The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-01
LOCAL RREvlTlEs.
Matters of Yluur Moment in and about
the City.

JUDGE JoRDAES criminal court VIII
open its July term next Monday.
The Third Presbyterian Sunday
school picnicked at MOmminger's or
Chard yesterday,
THE Wheeling and Warwick potteries
shut down yesterday for the annual Two
weeks lay.oK.
ONE hundred and twenty-six loads OF
broken limestone were hauled away
from the city workhouse this week.
The steam heating outfit in the base
ment OF the court house 10 being re-
modelled to accommodate the new cleo
trio light plant
Tng glass factories shut down yestor-
day for tho summer stop of six weeks,
and already tho boys are scattering out
to fishing camps.
YESTERDAY was the last day to pay
city water taxes and save the discount,
and the force at the office was kept
busy signing receipts.
SUSAN WART2HECKER, or Engelhardt,
was run in by Officer HNberlield yester-
day, having been found very drunk
down in tho Sixth ward,
FOREMAN MYERS, OF tho Sweeney en-
cheering concern, came home from
Harvey yesterday, the works having all
been shut down by the receiver.
WoRLp's FAIR excursion tickets,
Fourth Of July excursion Tickets, all
lines, at the Union railroad ticket
office, 1900 Market street, John Ballie,
agent
In tho police court yesterday John
Grow, II plain drunk, was lot go to leave
town, Bill Geler was given thirty days
on tho hill, and Carrie Palmer paid s.
and coats.
WARRANTS wore yesterday issued by
Clork Fee, of tho police court, for NJ, g.
Long and Louis Hartong, contractors,
on charge OF obstructing the street
ut Market and Eleventh streets, by pIac'
ing building materials on it.
LAST night the Central Fishing club
loft in their we'll equipped house boat
for point near Cincinnati, whore they
will remain through the season. The
club is made up OF good people, and
always has o good time when in camp.
A WOMAN from Pittsburgh yesterday
applied to the police for assistance in
finding her husband, who lett homo
last March, first drawing out OF bank
$500 thoy had saved. Ho is a nod car
rler and is thought to be in Wheeling,
john A. SULLIVAN, tho pugilist, now
training Mike Iowley at Elm Grove, is
very anxious to have u fight with
Wongo, tho Indian, and Sullivan's
friends think that Wongo should either
put up or withdraw his sweeping offer
to meet all parties.
TIE usual young mems meetings will
DO hold at the Young Men'e Christian
Association ut s o'clock tonight and at
4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. All
young men arc invited. The interest in
these meetings keeps up unusually well
for warm weather.
{, LAST evening ]. ]. Johnson was ar
rested by Officer Myers for fast driving
on tho Island. There is constant com.
plant OF tho habit many horse ownors
have Of making u race track OF tho level
Island streets, and the police have
orders to break it up.
CHIEF OF Police McNICHoL Lieut..
Gaua and the seven other witnesses
who went to PaIkersburg to testify
against Jack Meredith and Harry Bow.
ers, got home last evening. The two
men were indicted on six charges Of
passing counterfeit coin.
YESTERDAY the city health officer
swore out a police court warrant for
Patrick Riley, on n charge OF tapping
vault and allowing tho contents to flow
into sewer Mr.. Riley says he is not
guilty, and that tho information was
given the health officer out OF spite.
TIE committee on railroads exam
ined the site OF the proposed switch
from the Powiky railroad to the ware
house OF tho North Wheeling glass
company, and resolved to recommend
to council that tho right Of way asked
for DO granted. Tho street whore it is
to DO laid is next the river, aud OF no
possible use.
YESTERDAY evening tho girls whoga
tho lawn fetO for the benefit OF John
Simmons, tho blind man, turned over to
him the proceeds-$5O. The girls en-
gagged in this good work wero Misses
Katie Pratt. Nettie Atkinson, Eva Oden-
baugh, Martha Sims, Bella Faris, Nettio
Leonhard, Mattio Johnson, EVELYN Jep.
son, Laura Leonhard, Elsie Kennedy aud
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