The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-02-26
LOCAL BREYlTIES.
Matters OF Minor Mention In md About
the City.

the City.
AT the Grand to.night-"Dcvil's
Nine"
MATINEE performance OF Devils
Mine" Mt the Grand this afternoon.
AT the Opera House to.night-Donald
Downie, foreign lecturer; subject,
"Japan," handsomely illustrated. !
TIE Board OF County Commissioners
will hold IN auditing session this morn.
ing for the purpose OF preparing business
for next Mondays regular session.
TILE Tobacco Workers Union, COM
posed OF employees Of the "Red Letter"
Tobacco Company, held q meeting last
night TO complete its organization. -
TIE Pennsylvania Company is just at
present receiving big lot Of timbers
from this State to be used for piling in
building docks for the company at Clevc-
land.
MARGARET GocnE qualified in Clerk
Hooks office yesterday az the guardian
OF George ]. and John A. Goche, giving
n bond Of $500, with P.J. Gilligan as
surety.
JonH McBRIDE, President Of the
Miners Federation, who is quite well
known here, has been appointed Chief
Of the Bureau OF Labor Statistics by Gov.
ernor Campbell, OF Ohio.
ELMER MooRE. IN employe Of the
Wheeling steel works at Benweod, had
his right hand badly cut by rugged
edge on billet yesterday morning. DR..
Ford dressed tho wound.
A DELEGATION OF members OF the Order
of Red Men left here last evening for
kiugwood to attend the meeting OF the
Grand Lodge OF that order which will be
in scssion there this week.
LAST Saturday the fly wheel OF Wage.
ner's paper mill, ut West Wheeling,
broke and necessitated the closing down
OF the concern. 1t will probably be
closed down nearly all Of this week.
TIE drug store men report that while
there has been big falling off in grippe
prescriptions the loss that class OF
business has been fully made up by that
occasioncd by the prevalence Of measles.
LETTER CARRIER kISGnoRN has re-
signed his position at the Postolice to
accept desirable place in the office of
the Wheeling pottery. Asubstitute will
be promoted to fill the vacancy and q
new substitute appointed.
THE February number OF The Mount,
the Journal issued by the sisters and
students at Mt. de Chantal, has been re.
ceived at this Office. As usual, it is a
handsomely printed publication full OF
bright communications and interesting
college gossip.
TIE Commissioners appointed in the
matter Of the condemnation proceedings
brought by the Union Bridge and Ter
minal Railway Company against Mrs.
Emma Carter, in the Circuit Court, were
yesterday again engaged in hearing tes-
timony. MIR. W. P. Hubbard appears for
the company and Mr.. II. NJ. Russell for
Mrs. Carter.
THE heavy rains Of Monday night and
yesterday morning, caused bad cave.in
in the big brick sewer on Main street at
it's intersection with the Stamm House
alley. A gang OF men were ut work
all day yesterday endeavoring to repair
the break, but the rush Of sewage
was so heavy that it was rather slow
work. A big hole was made in the
street.
THE weather that is being visited on
this section continues to the wonder
and Amusement OF the oldest inhabitant,
who was knocked silly by its variety
several weeks ago, and 10 the general
discomfort OF everybody. The thunder
storms, lightning and soft, sticky con-
ditions OF the past two days coming af.
ter Saturdays bright and chilling wealth
er, have disguised nearly every one and
brought on colds and snillles by the
wholesale.
THE Committee on Roads and Bridges
OF the Board Of County Commissioners
met yesterday and in company with
County Engineer Smith went out to look
at tho slough, called by courtesy the
Peninsula road. The open and rainy
winter that has been had thus far has
reduced that road TO n horrible
condition. 1t is especially bad from the
cemetery gate to the top Of the hill. The
will recommend to the Board
that a temporary improvement be made
by dumping lot Of broken stone on the
road.