The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-18
LOCAL BREvITlEs.
Matters OF Minor Moment in and abou
the City.

up the zoo. collection at the Mozart
park.
OFFICER JACK DESMOND Is building q
neat dwelling house on South Wetzel
street.
MIKE MORAN and Harry Travis, dis
ordorlies, were arrested by Officer Ritz
last night,
TIE Admiral cigarette seems to have
caught on in the town, which is an
other demonstration Of the advantages
Of advertising.
Moss oARRoLL and Jack steed-not
Dakin, as at arst stated-were arrested
yesterday for their fight at the LaBelle
mill the night before.
A MAN fishing in the river above the
water works Tuesday, with trot line,
pulled in a jack which weighed 64
pounds when cleaned.
Much Of the corn planted in this vi
cinity is not coming up, and farmers
think 1t will have to DO replanted as
soon as the rain lets uD,
A LARGE photograph Of the officers Of
LaBelle Lodge No, 2, A. o. U. W., in
Weir's window attracts muct attention,
The work wss done by Schultze,
HOTEL business is unusually large
Just now. Several Of the hotels had to
turn people away last night, being full
up at a comparatively early hour,
JAMES MoRRlsEY, a plain drunk, was
run in by Officer Trischler yesterday
afternoon. He had q fishing line, q
shoemaker's awl and over S. in cash,
DOZENS OF cases have been reported to
the police Of people who sent pictures
to the Buffalo Portrait Company to
have them enlarged, and would nowlike
to got them back.
TIE walls and ceilings Of the city
clerks, city receivers and city gas OF
fees are receiving a needed thorough
cleaning. The workhouse prisoners are
assisting Janitor Killeen.
]. B. WILLIAMS and Ed Galloway,
plain DRINKS, run in by Officer Scally
yesterday morning, were fined 81 and
costs by the mayor, but the fine was
suspended for them to leave town.
YESTERDAY the eleventh annual meet
ing Of the Home Missionary Society OF
the Presbytery OF Washington opened
in the church at the Forks OF Wheeling.
Several ladies' Of Wheeling are in at.
tendance.
LOUD and continuous complaints arc
heard OF the neglect of the garbage col
lectors. II is said that residents OF the
east end OF Thirteenth streets do not see
a garbage cart on an average once in
two weeks.
HARRY Posi- and Will Bedillion have
returned from q fishing trip on Big
Wheeling creek. They report excel
lent luck, having captured about thirty
pounds OF bass aud suckers Washing
ton. Pa, Observer.
The wagons and carts have been re.
moved from the space at the south end
of the wharf, and the board Of public
works is removing tho cobble stones,
John shriver objected to the order to
move his sand pile, but it has tot 60.
On Saturday A. P. Garden, executor
OF the late Elizabeth Pannell, will offer
at public sale at the north door Of
the court house. tho brick house ct 525
North Main street. 1t Is in good con.
dition and very desirable piece Of
property.
THERE was o narrow escape from d
collision between the Il. E. Phillips and
naphtha yacht yesterday morning, and
Councilman Maxwell, who was in the
yacht, jumped into the river. The only
damage that resulted was Mr.. Maxwells
cold bath.
THE coal operators over the river who
have been supplying the Baltimore &
Ohio with large quantities Of coal have
received no pay for this years delivery,
and the total sum due the operators in
this vicinity will aggregate something
like 100000.
A DoY about ten years old who ran
away from his home on the South Side
Tuesday, and was found in Martins
Ferry yesterday by Officer Lukins, spent
last night in the lookup, the hope Of
his parents being that this would break
him Of the running of habit.
ABOUT thirty OF tho Linsly cadets
were out serenading their friends on
North Main street last evening and dis
turbing the atmosphere with their UNI
earthly field day yell, which they are
practicing to get in shape for that day,
to give the spectators the jams.
THE w. O. 7. U. will meet at the resi-.
dence OF T. T. Hutchinson, corner OF
1wenty-6rst and Market streets, Thurs
day evening, for the purpose OF electing
delegates to the state and national con-
ventions. A large attendance Of tho
members Is much to be desired.
JOHN W. HOWELL, Of Jacobsburg, o.,
was run over by train in the Balti-
more & Ohio yards, ut Bellaire, Tuesday
morning, and ground to pieces. He
had Just bid his son goodbye, and was
on his way to take the Bellaire, Zanes.
vile & Cincinnati train for his home.
Nor great deal OF progress Gun DO
made toward cutting and laying tho
stone walks on the public building
square in such weather as this, but the
city engineers are laying out the board
patterns for the curves. The work is
done in the corridors Of the city hall
basement.
THE special reception arranged for
yesterday afternoon at the City Hos.
pital by committee OF the Womana
Hospital Association. consisting Of Mrs.
]. ]. Jones, Mrs. H. A. Higgins and
Miss Edith Ewing, was postponed un.
til some future date on account OF the
Indictment weather.
TIE front Of tho big brick store build.
ing occupied by Mrs. Anthony Gollner's
toy store, on Eleventh street, which
bulged out and cracked badly during tho
excavating for Mrs. A. O. Egerter's bus
iness block adjoining, was brRced up
yesterday with heavy timbcrs by tho
contractors TO prevent any further dam.