The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-12-13
LOCAL BREvIrIEs.
Matters of Minor Moment in aud About
,i,a city

the City.
The grand this eyening-Idttle
Trixie."
OPERA House this evening-"The
Witch Of Endor."
THE police court was q whiteWash
again yesterday morning.
A CARLOAD of Christmas trees arrived
from the east yesterday, consigned to G.
w. smith.
AQuoRuM OF the council committee on
ordinance failed TO show up last night,
and no meeting was held.
ISL PLuxKARD" closed very success:
ful half weeks engagement at the Grand
last night TO q big crowd.
FRANKIE Brooks, aged eight years,
son Of Henry and Emma Brooks, was
buried Tuesday afternoon.
yRER1AxD's Ministries gave perform
ance at Bridgeport last night to q
crowded house, and pleased all.
A BALL will be given by the Arion
this evening in which all the partic-
ipants will appear in Japanese costume.
TIE attraction at the Grand the last
half OF next week will be the Reilly 4
Woods company in blades Up to Date"
TIE await Minute" club have en-
gagged Menge & Howley's hall, on the
South Side, for a dance on Christmas
eve.
To.Sronr at Menge & Howley's South
Market street hall, the Lone Star Ath-
letic club will give one OF its enjoyable
dances.
JAMES MILLER, Of shcrrard, was thrown
from his horse yesterday morning in
North Benwood and received painful
injuries.
THE fire alarm system south OF Twen-
tieth street has been somewhat de-
ranged lately, presumably by the cross
ing Of wires.
YESTERDAY the road and bridge COM
mittee OF the county commissioners
wen. out into the country to look alter
some local matters.
TONIGHT the Protected Home Circle
will give an entertainment in Benwood
upon the occasion OF the visit OF the
supreme president, Mr.. Patten.
FRANK WAGNER, Of Wagner & DER
niger, the Sixteenth street BARRIERS, has
purchased his partners interest in the
shop and will continue in business by
himself.
Ar the Opera House last night John
Kernel, Phil and Nettie Peters and a
firstclass company gave "McFadden's
Elopement" to large and well pleased
audience.
THE Zion Lutheran church at the fes-
tiyal recently held for two nights
cleared Sl,l5O. The ladies worked hard
to achieve this great success, which
they deserve.
The Nonpareil club will be at home on
Christmas evening, December %, at
their cozy quarters in the Egerter build
ing. The affair will be informal and
dancing will form the principal amuse-
ment
STEPHENS Corps No. s, Women's Re.
lief Corps, will give an entertainment
at Helmbrechts hall, corner OF Thirty
sixth and Jacob streets tonight. An
enjoyable programme has been arrang.
ed for the occasion.
YESTERDAY Supreme Chancellor John
Walford, Supreme Examiner DR.. Camp
bell, and Supreme Auditor Capt. Thos.
Dawson, OF the order OF Loyal Friends,
went to East Liverpool, Ohio, where
they instituted a lodge last evening.
N. ]. SMITH, the we'll known Caldwell
run dairyman, has purchased the Clark
property, three miles from Wheeling,
on the Fairmont pike. The price paid
was S., 500. This makes two farms now
owned by this progressive gentleman.
TIE Union Council OF American Me-
chanics, which was recently organized.
met at Bridgeport on Tuesday night and
adjourned sine die. 1t consisted OF the
Junior and senior councils in Martins
Ferry, Bridgeport, Bellaire and other
towns.
WHEELING Lodge B. P. o. Elks h as
about completed arrangements for
opening the season at the Park casino
with the Bostonion Opera Company. It
will present "The Knickerbockers" and
"Robin Hood" The exact dates have
not yet been fixed.
A PROMINENT business man yesterday
made the statement that foreign postal
cards cannot be purchased in Wheeling,
while in all European countries in the
International Postal Union they are
regularly on sale. There are frequent
demands for this class OF stationery but
it cannot be purchased.
TIE members OF the INTELLrGENCER
composing room and the local staff are
under obligations to Emil schmitt, tho
popular restauranteur, Of 1881 Market
street, and his efficient aid, John Dan
ner, for u tempting coon and 'possum
lunch last night. The marked appre-
citation with which it was received was
but the deserved recognition OF the
superior manner in which all Mr..
Schmitt's delicacies are served.
Interesting Lifo Insurance Figures.
The st. Louis Globe Democrat pub.
fishes list OF large life insurance hold
-, onj f,;vn. tho folInwinu in Waat