The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-20
BRIEF MENT1oNINas.
Events In and About the city Given
In a Nutshell.

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this evening.
Marshal A. r. Blowers. OF Barnes
Vile. was n visitor in the city yes'eIunS
The two believed furnaces at tne
Riverside tube works win resume heA'
Monday. after an idleness OF a week.
Yesterday. in Clerk Robertson's office,
the VIII OF the late Joseph Seybo!d was
admitted to probate, the properly gums
TO the widow.
The Blue Ribbon Social Club, OF Ben
wood, gave a successful dance laS1
night at It's hail in the steel town. a
large crowd attended and all spent IN
enjoyable evening.
Abraham Fadely. formerly Of Wheel
ing committed suicide yesterday az
Washington, d. c., by cutting ms
throat. He was appointed to poslioIl
in the treasury department ABOUT
year ago.
Messis. G. Mendel & Co. have secured
the services OF Mr.. G. j. Kepner. OF fhli-
adelphia, who has taken charge OF thelI
undertaking department. Mr.. kepnef
Is elassed as one OF Phlladelphlas best
underwriters.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Charlotte
Wilson win occur this afternoon ut y
o'clock. from the family residence. y
South Front street. to which friends OF
the family are invited The lnterment
will be private at Mt. Wood.
Good progress is being made since
the advent OF favorable weather on the
erection OF the abutments and piers Tor
the Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad. nj the
mouth OF the creek, by the contractors
Il. NJ. Holiday and L. G.. HallOck.
The funeral OF the late George Teller
occurred Thursday afternoon from the
home OF Mr.. Henry SehmuIbach, on
South Chapline street, and was largely
attended by old friends Of the deceased
who was formerly resident OF Wheel
ing.
This evening at Pleasant Valley park
VIII occur the opening hop of the sea-
son by the Pleasant Valley Social club,
and the Indications point TO large at
tendance. Hereafter the club viii give
Its regular weekly dance every Thurs
day evening.
There were two blazes on the South
Side yesterday at noon, one at Louis
Schau's. S9OS McCoiloch street, and the
other at n house on Water street, in
the Wheat row. The fires were speed
lily extingulshed. and there was no pro-
perry loss in either
Mr.. Harry Randall. agent OF Mr.. Ben
Hendricks cole Olson" company, ar
rived In town yesterday. Mr.. Randall
Is making the arrangements for ole
OlsOn's" appearance at the Grand
Opera House next week, and II is the
funniest swedish-American comedy
yet written.
The funeral Of the late Charles HaF-
bruck. who died on Wednesday, Will
take place Saturday afternoon at 1880
o'clock, to which friends OF the family
are invited. The funeral VIII be at
tended by two organizations In n body,
Wheeling lodge No. o. !. o. o. F., and
Local Union No. O. Flint Glass Work
ers.
The hearing of John j. C'Dukes'O
Reilly, John Lynch and John COnnors.
charged with being accessories TO the
murder OF James Hervey, was to have
occurred yesterday before Squire
Greer, but continuance was decided
on until next Monday morning at 1880
O'Clock. With one exception all Of the
defendants are out on bail.
Squire Greer has set next Monday for
the hearing Of Fred Goldstrchm. who Is
charged with keeping a gambling Joint,
on Water street. The gambling para
phernaiia secured by the police at
Goldstrohrl's place. is stu Mt the city
building. and the authorities are puZ-
zled MS TO Its dispositions The outfit is
said to be worth from $1,000 to $500.
Prof, w. Il, Elliott, proprietor OF the
Elliott business school. yesterday ac-
qulred the Noise business college, ana
the two institutions are now consolida-
ted. Prof. Noise Is retained as an in
structor in the commercial department,
and the forty-five pupils that were un-
der his charge will be enrolled In the
Elliott school, in the Crnngle building
1878 Marke, street, making a total en-
rollment Of about seventy-nve seudents.
In the circuit court yesterday, d.
vorce was granted to the petitioner in
the case OF Allie Kirby VS.. j. J. Kirby.
Mrs Kirby alleged desertion and mis-
treatment, She was married to Kirby
at Bellalre. November I. 1890, and for
the first three yeBrs they lived happily.
The court restored her maiden name,
Allie Howard. This was the first d.
vorce granted this term OF court and
there Is number Of similar suits to be
heard.
There were special services at the
Synagogue last night. marking the
close OF the feast OF the Passover. Very
fine musical numbers were rendered by
the choir. and Rabbi Levi delivered an
eloquent and Instructive discourse on
Optimism and Pessimism." The
rabbi will shortly visit towns In thu
state In the interest Of the Rabbi Wise
memorial fund which is plan TO give
n 100000 endowment 10 the Hebrew
Union College at Cincinnati.
A cablegram was received By Mr.. c.
a. Schaefer yesterday afternoon, tell
ing Of the safe arrival at Gibraltar OF
the North German Lloyd passenger
steamship Ems, on board Of which
were Dr. c. NJ. Frlssell and family and
Mrs. Frissell's sister Miss Gene Logan.
They leave the steamer At Gibraltar FOR
n short visit NJ that port and will then
visit several places In Morocco. before
going vim steamer to Naples, and later
to Paris and Its exposition.
Yesterday morning, at her homo. on
South WctZel street. occurred the death
OF Mrs, Charlotte Becker. mother OF
John Becker, OF the retail Jewelry Grm
OF John Becker & Company. She was
IN her scventy-scventh year. and death
was due TO complication OF diseases.
husband and two children, John
Becker and Mrs. Julius Hayes, Of Bel
laire, survive. and had Mrs Becker
lived a few months longer she would
have celebrated the fiftieth anniversary
OF her wedding, She was born in Ger
many coming TO this country in her
carly youth.
DANCING at Pleasant Valley Park
tonight.