The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-10
LOCAL B%REVITIES.
Matters OF Minor Moment in aud about
tho City.

Matters OF Minor Moment In aud about
tho City.
EXTENSIVE repairs are being made on
the Top mill blast furnace.
Tue Wesley NJ. E. Sabbath school will
picnic to-day near McMechen.
A PART Of the iron work Of the new
Back river bridge was pat in place yes
terday,
TIE street around schenok's pork
packing house, at Fulton, is being paved
with friedrich.
OWING To the trade conditions three
Of the engines on the Terminal railroad
have been laid.
PROPERTY owners on North York
street, Island, are putting down q nice
stone sidewalk five feet wide.
SEVERAL Wellsburg wheelmen were
in the city last evening, and returned
later, They stopped at the Mcclure.
Two large shipments Of money reach
cd tho city from the east Yesterday, one
Of gold coin and the other OF currency.
LAST evening the county commits.
sioners' committee on poor houre and
form went out to the infrmary to make
the monthly inspection.
Bloch BROTHERS tobacco factory on
the South Side shut down yesterday for
o week or ten days, on account Of over
stock and dullness in trade.
GRADUALLY the old stone Jail on Eotf
street is being demolished and the fine
stone taken from ita walls used by
Murray Bros. on other buildings.
II SEVERAL Of the bicycle meet commit
tees metlast evening. They are getting
things in shape for the coming big meet
at the State Fair grounds next month.
THE Premier mandolin, guitar and
banjo club camp, opposite Darlington,
will be visited by q number Of friends
Saturday. The boys are having q great
outing.
THE first attrction at the Opera House
the coming season will be next Tues
day evening, when Lew Dockstader's
famous and ever popular minatrela will
be seen.
The Prohibitionist Of Belmont coun.
ty, will hold their convention on the
fair groundsS at 81. Clairsville, on
August "a. Gideon P. Macklin will be
present and speak.
Iris q ~foregone conclusion that there
will be a large crowd at the Elks' out
ting at the park this evening. People
will be wise to 60 early. Trains on the
Elm Grove roadwill run every half hour
after six o'clock,
YESTERDAY the new city reservoir was
thoroughly cleaned out and flushed
with fresh water, preparatory to putting
in the big water pipes that will connect
1t with the Q water works above the
city. The water that was II off gave
the Market street CUTTERS above Ninth
along deserved cleaning.
A GREAT deal Of fun was caused the
other evening by the boys about Cru
ber's cigar store, on Market street, set
ting a trot line in a big puddle in the
street there. Every time q crowd
passed. the Tide was pulled in to see II
there were any fish on II. The next
move will be to establish a ferry line.
A ROOM is being partitioned of in
tho basement OF the county court
house for the new electric light engine
and dynamo, which arc already In
place. Tho wiring OF tho court house
and Jail for the lights makes slow prog
ross, owing to the magnitude and diff
Guilty Of the Job.
A NEW roam team was yesterday pur.
chased by the FIRE department commit
tee for the use Of the Eighth ward en-.
CINE. Tho horses were bought from w.
II. Nichols, Of this county, who reared
them. They weigh 1000 pounds, and
the price was $3.50. The vigilant team,
which has been doing duty in the
Eighth ward, was sent back home.
Meantime tho repairs on tho Vigilant
annina remaina i%ncompleta.