The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-01

The last half OF 'B began to-day.
The council committee on petitions
and remonstrances will meet tomorrow
evening.
McMechen's preserve plant is having
all It can do at present and is running
double turn.
Last night Nj VIII Higgins, of the
Island. gave n tTolley party in honor OF
several young lady guests.
Beginning to-tAy all retail dry goods
and notion storei will close at o'clock
daily, Saturday excepted.
Lieutenant Ingram ran In drunk
last night and w to midnight this was
the only case on the '.blotter."
The potteries and NIL the South Side
manufacturing establishments will OBJ
serve the Fourth. Saturday. as usual.
The friends of Captain a. ]. Goodhue.
of the Wheeling sock yards. will regret
to learn of his serious illness at his
home near Clarinston, Ohio.
The HGmane Society, through its
agent, Captain Robert T. McNichol, had
Mary Burris. 4 "silly" girl, committed to
Jail yesterday on alunacy warrant
The Baltimore ( Ohio yard hands
have had all they could do In the past
month and say tic freight traffic has
been greater than at any time for years.
Young Chris odel. OF the Island, was
arrested by officer Everett yesterday for
stealing skin. Heswas taken before
Justice Phillips aud committed for a
hearing.
The Belmont mill Is running double
turn and is turning out big amount of
iron. The Belmont Will pay of on Fri
day this week owing to Saturday being
the Fourth.
Mayor Caldwell yesterday issued Il
proclamation giving notice that the or
tIinance against the reckless firing OF
large crackers. rockets and Roman cln-
dies will be enforced.
Governor MacCofkle's private car
came up on the Ohio River road ycster-
day and went east over the Baltimore
&; Ohio via Pittsburgh ut 5:45 p. m. The
governor and party we're aboard.
About thIrty-five Bellaire cyclists
came up on their wheels last night and
made tour OF the town, attracting
considerable attention. They rode sin
gle file and the line was long one.
In another column Will be found no.
tees that there will banomeetings OF the
Woman's Union Benevolent Society and
the woman's Hospital Association dur
ing July, August and September.
The contract for an extensive arc light
electric plant for the new Stone & Tho
mas building, on Main street, will be let
to-day. The structural iron work at the
new building is approaching completion.
A special meeting of the Retail Clerks
Protective Association will be held
tomorrow evening at o'clock, in Bee
thoven hall. for the transaction OF i'm
portant business. New members will
be admitted.
Mr.. Z. Ellsworth Robinson. OF the
Peoples Telephone Company, leaves
this morning for Pittsburgh where he
will attend a meeting OF the Interstate
Local Telephone Association, of whose
committee on ways md means he Is
member.
Raspberries were never more plentiful
than they are this GEAR, Yesterday the
city was full Of them and they were sold
at wholesale MS low as three cents per
basket. The red berries are sold at re-
tail for eight cents, which is cheaper
than ever before.
The new rigging being erected by the
Pennsylvania Sand Company ut the foot
of Twenty-fuurth street will be finished
and ready for operation tomorrow. dt
consists of forty-five foot derrick and
an elShty-uVe 1901 Dcain placed upon
piles near the waters edge a road has
been made down to the rigging and
Baltimore 6 Ohio switch has been put
In. II will be used to transfer sand
from ilGtboats to cars, ard Is the first
If the ldnu to be erected berc. The
swinging beam is the longest ever intro
dueed In Wheeling The first work viii
be done with the new structure to-mor-
row or next day.