The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-22
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matters OF Minor Momsnt in aud about
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Il CITY.
Tm Ohio River road paid of its hands
at this point, Thursday.
The wheat crop in this vicinity is
said to be unusually large this year,
LAST evening the Island club gave a
very enjoyable bowling party at the
park.
To-Day Is pay day at Bloch Bros; to-
bacco works, Crescent mill and Wheel
ing steel works.
GEoRaR MULLARREY vas struck by the
pole of n Of Reymann's wagons yes
terday aud painfully cut.
A NUMBER Of Wheeling people will go
to Zoar and Myers Lake tomorrow
over the W. & L, L, road,
PETITIONS for corrections OF the city
assessment have begun to come IN, but
so far they are not numerous.
The public library will be closed at
6 p, m. after next Monday until Sep
TENDER 4, Saturdays excepted,
RAspBERRIEs have become SO scarce
as to be a luxury again, while blackber-
rIes are slowly taking their place.
HENRY DOYLE was before Squire Gil
lespy yesterday, charged with stealing
u saw u year ago, His hearing was
continued.
The telephone conduit ditch on Main
street south Of Fourteenth is being dug
up again, the conduits having TO be re-
constructed,
YESTERDAY forenoon George Coleman,
of East Wheeling, iell from u stepladder
at tho drug stere OF his son, John Cole
man, on the South Side, and broke n
OF his arms.
YESTERDAY afternoon electric car No.
80 was disabled on South EoR street on
account OF a loose wire, connecting with
the motor. The cur was delayed about
ten minutes,
Nor an arrest was made by tho police
yesterday. 1t Is suggested that this was
because people were afraid to do evil
lest they have to ride in the patrol wa
gon behind that new team.
CLERK Hook yesterday admitted to
record u deed made July 81 by Samuel
Nesbitt and wite to Wendell Bilwoseck,
for S375, tho north half OF lot 7 in FL
Ian, Whytc & Gallagher's addition.
ALL the ticket agents OF the various
lines in the city report u big falling of
in the passenger traffic this week over
last weeks sales. They claim the pub
lie arc waiting for cheaper summer
rates.
YESTERDAY Edward Manion, who was
working on the Arkle building on
South Jacob street, was unfortunate
enough TO have several fingers on his
right hand badly mashed by u falling
stone.
MI. MYER, agent of the Seagrave ex-
tension truss fire ladder, was here yes
terday TO sell the city fire department
the three now ladders OF his pattern re-
Gently ordered by the council COM
mittee.
TIE ditch for the new thirty-inch
water main on North Main street has
progressed south til Fifth street, and q
force OF men is on the work so large
that they are in each others way in the
trench.
TIE case Of William Graves, on trial
for felony-swindling the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company by sending in
bogus bonds and other dovices-is still
pending in the criminal court, and will
probably consume all OF to-day's ses-
sion.
THERE is evidently a bad leak in the
gas pipe on Fourteenth street some
where between Main and Market, The
odor is SO strong all along that square
as to be sickening and suggest tho dan.
ger of an explosion. 1t should BIO looked
after.
LAST evening the council committee
on police met and approved bills aggre-
eating So 05. Officer Conrad was be-
fore the committee, and denied that he
owed the bill about which there has
been so much talk. He was given till
the next meeting to adjust the matter.
CoMRADE RICHARD ROBERTSON, of
Wheeling, informs Mr.. q. u. Crawford
that there will be u joint annual re-
union OF the First and Twelfth West
Virginia infantry and batteries D and
II, of the First artillery, in Wheeling, on
Tuesday, September 10. Efforts are
being made to secure tho Wheeling
Park, all, members of the society to
have free transportation and free I'D
mission to grounds RcHSJurg Herald.
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