The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-05-31
LOCAL BREYITIgs.
Matters OF Minor Moment in and About the
CItV

Matters OF Minor Moment in and About the
City.
RACES on tho State Fair Ground this
afternoon, flt.
WoRK on the Market street improve
ments was stopped yesterday by the rain.
An artificial ice company Is being or
ganized here. Nearly all the stock has
been taken, t'-
Tue Council OF the Episcopal Church
OF West Virginia will meet at Shepherds.
town on the 4th OF June.
# may be Of interest to local sports.
men to learn that squirrels may be shot
in Ohio on and after June /.
The Wheeling Steel Works is closed
down this week, and. during the stop.
page they will make repairs.
TnE hotels were full Of Pittsburgh
people yesterday. Alarge party OF Beth.
anyltes also took dinner at the Mcclure.
YESTERDAY was Ascension Thursday.
Services OF IN appropriate character
were held in all the Catholic churches.
MIS-. R. A. JOHNSON has opened the
hotel on the Moundsville camp grounds,
and several families are already on the
grounds. '
THERE was not case In the Police
Court yesterday morning, and the May.
or Obeyed his own proclamation and
took a holiday.
A BARGE load Of sewer pipes Is lying
at the foot OF Ohio street, Island, to be
used in the Island improvements order
cd by Council.
The rain again made a little lake In
the new paved gutter across Fourteenth
street at Market yesterday, II ought to
be changed and at once. rs
QUITE number OF people OF this city
will take in tho excursion, TO be given by
the Germania Society, OF Wheeling, TO
Cresap's Grove, June l0.-Bcllaire In.
dependent
The State Board OF public>Works is to
hold q meeting in this city to-day.
There will DO present Governor Wilson,
Treasurer Thompson, Superintendent OF
Schools Morgan and Attorney General
Caldwell.
The Joint Committee on Natural Gus
rates, etc., Of Council and the Chamber
Commerce was called to meet last night,
but yesterday being holiday, the meet.
ing was by common consent postponed
until this evening.
FANNIE PINKUs, the South.side girl
brought back from Pittsburgh by Capt.
Delbrugge, says she ran of from home
because she could not get along with
her grandmother and aunt. She was
working as domestic.
TIE Ohio Board Of. Pardons, at its
meeting Thursday, rejected the applica.
tons Of number Of cases brought be.
fore them. Among these were the APP
plications OF Frank Souders and George
'Arbaugh, Of Martins Ferry.
A MAN driving a pony made too short
q turn at the corner Of EofF and Thirty.
ninth streets yesterday, and WGs thrown
out OF the buggy, striking his head on
the sidewalk. He did not seem to be
badly hurt, and the pony did not run of.
THE MnnnerChor picnic and sommer.
naChtsiest at the Park was largely at
tended yesterday, and In spite Of the
rain most OF those who went out re.
turned In good hunlor and declared
that they had a nice time. The North
End Athletic Society's dance at Seibert's
garden was also success.
TIE amusement events announced for
the Flint Glass Workers picnic on the
Fair Grounds on Saturday are very at
traC!ive. They include game OF base
ball between the Shamrocks OF Wheel.
ing, and Clippers Of Benwood, prize
$40; a half mile foot race, first prize s.,
second prize 81 gentlemen bicycle race,
one mile, prize, gold league badge; lady
bicycle race, one mile, prize s2S. This
Is to DO contested for by Misses Lulu
Gordon, Lulu Hart, Ida Luellor and Jen.
ME Ransom.