The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-03
LOCAL, Bl,EvITIES,
Matters OF Minor Mention In and Abou,
the CITY. H.|

LOCAL BGEvITIES.
Matters Of Minor Mention in and About
the City.
TIE Board OF County Commissioners
will meet in regular monthly session this
morning. -G.u,
THE first installment OF ten per cent OF
the stock Of the Wheeling Bridge Com
pany has been called in.
WILD ducfs and geese are reported 10
be very numerous in the vicinity OF the
"sister" Islands, above the city.
IT is reported that lime and cement
works that will employ about thirty
hands, - to be started by James Frazier
at point up Caldwell's run.
A PROHIBITION meeting was held at
the City Hall ut Bridgeport, Saturday
evening, Mt which the principal speaker
was Rev Terry Of Warren. The attend
anee was small.
DURING the twenty.threo buainess
days in February, the total sales Of real
estate for which deeds were admitted to
record in Clerk Hooks office, footed up
100000, as against but about Sl35,0OO
during.January. &
Mr.. HENRY MYERS, OF North Wheel
ing, who has been on visit to Texas
{takingi the New Orleans Mardi Gras
cn:route), returned home Friday evening
last. He will resume business at the old
stand, the Martins Ferry Furnace, this
morning. W
meeting Of the Board OF Directors
OF The Natural Gas Company of West
Virginia held in Pittsburgh last week,
tho vacancy in the Board caused by the
death Of Benjamin W. Vandergrift, was
filled by electlngS. Harry Vandergrift to
ill the place. ..g5
SATURDAY Joshua Eccles purchased a
! small piece OF property in Triadelphiu
from Auctionccr Haller for $3.50. Mr..
IIaller offered at public sale the Char
mock property, on Thirteenth street; it
was bid up to $1,000 and then the sale
was postponed. fH
Cart. j. E. HIATT, OF New Martinsylle,
was in the city last night on his way
home from Pittsburgh with the body Of
his son, who was killed in that city by
being run over by the cars on last Friday,
The funeral will take place ut New Mar
tinsville tomorrow. aIr
SATURDAY morning United States Mar
shall White arrived in this city and for
mally adjourned the term OF the United
,, States District Court set for that day till
April lG, at which time Judge Jackson,
who is now in Florida for rest and recre-
alton, is expected home. d
A SPECIAL meeting Of the members OF
the Young Mems Christian Association
will be held at the building this even
ing. Mr.. S. A. Taggart, representative
OF the International Committee Of the
Associations, will make an address, and
good, social time is anticipated.
FRED. Corr, one OF the best known
glass-workers employed at Hobbs works,
in South Wheeling, has gone TO Fostoria
to fill the position of manager in glass
house there, in which he is interested.
His place at Hobbs will be filled by
Percy Beaumont, Of Martins Ferry.
THERE was big row in front OF the
residence OF Joseph Lloyd, in Bridge
mort. at a late hour Saturday night, dur
ing the course OF which heads and noses
were punched freely, the blood being
brought several times, and a revolver
was ilourished. No arrests were made.
7 The stone masons desire to have it
explained that their strike is merely
for IN advance Of 25 cents per day max
ing their pay s. so per day. There is
nothing about eight hours work on
Saturday; that, they claim ia all the
time they have worked on Saturdays
for two years past. s,}
SATURDAY word was received by the
Wood Brothers from Williamsport, Pa,
announcing tho completion and ship
ment OF the necessary machinery to
equip and operate the new planning mill !
they and others associated with them are
going to start in the Alhnmbra rink, in
the Eighth ward, which they recently
purchased. -, -,
THOMAS BURKE, bright young man,
aged about 20 years, who for the past |
three and one.half years, has been EN-.
ployed rs feeder in tho INTELLIoEN.
cER's job room, died Saturday OF typhoid
fever. He was an active little worker,
always had q pleasant manner about |
him and his death is deeply regretted by
those who worked with him.
SEVERAL Of Graiton's business men
have subscribed enough stock to new
joint stock company that is to be incor.
porated to purchase an ice plant and |
put it in operation. NIessrs. w. r, D,
Dent and Alex Zech, two OF tho leading
spirits IN the enterprise. were in Phila-
delphia last week negotiating for the
necessary machinery, and it is expected |
to have everything in running order by
April Is. a.
SATURDAY morning session OF Police
Court was a "whitewash," not even
plain drunk presenting | tself for the
compassion OF the Cadi. At the matinee
session Hugh Devinney played return |
Albert Cogle had q lively acrappinr
match and their contributions to the
contingent fund Of the B. P. W. were
s. and costs each. Lee Stanley paid 81 |
and costs for being disorderly.
LAST Friday night between s and 0 |
o'clock some sneak thief entered the
residence OF Mr.. w. T. Hamilton, at No,
10 South Penn street, Island, and stole |
s. in money from room occupied BY
Mrs. Mende), boarder. Entrance to !
the house was had through q window Of |
Mrs. Mendel's room and SO far as is |
known the thief did not 20 into any |
other part OF the house. The money |
was in n purse which was thrown Oh the |
floor after the money had been taken. Al
SATURDAY morning S. B. Rose, a brick.
LAYER living on South Jacob street, near
the Marahall county line, was danger.
ously burned ut the Riverside steel
works. He entered apuddling furnace
which had not been fired Up for several
days, for the purpose OF makingsoRs re-
pairs. There was M accumulation OF
natural gas in the furnace, supposed to !