The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-03-31

1yr porsp PARTY. -Wheelings in.
;.aI nonnd marty. which took place In
VIE Hail last night for the benefit OF
The Children's Home, was 2 grand success;
The nrice Of admission was one pound Oh
sometbinp or other, no matter what. AS
he crowd was large, II was not long DC;
ior e a an immense bile Of packages oil oil
.bnnss and sizes accumulated in corner
If tic hall near the door. These packages
were put up very neatly, and gay. eSi'
dence that numerous devices haa oeen
resorted 10 to deceive unwary purchasers.
Some were very large, and some quite
ANAL. and upon many were the printed
wrSnners used by well known merchants.
Tbe following rules were adopted ny
those present, after which preparations
were made for the auction. n,
Rule !. The packages donated tnia
evening shall be sold by auction TO tic
highest bidder. , u. -
8 The successful bidder shall come to
the stand and pay for the article, and open
The package, the conteuts Of which shall
be announced. ,;,;
3, Inc purchaser ehuiA may 80 fCi u
rere Of donating the package TO the Chill
dren Home without further charge.
Mr.. Geo. Adams was elected Treasurer,
and Messrs. w. C. Duflield and JIG Her
yey, auctioneers. Judge Cranmer acted as
clerk, and kept record Of the sales, ana
Rev, BarnitZ, Mr.. Benz. Davenport, Ma
ior J. V. L. Rogers, Sam. McColioch,
Louis Stifcl and others were kept busy
passingIalong the packages. Everything
being ready, Mr.. Duficld mounted a dry
goods box and commenced the auction.
The first package handed to the auc'
tioneer was Immediately started at fifteen
cents, when the bidding became quite
lively. It was finally knocked down to
Mr.. Archie Paxton for 81, and when
opened was found to be bat OF cotton.
This sale created considerable merriment,
and the bids upon the next article we're
go numerous that the auctioneer had
hardly time to recognize them. Mr..
James Cummins, IT,, secured for seventy.
FIVE cents small piece Of carpet, and
Morgan L. OFT carried off box OF black
ing, after paying fifty cents therefor.
When Mr.. viii. List, however, was
awarded pair Of striped hose, for the
small sum Of % cents, the fun became
contagious. Everybody was in good
humor, and the bidding was livelier than
ever, Mr.. D. G. List, jr., for thirty-hve
cents purchased handbook containing a
tin hat, and the hat was placed upon his
head in the presence Of the audience.
Mr.. Archie Paxton became the sole pro-
prietor of pair Of bosom pads and a
sucking bottle, paying for them sixty
cents in good and lawful currency Of the
realm. Mr.. Gibson Lamb was the
successful bidder for very large
box, paying seventy-tive cents for it.
1t was hastily opened, and found
to contain-nothing, but the sim
pie inscription, "When shall We Three
Meet Again." Mr.. NJ. L. Oh again came
fore and bought wash.board for sixty:
five cents; Mr.. Samuel Laughlin paid
50 80 for pound Of crackers; Mr.. Will.
List was attracted by the shape OF a par.
eel containing several dress patterns, and
gave so cents for them; Harry Mcclure
secured prize in box Of sugar kisses,
for twenty-five cents; Mr.. John Q. Pendle.
ton, pound Of sugar, twenty-five cents;
Mr.. Robert Dalzell, box Of sugar kisses,
twenty-five cents.
Shouts upon shouts OF merriment arose
when a very fine looking pack
age, which was eagerly sought after
by the bidders, was opened and found
to contain a hustle. Mr.. John o.
Pendleton, with his usual good luck, be-
came the owner Of this much abused but
extremely useful article, but it cost him
a 50 bill. Mr.. Pendleton became quite
elated at his success, and bid upon every
article offered without regard to conse-
quences. In the course Of the evening he
collected package OF dried herring (75
cents), box OF lily white, bar OF soap
(Sl), bottle Of whisky, package OF
prunes, scrubbing brush, and other
miscellaneous articles, ms the Snowman
says, "too numerous to mention"
Mr.. c. W. Franzheim, for forty.five cents,
purchased small box OF coal, for eighty
cents, large wooden box, empty, and for
fifty.6vc cents, n box Of marbles and doll
babies; Mr.. Albert Wilson, for fifty cents.
several child's rattles; Mr.. Harry w.
List, for eighty cents, very large box
containing very small loaf Of bread; Col,
c. w. B. Allison, n collar box in which he
fonnd So bill; John Davenport, for 81 %,
pound Of cheese; Will. List, for sixty.
FIVE cents, package OF maccaroni; R. 6,
Barr, for sixty cents, a bar Of soap; DR.
Edwards, for twenty-five cents, a pack
age Of wooden yarn; John Davenport, a
box Of clay pipes; Archie Paxton, for Al
cents, a package Of clothes-pins; Brose
List, for 20 cents, lager beer mug
Harry List, for so cents, pound OF eggs;
Major ]. V. L. Rogers, bottle OF sooth.
ing syrup.
We have only mentioned the most in.
teresting articles sold. There were many
others, such as bologna sausage, old
papers, cans Of oysters, tea, pepper, salt,
etc., but we have not the space to emu
merate the purchasers.
AT 10 o'clock about half Of the pack
ares still remained unsold, and it was de-
cided to continue the auction tonight
when refreshments will be served. Pack
ages can be eftat the hall during the day
or in the evening.
THE trip Of the Courier down on Tues
day was the dullest she has had for two