The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-14
LOCAL BRgyITIRs.
Matters of Minor Moment In aud About
the City.


THE GRAND this evening-"TheWaifs
OF New York"
THERE was only one case in the police
court yesterday.
HOLIDAY decorations are becoming
plenty in the store windows.
woRK has been stopped for the win
ter on the new city reservoir.
THE NATURAL gas was little short yes
terday, owing to the large demand.
On New Years evening the Germania
Singing Society will give ball in its
ball.
IT WAS ticket No. 100 that drew the
Junior PIumed Knights chair, and
not 90.
ED. ROSE, employed at Holidays
planning mill, had finger cut of in a
machine.
THE Wheeling Light Guards under
went an inspection at their armory in
the Second ward market hall last even
ing.
THE West Wheeling paper mill was
shut down Wednesday on account OF a
broken shalt, but was on again yester-
day.
THE weather yesterday was the most
winterish OF the season SO fur. 1t was
stimuIative of holiday trade, healthtul
and pleasant.
THE nail factory OF the Benwood iron
works commenced working extra time
"Wednesday night. 1t will run from $3.50
p. m. to 0p.m.
THERE was slight explosion OF nat
ural gas in the engine room mt the
Wheeling pottery yesterday, but no
harm was done.
The big waiter main over Caldwe'Ps
run is being covered with the same
sheathing as the one over the creek, to
prevent It's freezing.
TIE Pittsburgh, Cincinnati 4 st. Louis
Company's pay car made its monthly
visit here yesterday and distributed
Christmas money among the employees
THE Wheeling Steel Works are run.
ming full to n good demand. The output
on Monday last, twenty-iour hours, was
about 500 tons; last week, five and O
half days, it was 1900 tons and for the
month OF November it was B,OS7 gross
tons.
THERE was small fire about 0 O'Clock
Yesterday morning in the house OF San
KuElen, on Seventh street. A still
alarm was sent in to the Vigilant engine
house, and the men went up and eX
tinIuished the blaze with the Babcoek
machine.
THE following named trustees OF the
German NJ. L. church were confirmed
Yesterday by the Circuit Court: CHRIS
tian Zorn, John Schmidt, John Dinger
Ernst r. NTetzner, Henry j. Schuitze
Franz Bergner, Frederick Moder George
Heckler, Robert Minehart.
Hon. DANIEL LAMB, trustee OF the ole
Wheeling Savings Institution, gives no
tice in another column of this paper t.
the creditors OF that concern that the
sixth dividend OF one and third pei
cent will be paid them on application Il
the Bank Of Wheeling.
A FINE lot Of oil paintings, oleographs
steel engrayings and etchings are being
sold at George Wickham's auction room
on Market street above Twelfth. The
sale opened last evening, and it wa
largely attended, and at times the bid
ding was spirited. Some really choice
bargains were offered.
AT u special meeting of the R. J
Baggs & Sons Lumber Company, held a
their office in Bridgeport, o., Decembe
70, 1883, Andrew j. Baggs was unani
mously elected Vice President ant
Manager OF the Company to MI the va
cancy oceasioned by the death OF J
Thompson Baggs; and W. W. Baggs wa
appointed superintendent OF the opSer
ating department Of the company unde
direction OF the manager.
ABOUT twenty speakers will be in ut
= tendance ut the Belmont County Farm
3 ers' Institute to be held Mt Glencoe oil
December 81 and 2S. Among then
1 are Hon. A. r. McKelvey, Of st. Glars
Vile; j. W. Bonham, OF Columbus; l
NJ. Garvin, OF this city, and DR.. Q, !
Manchester, of GAINESVILLE. Miss sallit
Mebolin, OF Wheeling, and Miss Hol
lingshead, OF St. Clairsville, will be pre-
sent and give some interesting elocu
tiouary exercises.