The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-04-14
LOCAL BREYlTlES.
Matters Of Minor Mention In and Al,
the City. .

Matters OF Minor Mention In nnu About
the CITY.
PHILIP pniILlps at the Zane Street
church this evening.
OPERA House this uvcning-Weslcyan
Banjo and Glee Club.
A LARGE train OF emigrants went
West via Benwood Saturday.
CONSIDERABLE shipments OF stock arc
going East over tho b. 30. road now.
AN adjourned meeting Of the Wheel
ing Wheelmen will be held this evening.
Ducx-smooT,Sa is again a popular
amusement along this part Of the river.
A LARGE number OF Pennsylvania oil
men spent the night ut the various hotels
In the city. They were en- route to the
oil field down the river.
CHEF DELnRuGGE and Officers West
and Frohme visited Clara Moss's Main
street house last night and exacted col.
lateral from the landlady, six women and
two men. I-'
NELL MARrIN was held in 5000 bail by
Squire Phillips Saturday night on the
charge Of stealing Sl75 from Jennie Lii
lie, OF plrkersburs, under circumstances
heretofore narrated in the %ISrELLidEN.
GER.
On. BLAlspELL says he has no intention
OF disseminating the Female College, and
that he knows OF no arrangement for
changing the seminary building into a
hospital. lie Inns an option for, five
years.
A CONCERT is expected to take place at
the Opera House in the near future
which will equal. il not exceed, in
brillianCy any previous entertainment
Of the kind in the city. Further partic-
ulars will be given later.
A STILL alarm was sent to the Hope
hose house Saturday night on account OF
burning grass on the bank in the rear Of
Logan's drug store. The grass is sup
posed to have been lighted by q spark
from a passing locomotive.
Mr.. JAMES EMsLEY, m old and we'll
known resident OF the Short Creek
neiHhborhood, died yesterday at the ad-
vanced age OF 90 years and several
months. He will be buried to-day ut !
o'clock in Mt. Zion cemetery.
Rev. r. L. ROBINSON, a colored Baptist
preacher, delivered a Jeremiad at the
Macedonian Baptist church last evening
to a pretty good congregation. his topic
being "The End OF the World" and his
theme the recent floods and cyclones.
HENRY scuMuLnAcu, the brewer,
says the Bellaire Independent, is nego-
tiating for 4 farm just below Benwood
With Il view of making. n driving track
and summer resort. Some OF the Ben.
wood people object, but it seems likely
to be q SO.
TIE Knights Templar are drilling reg
ularly and diligently with a view to pre-
senting q creditable appearance at Park
ersburg in May on the occasion OF the
State Conclave. Another drill meeting
will be held next Saturday evening at
the Upper Market hall.
Col. A.. J. SWEENEY has invented and
patented a new wire nail machine for
which advantages OF speed, simplicity
and cheapness OF keeping in repair are
claimed. The Improvement bids fair to
be valuable in the business and to make
Colonel Sweeney lots OF money, over
both Of which results the public will re-
joice.
MARY PERvIs, white, on Saturday
swore out warrants for the arrest OF her
husband, Robert pervis, white, and Kate
Cooper, colored, charging them with
unlawful association. They were ar
rested by Officer Hell, and in default Of
500 bail each were committed to jail.
Later, after n hearing, they were dis
charged by Justice Davis. llL
THERE were six cases on the bIotter at
police headquarters lust evening: Joseph
Atwell, a mild disorderly, who was
locked up by Buch: W. N. Harden, who
refused to "movo on" when requested
to do 80 by West, William keigens, u
plain drunk by Gaus, Jack Nelson, a
plain drunk by He'll, and Henry Cooke,
and William Froos, plain DRINKS by
Moran.
TIE Ohio Valley railroad will traverse
the route Of the old Marietta 4 Cincin.
natl road, projected early in the iities,
and to which the city of Wheeling made
y subscription Of half a million dollars
in bonds, but never paid any Of it. The
road was made ready for the iron oyer a
considerable portion OF the distance ut
that time, and many solid and substan-
tial culverts and stone bridges still exist.
AN effort has been nude towards re.
yiying the combination Of fire brick
manufacturers up the river. Since the
dissolution OF the West Virginia Fire
Brick Company the different factories
have been running Oh the 20 as you
please plan with the usual result OF com.
petition and cutting ofprices. The plan
now is to form u stock company or trust
which will embrace all the fire brick
works.