The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-08-27

MATHIS FERRY ITEMS. School com.
meuces next Monday. The old corps OF
teachers have been retained with perhaps
the exception OF Miss Duff, whom we lii-
derstand will be succeeded by Miss CLARK,
OF this place. ~,
Miss Alice Anderson has been engaged
10 teach the Glen's Run (W. Val scliOol|
and will commence on tliesccond Monday
in September, Go.
Scarlet fever has made its appearance in
the family Of Louis Swartz.
Quarterly meeting vii! be held at the N,
Il. Church this evening, There will be
preaching by Rev. Or. Williams, after
which the quarterly conference will be
held TO settle up the business Of the past
year.
The Trocalero Club give an entertain
ment at Farmington tonight.
Report says the Laughlin Nail Works
and the blast furnace will I've started up
next monday, and It Is hoped that the re-
port is true, US theemployes arcanxious TO
yet to work after such II long loaf and It
will have good effect on business In
town.
The ferry boat Eureka, was Ibid up for
repairs on Sunday, but resumed business
US usual yesterday morning.
Prof. ]. T. Duff, Of Bellairc, was in
town yesterday. 49,.
Yesterday morning as Mr.. Vim. Good
hue, wife and L. c. Scdwick's little DO,
were driving past the Ema Mil, the hor-
scs suddealy SHE'D at the ashes being re.
moved from under the boilers and fell
over the river bank, carrying buggy and
occupants with them. Mrs. GoOdhuc sls-
tanned d few slight bruises, the Others es;
capped injury and all were able to proceed
on their journey. ..g...- ,r. i,
On last Thursday evening we inquired
Of leading Democrat Of this county and a
delegate to the Congressional Convention
at Steubenville, who his party had that day
nominated rs u candidate for Congress,
and was surprised to hear him say he
really didn't Know the mans name, but
we have since found that very few, If any
one, ever heard Of such a man US Lawson
before last Thursday. ,..
One BY one the prodigals are returning,
the man who left here Il few months since
declaring that he would rather DO hung in
| the State OF Kentucky than die a natural
death In Martins Ferry has returned.
There will be q Harvest Home picnic ut
Pickins Grove on Scotch ridge next Thurs
day, .t.. Us ID. :,
Business continues very dull, but will
no doubt revive on the starting up OF the
nail works and blast furnace. .i
The matchmaking incident that We have
witnessed for some time occurred a few
evenings since as a dusky son Of toll was
llc!sprcly wcndtng his homcwArd why, az
parently In deep meditation, after the toils
OF tho day were DER. He suddenly dropped
his dinner nail, jerked of his hat, and
commenced cIawing and striking. yigor-
ousIy at what, at u distance, looked 70 be
only space. Hes soon commenced q lively
waltz aud slowlyto fall back, fighting q
every step with the strategy Of an OLE
pugilist. Some Of the ladies' who were
1watcling his strange movements remarked
that he must be crllzy. After he had re-
| treated nearly d square from where no hat
commenced Ills g6stlculatlons and halted
for breath and was surveying the battle
ground, VIC yenturcd near 10 ascertain thu
4 cause OF his strange conduct, and were in
formed tliat he had only been defending
his head against the determined assault o
half u dozen ormorp enragel bnmblebee.
| TINT had been stirred up" by misCllievou'
i bows TO see them "go for the first persol
passing byTand who we're enjoying tht
fun at a safe distance.
We heard a man talk for nearly an' hohi
last eveiiirg trying to satisfactorily explain
why he had been on recent drunk, ant
was still on the rugged edge otanother