The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-05
IooAI DREvIrIEs.
Matters Of Minor Moment In and About
the City.

leaseu ny the rising waterH.
NEARLY fo1rhundred telephones were
yesterday found to have been burned
out by the storm on Wednesday.
WILLIAM SWAN, native OF Ireland,
p years old, was admitted to citizen
ship by Judge Campbell yesterday.
An emigrant train OF twelve cars, all
crowded to their utmost capacity, went
west over the B. & o. railroad Yesterday.
The Island Gun Club has about COM
pleted the improvements to the
grounds, and expects to give a shoot
this afternoon.
Next Sunday the Mozart Singing So
ciety will give an excursion on the
steamer Liberty TO SteubeRyille and
Browns Island
JoSNY CLARK, a boy employed in
fuckers printing Office, had part OF q
finger amputated by gettingit caught in
q Job press yesterday.
THR front axle OF loaded coal wagon,
belonging to Kasly & Brooks, broke
Yesterday at the corner Of Jacob and
Thirty-seventh streets.
WASHINGTON CouNctb No. /, A. o. U.
W., yesterday attended the funeral of
Jacob Grist, OF Benwood. The burial
was at Mt. Zion cemetery.
The public sale of the wine of the late
firm Of Shallcross & Walter, advertised
to take place yesterday, was postponed
until another day, not yet announced.
A PROPOSITION is now being agitated to
buy the Maxwell residence, on Market
street, adjoining the Y. N. o. A. build
ing, and convert It into . sla. sselssot:
A LITTLE girl named Stewart was
knocked down by o horse on Market
street yesterday, but the only injury
she sustained was a slight cash on her
knee.
NEw letter boxes have been put up at
the corner of Sixteenth and Jacob
streets and on the west side of Main
street between Fourteenth and Six
tenth.
GEORGE WAGNER and Emma Bergman
were arraigned in the police court yes
terday, charged with frequenting boat
house for immoral purposes, and both
were fined. a
A WAGON belonging to Reymann's
brewery and loaded with ice broke
down on Fourteenth street, near Main,
yesterday, and the ice had to be trans
ferred to another wagon.
The will of Anna Maria Voght, de-
ceased, was admitted to probate and re-
corded yesterday. Louis Zoeckier was
named as executor. Three deeds OF
tuarn leo rannr1n1
Whit little daughter of Daniel
Barnhart, of South Woods street, was
playing Wednesday evening q pebble
got stuck in her left ear, and DR.. Ford
had to be called to extract it
NEXT Sunday will be observed as
Chiidren's day at the Thomson NJ. L.
Church, on the Island, and the church
will be profusely and handsomely dec
grated with flowers on the occasion.
Mr.. LOUIS A. W. ScIrNEnLE has pur-
chased the sole interest in the barber
shop on Pike street, in Bridgeport,
formerly owned by Mr.. L. r. Fink,
where the business will be continued in
oil its branches.
A VERY life like and well executed
pastel portrait OF the late Louis Gaus,
from the easel OF John Myles, was ex-
hibited in Houses music store window
yesterday, and attracted much attention
and won many compliments.
ALFRED CUSHING and Alex Mitchell,
OF this city, have invented letter box
for use on doors to receive mail left by
the carriers, and sent working model
to the postoffice department to compete
for a prize offered for the best device
for this purpose.
GEORGE Hell, of the city gas Office,
yesterday pulled a little girl from in
front Off B. 4 o. engine on Sixteenth
street, just as the engine was within a
foot OF it, He had quite a run to get to
the kid in time. 1.-The had not reached
itnothing could have saved its life.
The game Of base ball between the
Linsly Cadets and the Marietta College
club on Wednesday was called on ac-
count OF rain. Three innings had been
played, the score standing to 2 in favor
OF the Cadets. The Linsly boys are
loud in their praise OF the treatment
they received at the hands Of the col
lege club and are eager for o return
game. I"
Rev. Dir. BoEHRiM, rabbi of the Jewish
congregation, will this evening, ct z
o'clock preach sermon appropriate to
tho occasion Of the laying OF tho corner
stono of the now Synagogue this week.
Tho sermon will be preached at the
present Synagogue in the Odd Fellows
hall building, and everybody is invited
to hear it.
G. A. Row., Of Pittsburgh, division
superintendent OF tho Western Union
Telegraph Company, Thomas Bernard,
OF Buffalo, general superintendent, W.
B. Gill, of Philadelphia, j. w. Miller, of
Cincinnati, md D. B. Doren, OF New
York, all Western Union officials, came
here yesterday in o special car over the
3. & D. and stopped at tho Mcclure.
They are inspecting the B. & o. lines
used by their company.