The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-15
LOCAL BREy1r1Es.
Matters of Minor Moment in and about
the City.

the City.
THE Christian Endeavor societies Of
this city will hold big union meeting
next Monday evening in the Second
Presbyterian church.
Next Tuesday the State Council Of
tho il. o. U. A. II. will meet at Fair
mont, and lots Of Mechanics from this
city and neighborhood will so.
The Cyclers will hold an important
meeting at their hall next, Tuesday
evening for tho purpose Of making ar
rangements TO celebrate their first ami
Ver5arv.
The council committee on railroads is
called 10 meet this afternoon at 2:3O
O'Clock, at Twentieth and Main streets,
and the police committee will meet this
evening.
GIoR6E CuRrIs, q young man living
in East Wheeling, shot himself through
tho calf Of the leg Wednesday evening
while examining a revolver. 1t was
only fish wound.
FovR picnic wagons took out lots Of
tho members OF The Zane street n. 3.
church to soSaa picnic grounds near
Elm Grove yesterday. They returned
in the evening, having had splendid
time.
TuE Sunday school Of the st. James
Lutheran church picnicked yesterday at
Wheeling park and enjoyed a delightful
time. The pupils OF tho Wheeling
Business college and their friends will
spend to-day Mt the park.
DAVID SEELyY met with very pain
full accident yesterday afternoon in the
Eighth ward while assisting 70 raise a
frame house, A large log rolled on his
hand, MASKING his fingers badly. Med
ical attendance was summoned.
A1pnoxsus SrENGER fell from the roof
OF the Blum & Kenney brewery, which
no was repairing. DR.. Birney was call.
ed to his home on the national road aud
found that he had suffered internal in
juries. On account OF Mr.. Stenger's age
his condition is serious.
IT was reported yesterday that the
much talked OF prize fight between
Charles Pollen and Jack Cox had come
of at Boggs' run early yesterday morn
ing, and that Cox had heeu knocked
out. The fight didn't come of, and bets
are freely offered that 1t never will.
TIE Jack Bass fishing club will re-
turn home to-day after good time In
camp. They actually caught few fish.
A man in camp above them won every
body's envy by catchinga monster Ger.
man carp, weighing ten pounds and
four ounces. Last night there was a
great time in tho Jack Bass camp by
way OF farewell.
A LARGE party Of Wheeling people
left yesterday on the first annual ex-
curaion OF the B. & o. to Atlantic City.
The majority left on the morning train
at . o'clock. The second excursion, on
the 2Sth, will be the most popular, as
already large number have made APP
plication for berths on that date.
The plans and specifications for the
United States Baking Company's new
factory are on file at Architect Peeples's
office, in the Schmidt & Friday building,
at Pittsburgh. Mr.. Brennoman, the
colnpany's Wheeling manager, says that
Wheeling bidders are preferred. The
bids will he closed on Friday, July %.
WHEELING Encampment No. II, I. O.
0. F., held special meeting last eVen-
ing under dispensation from the
Grand Chief Patriarch. During the
evening two candidates were exalted to
the royal purple degree, in manner
highly creditabie to the degree stall.
After the meeting all the members pres
ert sojourned to Ziegenfeider's and par
took OF an elegant banquet