The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-04-25

soon had the whole roof in flames. Mr..
Butcher, ,wCIr told, saved only part OF
his goods and household furniture. His
loss Is very heavy. We do. not know
whether he lind any insurance on either
gOWls or building.
ErUR hS TTfd JMloR Herald. - ~
BuRNT-T. S. Spates' stables attached
to his steam saw mill, was last week,
burnt M by fire, together with oil the
grain and hny therein; valuable horse
was saved by one Of his hands who sue
Cceded in getting him ont with cOnsitlern'
bic difficulty. Tho stable caught fire by
the CarcleSsnesS Of ono Of his hands who
lighted cigar with match, and perhaps
threw It down without thought In the
stable. This Is another warming t0
smokers. .,l|lH
THERE is man living in DOddrldgC
county, 70, contrary, that In order TO agree
with him, you must deny tlatly everything
he says. 'sftlIit'.
FuNE.-A fire occurred near Petroleum
on Saturday last, about the oil tanks,
which destroyed about $4,000 worth OF
oil and machinery in very short time.
Two tank cars and some machinery were
consumed and an amount Of ,Oil and other
merchandise ThG1B & O. R. r. Co., arc
the largest losers. ssa a,f
From RG CAaF9estOa JOTrHat.- -sr--.-..
john HUDSON, [probably Anderson
from Wheeling, has rented the room latcly
occupied by d. GOsllOrn, rs IL billiard
saloon, for y large wholesale and retail
Boot and Shoe establishment.
THE GRIND Lodge Of |. o. o. F. for the
State Of West Virginia, will hold Its annu-
al session ai Charleston, commencing on
the 2GllI instant.
TIE KanawhL and Elk Rivers arc very
high and sti1 rising. Tho probabilities
nrG TINT tlle'su6urbs Of Charleston will be
submerged The steamboats, are all rcgu'
lar. .t........ ml rIll
CEIEHRATIOS.-Thc cOlOred people Of
Kunawha county will have their celebra-
tiOn over the adoption OF the 18th Amend-
ment, on the 2d Thursday In May. They
have sent To Cincinnati for cOlOred Or'I.
tor, and to Parkcrsburg for colorcd band
Of music. They are anticipating u big
time.
Snow IN APRn.-AtthBt time Of writ
ing VIC are, having one Of the. severest
snow storms tint we ever witnessed In
this locality. All nature is clothed in
white, and OvCrcOats, umbrellas, SC, are
in great demand. We fear that the
peaches will all bc killed. Surely early
gardens will bU "nipIGd in the bud"
Tho old denizcns tell us that these kind
of storms rarely occur in Kanawha, In
April. a ".'
FEDERAL CoURT.-The United States
District Court arrived on Monday last on
the Mountain Boy, and commenced It's
Spring term ut this place on Tuesday, the
10Th instant, Judge Jackson presiding.
The following arc the names Of the Grand
Jurors:
James II. Ferguson, II, $. Gardner, B.
II. IIarner, j. P. T. B. Smith, L. B. llur-
scy, John c. ,Nnsll. Samuel IL. Rider,
S6nnlcl Young, john Slack, Sr. G. B.
Snnders, B. w. Byrne, Jeremiah Witcher,
Thomas r. ShallcroS, John NJ. Young,
Ole1l s. Long, JOhn'L. Cole, Daniel Pols-
ley, $. j. Warren.
PHrILIppA Is building n new jail and
needs now Court house. j.
A LITTLE son of Capt. McViCker, aged
about six or eight years, caught a pike on
u cane pole the other day near Allenders
mill, about two feet in length.-MoTyan-
tNcn Ia1.