o
lot IS, in J%onathan's Zane's addition 10 thu
Old Town oil Wheeling.
A FINE shower Of rain fell about hal
past twelve o'clock last night for hall Al
hour, cooling the DIR perceptibly, II WA
welcome. Yesterday was not quite g
tortid as the two preceding days, but
was bad enough TO make u change en-
tirely agreeable.
ONE OF the Oldest, II not the oldest resi-
dent OF the city or county, died las
evening. The deceased Is Mrs, Open
heimer, who for tho past thirty odd year
has lived with Mrs. Sauter, on MaiI
street between Eighth and Ninth streets
She was In her ninety-sixth year.
A noY who was riding a bicycle doWr
the Main street sidewalk yesterday made
a sudden turn to pass a foot passenger ant
was preCipitated down the open cellar o
Brues 4 Golfers dry goods store, Another
boy was thrown from his bicycle in Eas
Wheeling and pretty badly bruised up.
BALTIMORE & ONO engines No. 2O2 and
22l recently made the run from Mounds
vile to Easton siding, and took the side
tracks with aheavy freight train, intwenty'
four minutes. The engineers were
Lemons, on 202, and Conners, on 22l, and
they are justly proud Of their achieve
ment.
The name OF NJ. R. Wolff has beer
named in connection with tho nomination
for the vacancy In the Second Wards rep.
resentation in the First branch OF Council
Mr.. Wolff says he is not a candidate
would not accept, and his business would
not allow him to attend 10 the duties o.
the position.
The many friends and acquaintance Of
Daniel w. Boyd, who was so badly injur'
cd at the Pennington wreck, sone time
ago, will be glad to learn that he has sulli'
clently recovered to accept a situation as
superintendent 6i the Baltimore & Ohio
oil shops In this city. Dan expects to go
on the road In the capacity Of fireman on
engine 70S before long. Dan is 10 tidy
that he makes all the boys scour their
cans before they can get their oil.