The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-14
LooAb BREvrrIEs.
Matters OF Minor Ionsut In aud about
the City,

EMPLOYEES OF tho Riverside Benwood
works got their pay Saturday.
SEVERAL new cars have arrived for the
new street car line across the river.
SATURDAY the PAN Handle pay car
visited Wheeling and left lot OF cash.
Tue American Cornet band will4fur.
nish music for schmulbach's Union
brewers on Labor day, August 20.
The last will aud testament OF VIM.
Godfrey was admitted to probate and
ordered to be recorded Saturday.
TRAINS on the B, & o, over the river
were badly delayed Saturday by the
caving in OF tunnel near Cambridge
Friday night.
THERE was q good demand Saturday
for seats for Dockstaders nihssfe's,
which appear at the Opera House to-
morrow evening.
MgMnERs OF the Captain Blond fishing
club claim to have caught cat fish
weighing eleven pounds and a sturgeon
weighing thirteen. w.
A TRIAL OF the court house electric
light plant was made Saturday night,
with part Of the lights on. The ma
chiuery worked oil right
TIE Whe cling leo plant had to shut
down last night owing to an accident
10 some OF the machinery. The dam
age will BIO repaired to-day.
JESSIE TAPER, colored, was arrested
by Officer West Saturday, and commit,
ted to Jail by Squire Gillespy to await
an inquest into his sanity.
The bicycle lantern parade will start
from the capitol at S:l5 o'clock this
evening All ridera and clubs are re-
quested to report to Captain sadler be-
fore s p, IN.
]. P. McCARTER, the local bicycle
rider, started on his thousand-mile
wheel tour Saturday afternoon, going to
Steubenyile. From there he was es.
corted to Pittsburgh by number OF
the riders OF that city.
TIE attendance at the Wheeling
park Yesterday was not up to the psua!
Sunday average. The prevailing hard
times and people saving for trips to
the Worlds Fair are causes OF the do
creased Sunday crowds.
TIE annual Harvest Home picnic will
be held in Stewards grove, two miles
south of st. Glafrsvilte, on Thursday,
August "a. George Mckee, OF Bridge
port, and Robert White aud Col. w. ".
Arnett, OF this city have been engaged
to speak.
REy. Mr. WELHoUsEN was Yesterday
formally installed us pastor OF st: Pauls
German Lutheran aChurch, in Bridge
port. Rev. W. A. Wender, pastor OF
st. James church OF this city, conduct
cd the services, which were simple, but
impressive.
A MEETING Of tho council committee
on streets, alleys and grades has been
called by Chairman Milligan for 5:3O
this afternoon, at the corner OF Four.
teenth and McColloch streets, to in
spect the proposed new grade OF Nc
ColloCh Gust OF that point.
A SURPRISE party was given at the
homo OF Miss Clode Serig, OF North
Main street, Refreshments were served
and IN enjoyable time spent. Many
valuable presents were received and the
party left at a reasonable hour, all hav-
ing found the hours pass too tieetly.
RnoDA RAYMOND, employed as do.
nestle at the Mcclure house, became
respondent and imagined thut she was
tired Of life. She took morphine, but
was found before death resulted, aud
physician brought her around all right,
Then she went to her home in the
country.
Io.MoRRow Auctioneer Hervey will
offer for sale tor the owner, Mr.. A. =.
Howell, the fine fruit farm and beauti-
full residence known Us "Waddington
Place" five miles from tho city on the
Bethany Pike. The sale will take place
on tho promises, beginning at half
past one.
TIE funeral OF tho late Mrs. W. II.
Hallor took place at A p. m. yesterday
from the family residence in East
Wheeling, and was unusually well at
tended. Rev. Mr.. Dornblaser conducted
the impressive services, and the re.
mains were laid to rest in the Peninsular
cemetery.
SAYS the Bellaire Independent: The
distribution OF the $37, 900 in dividends
recently paid by the Bellaire steel works
loosened up that much cash. 1t placed
it in many hands and the money has
been kept stirring around ever since.
It's good thing to have around in
times like these.
-Four arrests we're made Saturday
night and docketed for police court this
morning, three Of them plain DRINKS, us
follows: Robert Kontharr, by Chief
McNichol; John Smith, by Officer
scally, and John Holan. by the Same
officer. Herbert locked up j. W. Hines
for disorderly conduct
MARTINS FERyY has been billed for
Cook & Whitby's railroad show, which
will DO there September l. There are
fourteen men with advertising cur No.
/ and ton or twelve with No. .. The
show has twenty.six cars. The parade
will cover both Martins Ferry and
Wheeling. High license keeps them
from showing here.
A LETTER from @. A. Gaussen, Of
Stanton, Va, says that tho Stanton
base bail club, On route from that city
to Chicago, would like to play in Wheel
ing Saturday, Monday and Tuesday,
August 20. % and 20, with guarantee
Of 1925 or sixty por cent. OF the cute re.
ceipts. There Is likelihood that tho
games can DO arranged.
Gil 90. Second Grand Excursion GIL 90.
Worlds Fair
A daylight ride to Chicago via Clevc.
land, Lorain & Wheeling and Lake
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