The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-05-21
LOCAL DREyIrIEs.


hlhttcrs OF MuhOr Moment III anu About
the City.
TIM walls of the basement OF the new
county Jail are going up very fast.
InE Specially Glass Company, at
East Liverpool, is arranging to use oil
for fuel.
The Mystic Crew Fishing Club is hav-
ing its boat house reprinted and re-
furnished.
A NEW story is being put on jacob
schlickers house, on Woods street, near
Thirty-cightb.
THr West Virginia Tobacco Company
is now making new brand of tobacco,
called the "Cut and Dry"
Cart. S. L. BR1cE is repairing and
generally overhauiing his drugstore at
Thirty-sixth and Jacob streets.
TIE whole day yesterday was put in
repairing the broken guy rope on the
big derrick at the Main street bridge.
The Valley Stars challenge any base
ball club under fourteen years OF age;
they may call on or address Robert Will
sou.
TnE only case in the police court yes
terday morning was that of David Hunt
ington, plain drunk, who was fined 81
and costs.
A MARRIAGE license was yesterday is
sued by Clerk Hook TO Charles Fischer,
aged 90, and Mary Fette, aged 10, both
Of this city.
WoRK has commenced on the FONDA
ton OF schaefer L Dreihorst's new five
story building on Main street south OF
Fourteenth.
The engine on the naptha yacht
caught fire night before last, but the
flames we're extinguished before serious
harm was done.
GROUND was broken yesterday on the
site ofDr. Ford'snew house, in Behrens&
Speidel's addition, between Fortieth and
Forty-frst streets.
sQERE ARKLE yesterday sent Joseph
Opie to jailin default OF a fine OF $40 and
costs, for nm assault and battery COM
mitted on Mollie Rolla.
YESTERDAY morning the pictures Of
the pupils in each room OF the Eighth
ward schoolhouse we're taken. Each
ward las been visited by the photo
graphers for the same purpose.
Complete repairs and remodeling
have been made to the building on vir-
ginia street, Island, owned by Mr.. Fail
loure, and Mr.. Humphrey, the meat
man, is back in his elegant quarters.
TIE Willing Workers Of st. Paui's
Lutheran church, Mt Bridgeport, desire
to thank all who in any way contrib
uted TO the handsome success OF their
social and supper last Saturday evening.
The NIcCabe Mission Band, of Wesley
NJ. Z. Chapel, was delightfully."- enter
tanned Monday evening by Miss Lille
Serig, one OF the members, ut her home
on Jacob street, below Thirty-seventh.
TIE repairs at the Belmont blast
furnace have not been completed, and
as the company has plenty of iron on
hand the furnace will probably not
start up until the coke strike is settled.
On Tuesday Mrs. Mary McCon-
naughey, Of Bridgeport, was passing
along Zane street. Island, when big
dog sprang out OF d yard and bit her,
tearing her dress and hurting her some
what.
FRANK JACKSON and Sydney Shipper,
colored, were arrested yesterday by
Officer Scally, for unlawful Cohabitation,
on a warrant sworn out by John Coan.
Squire Davis committed them to jail
and will give thema hearing to-day.
LAST night somebody on Water street
below Twelfth thought he saw a bur
glar trying to get in places along there,
and the police were telephoned for:
Officers Lukens and. Moran both went
down, but could find nothing to justify
the excitement.
YESTERDAY electric car Lorena ran of
the track at the head OF the slope lead
ing down to the creek ut Main street,
and brought up in a sand bank, narrow
" escaping going down the bank into
the hole for the abutment OF the stone
bridge. Nobody was hurt.
The switch of the Wheeling & Elm
Grove railroad, parallel TO its track
south of the City Hall on Sixteenth
street, is being laid very rapidly. The
rain interfered with the work some
what yesterday, but II will probably be
completed today if there is no further
interference.
TUESDAY, while Contractor J, NJ.
Todd, of this city, was experimenting
the work OF laying brick on Chestnut
street, at Washington, Pa, he was taken
suddenly i'll, and had to be helped to the
hotel. It is supposed Mr.. Todd, who
has been unwelf for several days, was
overcome by the heat.
apOTrr PEOPLE