The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-07-13
LOCAL BRRyITIES.
sIatters of DIInor Moment In and About
the City,

the City.
IT is said that the blackberry crop will
be large this year. The first installment
OF this fruit appeared in market yester-
day.
A. G. DRlEvEs, A. W. Greer and ]. E.
Tracy, three master car builders on the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad, are here on n
tour OF inspection.
TIE river Just came up to lot OF
nails on the Benwood wharf yesterday.
They did not move them, although they
thought they would have to.
THE Sunday school class Of Miss Nora
Baker, OF the Second Presbyterian Sum
day school OF Bellairc, held a private
picnic ut Wheeling Park yesterday.
ABOUT . n. m. on Tuesday n 60O-barrel
oil tank, mt Caldwell ( Marsh's Croth-
er's well, Taylorstown, burst, destroying
the tank house and wasting nearly GOO
barrels OF oil. The loss is $3.50 with no
insurance.
TIE teamsters, eighteen in number,
who are members Of the Transfers AS
ISOLATION, objected to Contractor Gore
giving employment to the same man
who caused trouble on Eighteenth street
recently, and quit work yesterday morn
ing.
CRY RECEIVER DUNAwAY, Messrs
Mccoy, Rice and Hart, rode out to West
Alexander on the Hempiield train yes
terday morning early and returned on
their wheels, stopping at Heimberger'
for breakfast and arriving in the city
about ten o'clock. They report pleas
ant outing.
THE work OF enlarging the Ohio rivel
bridge at Steubenville progresses grad
ually, and masons have got their wori
to a stage where the immensely OF thu
improvement is apparent. The bridge
carpenters are putting in the trestlt
bents at the east end, and the pile drive
gang will shortly be at work in the bed
OF the river.
OFFICER DESMOND yesterday morning
noticed an intoxicated man take
header from an electric car. lie wa
picked up and found to be badly bruiset
on the right side OF the face. be wa
taken to the Vigilant engine house
where his wounds were dressed, anc
then he was removed to the city lookup
He gave his name as John DEVON.
TIE Commissioners OF Fayette count!
met the Kanawha County Commission
ers ut W. S. Laidley's Office in this cit!
to try to settle the line between the two
counties, but falling to agree, they, un
der the provisions OF the Code, ,aagreet
on William T. Hubbard, OF Wheeling, III
arbitrator, and will appoint another
meeting when they hear from him.
Charleston Star.
SEVERAL days ago Prof. Mertz's little
son was struck on the left hip joint by
base ball thrown by companion II
play. The little fellow said nothing
about the injury for some time, although
it panied, but the pain did not leave
him, and now it is thought that the in
Jury is so serious that it may make hin
Il cripple. A son OF DR.. Cameron, o
Uniontown, is suffering n similar in
Jury inflicted in the same way. The
base ball is dangerous pIaything.-
,StcubenUiNe Gazette.
SUCKER rods are being inserted in tht
Wheeling Central Oil Company's OF
well known as Martin 3, and 1t II
thought she will be q small pumper
Martin G will be drilled in to-day. Sht
was shut down yesterday while the
boiler was being moved back and con
nections made. There is 1880 feet o
oil in the hole got in the top OF thu
CAN'T sand. The location is southwes
of the PEGS and Willets & Young Cam
eron . failures and If it is q good vel
will be great surprise.