The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-06-04
LOCAL BREVITIRs.
Matters of Minor Moment in and About the
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City.
The Board Of County Commissioners
meets in regular session to-day.
The wheat looks well enough where
it Is growing at all, but the fields are
very thin as rule.
A NEW fire alarm box was placed on
the extreme upper end of North Front
street, Island, Saturday.
WHEELING capitalists are negotiating
for the purchase Of big gasser at Amity,
and n route is being surveyed for line
to this city.
TIE corner stone Of the Presbyterian
church, OF Bridgeport, will be laid at b
o'clock this evening. Rev. DR.. Cooke
will make the address.
JUDGE JACOB opens the June term Of
the Brooke county Circuit Court at
Wellsburg to-day, and Judge Boyd that
OF the Marshall county court at Mounds
vile.
TIE Fulton fire brigade will picnic at
Seibert's Garden Thursday afternoon
and evening. A gold headed cane will
be contested for by the candidates for
Sheriff.
PATRICK MoHENY was before Justice
Davis Saturday evening on two charges
OF assault. The Justice dismissed the
accused with a reprimand, upon pay
ment OF costs.
THERE was wedding at Juctice Ar
kle's office Saturday morning, the par
ties being Edward Haley and Belle
Forster. Rev. Mr.. Dornblaser performed
the ceremony.
THE picnic and parade Of the X. of G..
i. Saturday was creditable success in
every respect. Mayors band and orches-
ira furnished the music, and the attend
anCe and turn out of Knights was large.
Aug. KNoKE, of the Eighth ward, has
received large collection OF photographs
OF noted Indian chiefs and celebrities OF
the West. They were a present from
his brother, Sergeant Henry Knoke, U.
S. A., who is located in Arizona Terri
tory.
THE German Conference Of the Pitts
burgh Synod will meet here to-day in
the lions Lutheran German Church, OF
which Rev. p. Ziegelmeyer is pastor.
The session will probably last until
Wednesday. About fifteen visiting min
listers are expected.
GEORGE ZIMMIR, n lad OF IA, n son Of
Nicholas thinner, OF Bridgeport, saw the
body OF the little Taylor boy, drowned
lust Monday, rise to the surface in the
Back river Saturday morning, and TAX
ing off his outer clothing he swan out
and drew it to the shore.
OFFICERS CARNEY, Deku and Bell on
Saturday night raided the house OF i'll
fame OF Nan Morrison, on EoH street,
and arrested thu madam, four girls and
five men. All deposited cash to cover
their fines. One Of the girls arrested
was not an inmate, but casual visitor.
A GuRHEY cab was driven into the
ditch for the sixteen-inch water main
on Market street above Sixteenth, Satur-
day night, and the cab was pretty badly
damaged. The horse was gotten out
with some difficulty. A little later n
one-horse wagon, horse and all, went in
at the same place.
On Saturday night Frederick Brand
Swore out warrant before squire
William II. Davis for the arrest OF
Nathan S. Kuhn, engineer OF the water
works, whom he charges with having
struck him very damaging blow in
Dick Mansfeld's saloon. Brands eye
showed that some one had changed its
color from red to black. The warrant
was issued TO Constable Bennett. The
case is set for p. IN. to-day.
A bold robbery occurred Friday even
ing, sometime between s and 1880
o'clock, at the residence OF Herman STEM
Gil, on Twenty-ninth street. The thieves
effected IN entrance to the house through
n front window, and went to bureau,
and, opening n drawer, took $50 in cash,
with which they made their escape.
They overlooked q package in one cor
ner OF the drawer which contained $500.