The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-09-24
Wanted.
FIRE ON MAIN STREET,
Mcdonald a nIIch-I's Livery stable
Burned.
'''"aS III"
Ds,..ncl,on of cArrIases. nuEEiss. BE.
sIaLIr hoy Attempts TO cut Horses
suose-.-K ISIs cd by on" OF Them.
aud barely Escapes with
IIIs Life.

Monday morning. between the hours
at one and two O'Clock, the most
ds-tTurtivs IRE which has occurred
here Tor Il long lime. burst out ia the
ny-Ty stable Of Mcdonald & Mitchell
on Main street. half way between
quincy and John.
The lire, which, it is supposed. was
the work Of an incendiHTy, was hTst
II I-cDVrTed by young man named
Henry Bye, employed about the es-
IHblIshmsut. Bye had been In bed,
aud, "a hOTse and buggy coming IN
about one O'Clock, had risen nud pnt
Them away. He then went back to bed,
nod had huTdly got To sleep again
before he wns aroused by the
noi-o made by IL large dog kept in the
stable. Seeing light nt the rear end
OF ihu stable aud knowing that he had
previously turned oil the gas, lac went
hIri. To learn the cause OF the phenOm-
.uuu aud discovered Ihut the whole
IrIT end wis in blnZe. immediately
giving the alarm, he proceeded to I'M
loose tIir horses and drive them out in
l.. tie open air, but had only succeeded
al releasing two when he WIS Kicked
a. ,h" plt al the stomach by one OF
ih-n- Feeling himself too badly in-
Idf,.d to attempt anything more, he
leaving The horses 10 their fate. Shortly
afterwards the young man WAS picked
up IN iiir street, unconscious, aud re-
moved on litter TO abe Virginia Hotel
whcT" lac WAS attended by DR.. j. &.
Hum. lie was afterwards taken to his
home In North Wheeling and, last
evening. WAS Improving slowly, AL
though suffering great pain from his
Injuries.
Iiy TIA. tine Bye bud effected his e..
cape, ull the ire bells of the city were
IDIiins vigorously, and the streets filled
With citizens huTryiug to the scene of
the utiaHraIiou, which was only too
visible The hTemen We're prompt
Iy "u the ground, and rs soon
~ posi- made attachments and
turned streams OF waiOr on the burn
Tag mass. But despite their utmost
'krriiOns the stable cOuld not he saved.
though Ihe brewery OF Mrs. Beck. stu
r'rd "n the opposite side OF the nllSy
running III the rear of the stable from
3uncy To John streets, and the hgri-
cultural Implement warehouse OF Pry-
ur BJyd a To-, next door, were saved
iTptu destruction.
Eelwevn four aud five o'clock the Ire
hGd been pretty well subdued, and the
crowd commenced To dispense.
The total loss il estimated at between
twenty and twenty-five thousand dol
I,r-. or this, the direct loss OF Me6sTs.
ri DcnHid K Mitchell IL about $4,000,
5000 Of ~ hich is covered by Insurance.
in the Franklin Company OF this city.
Dl the thiTty-une horses Ill the STA bic
only three escaped, one of these with
It's bick burnt TO crisp. The remain
der. embracing some Of the very finest
horse. owned in the city, were roasted
alive. With the exception OfLwo hacks,
nil Uithe stock of carriages. buggies,
harness, tSc., WAS destroyed.
III -. I.n
the following gentlemen, who kept
horses At the stable, suffered 10 The eA-
Irnt oCscyerai hundred dollars each:
i. x G.. MendeI, uudsTtakers, one
Le-Ia,' worth $1,000; Friend * Son, I'M
deTrsller-, one heHrss valued ut $500;
naT InS TOWARD Mofton, hSTSe and
buggy; John Cnlbertson, horse,
buggy aud harness; George Parks,
horse property of A. NJ. Burke) and
buggy; CApt. II. ConAnt, horse and
buggy; John Reid, horse; Robert
neil. horse and buggy, harness, blank.
sls, saddle aud bridle:J J. Cartwright,
cutler. horse and buggy Joseph Bell,
hur-c aHd DugRyi three horses and
wagon pnt in by u stranger on SHtur-
day niehtalast; Adams Express Co.,
two horses and two wagons.
Two hne hlelghs. the property OF A.
NJ. BurEe and George Parks, Esqs.,
MrT" consumed.
Z" make the Inlsfortune complete,
IL. books Of the Iirm were destroyed.
ANOTHER PRE-.
Yesterday afternoon, about hHIf-past
two o'clock, when the public had pTetty
well satisfied its desire to look at the
ruins OF the mornings work, IA blaze
WAS seen To burst out suddenly from
beneath the caves of IA brick stable at
tnrhud to the Beck brewery. which We
stated Is situated on the oppos t. side OF
the alley running from Quincy toJoEn
streets. OF course the alarm was given,
and an anxious crowd soon snTTouud-
ed the burning building. The iiTemen
soon got to throwing water on
the ROOF, and, having subdued the
flames Ihcieutly TO venture in
side, put au end to them without much
difficulty. As TO the origin Of this lat
ter hire, we heard one Individual say
that II must have been started by an
inCendinry. We are Inclined to think
however, that the heat OF that OF the
morning had set Dire to the wood work
Of Che upper part Of stable. which un-
observed had AT last gained sufficient
strength 10 force its way out.
CELEDRATIoN.-Yeste the color
ed people OF the city aud vicinity pro-
ceeded TO Moundsville by The b. & o. X.
r., and celebrated in becoming style
the I'D OF September. They were to
have been accompanied by the Mar
tinsvilla Brass Band. which, although
il had been paid in advance, failed 10
come to time. What the cause of the
failure was nobody was able TO inform
us. Quite number OF speakers were
in attendance, and the celebration
passed oil pleasantly to all.
OUR FIRE DEPARTMESr.-ln view of
the TACT that there was a great bursting
OF hose with only "haIf pressure" on at
the hire yesterday morning. and CON
sequent inability of the fire department
10 work ny cnectually as 1t otherwise
could have done, we suggest that some
measures should be taken TO render the
Department more efficient than 1t now
IS. We desire simply to call public at
.sntion 10 the matter, not discuss ii.
Losr.-Yesterday morning, Moss
grove, who rings the bell throughout
he city for auctions and 'sich." was
,rying lost boy. The boy was about
our wears old.