The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-05-31

TO console him with quotations;
scriptural and profane, instancing,
the promise with regard to the shorn
lamb, explaining the reason for the
visitation Of natural misfortunes alike
upon the just and the unjust party.
Our efforts were futile, and he departed
with the intention of taking another
glass of beer and then giving his sup
port to a more appreciative journal
We append more particulars regarding
the damage to property in special
cases
The skylights of the various photo~
graph establishments suffered severely:
That of Partridge's was;crushed, a flood
of rain and hail pouring down on the
hats, trimmings, and flowers of Messrs.
Campbell & Harden, damaging their
stock to the amount of three hundred
dollars.
The book. keeper at the First National
Bank, We are informed. was closing up
the business of the day. His desk Is
immedi ately under the skylight of the
building, when a perfect torrent de-
ecended upon him in the midst of his
labors, causing him to beat a hasty re-
treat from that locality.
The destruction of windows was gen.
eral in that section of the city north OF
the creek. 1t is impossible for us to
enumerate all who suffered. Among
those who sustained the seyerest loss
we mention Col. II. X. List, Hon.
Thos. Sweeney, Ex-Mayor Brady, John
E. Wilson, Jacob Wise, Michael
Reilly, P. c. Hildreth, P. 81. Moore
and the Messrs. Harper. The windows
on the north side of the Mcclure House
and Court House were completely rid
died. The Grant House apparently
received the full force of the stolm'
Not a solitary unbrUken square OF
glass on the exposed side of the build
ing remains. The Peninsula Gene
terry is represented to be wreck. Trees
shrubbery and flowers were Frustrated
and utterly destroyed. We are inform
ed that the loss sustained by the Wheel
ing & Belmont Wine Association will
reach fully fifteen thousand dollars
The Hospital came in for its share Of
the calamity, but the damage there
will be fully repaired by this evening
at least so far as the windows are in
volved The large and expensive
stained glass windows on the north
side OF the Cathedral were demolished
and will cost at least one thou
sand dollars to replace. The only
large plate glass window broken
so far as we have learned. was
one in a building on Monroe street,
owned by Col. Jacob HornbrOok. a
hack, with several persons inside, was
turned over about one mile west o.
Bridgeport, but fortunately none of the
passengers were injured. A team OF
horses attached to a wagon were pros
trated in the principal street of thai
town, and when the storm had passed
were nearly covered with an accumu'
laton of hail and debris of all sorts
The vegetable gardens i'll the vicinity
of the city were almost utterly ruined
That of Mr.. Clark near MartinsTille
and also the one owned by Mr.. Carson
| on Judge ThompsOn'S farm, were well
nigh aunihilated. a portion of the roo
of the La Belle ware room, near the
nail works OF that company, was blown
off.
We were misinformed as to the ex'
tent of the damage at the stop mill.'
Aside from the loss of a valuable horse
which, maddened by the violence Of
the hail could not be controlled and
rushed into the river and was drowned
the damage would not exceed one hun
dred dollars.
The water came down from the hills
faster than the sewers were able &c
conduct it off, and the floor of small
portion of the mill was covered witt
the muddy torrent, but no damage re-
suited from this beyond the labor O.
cleaning up.