The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-24
LOCAL BREvIrIEs.
Matters of Minor Moment In and ABBOT
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The GRANb this evcning-Wilbur
Opera company.
The Lily social will give a masque-
rade ball at Wcstwood's hall tonight.
THE Franklin Insurance company has
got out the plainest and clearest calcn-
dar OF MI OF them.
THE Bostwick steel lath company has
an order for $4,000 ieet for one building
in Louisville, Ky.
TIE work OF putting in the ceilings Of
the first story OF the Nigilant engine
house was begun yesterday.
WILLIAM SLATER was run in by OIL
Ger scally yesterday afternoon for dis
orderly conduct in North Wheeling.
THERE will be boxing and wrestling
entertainment ct Dolan's hall, at BEN
wood, next Saturday, in which some
good ones" will take part.
TIE first examination OF the Junior
class OF the grammar schools took place
in the Eighth ward yesterday afternoon,
and was very satisfactory.
There is again talk OF social club OF
gentlemen on tho Island, with club
house OF its own. Tho Doddridge build
ing is talked OF for the purpose.
a HANDSOME tile hearth was donated
and put in the parlo- OF the North
Wheeling Hospital recently. 1t was
the gift Of Mr.. Joseph Voegler, jr.
A SMALL force OF men were at work
yesterday on tho Main street bridge
trimming up tho stones in the wing
walls. A few new stones were laid in
spite OF the ram.
STANLEY HALL yesterday received a
handsome copy OF "rhe Warrior King"
as the first prize and Walter Stanton
Little Men" as the second prize in
their class for spelling.
POSTMASTER CowDEN, following his
usual custom, yesterday presented to
all the employees OF the Office a big fat
turkey. There were two barrels full OF
them required to 60 round.
BILLY MONEY, drunk, was run in
last night by Officer Wilkie, and about
half-past one o'clock Officer Scally fur
nished free transportation to another
drunk whose name could not be
learned.
TIE two new sizes OF postal cards have
been received at the Wheeling post
office, and were put on sale yesterday.
Both have pictures OF Grant, and one is
about the same size rs the old ones and
the other twice rs large.
REPEATED complaints are heard that
thA oil loypns Of Tynpt foprtl, ,,J
Jacob and Twcnty-fourth and Woods
streets are not lighted. The localities
require pretty good light to make
pedestrianism safe, and the complaints
should DO needed.
MEssRs. House & HERMAN have rent
ed the store room OF Mr.. Henry K.
List, on Main street below Fourteenth,
and on January l will start storage
house. This is something badly needed
in Wheeling, and they no doubt will
meet with success in tho new enter
prise.
A MAN named McCune complained to
the police yesterday that man he did
not know had been following him about
the streets with revolver for several
nights. Captain McNichol scarcely
knows what to think about the case, rs
no motive for such pursuit can be sug-
gested.
COMPLAINT is being made about the
state OF the sidewalk on the east side OF
Jacob street, extending south from the
alley below Thirty-cighth. Altmeyers
store and the house next to it are the
only ones that have good sidewalks.
On the rest OF the pavement every brick
is loose and splashes water on the pedes-
trian.
G. SEIDERr advcrtises in another part
OF this mornings paper that he will
hereafter prosecute all persons found in
his property at Fulton, known as the
old ice house. The cock fight was held
there Tuesday night without Mr.. Sci
bert's knowledge or consent, and he
does not propose that the place shall DO
considered as public property.
TIE Elm Grove Railroad company
yesterday received new and handsome
car to be used for mails and baggage
exclusively. 1t is marked ~. IS. 'Niailn
and Baggage Car" 1t was brought
into the Hempfeld yard and trans
ferred across the street to the company's
tracks. This is the first car the CON-,
pany has received without passenger
compartment ut all in it. 1t is putting
on airs, and will after while be as we'll
equipped as one OF the big trunk lines.