The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-07
oCA BREvlTIEs.
Matters OF Minor Moment In and About
tho City.

OFFICER PORTER last night locked up
Mary Green again on the same old
charge OF drunkenness.
TIE Wheeling Turn Vcroin will give
a private dance ut Turner Hall on
Wednesday, December Is.
IL the circuit court Saturday ten dol
lars fine was imposed on Harvey Roy,
indicted for keeping 4 gaming house.
TIE County Commissioners will meet
in regular session this morning. There
arc 4 number OF interesting things to be
considered.
TIE knights OF st. Joseph attended
special services at the Church OF the
immaculate Conceptionyesterday morn-
ing in n body.
THE early Ohio River train now leaves
at 6:45 Il. m, instead OF seven, as here
%toiorc, and the train which heretofore
left at 1885 now leaves at 1850.
The employees OF the Wheeling steel
plant have formulated q scale, which
the company refuses to accept, and it is
possible that the non will strike.
A MARRIAGE license was issued Satur-
day to John Hipkowska, aged q, and
Minnie Bicbert, aged %, both natives OF
Germany and residents OF Wheeling.
A MEETING Of the stockholders OF tho
State Fair Association was held Satur-
day, with a. X. Jacobs in the chair, and
the old boardo directors was reelected.
4 MEETING OF the Council committee
on claims, with several attorneys who
represent claimants having grievances
against the city, has been called for this
evening.
IT ia officially announced that on the
Pennsylvania lines west OF Pittsburgh
the rate for clergymen will be reduced
on January ! from two cents o mile, as
now, to half fare.
THE many friends OF Mr.. Charles II.
Watkins, OF the Island, are grieved to
hear OF the death OF his son John, who
died suddenly yesterday morning, after
four days illness.
CHARLES CAMPBELL, an employee OF the
Wheeling steel works, at Benwood, had
his foot badly burned Saturday evening
by getting it on hot steel. he will be
laid up for some time.
THE people at police headquarters
complain OF bad telephone service,
which might some time be very serious
thing. They say that Central is often
SO slow to answer calls as to seriously
embarrass business.
SATURDAY evening Maggie Knarr, n
child OF six years whose parents live on
Twenty-lifth street, was found wander
ing about on Twelfth street, crying. In
IN hour or so her parents were found
and she was taken home.
JUDGE JOHN a. CAMPBELL writes to
Clerk Mitchell, OF the circuit court,
that he will be here on Wednesday OF
this week to preside in his side OF the
court, and asks that the lawyers be
ready to call the docket.
A COMPANY, 10 be known as the Smith
Brewing company, has been formed to
carry on the business OF A. L. Smith,
the brewer, who made Ill assignment
recently. Mr.. Smith will probably be
manager OF the new company.
MAYOR BELL, OF GAINESVILLE, writes ask
ing Chief OF Police Delbrugge to look
out for and arrest one ]. S. Berwin,
wanted there. He is q chimney sweep,
is about five feet ten inches tall, weighs
probably 100 pounds, and has light hair
and mustachc.
THERE is q possibility OF a wage trou-
BILE at the Benwood mill. 1t is reported
that the management has asked the
heaters to work Tor 81 so per day, while
under the present management they
are paid 10 cents per hour, and can
make double that sum-.
INFORMATION was left ct police head
quarters Saturday that a chuck-luck
game was in full blast at q Market street
saloon, but when two officers called
there there was no visible sign OF a
game, and not q soul on the premises
knew anything about there ever having
been one.
AT Wesley NJ. Z. church yesterday
morning the pastor, Rev. Joseph Lee,
preached q special sermon to the
Knights OF the Mystic Chain, which or.
ganization was present in q body. Tho
theme OF the discourse was Loyalty,
Obedience and Fidelity" and it was an
earnest and practical talk.
SOME time Friday night some person
as yet unknown climbed the telegraph
poles on Market street south OF Twelfth
and cut the wire all OF and removed
the insulator knobs. What the object
could have been is 4 mystery, and how
the work could be done without being
observed is almost as incxplicablo.
YESTERDAY the electric car service
was anything but satisfactory, tho cars
being delayed by being of the track, by
trouble with the trolloys and other
causes on nearly every trip. A car got
off the track at the North Wheeling
turn table, and did not get into the
barn until after l o'clock this morning.
SATURDAY was the birthday OF Ed
Reed, the well known Belmont mill
mailer, and he was presented with n
fine gold watch by his wife. Hif friends
in large number also surprised him at
his home, on McColloch street, and n
very pleasant evening was spent by all.
Supper was served at midnight. and
everyone did ample justice to it.
ALL the young peoples prayer meet
ing associations OF the city, including
all the Young Peoples Societies OF
Christian Endeavor and the ,Epworth
leagues Of the various churches, will
hold a union meeting this evening at
half.past seven o'clock in the First Bap-
fist church, on Twelfth street. The
meeting is under the auspices OF the
Wheeling Christian Endeavor Union.
THERE is great complaint by people
who have to pass through the Second
ward market regularly Of the neglect on
the part OF those who should see that
the market house and surroundings are
kept clean. Last night u reporters at