The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-09
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An sorts OF Local News and Gossip fro n,
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Col. Poormun 10 In receipt OF a mum
Dor OF letters aud kilograms from irionds
in various parts Of tho district congrat'
uluting him upon tho position hc has
taken In tho congressional canvass,
Some OF tho outside newspapers. too, arc
giving him creditNblc notices, but fol-
some reason tho newspapers In this
county and the di8trlct nro chary with
their compliments. II tho primary
election plan IL adopted, however. and
that Is tho plan tho colonel wants to do
tcrmine whOthor his namO shall DO pre-
scented to tho convention, he has sure
thing on tho voio Of several townships
In this county.
Nlarshal.GIeGt Henry W. Dahra met
with u serious accident tho last night
ho worked in the steel works. About
. o'clock Saturday morning n piece oil
redhot stool flow into tho inner corner
Of his right eye and ho dropped, as II
shot. Ills co.wUrkor, Thomas Tracy,
Immediately applied water and q physi-
clan was called. The frat impression
was that tho oyo was lost, but later II
developed that tho steel burned more
into tho flesh n0St to tho nose and hig
eye Is all right.
Tho city officers elGctoh will all Ms.
sumo the responsibilities OF the offices
they have been elected TO tomorrow
evening, when tho present city council
will adjourn aRa die and tho new NOM
bcrs will take their seats. The coun.
ell Is composed OF ton members and
five entirely new ones will be sworn in,
while fourot tho other five have only
served one year.
Joseph Z. Doblor, who was sent to
the ponitentiary IRON hero four years
ago Tor representing himself rs various
persons to draw money from the county
III the way OF costs due certain persons,
was released Saturday morning and got
homo that evening. Joseph's career has
been Checiercd one. but he always
managed 10 escape until tho case mon.
toned.
W. T. Suterzuber took tho precau.
ton last fall to cover his strawberry
patches all over with straw. and this
precaution had saved his plants from all
OF tho frosts OF the past winter and this
spring, but ono night last wcok some
one set fire to the straw, either pur'
posely or accidentally, aud fully two
thirds of his plants wore destroyed.
John Hanson, who was arrested ut the
instance OF his wife, charged with adult
cry with Minerva Boring, was 10 have
BEEN tried Saturday night, but the pre-.
ponderance OF evidence in the stories
told by those who were to have been
witnesses led the officers 10 believe
there was nothing in the case.
Free Wilkinson, on Gravel hill, is now
the owner OF fine sorrel mare by Mo
naco, that it is said can show. $50
clip, but has no record. She is sleek
looking animal aud will be campaigneo
this year
W. NJ. Reed, well known mailer o
this city, is now engaged at Hammond
Ind, and D. @. Stewart is Mt Youngs
town. a few Of the others are Mt worE
at Martins Ferry and S,eubenville.
A special meeting OF the union fin
glass workers was held yesterday otter
noon. but the doors were closed, and
the matters under adviseinent were not
made public.
J.B. Smith, Esq, is spending couple
OF weeks with relatives in Philadelphia
and will visit New York and Boston be
fore returning.
The paving contractor has been de
laycd by another contractor, who ha,
failed TO put the curbing in ahead o
tho work.
The protracted meetings at the Disci.
pies church havo closed. They result
ed IN over one hundred additions to tht
church.
S. o. Cummins returned from a bust
ness trip to Huntington, W. Va, satur
day evening.
The Knighta Templar OF this city vii
meet for drill Mt Schmulbach's hail thi!
evening.
WHEN in Wheeling stop with H. A
Runyon. Best meal in the city for .;
cents, zoos Main street.