The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-09
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Matters Of Minor Moment In and AbOu
the City.

RErAIRs are being made TO the Opera
House entrance.
FARMERS say the potato crop never
promised better.
CHARLES SoRa will build q new resi-
dence on Caldwell's run.
The Mozart singing society will give
family picnic at Seibert's garden to-
day.
MAYER's orchestra will play for the
Alphas' .fets ehGmpetrs at the Park this
evening. si
; CRocK sewer pipe has been strung
along Alley IA for the new ten'tnch
sewer there.
TIE new gas main on Twelfth street,
between Water and Main, was finished
yesterday.
OFFICER CONRAD yesterday locked up
Washington, Pa, oil man, whom he
found silly drunk on the street.
LAST years Amalgamated scale was
signed By the Laughlin steel works at
Mingo to-day.-StettbenvillS Star.
THE damage done to the shanties on
Sixteenth street, at Chapline, by satur-
day nights FIRE is being patched up.
Miss MAY, an insane woman who has
been in the county Jail for some time,
was taken to the Weston asylum yester-
day.
The R. f. Phillips will take another
excursion down the river this evening.
The Opera House Orchestra will go
along.
TnE Old oaken Bucket Fishing Club
has changed its name to the Rine Rod
and Gun Club. 1t is camped at Wind
sor Station.
IT has been cool enough to wear over
coats for several nights past. There is
no rush to the mountains or seaside in
such weather
A STRANGER was arrested at O'Clock
this morning for hitting with q pitcher
May Burkett, denizen OF the shady
quarters OF Eotf street.
A GUY wire fell across the electric
cables down near Boggs' run last night
and caused the power 10 go of for an
hour and forty minutes.
A CARD received from Powhatan
Point last night said the Mark Twain
Club was there in good shape, and
would go further down. later.
The Noble Scrubs challenge the Black
Diamonds for a game of ball next Sun.
day afternoon, the game to,be played
on the Tunnel Green:ltIt Accepted,
please answer through this paper.
SQUIRE JOSEPH A. ARKLR will have his
office moved across Jacob street by this
evening. The rollers were put under
one side Of the house yesterday. ]. H.
Woods, Of Bellaire, is doing the work
DURING the high wind Tuesday even
ing poplar tree in front Of Hermann
Carl's barber shop, on South Jacob
street, was blown down, falling against
the house. No damage to speak OF was
done.
THERE is great deal of complaint Of
the boys playing ball and the more dan
gerous game of "cat, in which a wooden
block sharpened at the ends, is knocked
through the air, on Byron and Four
tenth streets.
WILLIAM S. FoosE was yesterday ap-
pointed guardian of Emma Kurtz
Schmidt, orphan of George A. Kurtz,
deceased, vice the late Daniel Scham-
bra, and gave bond in $1,000, with AL
fred PAUL as surety.
THE Brunswick Fishing Club will go
down to the mouth of Fish creek in its
boat July 20, for a stay of thee weeks.
There will be thirteen in the party.
The club is composed of good people
and always has good time.
THE Ajax fishing camp is located
three miles above Marietta. 1t is COM
posed OF George Eidemiller, Lawrence
Dunlap, John Bucket, George Bruner,
Mart Clark, George Humphrey, and
Joe Fox, cook, all North Wheeling
glass blowers. }.8 9ga y
WILLIAM GALLAGHER, who was before
the police court Tuesday morning, was
not the William Gallagher, bottle
blower, who formerly worked in North
Wheeling and now lives at Phillips
burg, but is visiting here. He is not
that kind OF man. isl.rdrr .nrl
A LARGE number of gentlemen with
their escorts have chartered the steamer
R. E. Phillips for this evening and will
take ride down the river. The Opera
House orchestra will accompany them.
Very seldom such delightful nights
during the summer months are found
for dancing. i7ir z IA
YESTERDAY afternoon an old man from
Waynesburg, who claims relationship
with Senator Sherman, James G. Blaine
and General Ewing, was arrested on sus-
picion of being insane. He was put
into cell, but was soon afterwards
turned loose, as he seemed to be HARM
less, inoffensive kind of a chap.
TnE Steubenville Star of last evening
has the following appreciative notice:
Wheeling showedup nobly in Mondays
parade, and we want to say right here
that when the Nail City has ever any
celebration she can draw on Steuben-
vile for the full amount. The Belle
City of Eastern Ohio is not ungrateful.
EMERY WILKES. the young stallion
owned by Mr.. ]. NJ. Maring and being
handled on Wheeling Island is one OF
the most promising of youngsters! Yes
terday he was taken out and called on
for a show Of speed simply to show Mr..
Maring his gait, and the gamey little
fellow stepped off a half mile in l:24.
the last quarter in 80 seconds. The
Wilkes family are still in it in turf mat
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