The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-03
LOCAL nREYTTIEs.
Matters OF Minor sfomsas In aad About
the City.

Matters OF Minor afomeas In and About
the City.
The County Commissioners meet TO
day in regular session.
C. r.. GoRTzE has charge Of the entries
for bicycle races at the butchers picnic
Two plain DRINKS were sent to the
hill from Saturday afternoons police
court.
TnE employees of Wood Brothers
planning mill, numbering about thirty
had a private picnic yesterday.
FREDERICK SoRG's last will and tesla
ment was admitted to probate and
ordered to be recorded Saturday.
TmE contract to furnish hay and straw
for the State Fair has been awarded to
4. NJ. Kimmins, Of Valley Grove, this
county.
THERE was an unusually large rush to
the park Yesterday, all the Elm Grove
trains being crowded. The weather
was perfect.
AucTIoSEER HERvEY on Saturday sold
] the Ileiskell property, on ChapGpe
street, just above Eleventh, to DIR. A. +.
ollleI IOr SlSIziO.
OX August % the A. o. II. will give a
picnic ON the State Fair Grounds, and
bids fair to be one of tho most success
full ever known there.
TIE local union Of flint glass workers
has changed its meeting days to the
first Sunday Of each month only. 1t
formerly met twice month.
TuE Marshall County Teachers Insti-
tute opens at Moundsville to-day and
will close Friday with the first teaehers'
examination under the new law.
Par HALPIN was again locked up last
evening, the charge being drunkenness,
and Officer Desmond having made the
arrest. Herman Frederick was locked
up by Donnelly for disorder.
A HORSE belonging to A. II. Nolte and
attached to his wagon, ran away yester-
day ut the corner ofThirty-eighth street
and went as far as Forty-first, when the
driver succeeded in stopping him.
JUDGE JEPSoS on Saturday fined Sallie
Mooney 3 and costs for being drunk,
and Henry bergen, for disorder, S. and
costs, ana Nick HalPin and E. B. Ball,
on the same charge, were dismissed.
TIE new Edison electric light COM
pany was Incorporated by the secretary
OF state Saturday. The authorized capt.
tai stock is 5000, OF which 5000 has
been taken by twenty-six local subscrib-
ers.
Tire addition to the Wheeling hos
pital is nearing completion. the brick
work being finished. The roof is now
being put on. When complete the
building will present quite handsome
A UNION meeting of the Christian
Endeayor societies of the city will be
held in the Disciples church this even
ing, and after the exercises refresh
lnents will be served by the ladies Of
the church.
A VERY enjoyable young peoples
was held at the Disciples
church at ) o'clock yesterday afternoon,
under the auspices OF tho Christian En-
ileavor Society. Responsive readings
and music were the order Of exercises.
TIE excavation for an addition to L.
Swabacker's store, on Main street,
caused the cave-in Of the rear wall Of
Harbour & Dittman's store, adjoining,
making a very nasty place and causing
costly damages. Several hundred dol
lars worth of wall paper was ruined,
besides the damage to the building.
SATURDAY morning fire broke out in
The old lumber dry house on South
street, now used by Baers as a lime
and though the department
was promptly on hand the house was
Dadly damaged and much lime de-
stroyed. The loss was about $500. The
lanes are attributed to spontaneous
combustion.