The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-19
LOCAL BREvIrIER.
Matters of Minor Moment in and about
tho City.

THERE 10 EooQ ueal OIL klCkluR Oh tno
electric lights being dark in places and
dim in others with frequency.
The Wheeling and LaBelle potteries
resumed work yesterday morning after
the annual summer shut down.
IT was last Friday evening that the
meeting was held at Mr.. F. 6. Cald-
Wells to organize fishing club.
The officers Of the Patriotic Sons and
Daughters Of America wereinstalled by
District President W. W. Rogers.
HuHrERs report squirrels hard to find
too many leaves on the trees. But
squirrels always were hard to find.
A LAWN tete will be given tomorrow
evening at MIs. John Laue's, on the
Island, under the auspices of st. Johns
German Protestant church.
The steubenyille Gazets says Of the
Labor Day celebration here: "The pa
rade will DO big affair, and steuben-
vile organizations will participate"
THE repairs at the Wheeling steel
plant are being pushed rapidly towards
completion, and it is probable the
plant will resume in the course OF few
weeks.
CHARLES SEIBFRT's bowling team chal-
lenges any team of four in Wheeling to
roll tenpins for $50 side. The accept,
ance may he made through the 1NTRILT-
GENcER.
TuE place for holding the picnic Of
the st. Alphonsus Bene4slent Associa-
ton has been changed from Wheeling
Park to the Fair Grounds. August s is
the date.
Mrs. ROBERTSON. who came here from
Franklin, Ohio, to visit her son, found
him yesterday, He lives at 1911 Mar
ket street instead OF Ills, as she
thought
THE entire mansard roof Of the
Fourth ward school has been torn of,
and the top will be rebuilt to harmon
ize with the architecture OF the adioin-
ing annex.
THR active members OF the Beethoven
singing society entertained at the hall
last night Messrs. Henry Bloch and
Andrew Schramm, who returned last
week from Europe.
Miss RITz, who lives next door to
Charles Hills saloon on Market street,
Yesterday swore out a warrant in police
court for Hill on a charge Of selling
drinks on Sunday.
INVITATIONS have been sent out to the
hop to be given by the Primus club at
Wheeling Park, July 20. A special
motor will leave at 8 p. m. Dancing
from s to IL o'clock.
TIE Chicago dressed beet company
objects, not to the proposed railroad
switch to ]. W. Hunters new factory,
but to another which it is proposed to
lay along its building.
WILLIAM D. BECKER will open bar.
bershop adjoining Bishops saloon next
week. He has been working for David
Hahne, and guarantees his old custom-
ers satisfactory shave.
Work was resumed yesterday by the
boilers at tho La Belle iron works, the
firm having signed the scale last week.
Some Of the nailers think thst the firm
will sign their scale this week.
Mas. CATHERINE BECKER, who had
paralytic stroke at the Terminal depot
Saturday evening, and who died an
hour or two afterwards, was buried at
Mount lions cemetery yesterday.
Mr.. DAcREw, the engineer in charge
Of the locating OF the new intake for the
city water works, has been here q day
or two, looking over the ground with a
view to selecting the most eligible point.
HENRY ZERcHRR, the boy who threw
stone at a steeraud broke plate glass
window in the Hawley block, corner OF
Tenth and Market streets, was yester-
day arrested for the accident, and will
be tried in police court this morning.
MIS-. WILLIAM sroKER, OF East Wheel
ing, fell down stairs into tho cellar yes
terday morning, while carrying wash
tub, and broke her left leg above the
knee. The physicians say it will be
some time before the fractured limb
knits.
The Japanese social given by the con-
gregation of the Benwood NJ. +. church
Saturday evening was continued over
till last evening, when it closed. Quite
a neat sum was realized, which will be
devoted 10 increasing the preachers
salary.
LorTIE, the eight-year-old daughter OF
Michael Hanshumaker, OF the Eighth
ward, fell from swinging board and
fractured both bones in her right arm
midway between the elbow and wrist.
DR.. j. n. Pipes gave the child the neces-
sary surgical attention.
TnR Mark Twain fishing club will
leave for its camp ground on Thursday.
The handsome house boat will be
pushed from shore promptly at Up. m:
McClelland's band will be aboard and
will entertain the club and its guests
until Benwood is reached, when the
guests and the band will disembark
and leave the boys to their fate.
EVERYBODY is invited to join the
special excursion over the Wheeling &
Lake Erie railroad to beautiful Ioar
next Thursday. Train leaves Wheeling
at 6 80 a. M. returning leaves Zoar at
I D. M, giving the excursionists nine
or ten hours at this quaint and pic
turesque place fishing, boating, etc.
The excursion is under the auspices Of
theI. o. o. F., but everybody is cordially
invited. Tickets can be bought from
Louis Hoffman or any of the committee
before Thursday, or from the commit
tee at the Union depot Thursday morn
ing. Fare. 50 round trip for adults and
81 for children.
NOTES ON NAVIGATION.