The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-31
Bi:LLAIitE.
All Sorts Of Local News aud Gossip from
tho Glass CITY.

tho Glass CITY.
Decoration Day wus very generally
observed hUro by most OF tho business
nou'oa closing part OF tho day and In
INC early morning there was II good
turnout Of the members nl tho Grand
Army and tho Woman's Relief Corps,
anu moro Of that patrlOtric order Of
American Mechanics. md BtiIl
grontcr number Of school children.
lleadOd by martial music and
under command OF Comrades j.
u. Gibson and August lIaaB, tho pro.
cosaion marched 10 tho Comctorioy,
cnch n bearing q bunch OF Flowers or
Tern to DO Htrcwn MS mnmentooa Of
esteem upon the graves OF tho honorod
ac9d ut tho cemetery brlOl services woro
held rs iollows:
""Scarut, Ny God. TO Thee e. ..n... Post ami Corps
service to Unknown Dead. WOmnu's Relief Corps
Commander Of Post
''........... .,,.."u,"nthOl
rr,m!vl r"Chlplniu OF Post
SnIm'm 10 INC Dead. ".".""""''.,', Firing, Squad
america .,...., .,'""....,;.".,rOs and Corps
General Stfewiug OF Flowers,
In tho oyoninG tho First VI. j. church
wnn filled with n splendid audience to
hear tho nbio address OF Major i, +,
Petty, OF BarnosvIlle, and tho following
programme:
Music. Cho,,
''''.'...... ,...,.lINttIc Alpin
.,,''..',.,'C Commander OF Post
mtsE,', :''''''.,'., '',,. ',."....,,,,""m,ChO
Inexpensive ScFyico-.m.'io.." ".;"..;.m,.,n,.
''...,,..r.,..nCOlDinnnuCr anu Officers Of Post
scatter the Flowers" ........ .,. Children
ncc!hlnntlOll .,",."",,"... Howard Grafton
AHMresS '''''''''' '''.'''"."' Major l.. 7, Ietty
rS Hm,GTts%n ,'''' '"''''' '''''''''' ''I,."i audience
Mayor McGowau taxed J. NJ. Watkins
$40 and costa on n charge OF permitting
gambling in his saloon. lie got oil
light because ho wan In bed at tho tImo
4 rev was started in his place and tho
further iact that "thO doctor" n
stranger who was said to DO q loser, did
not remember that no had loat II
money In the place. ''Tho doctor" was
on II lark and wus having a good
time" for which he expressed q willing
ness to pny.
Tho city council Tuesday night
awarded the contract to build tho
Tw%cnty-third street sewer TO Z. Curran
aud Thomas Maloncy Tor $529j4. There
were seven bids, tho highest being
about $500, but four Of them ranged be-.
low 5000, the n accepted being tho
lowoBt.
Col. G. L. Poorman was a. Minerva
yesterday, whore he made q Decoration
Day address, and it was his intention
to drive ovOr 10 Carrollton In the after-
noon and participate In the memorial
services at that place, il tho Weather
would permit.
The bottle works and Rodeier Bros.'
glass factory worked right along ycstor-
day. Both are operated with slack oh
taincd out along tho Central Ohio road.
but somo Of the striking miners are try.
ing to provont them FROM loading tho
slack.
Tho pixies in this township woro
never completed by the county com
missionCrs, and n law has boon passed
transferring the pixies to tho township
trustees, but thoy don't want tho uniin-
ished ones. There is likely to DO some
trouble on this score.
There will be a splendid crowd OF
people at tho Elks' outing at
tho Wheeling Park Casino from this
city. Robert G. llaa,e has stirred up
quite an interest in that entertainment
among the young folks hero.
Robert Carson, tho delegate from the
local Amalgainatcd lodge here to tho
Cleveland convention, is home, and is
highly pleased with the treatment OF
the convention by the Foros, City poo
pie.
There is very little stir hero among
the coal men on eithor sldo. Each is
waiting for some kind OF n settlement to
be made somewhere that will allow tho
mines here to resume.
The fire department Is to DO provided
with new gum coats, and part OF the
police force with new nippers and clubs.
BERTHE Freeze was released from tho
lookup yesterday, after ton days life In
prison.
Henry Grella Is laid up with an attack
OF acuto rheumatism.
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