The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-09-14
LOCAL BREVlTIEs
Matters of Minor Moment in and About
the City.

Matters of Minor Moment In and About
the City.
TmE Council committee on claims has
been called to meet this evening.
The work OF putting the tin roof on
the Terminal Company's union station
has begun.
TIE iakirs and pool sellers have left
the city until State Fair week rolls
round again.
TnE bank Of the Wheeling Title and
Trust Company will open for business
this morning.
A HORSE belonging to Louis Frank, q
Bellaire butcher, fell dead on the road
TO the Eighth ward ferry.
The city's scales on the Island broke
down Saturday under II heavy load oil
coal. They were repaired at once.
Mt. PEASANT will send $50 men
mounted to Wheeling Emancipation
day celebration on September 22.-
SteaGaswhe Herald.
joins +. McKExxoS slipped on Eley-
enth street Saturday evening, and fall
ing, was badly hurt. Chief Delbrugge
look Ilm 10 us uOlue.
Tux Otto property, in Triadelphia,
comprising lot, Nos. 81 and SS, was sold
at auction by Auctioneer Halter, Satur-
day, to Benz. Exley, for $3.50.
The riprapping OF the new channel
for Caldweli's run is nearly finished.
The railing of the Chapline street
bridge is being placed in position.
TIE management oft Emancipation
celebration have made application to
Chief OF Police Delbrugge for detail Of
officers for duty on the Fair Grounds.
MEssRs. BAIRD BRos. have finished the
viaduct for the new island bridge as far
east as the east side of South Front
Front street and will have 1t all up this
week.
THE advance advertising corpa Of the
John Robinson big shows. to be here
one week from to-day, arrived in the
city Saturday and is quartcred at the
st. Charles hotel.
EVERY small boy in town is doing the
paper parachute act now. One South
Side lad opened an umbrella and jump
ed out OF q hayloft with it. 1t collapsed,
but he was not badly hurt.
SATURDAY morning at $3.50 o'clock as
Pan Handle train was backing on the
Wheeling track at the junction, train
on the main line ran into it, knocking
the trucks from under one car.
TINS evening the Electric Light Com
mission will meet to examine the con-
tracts for the power house building and
roof. This done, the matter is ready
for the work OF construction to begin.
EUGENE HASKE received fine seven
ty-five foot balloon and thirty-five foot
parachute IRON the Baldwin Bros, OF
Quincy, Ills, Saturday, and has several
dates On hand for balloon ascensions for
next summer.
SADIE FREEMAN, a young colored wo-
man, was arraigned before Squire Davis
Saturday on charge Of using profane
and vulgar language. In default OF
money to pay fine OF 81 and costs she
was committed to Jail.
The many friends OF Captain Steve
Riley will be gratitied to learn that he
has been appointed superintendent OF
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad between
Grafton and Cumberland. He will
assume the duties Of his new position
October l.
A TRAIN consisting ofone hundred and
eighteen cars was pulled over the river
division OF The g. & P. railway from
Wellsville TO Bellaire, on Friday. This
was the largest train even taken over
the G. & P. road, it being over four-fths
Of mile long.
w. D. UPrEoRAFF, Secretary OF the
Philadelphia Gas Company, and con-
cerned in other Westinghouse enter
priscs at Pittsburgh, was.in the city last
night There is q chen on" in the
electric light and power business
tSte,tbenUiRe Gazette.
The Brooks Glass Company, OF Wells
burg, will be ready to start in
a few weeks. They have fire in their
furnace and everything is in good shape.
Tho workmen are all stockholders, and
it promises to be one Of the prosperous
factories Of the Ohio Valley.
The long strike which has been waged
against the Steubenville Pottery Com
pany is about to be declared of by the
Western Association OF Pottery Work.
ers, alter a period of over two years.
The strike commenced in February,
1889, and was caused by the employ
ment OF noa-union men at the Steuben-
vile Pottery. Both will make con-
cessions.