The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-15
LOCAL BREVIrIEs.
Matters of Minor Moment In and about
the City.

| 4uE pupllh VI IToL AEu6HA Will give
a musical recital at Arion hall the latter
part Of the month.
A POLE fell from an electric car at
Porty.second street Saturday evening
and broke his arm,
CoMMASDER ], A. ARRLE has received
eighteen tombstoaes for graves Of sol
d;ers in the South Side cemeteries,
The Lake Erie, the @. L. & W. and
the Terminal railroads did not change
time yesterday as stated in a Sunday
paper,
One Of Handlan'a hacks collided with
an electric car Saturday and had two
wheels broken of aud was otherwise
damaged,
TUE West Virginia Building and Loan
Association on Saturday closed the deal
by which they secured 100 lots in the
Belvidere addition.
A CORRESPONDENT says that the Brill
liant mill will start up this morning,
sure, with orders enough on the books
to keep 1t in operation till July /.
III Hicks predicted excessively warm
weather, with cyClonic disturbances, for
yesterday and to-day. He certainly
missed it widely go far as yesterday was
concerned.
Next Sunday is Pentecost. and the
Catholic churches will observe it in due
form. AT st. Joseph's cathedral the
sacrament OF confirmation will be adj
miRistered.
THE Wheeling Columbian Fourth Of
July celebration will be q go, They
have new committee at work and it ia
meeting with success on every hand
BelIGire Independent
CLAYsvILLE is kicking about the new
Baltimore & Ohio schedule, because the
fast trains do not stop there, The rail
road officials have been petitioned TO
make 1t astopping place.
The excursion to East Liverpool yes
terday on the Liberty, by the Druids'
Maennerchor, was largely attended,
and an orderly and enjoyable affair.
Mayors band made the music.
THIs Is the candid way in which the
editor OF the Bellaire Post takes his read.
ers into his confidence: The editor Of
this paper will in all probability be q
married man before the next issue,
Tue Washington & Jefferson and
Bethany college base ball teams met for
the first time this season at Washing
ton, Saturday afternoon. w. & ]. de-
feated the West Virginians, 10 to s.
Tue big sponge which has been on
exhibition In druggist Coleman's win
dow for some time has been shipped to
Chicago, whore it will DO part Of q
sponge company's exhibit at the fair.
A BAND Of gypsies with several bears
created quite sensation yesterday as
they passed through town in process.
sion, moving from their camp on the
Peninsula 20 new one south OF town.
So SMALL crowd attended the meet
ing aT tho board of education rooms
Saturday to consider tho starting OF q
kindergarten, that any effort in that
direction was deferred till some time in
the future.
TIE street car company has placed a
mex signal box on South Jacob street,
near Forty.third. Tho box contains
three incandescent lights, to be used to
signal the street cars. When the light
is on there is car below. The signals
work well.
SATURDAY night George Holtsclaw
was arrested as a plain drunk, Mrs.
Daniel Richie was run in for disorder
at Mrs. Ditty's, where she thought her
husband was, and ]. sigmond was put
in for stoning Susan Hennegan's house,
inthe Fifth ward.
SATURDAY DR.. ]. W. Mccoy, Col.
Thomas 0'Brien and Capt, @. ]. Raw
ling, the committee appointed by tho
circuit court to inspect tho county jail
and report on its condition, went
through the jail, in company with
Sheriff Franzheim.
TIE initial move Of Bloch Bros.
toward tho erection OF the mammoth
addition TO their tobacco works, on the
South Side, was made Saturday when
several thousand cases OF tobacco were
removed from the iron warehouse to
the big Baer building.
The Benwood street contracts wero
awarded Saturday. Cofey & Co., OF
this city, secured the paving, and
Maloney, OF Bellaire, got tho sewer
work. Work is to be commenced inn
mediately. The electric railway people
have already done considerable paving
in Benwood between their tracks.
YESTERDAYS attendance at the Opera
House orchestra's concert at the park
was unusually good, and the day was
perfect for enjoyment Of the beautioa Of
the park. The Elm Grove trains were
all well filed. A great many people
climbed TO the hilltops, also, to enjoy
the fresh air and beautiful scenery.