The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-08-08
LooAL BNEVITIEs. .
Matters Of sIlaov MonOat in aud Abaat
the CITY,

public works will be paid of to-day,
A MAN from Pennsylvania will re-
open the Milwaukee saloon In few
days.
WoRHon several OF the clty's new SOW
ers In various parGH Of tho city has been
begun by tho contractors.
AN col weighing ten aud a hall
pounds was caught in tho river at stsu'
bsnville day before yesterday.
OFFICER MlcHAELs last night arrested
an italian who gave his namo as Jose
Forl, on charge OF disorderly conduct.
CONSIDERABLE activity in wool 10 re-
ported from the surrounding country
just now. Tho price paid is ID 10 IL
cents,
TUESDAYS rain filled the little streams,
which had Tong been dry. Bosss run
was yesterday running out pretty
strongly,
TIE Wheeling & Lake Eric railroad
will sell tickets to Z9aF next Saturday,
good returning until Monday, for 81 81
the round trip,
A Dod bit the popcorn vender who
does business NJ tho postotlico corner
yesterday A painful wound was made
on his log, The dog escaped.
YESTERDAY the children of tho public
schools OF Elm Grove hold their annual
picnic at Wheeling park, and most
enjoyable time was had by all,
sCoTT & McGRAw, OF Bridgeport, have
been awarded the contract for tho new
A. V. Fisher hotel, at Cameron, which
ia to BIO completed in thirty days.
A no fly wheel In tho Riverside bar
mill, at the head OF Twenty.Boyenth
street, burst yesterday. No QUO was
hurt, but tho mill will be shut down for
some time.
TuE county commissioners room Mt
tho court house s to have a handsome
new steel ceiling nut 10 in short time.
The Caldwell & Peterson company have
the contract,
TINS St. Matthew'S choir boys, in
camp at Zoar, will play a game OF base
ball next Saturday with nine from
Bolivar, o. The boys are having
thoroughly good time.
No iron has been made at tho Top
Mill blast furnace since 10 o'clock Tues.
day night, aud il 10 feared tho euro Ia Is
in danger. Tho exact trouble with it
seems to DO unknown as yet.
WHEELING must be great beer town.
In tho past week Il Cincinnati aud
Detroit brewer have started agencies
here, and now there is talk OF 81,
Louis brewer doing the same.
A THIEF entered the residence Of Ed, S.
Houghton, OF Martins Ferry, on Tues.
day and stole n pockotbook containing
s2j. Two twelve'year.old girls who sell
watches and live in Wheeling were ur.
rested for tho theft.
WHILE workmen were letting boards
down into tho alley from the fourth story
OF the Masonic Temple yesterday, ono
slipped aud fell. striking u large window
sill andbreakingit. lisa pretty costly
stone, and hard to reptNcs.
AN electric car ran into u drove nj
cattle on Market street near Sixteenth
yesterday, knocking down two OF the
bovines, but not hurting them. The
passengers on tho Cur were badly fright
ened, but no damage resulted.
A TELEGRAM from Wollsburg, dated
Tuesday, says: During the rain storm
here to-day lightning struck the Cen.
trail telephone office and tho operator,
Miss Jennie Decamp, was prostrntOd by
the shock, but was not seriously hurt.
A VERDICT OF accidental death, recon-
menling tho railroad company to take
greater precantIon, was rendered in tho
case Of w. II. Funk, killed in tho wreck
on the Pittsburgh division OF tho Batsi.
more 4 Ohio, Saturday, ut Cochran
Mills.
The expresSman, William Sedan, is
getting along all right, and II nothing
happens he will DO out In week or ton
days. AitoT the swelling had gone down
he was examined by Dr.. Schwin, who
found that ho WAS only bruised instead
Of having rib broken.
THERE will be n meeting OF tho Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union tn Is
afternoon at their hall on Main street,
commencing promptly at $3.50 O'Clock.
President Jennie =. slsson will have
charge OF thu meeting. Business OF
crcatimportanco i, to DO transacted.
Mr. aud Mrs. Joseph Gleaa paid S.
and costs eNcn IN the police court yo..
terdNy for diqorderly conduct. Tho
Hungarian, Cubic, go. thirty days on
the hill in default, aud Mrs, LNwandoa.
ki fifteen daysiu Jail on the Aams charge,
in default Of tho Same ane, and ono plain
drunk was dismissed.
1'nr ladies Of the G. A. K. hayo "a.
cured Prof II. S. Ingram, physical d.
rector aud athletic trainer oil Bethany
college, to take charge OF tho recrcatiye
eXercisoa and ganes for tho young folks
thjg afternoon a. their lawn iete and 40
Cial, which will DO held at tho Island
Bridge park, for the benefit OF tho small.
pox sufferers.