The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-01
LOCAL BREvITIEs.
Matters Of MIaor Moment in and About
the City.

Matters Of Miner Moment In and AbOat
The City.
FLAccus Bios. shipped tire, carloads
Of tomato catsup to California yester'
day.
TIE Nellie BY and Waddel! fishing
clubs have struck camp and returned
home.
COMPLAINT was made at police head
quarters that the Register hand cart was
stolen.
TnE annual examination Of teachers
| will be held at the rooms OF the Board
OF Education, on Friday, August II, at
Ga. m.
yEaY stylish invitations have been
issued to the butchers picnic and bar
becue on the State Fair Grounds Au-
gust 10.
IT was nearly eleven o'clock yester-
day forenood before any electrical cars
ran in North Wheeling, the power be.
ing to weak.
TIE temporary wooden bridge at
Main street over the creek gets Shaker
every day. 1t willnot stand the racket
much longer.
GEORGE KRAMER gave yeryenioyable
bowling party out at Wheeling Park
last evening. His guests returned on q
special motor.
A DIo force Of men isat work cleaning
out the excavation for the south pier OF
the Main street bridge, and 1t will be in
condition again in few days.
JOE FAuEY, who fred the fatal shot at
the Woods run picnic Sunday, has gone
to Atlantic City with friends. He Is
still half crazed over the accident.
YESTERDAY the finance committee OF
the Board Of County Commissioners
vent over the delinquent tax list with
sheriff Stccnrod and Clerk Hook.
Mn. NJ. SoxxERoRS, Of the "Hub," is
moving into the house adjoining Mr..
q. W. Brockunier in Mrs. Boreman's
block, oil Chapline street at Fourteenth.
TnE Steubenville G.. A. r. Post will
not 20 to Detroit until Monday. II will
take the w. & i. +. train, leaving in the
morning and arriving there that even
ing.
THERE was an unusually large congre.
ration at the Jewish Synagogue last
evening. Rev. Samuel HirshberS deliv-
cred lecture, his topic being "lngrati-
tude."
OFFICER WILKIE yesterday arrested
Sallie Mooney for disorderly conduct in
Fishers saloon, on the South Side. A
male companion escaped through a
mistake.
TnE girls Of the North Wheeling Or
phan Asylum and the boys Of st. Johns
Home, on Thirteenth street, had n
pleasant little picnic at Wheeling Park
yesterday.
Carr. BOB CAKES, Of Wellsburg, took
in the Elks' outing at the Park, and no
one there had better time or enjoyed
himself more than Capt. Bob, who is
jolly good fellow.
LAST evening the Friday Night club
had its weekly bowling match ut the
Park alleys. Il. w. Kramer again came
out the champion, scoring the full 800
points on one game.
A MAN named Seibert drove loaded
hay wagon against Rober. Frazier's go
cart Yesterday, and damaged 1t consid-
erably. After some persuasion he
agreed to pay for the damages.
YESTERDAY q wheel was pulled off the
wagon Of ]. c. Porter, of the Island, by
the electric track on Tenth street, and
Mr.. Porter was thrown out on the
street, but fortunately not hurt.
Mn. V. S. RUSSELL, Of the AIassillon
firm OF engine manufacturers, is in tho
city. He denies that the recent trouble
at the Wheeling Electrical Company's
power house was any fault OF the en-
gines.
WoRK has at last commenced on the
new main stairway at the public build
ing. A temporary stairway, half the
width OF the permanent one, is being
built to be used while the repairs are in
progress.
Excursion TICKETS, mileage books,
tickets to and from Europe, information
regarding all lines, sleepers secured,
baggage and passengers called for.
Union Railroad office, John Baltic,
agent, 1900 Market street.
HoSrLER DoIAN, of tho Eighth ward
hose house, was fired by the chief yes
terday, and man named Bush, lately
driver for the Schmulbach Brewing
Company, appointed to the vacancy. II
is supposed that Bush was thought to
have more "pollytickle influence"
A son Of Ferd Bingell, OF North Main
street, came home from fishing camp
up the river yesterday with his left eye
punctured by a shot. The boys were
shooting with tin can Tor tuiget, and
one Of the shot glanced and struck him
in the eye. He will probably lose the
sight OF that eye.
Az old man who tried to walk n
square backward on the Market street
sidewalk, in Centre Wheeling, stumbled
over a gus plug and fell SO hard he was
rendered insensible for some time.
Lots of people feel shaky in trying to
walk that square forwards without fall
ing over one Of the too numerous OBJ
structions.