The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-11
LOCAL BREYITLEs.
Matters Of Minor Mention in and About
the City,

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MATINEE at the Grand this afternoon.
GBvLL" McDoxouoH was arrested by
Officer Gaus on North Chapline street last
night,
AZ the Grand to.night-last perform
ance Of "Cheek" by Comedian BoWser
and company.
THRER children In the family Of George
Kella5 Of West Wheeling, are seriously
III with diphtheFis.
Ton Hill is once more in DURANGO
vile. Officer Terrill ran him in last night
for acting In a disorderly manner,
MAUpR BuLwER, Of Benwood, fell down
a cellar stirway yesterday and broke her
arm, DR., Ford reduced the iractnTc'-
MONDAY evening John Rice, an em'
ploye OF the LaBelle mill, was. struck on
the head by q crane handle and pretty
badly hurt, DR.. Pipes dressed the
wound,
MONDAY evening Luke Anderson, an
employee Of the Wheeling Steel Works,
fell on the Baltimore 4 Ohio tracks
while coming from his work and broke
his jaw bone, DR., Eskey dressed the IN
jury.
GEORGE l., DuRsT's elegant store on
Market street presents Its usual beau l.
fnl holiday appearance, and the newly
arranged show windows held crowds all
last evening,
The river has commenced 10 rise again
at this point. The leyee gauge last even
ing showed q depth Of 10 feet In the
channel. All the local packets are run
ming on time and the through boats are
atill doing a big business,
a SELECT dancing club has been or
gahized by several popular young men.
under the name OF the White ROse
| Club, They will give their first hop
Thursday, the 10Th mat, ut Germania
hall. KilImeyer will furnish abe music,
TuE Benwood nail factory will go on
to-day, The nail plate heaters and roll
ers went to work Monday, and have
gotten enough plate ahead to warrant a
start Of the factory to-day, Tho boys
will have spending m%oneyior Christmas
now.
JUSTICE DAVIS yesterday issued a war
rant for Mrs. Sophia Baxter, Gt East
Wheeling, who Ia charged by ono OF her
ueighbors, a Mrs. Cassidy, with assault
and battery in that ghe did pour a bucket
Of water on the said complainant, Tho
hearing oil the case IL sct for Saturday.
LAST evening Manager O.. Resley
Tracy, ofthe Western Union Office here,
returned from u two days hunt abone.
West Alexander. Ho was accompanied
by two friends and, to use his words,
they brought home rs fine a lot o.
phcasahts and quail, to say nothing Of
rabbits, us was ever brought into Wheel
ing.
MI, NJ. II. McNabb dated at Albion,
Mich, Mr.. MCNabb expected to come
home, but hos caught on again, and will
open d weeks'engagement in the Stand
/ ard Theatre at Chicago on the 10th inst.
The "Gold Day" scenery and properties
will be replaced and the company will
continue on it's successful tour.
In accordance with tho action taken
by the Ohio Valley Trades and Labor
Assembly at its meeting last Sunday,
placing a boycott on the product ofthe
Nail City Lantern Company's works ON
account Of the unsettled strike OF the
iuishing girls, the local Machinists' and
BIacksmiths' Union had ordered out OF
the works all the union machtnists.
The funeral of the young wife Of Mr..
George NJ. Butler, who died Monday,
will take place to-day. Services will be
held at Mr., Buffers residence in Pleas.
ant Valley at II o'clock this morning.
Services will also be held at ! o'clock
this afternoon ut the residence Of the
father OF the deceased, Mr.. Daniel
Clemans, in Fulton. The iuterment
will be in the Peninsular cemetery.
YESTERDAY Frank johnson, who has
for some tune past shown evidences OF
insanity, was taken 10 Weston by his
nephew, Mr.. Andrew Smith, OF Fostoria,
and Mr.. Charles Senseny. The unior'
tunate mau left here under the impress
sion that he was goingou a hunting ex.
petition in Braxton county. His con-
dition has called forth the most sincere
Cxprpsriona Of pity and sorrow from his
miDy irisnds. MIR. Jack Cowl has been
promoted 20 his place in the postottice.
CONSTABLE Ion ST.. MYERS yesterday
aold at auction the furniture and other
ELECTS Of Harry g. Stricktord, the conf
denCe man, who represented himself to
be- the agent for an elevator firm and an
electrical supply company, and who set
himself up In great shape 10 the Kelly
building till he was nabbed by the police,
who later turned him oyer TO the au'
thOrities of Allegheny City. His effects
were attached to satisfy claims OF Stan.
tou & Davenport, the booksellers, and
House & Hermann, the furniture men.
The sale, while 1t did not realize enough
to pay these claims in full, was fairly
gatisfactory.