The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-18
LOCAL BREyrrlRS
Matter. ot Minor mention o, and .Aboa


LOCAL BREyrrlRS.
of Minor Mention I'm and About
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y Arthe Grand Tonight Eagles Nest
y NATURAL Gas was very scarce below
The creek yesterday morning. VI I
MATINEE performances will be given
at both theatres this afternoon.
y AT the Opera House to.night--.i0li.
vette,n by the Reconsideration opera
company. 4, n & 81, II & =
TIE monthly praise service will be
held In the First Presbyterian Church
tomorrow evening. Subject OF dis.
course: "Song OF Thanksgiving"
IT was reported that a prize fight had
occurred yesterday In q Market street
saloon, but an investigation showed that
1t was only n friendly sparring match.
FRIENDS OF Thomas Curran, who was
killed by a d. & o. train at Moundsville
on Wednesday, say that he was not In:
toxicated at the time Of the accident ns
was reported. Al
CORONER scIuLrzE held an inquest on
the remains Of very small infant child
Of Adolph Hoffman, at No. 3SOl Wetzel
street, yesterday afternoon. The child
died Of cramps and convulsions. i,s3
Mn. FRgp HARPER and Mrs. +. @.
Zeigler, OF Thirty.third street, were
wakened early yesterday morning by
thieves attempting 10 enter Mr.. Harp.
ier's residence. They were frightened
away. z. It'd, 4 u ~ 3 y. &
u A SHOW case at John Coleman's drug
store cayed In yesterday, from the weight
OF some fancy cut glass bottles, which
were piled upon 1t. The case and soy.
eral costly pieces OF glassware were
wrecked. 4 Is
OwISG TO the shortage In the supply
OF natural gus, school had to be dis.
missed In tho First, Sixth and Eighth
ward schools yesterday morning; For
IN hour after school opened thei chill
dren and teachers sat with their wraps
on waiting for more heat. ) IA
TIE Opera House orchestra will give
another Que OF its semi.monthly Sunday
might rehearsals for the benefit OF the
passive members OF the organization ut
Arion hall tomorrow evening. A
splendid programme has been arranged
for this occasion. q PA !,
YESTERDAY afternoon mule and cart
driven by n colored man, were backed
over the creek bank near the Tack lac
tory. The mule was drowned, but the
driver Jumped and saved himself With u
dry hide. The owner OF the mule and
drivers name were not learned.
AT S:45 o'clock yesterday morning, a
still alarm called the men ut the Vigilant
engine house TO house at No. Cos Main
street, belonging to Henry Michel, where
II mantel was burning. The-mantel was
torn away and stream from Babcock
squelched the flames. Loss about 50.
WILLIAM BLoN, the Eighth ward
saloonist charged by Mrs. Sarah Ber'
Wrinkle with selling intoxicants to her
husband, George, Berwinkle, while he
was in an intoxicated condition, was
bound over by Justice Davis yesterday
In the'sum OF 800 to answer before the
next Grand Jury.
,TnE masque ball given by the White
Rose Club Thursday evening was pro,
nounced n grand success in every par
ticular by those who were present. II
was one OF the pleasantest affairs Of the
kind held this season. The next enter
tainment by the club will be held in
February aud will be in the nature OF 4
calico hop.
THE regular young mems meetings al
the Y. NJ. C. A. building will be held al
7:30 o'clock tonight and 4 o'clock TO-
morrow. Every man in the city is in
vited. The diagram for reserved seat.
for Frederick A. 0ber's illustrated lee
ture next Tuesday evening is now open
at the office in the building.
| Mn. RICHARD ROBERTSON has pur
chased the half interest of Mr.. W. S
Meek in the Sunday Ne,rs. Letter and
that paper will in the future be solely
published under the direction Of Mr.
Robertson. MI. J. NJ. Crouch, OF Peters
burg, Indiana, will hereafter assist Mr.
Robertson in the conduct Of the paper
LAST night the local branch Of the
Wodengenssen Society, OF Pittsburgh
installed officers for the ensuing year a
the Beethoven hall as follows: Major
G. Mueller; Captain, Henry Plug. Ad
jutant, Henry Beu; Lieutenant, Jacot
Korn; Orderly Sergeant, Mr.. Kochert
| Vice Sergeant, Mr.. Often. There wa.
grand march in which the Beethoven
and Pioneer Societies took part. One o.
the leaders was Mr.. EnGlehardt, Of Pitts
burgh. ED 4
SAMUEL LEWIS, a negro tramp, was ar
rested by Officer Stanley yesterday Oh
complaint Of people in the vicinity .oI
Twentieth street, that Lewis had been
soaring little girls by running after them
on the streets. Lewis has been sleeping
lately in the old EArbenz furniture fac
tory and has been annoying children in
that neighborhood for several days. He
said when no was arrested that he came
from Washington, D. c., and was hunt.
I ing work on the railroad building in this
city. I; q.