The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-06
LOCAL BREYFTIRs,
Matters Of Minor Moment in and About
the City.

Matters Of Minor Moment in and About
the City.
MATINEE at the Grand this afternoon.
Ar the Grand to.nlght-last perform
ance Of "ohicks,"
OTTo COMMITTEE, q vagrant, was ar
rested last night by Lieutenant Deku'
A VERY enjoyable private dance was
given in swarlS's Hall on the South
side last night,
HARRY CLousToN and William Gar.
roll were arrested by Officer Bell last
night for lighting.
TuE Dollar Savings Bank yesterday
declared a 8 per cent dividend on the
business Of the past six months,
A REGULAR meeting Of the Women's
Union Benevolent Society will be held
at the Y, NJ, O, A, building this alter
noon.
THE Wheeling steel works has resum,
ed work after shut down OF several
days on account Of breakage oil one OF
the cog wheels.
A sIx.YgAR.oLD son Of Richard James,
who lives at Forty.seCond and Jacob
streets, was knocked down by cart yes
terday while playing in the street,
WILLIAM s. ELLIOTT was yesterday ap.
pointed by Clerk Hook administrator OF
the estate Of Thomas r, Elliott, deceased,
giving a bond Of 5000, with +, Nj, At
kinson as surety.
CHRIs. BAKER, who was burned by
fire damp in the LaBelle mill coal mine
q few days ago, is doing as well as could
DO expected, His hands and face are,
however, in very bad condition,
A MARRIAGE license was issued by
Clerk Hook yesterday to James Clemens,
aged %, q native and resident Of this
county, and Berthe Baird, aged 10, q
native and resident Of lriadelPhia,
JAMES MoRRow, Of the Sixth ward, was
last night presented with 9 fine gold
watch CHAIN by number OF his friends
MIR, Morrow leaves to-day Tor Kentucky
where he will be employed in railway
office,
ABOUT half past II o'clock last night
three shots were fred in rapid succession
in the neighborhood Of Twentieth and
Main streets. The police made q careful
search but could find no clue to the per
son who did the shooting.
TME Council Committee on Health
met last night and audited bills amount.
Ing to 5000 Il. OF this amount S56l "
was for the repairing Of the erematoryr
and will be paid out OF the city contin'
gent fund, by an appropriation recently
made by Council.
TIE trouble existing between the l.
is, & n. s., and W., n. Y, 4 l, roads over
some leases between franklin, Pa, and
Erie, Pa, has caused considerable incon'
venience to shippers hereabouts, who
have had freight to send or receive from
points In western New York,
Ben HOGAN, the ex.prize fighter and
gambler, who has been doing evangel
istic work in this city for the past two
weeks, and Mr.. Charles Sawyer, The
well known New York evangelist, who
has been here assisting him, visitetc
Moundsville yesterday In company Will
Messrs. J. W. Bodley, n. w. Beck anf
NJ, +. Geisey.
THE work Of fitting up the room II
tho Public Building formerly used as TIT
court room for the civil side OF the de
iunCt Municipal Court, for the uses O.
the Water Board, was commenced yes
terday. A private Office is being con
strucied In one corner aud new and cou
venient desks arc being putt.
TIE ladies OF the Arlon society viii
give their second KaiFeevlsite OF tile sea
son at the club house on the South Sidt
this afternoon and evening, The usua
enjoyable limo which has always marked
these events Is assured, A novelty hai
been prepared for the evening, after thu
gentlemen shall have arrived, thai
promises 10 be pleasing surprise.
IT is understood that contracts have
been made for sinking two new gas welll
at Wellsburg, and that they will soon be
going down. 0ue Is being sunk by the
Riverside Glass Company aud the othel
by Mr.. George Given. It's also rumoreC
that the Royal Company, which lately
purchased all the property aud franchises
Of the Wellsburg Gas Company, will
soon begin to sink one OF the exhausted
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