The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-19
BRIEF MENTIoNINGs.
Events In and About the City GIvenin
NntshelI.

Events In and About the City GtVentn
Nutshell.
Matinee at wheeling Park Casino
this afternoon.
omcer William turner. the new COT
Ored policeman, made his first arrest ,t
yesterday that Of an Italian VINO stote
q chair from an Alley Q Joint.
A lamp exploded at the residence q
Mrs. Wlnslow, No. 21S5 Main street, ~
$3.50 last evening. The lamp We W..
thrown out the window before mqch
damage had resulted.
Yesterday. at the North wheeling
hospital, occurred the death Of MEs NJ;
Clara B. Layman. wife OF Mr. sallue1
N. Layman, OF Lind street. The Iun-
eral will occur Sunday at p. M wlIn
lnterment at PeE.nsWlaE cemetery
Yesterday. in the criminal court, IN
the case Of the state VS.. Loula DalzeIl'
the demurrer was overruled ana lne
case set for trial August 25; state ".
William Bllnco. same action takeni
state vs.. Charles Hushrod, demurrer
argued and submitted. Court au-
iourned until this morning.
Mr.. Ben Exley is in New York, max
Ing purchases for the recently organ.
lied Ohio Valley Drug Company, OF
which he Is to be the manager. Mr.. H.
I. seabrlEht will be the secretary
treasurer, Mr.. Louis F. Stifel the pres
ident, and Mr.. C. T. Carpenter, who was
connected with the Wheeling Drug
Company, will also be associated with
the firm.
The council committee on police held
brief session last night, and confirm.
cd the trade OF one OF the old patrol
wagon horses for better animal, ana
also confirmed the recent changes In the
police department. These were the
Appointments OF Officers Wells and
Turner to fill the vacancies caused by
the reslgnations OF Ofhcers Gardner
Marshall. John Donovan was made
eXtraman.
In Governor AtkInson's appeal for
aid TO be extended to the Porto Rico
storm sufferers, he calls on mayors 70
take action, as follows: II earnestly
recommend that the mayor OF every In
corporated city and town In the state
will at once call public meeting, ana
that there be appointed n committee to
collect and forward all donations; ana
that in the unincOrporated towns anu
villages and other neighborhoods, ike
meetings be held and similar action be
had"
A charter was issued yesterday to the
Riverside Bridge and Machine Works.
OF Wheeling, with subscribed capltal
Of $3.50, ten per cent paid up and an
authorized capital Of 100000. inc IN
corporators are Charles +: Dickinson,
L. Spence, ]. X. Hall, W. W. Simpson
and 4 T. Hupp, all Of wheeling. This
Is the company which will control the
Spence machine works, at Martins
Ferry, and manufacture bridge and
structural iron.
The announcement that Prof. John NJ.
RIrch would ACCEPT a commission to
raise q company in Wheeling for en-
llstment in the West Virginia National
Guard, has been very well received, and
II the adtutant general issues the COM
mission, which he doubtless will, there
is no doubt but that the company VIII
be formed speedily. Many eX-Linsly
boys will enter the company. which
ought easily to take rank as the crack
company Of the entire state.
The Park Vaudeville Companys per
Torrance last night at the wheeling
Park Casino pleased another very large
audience, and the verdict on all sides
Is that It is the best summer attrnc-
ton Of Its kind ever playing IN
Wheeling. Every act Is star act, and
the audience findH It difficult to pick
any fayorites. The engagement closes
with to-nights performance. The
Wheeling & Elm Grove VIII have all
the cars needed to handle the very large
crowds to-day.
A series Of cases was entered In sew
eral justice shops yesterday in which
figured Sue Foster and Hattie Moore.
These ladies' had a forcible rupture OF
friendly relations, and like many other
dIsputants they sought the relief and
the costs OF the minor tribunals, The
charges entered were assault, protans
Language, ETC., and were docketed In
the courts OF SQuires Rogers, Haber.
field and Dunntng. Part were heard
yesterday, and the fines duly assessed,
and more are to come up to-day
Company c, OF Wellsburg, OF the
West Virginia National Guard, arrived
IN the city yesterday afternoon from
Terra Alta. forty strong, under the
command Of Captain Amlck. The COM
pAny, with the companies from Burton
and Terra Alta, participated In the an
nual practice march OF the first bat
TALON OF the First regiment, from Nor
Eantown to Terra Alta, this week, q
distance of about sixty miles. Three
DAYS were occupied in the march, which
was very fatiguing The company
went home on the evening Pan Handle
train.