The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-04-20


The CouRT.-CrRcurT CouRr-JudO,
Mslrin.-This court was in session a.
usual yesterday; and disposed Of the fol,
lowing business: : = i'
Hon. J. ]. Jacob was admitted to prac,
tlce In this court, upon motion Of !. f
Jones, Esq.
The case Of the State Va. VIM. For.
sythe, jun, was argued on Wednesday
evening and yesterday morning by Jor.
dan and Cracrait for the State, and Da,
yenport and Dovener for the prisoner
Al 1880 o'clock the jury returned a yer,
diet OF not guilty M to shop.breaking,
but guilty Of grand larceny, and fixing
the term OF imprisonment In the peniten,
tiary ut two years A motion for a new
trial was fled.
The case Of the State VS.. Patsey Eagan
charged with robbery, was placed u ror
trial before the following jury: W. 3
Curtis, J. 7. Stone, c. Bentz, ]. W
Brown, Jacob 7. Stone; John Medick, A
J. Adams, John Gibson, II. II. Pendleton
Andrew Gillespie, W. J. Robb, John Dull
~. The charge was not sustained, and
the jury returned u verdict Of not guilty
The case OF John Carter, charged with
stealing harness from Pat. Kennedy, was
continued until the next term, defendant
giving bond in the sum Of $500 for his ap
pearanCe.
Adjourned until this morning at
o'clock.
POLICE CoURT-Jmigc Cfanmer.
There was only one case before His
Honor yesterday morning, viz:
John Richie, charged with drunken.
ness, was fined 81 and costs. He paid the
fine.
PERSONAL PoINTs.-Mr. Frank Griffin
q Standard reporter, leaves for the Far
West on Monday next, to grow up with
the country.
Capt. Hugh Sterling yesterday returned
from the Pittsburgh Temperance Conven.
ton, to which he was delegate.
Marshall Swartzwelder, Esq, Pitts.
burgh lawyer, will speak on temperance
in'this city Saturday evening.
Adam Greer, "boss heater at the Bel.
mont Mill, yesterday left for Topeka,
Kansas, where he will make his home IL
the future.
We had u pleasant call this morning
from Captain "Eb" Moore, Of Wheeling,
we'll known TO many OF our soldier read.
ers. We have known the Captain all our
life, and are glad to see that time has
dealt 30 lightly with him, as he looks as
young as he did len years ago.-Ne,t Cum.
Jcriand Independent.
Mr.. George P. Schuehle, OF this city,
was among the graduates at the fifty.
six the annual commencement OF the
Philadelphia College Of Pharmacy, held
recently.
One OF the best, If not the very best
temperance addresses made here since the
temperance movement commenced was
that Of Mr.. Cracraft, Of Wheeling, on last
Sabbath afternoon. His appeal to young
men to abstain was grand, sublime
Martins Ferry Mars
Rev. S. i. Barnitl addressed the TEN.
perance Union of Fairview, Hancock
county, last night.
Miss Emma Williams, OF Martins
Ferry, and Miss Rissa Patterson, of Bell
aire, are visiting friends in GAINESVILLE
and vicinity.
Mr.. C. D. Kimm8ky, Of Rush Run,
yesterday secured Messrs. JEFF. Il. Reed
and James W. Alexander as lecturers.
Messrs. Reed and Alexander organized
the Murphy movement in the church at
that place last night.
Rev. S. K. Wilson, pastor Of the Dis
ciples' Church at Moundsville, will be
absent from his post, with his family, for
three or four weeks, visiting relatives in
Illinois. Meanwhile there will be no
preaching at his church.
Mr.. Cyrus Howard, Of the firm Of
Howard Bros, architects, spends his
leisure hours in making crayon sketches.
He has now in his studio an excellent
crayOn portrait OF Capt. Jack Crawford,
the noted scout, who performed here with
the Buffalo Bill combination few weeks
ago.
Mr.. Phttfp-H. Moore, Of Wheeling,
has discovered and patented an invention
to protect the walls Of furnace from
injury by the stock rs it runs down the
incline OF the bell, it being prevented by
HIS plan from striking the sides Of the
furnace and disintegrating or dislocating
the brick composing the lining.-PayS.
Jurgh Manufacturer.