The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-07
aELLAIRE
All Sorts or Local News and Gossip From
the Glass City.


The additional crane for the handling
of ingots at the steel works has been
placed in position and the work in that
department will move along better and
the output be Increased very materially
by reason OF the better facilities for
handling the redhot ingots. The second
furnace viii be In blast to-day and with
the steel works, the plate mill and two
furnaces steadily In operation from 500 10
GOO men will find employment there. The
outlook for business is good and they are
shipping all of the product. The great
quantities of raw material brought in
and the shipments OF the finished product
of this plant makes lots of business for
the railroads here and gives more en-
ployment to railroad men ana matters
have begun to take on roster hue than
for a long time past all OF which Is quite
cheerful to note as the holiday season
approaches. II helps along good cheer.
Sunday afternoon George Kerns, col
ored man. and his nephew. called
Poodle" Kerns went down 10 the steel
works and in the absence Of anything
else to do they cleanedNa couple OF re-
volvers and neither knew that one or
them had a cartridge in II, with the usual
result. When they had the guns cleaned
poodle" started away with another par
ty when his uncle jocularly called him to
halt, at the same time raising both re-
volvers. Poodle" turned about half way
round and lust as he did his uncle pulled
the trigger on both guns and to his sur
prise one of them went off. Poodle" fell
with yell. sort Of gurgllng sound, and
1t was found he was shot in the mouth.
Teeth were knocked out, his tongue was
spitt and the roof Of his mouth was cut In
such way as to require several stitches.
DR., West fixed the fellow UP and he is
getting along all right.
One Of those long drawn out suits 10 re-
cover royalty for coal used was decided
at the wlnd-up OF common pleas court.
1t was the suit Of w X. Hollingsworth
against the ReelLiHl Coal Company, and
a verdict was given for 1887 for plaintiff.
The case was tried at the June session of
common pleas court, when a verdict for
$500 was given plaintiff. The attorneys
for defendants asked for a new trial on
the grounds Of error In the charge OF the
court to the jury, which was granted.
There were some fine legal points IN the
case, every one OF which was holly con-
tested. Defendants have asked FOR new
trial and II not granted the contest Will
be taken to the circuit court.
Trueman Keyser, who works at saw
mill on Wegee, while telling a tree was
struck on the head by a falling limb and
severely hurt. He was unconscious for
a time, but after some hours revived and
later there was reason to think he would
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follows.
Morris V. Miller, the missing engineer,
1t Ia now thought was in Springfield, o.,
on the 18th OF November. He told those
with whom he talked there that he was
going to Cincinnati. The Springfield
folks think there rs no doubt OF hts pres
ence there, but no further word has been
received.
The Buckeye bowling team and the
Aber- Nits have decided to bowl match
game ut Schmulbach's alleys in this city
next Monday evening, at which time the
details for q series OF six games viii be
decided upon,
The colored men VINO so. into a row
ut dance Saturday night were let Off
with fines for disordrrly conduct yester-
day morning by the mayor az they had
Jobs they wanted to hold and had to get
to work.
They are finding oil enough In Rich
land township just west Of this city to
encourage further development. They
now have two or three wells yielding
about fifteen barrels,each per day.
The Bellairc Choral Society will this
evening hold Its first rehearsal Prof
Myers viii be present and they meet at
the First Presbyterian church.
a young man from Benwood was
bound over to court by Squire Morrel
yesterday, on u charge of bastardy.
There was pleasant social at the U,
=. church last night at which sand
wlrhes and coffee was served
The University Confer met last night
and discussed the lesson In the usual
way,