The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-31
LOCAL BRRyITIES,
Matters of Minor Moment In and About
tho City.

Matters Of Minor Moment In and About
the City.
Ar the Grand to.night-The U, S.
Minstrels.
AT tho Opera House to.night-"A
Possible Case"
TONIGHT will DO Hallow Eve. The
small boy knows about it.
WoREMEN were busy yesterday fitting
st. Alphonsus church for-electric light
AT / o'clock this morning double
barrcled thunder storm struck Wheel
ing,
YESTERDAY Chas. Frederick, laborer
at the Etna mill, had Ills leg broken
while Corrugating sheet iron.
TIE American Sabbath Union will
hold an important meeting IN the First
Presbyterian church this afternoon.
Work at the LaBelle factory was sus'
pended for q while yesterday, by the
breaking OF the regulator OF the large
boiler.
ASSISTANT Chief OF Fire Department
r. V. Ankle became quite lsick while
at the fire last night and had to be taken
home In a carriage.
MEssRs. Cox & MORRISON are building
large new water tank for the Belmont
Nail Company. 1t Is located on the
river bank at tho factory.
ARCHITECT ]. b. HALL, OF 92l2 Market
street, is preparing plans for double
tenement dwelling for Mr.. w. A. Will
son, to be built at $50 Market street.
IT Is the intention Of the Pan. Handle
Company TO do big work during the
coming winter in extending the double
track between Mingo and Cadiz juno
ton.
TIE Street Car Company is removing
all the old rails, timbers and ties along
It's lines, and will soon have all the un-
slightly street distractions out OF the
way.
HENRY LUNAu, foreman Of the black.
smith shop at the Wheeling steel plant,
Is of duty on account OF sore eye,
caused by piece OF hot scale striking
near the "sight."
TIE Salvation Army will open their
hall in the Parker Block, Thursday
evening. Adjutant Watkins and Cap:
tain Morris have been in town several
days, making preparations for the event.
CONSIDERABLE complaint has been
heard lately concerning tho condition
OF the western approach TO the Island
scales. 1t Is said 10 DO in bad condition
and should be looked after by the Weigh
master.
YESTERDAY Mr.. Oscar seeley had his
eyebrows, burned or by an explosion OF
gas In the cellar OF q. L.lshai's produce
house at No. 2l0S Main street. Mr.. See
ley was working with rusty pipe which
cracked and allowed the gas to escape.
TIE Racquet Club met in the parlor
OF Miss Laura Cooper, on North Main
street, last evening and spent pleasant
hour, nearly the full membership Of the
club being present. 1t was decided 10
hold o regular meeting every two weeks
through the winter season at the mem.
bers' houses.
TnE Wheeling Electrical Company Is
preparing TO increase the capacity VI its
plant at Twenty.seCond and Chapline
streets. A 300-horse power battery Of
Roots patent flue boilers Is erecting by
a New York contractor. A new gener'
ator will be put in to increase the capac-
ity Of both the light and power depart
ments.
YESTERDAY morning OH engineer on
the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Rail-
road saw a hand.car on the track near
the Crystal Glass Works, over in Bridge
pott, and thinking his locomotive
would surely strike 1t. reversed aud
jumped from the cab, The. locomotive
stopped in good time, but the engineer
struck q telegraph pole and stunned
himself badly.