The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-18
LOCAL BREVITIIs.
Matters Of Mtaar Moment in aud about
tho City.

TO meet this eyening-those on accounts,
police and cemeteries,
FRED SCHARE, JR., aged "a, and Louisa
Lane, aged 81, both OF Wheeling, were
yesterday licensed to wed.
LAST night Officer Scslly locked up
NJ, L. McConnaughey, OF Bridgeport, on
u charge Of using abusive language
YESTERDAY mornings shower did not
affect the volume Of water in the creek,
That stream gets lower and lower every
day.
NORTH WHEELING people still COM
plain of the boys and young men who
continually go in bathing there in day
light
A PILE Of box ends fell on John Nc
Gloan, at Bloch's tobacco factory yester-
day, cutting his scalp painfully in eight
places,
A POWER of attorney from the Pitts
burgh & Cincinnati packet line to John
CroCkard was filed with Clerk Hook
yesterday.
TIE relaying OF the brick paving be-
tween the street railway tracks on
Main street, has almostreached Twenty
second street.
TIE Odd Fellows picnic at Wheeling
Park yesterday afternoon and last even
ing was largely attended and most en-
| joyable affair.
The double street railway track on
South Jacob street is now nearly all
taken up, much to the relief OF traffic on
that thoroughtare.
WoRK on the hot blast stove for the
new blast furnace for the Top mill Is
progressing rapidly, Mcclure, Amber
K Co., OF Pittsburgh, have the contract,
In the police court yesterday Boo
Miller went up for thirty days in de-
fault OF S. and costs, and Harry Brown
got fifteen days in default OF 81 and
costs,
Ex.SHEREFp sTEENRoD will again Of
fer ior sale to-day ut tho old Sweeney
foundry, OH the South Side, two cranes,
a safe, u lot OF old iron, etc, taken for
taxes.
The new furnace for tho North
Wheeling glass works is up about hall
way. A large force OF men are also put
ting down the swith from the Pewiky
road to tho warehouse.
A COW with one leg broken has been
lying on the creek bank east of the
Hempfeld tunnel since Sunday. The
owner is not known. 1t suffers much
pain, and ought to be killed.
TIE Nellie BLY, fishing camp, at
Franklin, has been broken. and tho
ladies and gentlemen who were on
camped there have returned to the city,
bringing with them pet lamb and pot
calf.
A KNITTED cape was lost by lady out
OF baby buggy between Twentieth
street and Fourteenth yesterday after
noon, and the owner requests that the
finder leave it ut police headquarters
for her.
THE laying OF the new thirty.inch
water main froM the new pumping sta
ton has stopped. The main is com.
plete down Main street to Seventh, on
which street it goes up the hill to the
big basin.
GEORGE sCuELL, JR, charged with
felony, and confined in the county jail
for some time past, was yesterday ro-
leased on bail in tho sum OF $500. Mol
lie Ayers, jointly accused with him, is
still in Jail.
TIE power was of on the electric
railway line several times yesterday,
once for nearly an hour in the after
noon and several times ut brief inter-
walls last night Very annoying delays
were caused.
LAST evening while crowd of boys
were playing about Prayers wall paper
store, on Eleventh street, ono OF them
fell or was pushed against one OF the
large windows, breaking 1t badly. The
boys then all ran.
Rev. FATHER PETER, o. NJ. Cap, was
yesterday authorized to solemnize mar
riages in Ohio county. He gave bond
in 1900, with 1. Nolte as security.
Rev. Father Peter is tho new rector OF
st. Alphonsus Church,
SUSAN HENNEGAN, charged with keep.
ing house OF i'll fame, was the only
case in Squire Ankles court yesterday.
She was released on furnishing bond for
her appearance at the hearing, set for
2 o'clock this afternoon.
THE man who picked up tho envelope
containing sd, in front OF Trimble &
Lutz's office last Friday morning, Is
known, aud unless he returns the
money to the lNTELLIdEECER Office
to-day he will be prosecuted.
FIVE of tho over.the-rivor electric rail-
way company's cars are now fitted up
ready for use at the Forty.eighth street
barns and work on the others ia pro-
crossing rapidly. Only two cara are
now on route. Altogether there arc
eleven
Mn. PAUL REYMANN entertained tho
Wheeling Bowling club at his fathers
house on the hilltop. Elegant refresh-
ments wore served, aud tho affair
wound up with brilliant pyrotechni-
cal display. 1t was thoroughly onjoya-
bio to all.
A MEETING OF the Council committee
on finance was called for last night to
consider somc liconso questions, but
though five OF the eight members were
on hand Chairman Maxwell refused TO
enter upon tho business without all
present.
TIE Benwood stroot paving has reach
cd tho street railway barns, and only
ono hundred feot remains to join 1t to
the Wheeling pavemen: at the county
line at Forty.eiGhth str0et, This marks
the ond OF the worst piece Of winter
road in this vicinity.
TIE river Is 30 low that the riprap
work about tho piers Of tho Union
bridge shows half foot above tho
wator, tho first timo 1t has been visible