The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-08-10
LOCAL BRByTTIRs.
Matters of Minor SIomeut in and About
the City,

the City.
YESTERDAY was u beautiful specimen
OF a summer day.
The Council Committee on Accounts
is called 10 this evening.
TIE tobacco crop this year, it is re-
ported, will be enormous.
jim LIGHrFoor got his stolen skye ter
rier back from Cincinnati yesterday.
Two deeds OF trust were admitted to
record yesterday; also one judgment
lien.
The incest free.stone peaches sold
Yesterday at 81 for basket holding
over half bushel.
TIE furniture OF the First ward school
is being moved from the old court house
To the new school house in the North
End.
NOrIISG OF public interest transpired
at Yesterdays session of the circuit
court, and court adjourned to court in
course.
PEOPLE living in the vicinity Of Alley
G. between Thirty-hith and Thirty
sixth streets, complain that the alley is
in terrible condition.
LIE. JONES was yesterday appointed
guardian for James Lawson, aged Is,
orphan OF Rachel j. and Richard Law
son, deceased; bond 500, with James
P. Rogers as surety.
ANNIE ]. WADDLI was yesterday APP
pointed exccutrix OF the will OF William
ii. Waddle, deceased, and gave bond in
the sum of $1,000; no security was re-
Iuired by the terms OF the decedents
will.
THE picnic Of the Butchers Associa
ton ut Seibert's Garden yesterday was
largely attended, and was in all respects
all that tue managers or the participants
could have desired, in the way OF pleas
ure or success.
IL the police court yesterday, Al
Bridgeman was fined 81 and costs fol-
drunkenness, and Mr.. Hugh Douglass,
OF the Island, 81 and costs for allowing
a COW to run ut large in that part o.
town, contrary to the ordinance. Both
paid.
TIE centennial OF the West Liberty
Presbyterian Church, in this county,
will be celebrated on Thursday, August
%. with services ut 1880 u. III. The cell
ebration is in charge OF a committee
consisting OF Rev. A. i. Loves, Mr.. A
II. Jacob and Capt. William North.
TIE b. & o. Company has arranged
TO have thirty car loads OF broken stone
brought here and dumped over the
banks OF the creek about its Hempfeld
and depot bridges to serve as a rip-rap'
ming that shall guard against further
washing OF the foundations by the wat
ers OF the creek.
Tuf Crescent mills repairs are nearly
completed, and the works will be ready
to start up again the latter part OF next
week, or the beginning OF the following
week. The matter OF the scat! does not
enter into the question, rs it will, OF
course, be signed when the works are
ready to resume operations.
TIE river has again commenced to
steadily rccede at this point ut the rate
Of about three inches per day. The
marks last evening showed q depth in
the channel OF but feet o inches. The
Elaine is this mornings packet for Park
ersburg. The Courier got away on time
in this trade yesterday morning.
TIE West Virginia China Company
commenced work this week on their
last building, or addition to the plant.
II will have river frontage OF AZ feet
and will be 1871 feet and S inches deep,
and six stories high; it will contain the
packing department, sample rooms,
wareroOms, offices and decorating de-
partment.