The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-02-07
LOCAL, BREv1TlES.
MRttrrs OF Minor Mention In and About
= the City, .H-.

AT the opera lt0uee t0-n'gHt-OuhIIesl
7. Ellis as "Casper, the iodler." II.
Ar the Grand to.night-Nfme. Neu.
vile and son in "The Boy. Tramp"
TIE Caldwell & Peterson Company
shipped n carload OF their product to St.
Louis this week. pt
TuE monthly report Of the earnings OF
the Wheeling K Lake Erie railroad show
n net increase OF s0,GS7 for the month OF
January.
TnE last will and Testament Of Mrs.
Kate Smith, late Of Elm Grove. was al.
mitted 10 probate In Clerk Hooks office
yesterday and ordered recorded.
LAST Tuesday Carmel A. McCown, n
wealthy merchant Of Fairview, Han.
cock county, committed suicide by
shooting himself in the head with re-
volver.
TIE Supreme Court OF Appeals which
has been busily at work In Charleston
Tor over month past, has adjourned 70
February 10, ut which time special
term Is 10 be held.
A MARRIAGE license was issued from
Clerk Hooks office yesterday to John
Schon, aged 20, Il native and resident OF
tfis county, anl Alice Staley, aged 10, n
native and resident Of this city.
SAMUEL X. JonSsoS qualified In Clerk
Hooks Office yesterday as the admins
traitor OF the estate Of the late Grant
Johnson, giving IL bond OF $500, with U.
" SpabriVht aa gi,rety.
REV. G. G. LAYS, The popular Presby.
tcrinn pastor Of the Bridgeport congrc.
CATION, has given up his charge aud
leaves on Monday for trip through
Palestine and the Holy Land, in the
hope OF regaining his shattered health
ANNIE ROBINSON, a young woman en-.
gagged rs domestic at the residence OF
james Wood, on Market street, in the
Sixth ward, cut her right hand severely
by breaking n jar OF fruit which she was
opening. 4 physician had to be called
dress the wound.
On Wednesday evening n thief stole ,
pocket book coutaing $40 from the coa,
OF j. d. Hayes, m employe at the elec
trio plant. The coat was hanging in The
office, and the theft waa committed dur
ing few minutes Mr.. Hayes was alb
sent.
HENRY HAIR, n student at Bethany
Coll, &c, has died Of the grippe. Il,
leaves Il wife and one childto mourn hi
loss. He was well known Throughout
the country, having been II telegraph
operator for the Baltimore & Ohio TAI!
road for some time.
| TmE supper and social given at thu
Fourth Street M. L. Church last even
ing by the young ladies' OF that congre
CATION WAS most enjoyable affair. Thu
supper was delicious and the literary
and musical programme offered after
wards was very pleasing.
CHARLES Orro, the well known Tria
delphia butcher, was thrown from biz
wagon by Il runaway team yesterday
His left leg was broken, and he wa!
Knocked senseless. lie was taken to hi
home where his injuries were dressed
and at last accounts he was doing well.
Mr.. JOHN G. LAzURE, late OF til,
Gruphic's business force, has purchased
from Mr.. T. NJ. Garvin the Ohio Vaiie1
Farmer, and assumes charge with til.
February number. The Farmer is thriv
ing, and under Mr.. Lazure's energetic
management may expect TO prosper still
more.
A STREET quarrel took place at Tay
iorstown this week between one Bel
Howell and man named Martin, dur
ing which the latter drew knife an,
cut n cash in Howell's leg eight inche!
long and one and onc.half inches deep
The quarrel grew out OF some trivial mat
ter. Martin escaped and is still at large
YESTERDAY afternoon Officer Short ar
rested on Twelfth street, colored maj
aged about thirty, who gave the nam,
of William Miller, and said he cam,
from Baltimore. He was drunk ant
very disorderly and had been annoyin.
the Italian fruit vender ut the corner o
Market street by making him wrap up
number OF articles and then refusing t,
pay for them.
THERE was admitted to record il
Clerk Hooks Office yesterday, copy o
the agreement made April 20, 1889, b,
the Western Union Telegraph Company
with the Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad
Company, whereby the former becam.
the possessor OF the Baltimore & Ohio
telegraph lines and other property uset
in connection with the maintaining an,
operating OF the same for s5,000,0OO.
The superstructure OF the new Seven
teenth street bridge has at last arrived
and yesterday gang Of men and severa
teams were engaged renewing the STUFF
from the cars to the location OF thu
bridge. The mateaial has long been de
Jagged on the road, but now that it ha!
arrived no time will be lost in putting
it into position. The stone work haI
been completed for several weeks past
THOMAS D. BAKER, a brakeman in tn,
| Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Rail
why yards. in this city, had occasion tt
80 to the upper end Of the yard yester
day morning and rode up on the ! a. III
passenger train. Near the WaterWork:
he stepped of and WAS thrown to the
ground with sufficient force TO- knocl
him senselcss. lie was carried into
the power house where he was restored
to consciousness. He was not severed,
hurt, except u cut on the head.
A TllREE.YEAR.oLD child OF S. D. Lock
wood, engineer at the Nail City Lantern
Factory, had an arm broken yesterda,
morning. Mrs. Lockwood had takei
the child down stairs to dress it and hat
left standing on a chair for momen
while she went to getsome Of its clothes
While Mrs. Lockwood was away iron
the side OF the little one it fell and broke
! its lett arm close TO the elbow. About
one year ago this same little one fcl
from porch and had the same arm
! broken inst ahnva tina wrist ..