The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-21
BRIEF MENTIoNINGs.
Events in and About the City GiVenin
n Nutshell.

Base DAll TINS AtteTuOOu-N ueellHB vs.
Mansfield.
Henry Smith. dIsorderly, was arrested
by officer Walker, and Henry Former
drunk. by Officer Larkin.
Oficer McCausiand, yesterday morn
! ing about 5 o'clock. arrested Nellie
Robinson and Jack Robinson for street
lettering and drunkenness.
The big Show" fishing camp, COM
posed OF South Siders, which was locat'
ed below MoundsvIlle on June Is, Will
pull up stakes and break camp to-day.
Mr.. VIII Mckee, an old Wheeling boy
now general secretary OF The Wilkes
! barre, Pa, 7. NJ. C. A., conducted the
mems meeting at the Y. NJ. c. A. yester-
day afternoon.
| Members Of the Holiness Association,
whose headquarters are In MOundsVille,
are conducting meetings at the Bethel
mission, and last night held an open
air service on Twentieth street.
officer Lawson brought horse to
headquarters yesterday afternoon from
Belvedere, where the animal was an
nOying residents. 1t wasn't drunk OF
idisorderiy, tust case OF Feeding OH the
horticultural features of the landscape.
Yesterday morning occurred the
death OF Mrs. Catherine NJ. Stephenson,
! widow of the late A. II. Stephenson,
who was a well known printer. The
funeral occurs Tuesday m6rnlng from
the Cathedral, with interment at Mount
Wood.
The Magnolia club wifi dance at Mo-
Fart park Wednesday evening, Aug. 80.
The music will be by Prof. Long The
committee in charge Is composed OF II.
Klein, Earl Beabout, H.. Alderman,
Herman SteInman, Theo Nickerson and
Alfred Roberts.
A delightful party to his little friends
was given Saturday evening by Master
Robert P. Powell, son OF Mr.. and Mrs
John S. Powell. The AFFAIR was In hon.
or Of Master Roberts twelfth birthday
and was productive Of much enjoyment
II was given at the home Of his parents
on Thirteenth street.
Between 400 and 500 Wheeling and
over-the-rlVer people went to Niagara
Falls Saturday on the Cleveland, Lo-
rain & wheeling's IS excursion. and II
went on record as the most successful
ever taken out Of Wheeling. Travelling
Passenger Agent o. r. Wood accompan-
led the excursion to the Falls.
Rev. j. Eullan Bullock, Of the West
indies. will lecture Mt EbeneZer Bap-
fist church tonight at O'Clock. at Way
man chapel Tuesday night and al
Simpson chapel "Wednesday night. His
subjects will be instructive and enter
tanning and OF especial interest to the
colored people OF this city. There is
no charge for admission.
The scarcity OF steel around this sec
ton win prevent the odd" LaBelle plate
mill from going on this morning. a
start is expected by Thursday, Re
Gently the mill has been getting stcei
from the Wheeling steel works which
has been idle for several days owing to
a break down. The LaBelle's new"
plate mill has been OF since last
wednesday.
The prevailing drought is bringing
havoc to the fish In Wheeling creek.
within the city limits. Hundreds OF
dead fish could be seen IN the creek yes
terday, from Schenck's slaughter house
to the Peninsula bridge, they including
perch. suckers. cat and bass. The
stream Is almost to bed rock now and
the pollutions from manufactures soon
kill the fish.
on Saturday, at Bridgeport. Charles
Bolton, Of Pittsburgh. an emplOye Of the
Central District telephone company, was
instantly killed while at work on a tele-
phone pole. His body received the cur
rent that operates the Wheeling Rail-
way Company's cars. II Ia claimed. The
remains were taken 10 Pittsburgh. Cor
oner Beetham rendered verdict OF ac-
cidental death.
A man and his wife. who are maxi
ing the trip from Philadelphia to San
Francisco on a tandem, struck Wheel
ing yesterday and stayed here a short
while. They are riding for wager OF
81 600. the conditions being that they
must make the Journey within sixty
Days and make their expenses. They
were attired in gray bicycling costumes
and attracted no little attention.
Saturday afternoon between 1900 and
1000 Mnsslllon people, most OF them
employees OF Russell & Co., OF that city,
came to Wheeling via the Wheeling &
Lake Erie. accompanied by the Massil-
lon Military bnnd. and spent the after
noon at Wheeling park, where the band
gave n first class concert There was
also a lengthy programme OF amusc-
menta on the track at the park In the
evening the band Berenaded the news
paper offices.
A deal has been closed by which the
interest OF F. w Banner In the f. w.
Banner Company If sold to syndicate
of well known business men, included
in which IL W. a. Milligan, OF Mllligan,
Wllkin & Co. The business Of the two
firms will be amalEamhtcd. with Mr..
Milligan az manager. The stockhold-
ers met Saturday and elected Rs dircc-
tors Messrs. Henry NJ. Russell, |. V.
Scott, W. A. Milligan, Howard Hazlett
and Curtis Brown. Mr, Russell was
elected president. w. a. MllllEan vice
president and general manager ard
Curtis brown secretary and treasurer,
This evening nj the chamber OF com
merce. there will be n meeting Of all
business men and citizens Interested In
the success OF the Merchants Days
project. during state fair week. The
executive committee viii report regard
ing the scope OF the fireworks enter
talnment II Is proposed to give at the
public landing wednesday and Thurs
day, September G and 4 The com
mittce has already rniscd over 81 goo,
and about $500 more IL In sight The
success NJ the afrnIr ls assured full
attendance is desired Mt to-nlghts meet
Ing.