The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-15
LOCAL BgEvlrlEs.
matters Of Minor Moment In M About
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Matters OF Minor Moment In and About
the City.
Major r. @. GATcn has a large force
oil men at work painting the Roanoke
blast furnace plant, at Roanoke, Va.
FREpERlcK sMlru, Special Deputy
Surveyor OF Customs, leaves for Zaaes.
vile to-day to measure the hull ola new
boat.
A SuMBDn Of young people spen. yes.
terday evening very pleasantly Mt lawn.
tennis at the Bridge Company's park on
the Island.
j.. RATuDosr, D mild d~isorderly, WINS
arrested last night by Officer Donly, and
William johnson, 4 yagrant, was locked
up by Moran.
FIVE car loads OF steel for the channel
span OF the Union bridge arrived yester.
day. Work on the channel span is be-
Ing pushed rapidly.
CRY ESotSEgR Iio0g wa at work yes.
terday preparing q profile Of Charles
street, which Ia 10 be cobbled. He found
a rise Of "a feet in 400.
The "Alphas" gave another one OF
their enjoyable moonlight picnics at the
Park last night which was very largely
attended by the young folks.
BETWEEN II aud u o'clock Wednes-
day night some ibief entered the house
OF Thomas Newman, on Morrow street,
and stole SO from! a drawer in a dresser.
JoHS uzssos, was the detective who
arrested Robert Emmett, near Man.
nineton, ior stealing the horse and
buggy belonging to his employer, David
Brooks.
THE EiEs held quite an interesting
meeting at their lodge room on Main
street last night, initiated several new
members and entertained members from
visiting lodges.
CHARLES II. HoYr's IA Brass Mon.
kew" has been dated for the Opera House
Janusry II. The Brass Monkey" scor.
cd big successes throughout tho country
the past two seasons.
CuRIsTIAS SrELAS, for two years the
musical director in the Imperial Theatre
at Cologne has signed for the season to
lead the orchestra OF Reeves English
operate burletque OF Faust.
The Chief OF Police yesterday received
a printed offer Of a reward Of 500 for the
persons who last week put poison into
the food at the reai1ence OF Z. S. Har.
pold, ut Huntington, W. Va.
THE local Dramatic Club 81 Martins
Ferry, will present "Ten Nights in a
Bar Room" at Moundsville in about two
weeks snd will be ably assisted by Miss
Myra Collins and Mrs. Van Fossen, Of
this city.
Is another column in this issue will
he found the formal announcement OF
Mr.. W. W. Rogers's candidacy for the
nomination for Clerk OF the Circuit
Court, subject to the Republican con-
vention.
THE Elm Grove Railroad Company
has a force OF men at work cutting down
the grade at Fulton. Passengers are trans.
ierred at the point where the work is
being done. A stone wall be built to
protect the wagon road.
Mr.. WILLIAM II. MANNING, OF this
city, has been made manager OF the
Standard Iron Works, I'VE the river,
since the resignation Of Mr.. S. T. Will
iams. Mr.. Manning was formerly chief
book.seeper at the Standard.
EH.poLlcEMAX JiH BELL was still in q
precarious condition yesterday, continu.
ing to spit blood and being extremely
sore about the head and body. He said
yesterday that the beating YVES admins.
tered IL the rear Of Rine's stable, and
that he does rot know who didit.
SOME time early yesterday morning 4
horse belonging to Mr.. Geo. X. Nc
Mechen Jumped out OF Alian's pasture
ont Cgldwell's run, where he was sum-
meriog, aud caUe 10 town. About ak
O'Clock he was taken to Rine's livery
stable, where Mr.. Acslechen found him
later.
THE Young Peoples Society Of Chris.
tian Endeayor OF the Disciples Church
will give q lawn party this evening ut
the residence of Prof. ". II. Anderson,
No. SO North From: street, Island. Ad.
miasion ten cents. Ice cream and other
refreshments will be served. The pro.
ceeds will DO devoted to repairing the
organ OF the church.
AWuEELlSo man named James Mich.
OILS was passing up Union street yester-
day ut noon when the shooting occurred,
and one OF the balls from the revolver
passed so close to his ear that he threw
up his hand 10 the side O.! bis lace IN the
belief that he lad been struck. lie vas
not long in getting of the street to allow
the other shots 10 go by without the
probability OF his body stopping them.-
Beldire Independent.