The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-18
srsrERsv11IE SETTINGS.
Breezy Notes and News From the
Petroleum Metropolis.

Petroleum Metropolis.
Special Dispatch 10 the Intelllgencer.
sIsTERsvILLE. W. Va, Jan. ia
couple Of days ago young man named
Henry Dorsey, who has been employed
in this city for some months as a bar
Der, Skipped out, leaving a young lady,
to whom he was engaged to be mar
rled. The young fellow has been going
with the girl almost ever since he had
been in the city, and the wedding was
to have taken place on the evening Of
the day on which he disappeared, The
young lady has been Frustrated by the
base dcsertlon Of her eristwhlle lover,
but the general opinion here is that she
is much better OF as the affair ended.
Frank G. circuit, the we'll known OPP
orator and producer and his brother, II.
II, circuit, who have been visiting at
their homes In Washington, Pa, for
several days, have returned to the city.
Miss Grace Turner, OF the willard
Newell Company. who was taken Sc
yerely Ill here with typhoid fever, Is get
ting along nicely, aud II is believed she
viii soon be able TO be about. Miss
Turner is being cared for at the home
OF Hon. and Mrs. Z, A. Shanor, on
Brown street.
Monday night, at the Knokc House,
Joseph Hall, well known here as q pain.
ter during the past couple OF years died
OF consumption. after an illness OF sew
| eral weeks. He came to this city from
woodsileld several years ago. He Is
said to have been a prominent druggist
. -. hnT nj
The Wells Hook and Ladder Company
Is making elaborate arrangements for q
benefit, 10 be given in the new opera
house, the early part of next month. The
| entertainment will be by home talent.
aud win no doubt be very good, as some
OF the best talent IN the city has been
engaged for the performance.
Miss Anna Dnvis. who has been visit
ing relatives and friends at Proctor and
other points up the river for Few
days, has returned to her home, on Rail
road avenue.
The fire department was called out
about 9 O'clock yesterday morning by a
fnlsp alarm from The upper end OF the
saeond Wnrd. The smoke stack at a
boiler house caught fire, ana an alarm
was turned in. Before the department
got there the blaze had been extin-
gilshed by q garden hose.
A. NJ Cheeks left Monday afternoon
for his home, near Steubenville. OHIO,
where he will be the guest OF relatives
and friends for n couple OF weeks be-
fore returning to the city.
MIR. and Mrs. y. r Fleeger OF Cath
crime street, who have been the guests
Of relatives and friends ut PGtrolla and
other points In Pennsylvania for cou-
Dle OF weeks. have returned to the city.
Edward Foster. who has been looking
after the interests of the Atlas OH
Company In this vicinity for n couple
of years has made arrangements 10
move hlR headquarters TO Marietta q.
He will leave for his new place OF buN-
ness In a couple Of days
James Johns. Of the National Tonsor-
ial Parlors. who has been visiting at his
former home. In ClarIngton, Ohio. for
several days, has returned to the city,
Contractor Rea has commenced work
OIL the new 3l4, 5000 addition to the Ho-
tel Wells. The new addition to this
popular hosiery VIII consist OF a large
store room and basement and thlrty:one
rooms. The work Will be pushed az
fast az tho weather viii permit and II
IL expected II will be completed early
the coming summer.