The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-06-21
LoCAL B%REvITlEs
matters Of Diinor Moment in and about
the City.

Matters Of Minor Moment In aud about
the City.
FOURTH of July FIRE works have APP
peared in the store windows.
Council failed to get q quorum last
night, and there was no meeting.
The real name Of the man up in
police court yesterday as William Ken
ny was Krytsr.
An electric car wns struck by an en-
CINE at the Doggs run crossing yester-
day, but no damage resulted.
A LARdE number Of employees in the
different mills we're Obliged TO knock of
yesterday on account of the heat.
The Premier banjo, guitar and man
dolin club played last evening at a lawn
fete in Moundsville and had an enjoy
able time, returning at midnight.
HoNG grown tomatoes will soou be in
the local markets, AT present the sup
ply comes from Mississippi, aud they
are very fine in quality aud size.
The first consignment Of raspberries
OF the season was received yesterday by
w, o, MCClusky. They are very high
in price, 10 and is cents wholesale.
COUNSEL for Charles Ray, in jail for
failure to pay a fine, yesterday applied
to Judge Jordan, OF the criminal court,
for his release, but the application was
refused.
The Knights of st. George leave Fri
day night for Pittsburgh, whore they
take part in the competitive drill
Saturday, The Parkersburg knights
will also probably go.
The Ohio County Republican Club
will meet this evening in their club
rooms in tho ]. o, 0. Il, building to
transact business OF importance, and n
full attendance OF tho members is re.
Quested.
MARY GREEN, the colored woman who
elopes from the intirmary every time
she gets q chance, turned up in town
drunk again yesterday, and was gath
cred in by the police and sent back to
the poorhouse.
YEsTERDAY's police court docket, con-
sisting OF six cases, Noted US revenues
only the costs in one case, u ~disorderly
who was first fined S., but the fine after
wards RENTED. A woman up for dis
order went to jail and q mar for drunk
enness to the hill, and the other three
were dismissed,
INthe hotel Hobbies last night news
was eagerly sought regarding the out
como Of the Lizzie Borden trial, and
tho sentiment was almost entirely for
the young woman. When it became
known that tho jury had brought in a
verdict OF mot guilty" it was almost
the solo topic OF conversation.
THAT favorite fruit, the watermelon,
has become Il staple, The second COLI
signments arrived Monday from South
ern Georgia, one car each to Booth &
Digby and Bachman. A morning paper
made the statement that they were sell
ing wholesale at $50 per 1000. ltdidn't
take long for the average small boy Of
color to Calculote that this meant three
cents each. Great was his dismay to
learn that tho figures were wrong, and
that they are thirty cents apiece.
TIE bicycle on which Oscar. Smith
will attempt TO ride from here to Gin
cinnati in twenty-four hours, starting
Mt midnight Sunday, Is q light roadster
Raleigh, and is now on exhibition in
tho Hubs window. Opinions differ ~
to whether Smith can ride to Cincinnati
in two days; it would require n mileage
each day OF nearly 140 milea. Smith
says he will not lose any Iime sleeping,
but will stop only to eat and drink.
Smith & Goetze are the agents OF the
Raleigh.