The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-08
LOCAL BREvTT1Es.
Matters OF Minor Moment in and Abou
the City.

Matters OF Minor Moment in and About
the City.
THB Wheeling steel works will resume
work to-day.
DRs. ]. II. sroRER and j. I. Carter, Of
Elm Grove, have dissolved partnership.
FiREBRIcE for paving Fifteenth street
are already being piled along thestreet
APPLES are abundant ut IS cents a
half bushel. They come from down the
river.
TIE Viola fishing club left yesterday
for the camp'at ColdSprings, up Wheel
ing creek.
TIE entire postofice force had Its
picture taken in the yard in the rear OF
the building yesterday.
oNE hundred and sixty crates OF rasp-
berries were shipped from here to Little
Washington yesterday.
c. AuI, the dyer, received word from
Washington yesterday that his applica.
ton for pension, with back pay, had
been granted.
A FIvE-YEAR old son OF Daniel Brown,
OF South Jacob street, was struck on the
head with stone yesterday. The cut
was stitched up.
THOMAS BALL will remodel his brick
house ut the corner Of Market and
Ninth streets. Beltz, Fading 4 Co.
have the contract.
THIS week No. 4 and No. 9 sheet mills,
at the Whitaker works, have been run.
ming only two turns day on account OF
men laying off for vacation.
The early cars on the electric railway
could not run yesterday, the power be-
ing of, and workmen employed at Ben
wood and living in the city had to walk
down.
HARRY G. CALDWELL, formerly a well.
known Wheeling newspaper man, died
Monday at Weston, and his body was
brought to the home Of his parents here
yesterday afternoon for burial.
WHOLESALE merchants who had salt
in barrels piled too near the water line
on the wharf had men at work last
night removing it to higher ground,
lest the rising river might catch 1t.
ARCHITECT GIEsEY is preparing the
plans for the immense business block
which S. Baer's Sons are to erect on the
lots east of Main street on the creek
bank, already described in the 1STELLr-
GENcER.
Two very handsome cars for the Bal
timore & Ohio Company's "Blue Line"
between New York and Washington
were taken east yesterday. They were
admired by large numbers OF people
while they lay in the station here.
SEVERAL very heavy showers fell yes
terday, and at several times the streets
were Hooded and the sewers overtaxed.
The weather was phenomenally cool for
July. The rain seemed at midnight to
have set in for an all nights job Of it.
TIE following officers were installed
by Excelsior Lodge No. 4, /. o. o. f.,
last night, for the ensuing year: Noble
Grand, Charles Reed; Vice Grand,
James McGuegen; Secretary, Eugene
H.. Deiters; Treasurer, William j.
Clark; Trustee, Harry Hooking
AucroNEER HERyEY yesterday began
the sale OF the real estate belonging to
the late Col. Robert Campbell, Tor the
administrator, Alfred Caldwell. Eleven
acres up Jonathan's ravine were sold to
D., NJ. Henderson for $3,025. Several
other pieces were offered, but afterward
withdrawn, and the sale continued until
to-day.
CLARK, a nine-year-old son Of John
Grimes, farmer who lives near West
Alexander, was killed by lightning dur
ing the storm Friday afternoon. He,
with his father and two farm hands, was
working in wheat field at the time, and
the boy was only a.short distance from
his father when the bolt struck him.
None of the Others were badly hurt
Washington Reporter.
A STRANGER came into Wheeling sa-
loon last night and asked, as II 1t were
a matter OF vital importance: "Say,
does man ever swim this river down
hereT Visions of drowning induced
q bystander to volunteer: "0h, yes /;
common occurrence" ''For the Lords
sake" said the stranger, "where do they
wash when they come out?" Then
everybody smiled, and not at the
strangers expense.