The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-26
1oOAL BREvITIEs.
Matters of Minor Moment in and abOu
the City.

Matters of Minor Moment in and about
the City.
THE new grand stand on the State
Fair grounds is about completed.
THE Belmont mill started up one.of its
heating furnaces yesterday, and will
turn out some tack iron.
FRED scHAuB, the South Side barber,
was presented by his wife with twins
yesterday, boy and girl.
A REGULAR meeting Of the City
Council will be held this evening, il it is
not too warm to get quorum.
THE laying Of the new natural gas
main on Ghapline street has progressed
to point south of Seventeenth.
THE families of Messrs. Peter MUM,
John earle and others went up the
creek yesterday to camp above the Jack
Bass fishing clubs lodge.
CIAEx Hook yesterday admitted to
record a deed made June q by James
H. Ferguson 20 William 7. Higgins, for
S, 600, a lot on Delaware street, Island.
The marriage OF David Riester. Of
Findlay, O., to Miss Ella Tucker, OF the
South Side, will take place tomorrow
afternoon, at the church OF the I'M
maculate Conception.
DURING the thunder storm Sunday
night the barn Of Horny Myers, who
has farm up BoGRs run, was struck by
lightning and burned down. 1t was
well filled with grain and hay.
Nor enough members Of the Council
committee on fire department showed
up last night TO make quorum. Can
anybody blame them, with the Their
mometer at 90 by electric light2
Work was begun yesterday digging
in Sixteenth street east from Chapline
for the new sewer from the county jail.
The sewer is to be continued on east to
EofF street, as we'll as up the alley to
the new jail.
The annual retreat Of the Sisters Of
st. Joseph is now under way, and is be-
ing conducted by Rev. Father o 'Rourke,
S. ]. The sisters at the convent and
many from other parts OF the state are
in attendance.
JOHN BABEsxI, Mike Brebeck and
John Breoski, three Poles, had a fight
in South Wheeling yesterday. Babeski
was arrested and warrants issued for
the other two. Their hearing this
morning will be funny affair.
THREE disordsrlies made up the dock
OF in the police court yesterday. Ono
Of the men who fought in Heldt's sa-
loon was fined s. and costs and the
other dismissed, and the third disor-
dorly, 1voa taxad S6 and costa
THE Keystone Juniors would like to
hear from any other club in the city
under sixteen years Of age. If chal-
lenge is accepted write to Louis jack
son, captain, 1924 Market street. or
William Morris, manager, So Eleventh
street.
IT was James Wise's barn. back OF
West Wheeling, which was destroyed
by lightning night before last during
the storm, as mentioned in yesterdays
INrELLIGENcER. 1t was a fine barn and
packed full of grain, etc. The loss was
about 81 800; insurance 1920.
CHARLES BLAKE and William Gately,
the former a married man, the latter
single, and both living in Benwood, are
accused Of having committed an indie
cent assault on Kate Carney, who keeps
house for an Italian In upper Benwood.
Gately has skipped, and Blake gave
himself up.
FRED HoRN1cK, the boy who hit the
Humphreys boy in the face, breaking
his nose and otherwise manning him,
was arrested by Officer Scally yesterday
and arraigned before Squire George
Arkle on.a charge of felonious assault.
He gave bond for his appearance on
Saturday at 2 o'clock.
WILL STEWART, the assistant toll
keeper OF the old bridge over the back
river, took out his watch during the
storm Sunday night to see what time it
was. A vivid flash of lightning almost
blinded him, and his watch crystal was
shattered. 1t is supposed the lightning
struck in the river near by.
The keystone Juniors defeated the
Unknowns by q score Of IA to IL Bat
teries-Keystone Juniors, Skinner and
Smith; Unknowns, Mccullough and
H. Cunningham. The feature OF the
game was SINNERS long drive in the
eighth inning At the latter part OF
the game Captain Harry Cunningham
atola the ball and bat and left.