The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-07
LOCAL pREyITIEs.
Matters of Minor Moment In and About
tI,n CITY

cold nights are hard on them.
In another week the ceiling depart
ment Of the Wheeling Corrugating Com
pany's works will be in operation.
TIE new curb for wider sidewalk on
Fifteenth street has been finished and
new water plugs were set yesterday.
The congregation OF the st. Johns
German Evangelical church gave a very
successful picnic at Seibert's garden
yesterday.
THERE is great complaint Of the kite
flying by boys in the streets. Several
horses have been frightened and bad
runaways caused by this practice.
FIRED TROLL and Louis Bolte have nc
cepted positions in Marsh's cigar fac
tory in Wheeling, and are nos em-
ployed there.--BeilGirs Independent.
CADz papers say the local wool mar.
ket has been active and more than halt
the clip Of Harrison county has been
sold at twenty-eight cents per pound.
A HORSE belonging to Charles Fixey
dropped dead on Eoif street yesterday
morning. The animal made sudden
lunge forward, bursting blood vessel.
SQuIRE DAVIS yesterday fined William
B reman for contending, ETC., to the
disturbance OF the peace, 81 and costs.
A charge Of assault and battery against
him was dismissed.
CLERK Hook YESTERDAY admitted to
record one deed vi trust anu Issued y
marriage license to llenry Hall, age !
20, and Georgia Tut, aged "A, both OF
Wheeling, and both colored.
ELMrRA SWAN was drunk on South
street yesterday, and residents of the
vicinity telephOned for IN officer. POr-
ter went down in the wagon, but found
that Creighton had already arrested
her.
The excursion OF the Thomson NJ. E,
Sunday school down the river on the
steamer Liberty yesterday, was very
successful and enjoyable. Mayors band
and orchestra went along to make
music.
SPAxeLER Posr, G. A. R., is securing
donations to pay the expenses of an
encampment OF the q. A. X. to he held
there the latter part Of this month. Old
soldiers will be there from all over the
country
RouERr ROSE, n boy living in Alley II,
was struck, knocked down and run over
Yesterday morning by wagon belong
ing to G. Floto, the baker. DIR. Taylor
was called, but fortunately his services
were not needed.
LARGE portraits OF Powderly and
Gompers were yesterday displayed in
Gruber's cigar store. They are the
style which the Labor Day committee
recommends for Use in decorating
houses on August 20.
TIE Council committee on fire de-
partment has been called to meet this
evening. The meeting of the finance
committee called for this evening has
been abandoned on account OF the ab-
sence OF the city solicitor.
Ii the police court yesterday there
were but two cases, both women, and
both charged with disorderly conduct.
Mrs. Alex Love, white, and Sid Sharper.
colored, were the parties arraigned and
each was fined s. and costs.
The 5:l5 train on the B. & 0. road
narrowly missed striking a lady at
switch IL, Just north OF Benwood. The
COW catcher was within six inches OF
her when the train was brought to q
stop, and she was pulled off the track.
TIE Crescent Banjo, Mandolin and
Guitar Club, OF this city, thirteen III
number, went to Moundsville last even
ing and took part in II concert given by
the Protestant Episcopal church Mt
Masonic Hall. -hey returned to town
on the Baltimore & Ohio at midnight.
LAST evening the seven o'clock train
on the Elm Grove road went out in two
sections. A lady got Off the first train
ut the Judge Thompson place, and
crossed the track dangerously near the
following train. Much excitement was
caused in tho front train.
YESTERDAY a steer broke away from q
drove coming down Main street and ran
in on the joists Of the new Hawley
building, Mt Main and Tenth streets.
Boards had to be procured and tenn
porary platform built before the ami
nal could be extricated from its peculiar
position. 1t was not hurt.
TIE Standard glass works, ut Wells
burg, last year had so much annoyance
from the demands OF the glassworkers'
union that, they decided to dispense
with union help and so notified their
workmen. New men were procured
and the works were to have been start
ed up Monday. The pots were heated
too rapidly and every one Of them
broke, causing an annoying delay.
CAprAlS BRADSHAW and Mr.. Brice, a
committee from Washington, Pa, came
down to the city yesterday to invite the
different Catholic societies in the city to
attend u corner stone laying at that
place on Sunday and participate in n
procession. The gentlemen saw officers
Of the different societies, md action will
be taken by them as to whether they
will accept 1t is prabable that the A.
o. H., Knights Of St George and knights
Of st. John will accept.