The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-11
LOCAL nREyIrlEs.
Matters OF Minor Momcnt In and About
tho Cily.

used for few days.
RlrciIE CouNclL Jr. O. U. A. NJ. will
give an attractive entertainment ut tho
Tcutonia Hall this evening.
AT the next meeting OF Wheeling
lodge B. p. y. Elks there will be twelve
candidates to ride the goat. Tho lodge
Is growing apace.
The work OF raising tho trestlo over
the electrical railway at Etnavillo was
commenced yesterday under the dircc-
ton OF james Crossley.
TIE contract for running water and
gas mains and electric light wire over
tho Wheeling Bridge company's bridge
to the Island was signed by tho mayor
yesterday.
The Wheeling Knights Tcmplar will
go to Denver to the triennial conclave
next year in u special train OF three
Pullman cars and accompanied by a
brass band.
LAST night the Kings Sons OF the
Zane Street NJ. L. church gave n very
enjoyable supper and social at the G. A.
Il. hall. The affair vas an eminent sue
cess in every respect.
TIE taking OF testimony bearing on
tho motion for u new trial in the CARR
son murder case will be resumed in the
clrcnit court Mt $3.50 II. IN. to-day before
Judge John a. Campbell.
Az apron social and bazaar will be
held at tho st. Johns German Protest
ant church tonight and tomorrow
night III the school room. An elegant
supper will be served by the ladies.
YESTERDAY ended Prof. Irl Hicks's
Storm PERIOD" and possibly it is not
unreasonable to expect bad weather
now. Through his period OF "heavy
sleets' the weather was us bright and
sunny as in May.
SAYS last evenings Steubcnville Star:
7. }. Gavin, Robert Miller and J. G.
Klein, thrca of WEDDINGS prominent
saloonkeepers, are enjoying themselves
IN Stcubenville to-day and will fore
close this evening.
TIE German Insurance company's
calendar Tor 1899 is out and is Il fine
piece OF work, n credit TO the company
and u convenience to its patrons. 1t
has Il beautiful scene OF the old Vikings
on the coast, with two vessels approach.
ing in the distance.
TIE common impression that there
is lots OF game this year must certainly
be III error. Officer Hell, Daniel For.
ney Winder and Frank Club got home
last evening from u two days hunt, and
all they could show for it was y bunch
OF nine rabbits and one pheasant.
MICHAEL MILLER was Yesterday ap-
pointed administrator of the estate OF
Michael Miller. deceased, and gave bond
i'll the sum OF $1,000, with George Wolf
and n. j. Smith Is suretics. George
Wolf, n. J.. Smith and II. b. Criswell
were appointed to appraise the estate.
TIE first graduation examination OF
the class OF '02 in the public grammar
schools was held yesterday, the branch
es examined being grammar and SPELL
ing. The class this year numbers sixty
four, the largest by Il great deal in the
history OF the school, and about twice
as large as last year.
Tn%Echarges OF illegal intimacy against
George Wheat and Annie Randall, and
the charge against Annie OF disturbing
the peace, were dismissed by Squire
Ankle, at the cost OF the complainant,
Clara Glenn. Mrs. Glenn was not pres
ent when the case was called, having
mysteriously disappeared.
SOMEWHAT V c third Of the stone
arch OF the Main street bridge was
done when the men quit work last
night, and at the present rate OF prog
ress it should be ut least half done bv
noon to-day. Large crowds OF people
watch the progress of the work every
day, and it is n matter OF discussion
whenever q number OF men happen to
meet.
TINS is great weather for Christmas
shopping, and the people who have tho
presence OF mind to do their buying
now will not only escape the unpleass
ant rush nearer to Christmas, but will
also probably be glad they have it done
when they SEQ their less thoughtful
fellow beings running around in sloppy
weather and feeling rs ii they wished
the holidays came in August.
JUST now the boys, who fear nothing,
are having great fun climbing the new
electric light poles and pounding on the
wires, while other boys put their BARS
to the bottoms OF the poles and hear the
ringing noise produced. Then the
other boy goes up and the first one
crlmbs down and does the listening.
Taking one thing with another it is a
great wonder there are any boys.
LAST night Officer Watson arrested
Jim Richards, q colored man, who has
been loafing about q shanty near tho
Whitaker mill Tor some time, charged
with stealing about 500 pounds Of iron
from the mill. He had wheeled the
iron over to tho South Side and dumped
it in an alley, and was just returning
for it when the officer n0bbcd him. He
will be arraigned before Squire Ankle
to-day.
A ~wELI-KNowS cigardrummcr worked
n new trick on his Wheeling customers
this week. Every notice Of his inten-
ton 10 visit them was marked on tho
envelope, "co%niidcntial," and alter be-
ing sealed he reopencd it, pinned the
torn ends together and marked on tho
envelope with a pencil, "opened by
mistake" Every man who got one OF
these stereotyped cards read it with.
ieverish haste, and then took q smoke