The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-24
BRIEF MENT1oNISGs.
Events In and Abou, tho City Givcnin
Nutshell.

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Nutshell.
Council meets Tonight In regular
session.
Grand Opera House to-nish,-"A
Country Merchant" (.
William Hassall. n native OF England,
became naturalizod citizen yesterday.
Criminal court met yesterday morn.
Ing and adjourned until Wednesday
morning. rF
The creek mill OF the Whitaker Iron
Works will resume next Monday after
stop OF several days.
Last night officer Holmes arrested IN
East End boy named Former. charged
with completely in the theft OF iron
pipe.
Assistant Janitor George W. johnson,
| OF the county building learned yester-
day Of the death Of his brother, Jacob
Johnson. at Parkersburg.
Council real estate committee met
last evening and recommended for pay
ment bills aggrcgating 500 0g. The COM
mittee also acted favorably upon the
bill for the new street signs.
City Clerk Watkins and several as
slstants were busy ycsteray putting up
the ballot boxes, ballots, etc. for each
OF the thirty-two precincts OF the city.
| for use in Thursdays election.
EX-Councilman William Il. Halter is
very Ill ct the home Of his daughter,
Mrs. Frank Morley. at Kirkwood. but
hopes are entertained that nc will re-
cover. His many friends VIII entertain
the same hope. III.
Yesterday. County Engineer Robert
Hazlett placed on view In the Office OF
the board CT commissioners. county
building. the new map of the city, show
Ing the new district and precinct lines
as fixed by the board last year.
Yesterday. IN the circuit court, Judge
IIervcy. In the cases Of L. NJ. Lewis vs.
the Bank Of the Ohio Valley; J. W.
Burchinal VS.. the Bank OF the Ohio
Valley. and Commercial Bank vs. J. +.
Thompson, II was stated that the mat
tors at issue had been settled OUT OF
court.
Contributors to the womans paper, to
be issued BY the women OF Wheeling
for the benefit of the Day Nursery, de-
sire that all who have been invited to
contribute to hand In their manuscript
TO the cditor-in-chlcf. Mrs. II. ]. Reed.
ms early rs possible. and not later than
February IS.
The council committee on petitions
and rcmonstrancc5 met last night, and
recommended that n license be granted
10 Oscar Gardner at 1881 Market street.
being Il transfer from John Duffy, and
that license be granted to Fish &:
Quir!an at 80 Eighteenth street, trans
fer from Dan Guth.
The ladies CT the German Pioneer So
cicty have decided to attend the fu-
neral of Mrs. C. w. Seabright in body.
The funeral takes place this morning
at $40 from the family residence. At
St. Joseph's cathedral a requiem mass
will be celebrated, after which the body
will be inferred at Mt. ZIon's cemetery.
The Kings Daughters of the United
Presbyterian church will give Mrs.
Jariey's WaXworks" on Friday evening.
at the church. to be followed by the
serving of refreshments. Readers of
Dickens "Old Curiosity Shop" will be
delighted to have the opportunity of
seeing this dramatic adaptation from
the great English novelist's powerful
book. That the entertainment will be
worth witnessing can be realized when
IL Is known that the young people TAX
Ing part are those who made such n
striking success of THE Deestrics
Skuic" last winter