The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-03

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MATINEE at the Grand to-day.
0pERA HOUSE this evening "The Fat
Mems Clpb.P i
| SCARLET fever is prevailing Ct Tilton.
vile, up the river. Ia
THE GRAND this evening-Nelson's
Vaudeville Company. @s
FRElGnT business is quite heavy on
| the Cleveland and Pittsburgh road.
TIE Wheeling rars Association has
reelected the Old Board OF DIRECTORS.
ED. GEHRlNl, an employe Of Holidays
planning mill, had ono Of bis thumbs
cut oil yesterday. IS
RAILS sre being lain on the Martins
Ferry extension OF the Wheeling 4
Lake Erie railroad.
| PART OF the Whitaker mill was Oh
yesterday on account Of the ehQrtness Of
the natural gas supply. "
THERE were ninety.eight cases in the
police court in November, the smallest
number for long time now.
| TIE cold snap is certainly fairly on,
The wintry cir is like a tonic, and bracea
up business as we'll as people.
SPREADING rails let several B. 4 0.
cars down on the ties ct Elm Grove
yesterday morning, delaying traffic
somewhat.
ELECTRIC motor B sprarg from the
track on Chapline street, south ofTwen-
ty.fourth, yesterday forenoon, and ran
clear into the curbstone before stopped.
A MARRIAGE license was yesterday is
sued to Birdie W. Peters, sged nineteen,
and Harry Il. Work, aged twenty.threc,
both natives and residents OF Wheeling.
The worEmen on the channel pier Of
the new bridge pursued the even tenor
OF their way yesterday just as if the
cement was not in dang er Of freezing be-
fore it get.
DUNNO the two weeks ending last
Saturday, the Riverside steel plant made
the best run in its history. The output
for the two weeks was 3,'0i tons, for
both turns, one turning out 800, and
the other 1904.
THE Steubenville authorities write to
Chief Of Police Delbrugge asking him to
look out for q colored man named
Ezekiel Wagstalf, alias Samuel Miller,
alias Sam Oliver, who is wanted there
for stealing So aud an overcoat.
THE village Of Bridgeport has entered
suit against the Pennsylvania Company
and the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling
Railway Company to recover for the
lighting Of their tracks throughout differ
ent portions OF that town with electric
arc lights.
Work has been entirely suspended
on the new back river bridge, on account
Of the suit brought by the contractors
to collect the first payment, which is
long since due. The matter will in all
probability be satisfactorily settled and
work resumed soon.
The last will and testament OF William
johnson was yesterday admitted to pro-
bate and ordered to be recorded. Will
liam V. johnson was appointed admin.
istrator with the will annexed, and gave
bond in tho sum OF $500, with James and
Bridget johnson as sureties.
Z CAPTAIN JOHN PORTER, accompanied
by a number Of representative citizens
of Hancock county, were in Steuben.
vile Saturday to meet the Wheeling 4
Lake Erie otli Gals in order, if possible,
to invite their attention to the West
Virginia side Of the river should the line
be extended to Pittsburgh. The officials
were given the assurance by Messrs.
Porter, Hooker, Brown, Mahan and
others Of the delegation that should
they decide TO cross the river the hight
OF was through the entire county would
be given free. Porter is a hustler
TORONTO Tribune.