The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-31
LOCAL pREvrrlHs,
Matters of Minor Moment in aud about
tie City,

Matters of Minor Moment in and about
the City.
WoRK was commenced yesterday alter
mann repalnting the cables aud other
iron work on the suspension bridge.
OrglcERs CARNEY and Scally last night
crested Lucy Piper, Ger,ie Williams
md Katie Collield lor disorderly con
duet
Woydo, the Indian pugilist, is under.
,ojpg active training by running mum
her Of miles each day at the State FUR
grounds
CHARLES KucKucK, OF Martins Ferry,
f,ll in the opera house there on Tues
day night and broke his lett leg in two
rlacea below the knee.
Jusr enough flags and other decora-
tions were displayed about town yester-
day 10 emphasize the fact that most
peoplo did not decorate,
MEETING OF the board Of county
commissioners was held yesterday, but
nothing was done but the auditing oil
the routine monthly bills,
A GREAT many people took advantage
NJ the legal holiday yesterday ana went
fshing aud as IL usual they all reported
r5ol luck. Few OF them brought homo
Any fish, however
MAGGIE WELLS, who misbehaved in
Squire Ankles court night before last,
wag Yesterday arraigned before him as
n drunk and disorderly, and given
twenty days in jail.
A MEETING OF tho council committee
on Rro department will DO held this
evening to decide whether TO repair the
disabled Vigilant engine or try TO con-
tract for new one.
WILL DoSAvlN and Thomas Newman
were arrested last night by Special
Officer Deku, OF Reymuun's brewery,
for stealing beer Thomas Doyle,
yag was run in by Officer Herbert.
q. W, JouNsoN'a soNs have COM
menced work on the new buff brick
front OF their establishment OH Main
street, south OF Twelfth. 1t makes u
very imposing and ornamental build
ing,
A PROPOSITION is now being consid-
cred BY tho State Fair directors, which,
il adopted, will make tho coming annual
fair the most attractive, interesting and
instructive in the history OF the associ-
alton.
The Primus club will 60 out in Mitch
elps big picnic wagon to-day to +, w.
AIooro's place, near West Alexander, to
hold ita first basket picnic OF the sea-
SON They will take music along to Gu
livon the affair.
THr 0. W. L. club will give its annual
outing and picnic at the Wheeling park
on Tuesday, June TO- when the Opera
House band aud orchestra will be in at
tendance 1t will be no doubt great
day for the boys.
Tnl travel on the electric street car
line Yesterday was very light compared
to that OF some previous Decoration
days. The car company had made ar
Judgements TO handle two or three
times as many people.
YESTERDAY Louis @. Stifel was driving
his team in new buggy, when at the
corner OF Eleventh and Main strcets,
the pole came into collision with u
telegraph pole, shatteriug the tongue.
No other damage was done.
THE meeting of the council committee
on wharves, which was to have been
held this evening, TO consider the pro.
posed p, W. & X. now station at tho
north end OF the city wharf, has been
postponed until tomorrow evening.
TIE ditch for the underground tele-
phone conduits has progressed on Mar
ket street to Fourteenth, and tho con-
duits have been finished to within less
than half square OF that point,
Hamilton Bros. the contractors, are
great hustlers.
A BARGE containing many thousand
brick for use in the construction OF the
new Lincoln school building arrived
from Parkorsburg and are being un-
loaded aud conveyed to tho site OF tho
building. Work was commenced on
the excavation and clearing away Of
rubbish by the contractors, John
Shrake & Son. The building will DO
completed about the middle Of Novom.
Der, 1t is expected.