The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-05-19
LOCAL BREyITIEs.
Matters of Minor Movement in and About
tie CITY.


Matters of minor Movement in and About
tile City.
THE Council Committee on Finance
is called to meet thisevening.
The foundation OF the Jewish syna-
gogue, on Eof street. is going up fast.
OFFICER Donley yesterday arrested
James Ford and Edward Stewart, two
yags.
The Committee on Cemeteries was
called to meet last night, but no quorum
was secured.
Tue Crematory is in full blast again.
The temporary shed will be put up to-
day or tomorrow.
LAST evening party OF young folks
spent several hours very pleasantly
bowling ut the Park.
RAHD progress is now being made on
the excavation for the south abutment
of the Main street bridge.
A MEETING Of the Wheeling Branch of
the Merchants Retail Commercial Agen-
cy is called for this evening.
IT was quite warm enough yesterday
to suit the most ardent admirerof tropic
weather, but the nights are still little
cool.
THE Terminal Company's track along
the retaining wall past the Whitaker
mill has been completed and is in use to
the tunnel.
THOUSANDS of tomato plants were de-
stroyed Sunday morning by the frosts,
and the gardeners have no hot-beds with
which to replace them.
The Wheeling & Elm Grove Railroad
Company will put force Of men to
work this morning laying the new
switch on Sixteenth street.
SAMMY N1cuoI will leave this evening
for Bay City to join his club, Late
Woodson, late Of the Kindergarten"
Company, has accepted Sans late place.
SoME very handsome paper is on the
walls announcing the coming Of Goup,,ss
rolling palace show next week. 1t will
exhibit on the B. & o. track at Twentieth
street.
The Chi Delta Kappa club were invi-
tedlast night to the residence Of Ed. Ritz,
whose recent marriage they celebrated.
The Premier Banjo Club discoursed its
sweetest strains.
Work on the channel pier of the new
bridge to the Island was resumed yester-
day morning, a crane which broke on
Saturday having been repaired. The
pier was finished yesterday.
Mn. 7. NJ. GARvIN, yesterday, con-
sented to allow the use of his name on
the Republican ticket for President OF
the Board OF Education OF Triadelphia
district, to be voted upon to-day.
JOE MURDOCH, OF East Wheeling, re-
ported to the police authorities yester-
day that his fiye-year-old child had
wandered away from home and could
not be found. 1t was gone several hours,
but finally turned up all right.
The Universal Refrigerating Company
has sold all its evaporating pans and
other machinery and the Superintend-
ent, I. j. Cameron, has resigned this
position and returned to his old place
at the Wheeling Hinge Factory.
THE City Gas Works are undergoing
some much ededimproyements, which
add much TO the exterior appearances land
will make the engine room more conf
Portable through the heated season:
Plaster and paint are being applied
where they will do the most good.
The Sumner Glass Works will start
the fire in their second furnace as soon
as new pots are set. This is necessary.
on account Of the large number OF or
ders being received The Acme will
also put on six new shops this week and
may put on more before the end of the
-Stetlbenvike Star.
A NEW sprinkler belonging to @. D.
Thompson and contracted for to keep
the dust laid on thestreets OF the Fifth
and Sixth wards, came out for the first
time yesterday, and had been out
but short time when the team fright
ened and ran off, breaking the cart up
badly. 1t had to be run back into the
shop again.
Two ITALIAN girls have been about
with dago for several days. Both
dress in their picturesque native cos
tune, and one has cage full OF paro-
quets which tell ones fortune for n
nickle, while the other accompanies the
man on his rounds with piano worked
with a crank, she playing a tambourine
and then collecting the spare coins of
thelisteners. Both attract larger crowds
than man with the same device for
avoiding work.