The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-12-31

2blh. BrACelAnQ DeatB Powell IN tnfe
mile single scull raCein 2l;4st. Elizabet
Schnell suiCided.
18th. Samuel McCulloch, a well know,
farmer OF Ohio county, dies,
a 30th. Right Of way through city gr nj
ed by Council to T., W. 4 Ky. railroad 10
Benwood extension.
, 3lst. Health officer Edwards reports o
deaths In the city Tor the month endln
to-day.
/ AUGUST.
Town Of Volcano destroyed by an Of
fire.
9th. Belmont Mill Association organic
ell by electing A. Wilson Kelly Presiden
and J. D. Dubois Secretary.
Sth. Census Of city as completed BY
Board OF Education enumerators, show
population Of oS, 429.
OH. TOwboat Iron Valley blows up, kill
ing three persons.
10th, Death Of Ira Hart Of Clarksburg
18th. White Sulphur Springs sold L
Capt. Alex. Mathews for 100000.
18th. Superintendent Brown resign
his position at City Gas Works.
18th, Suits brought by city agains
bondsmen OF City Collector Black.
18th. B. < o. X. r. refuses right Of way
TO Benwood extension Of p, W. & ~
R.R.
10th. Weisgerber beats Felsing in three
mile single scull race over the lower
course in 2l.0O.
18th. Mayor Sweeney interieres 10 pre-.
vent the b. & o. K. R. from stopping the
p, W. & X. extension over ground claim.
ed by the city, Suicide OF John Il. Hub
bard.
Goth. B. & 0. R. r. begins the construc.
ton Of the trestle at Twentieth street.
2lst. p, W. & X. employees tear uA
track laid by B. 4 0. above Wheeling
creek and lay track on alleged city
ground near Twenty.third street.
29d. B. & o. and p, W. K X. railroads
agree to suspend hostilities pending de.
cislon Of the Courts. Nails put to g 50.
25th. Knoke beats Murphy in a single
scull three mile race on lower course.
sSLh, Tri.State Soldiers Reunion al
Steubenville.
SOth. Nilla.WallaCe company at Opera
House.
3lst. Destructive fire at Charlestown,
Jefferson county. w. Va.
SEPTEMBER.
LIST. Nails advanced from 81 s. to s. 60
card. Health officer Edwards reports Is
deaths in the city during August.
End. Joe Jefferson in Rip Van Wrinkle,
at Opera House.
9th. Diphtheria becomes prevalent in
the Fourth Ward.
Sth. Republicans carry Maine. Wheel.
ing nail manufacturers decline to advance
nails to Pittsburgh card OF s..
10th. Nails advanced to 81 70.
18th, P. W. & X. X. r. advertise six
months dividend OF 81 per cent.
18th. Garfield meeting at EInaville.
18th. Barnum's circus on Wheeling
Island. Nails advanced by Wheeling
mills to So.
18th. Certificate OF Incorporation for
Wheeling Telephone Company applied
for.
Goth. Arrival in San Francisco of Gen.
Grant. Thurman-Mathews meeting in
Bellaire.
96th. Nails went up to S34O
18th. Blaine meeting at Bellaire. Weis.
gerber beats Felsing In three mile single
sCull race on lower course, in 2O:5S4.
SOth. Meeting Of West Virginia Press
Association at Capitol Building.
OCTOBER.
LIST. Geo. H. Pendleton meeting at
Martins Ferry. Death Of VIM. McNabb,
Sr.
I'd. Top Mill furnace burns out.
4th. Foster and Gibson meeting at
Bridgeport. Col. J. B. Ford died.
9Th. Voorhees, meeting ut Bellaire.
10th. Salisbury's Troubadours at Opera
House.
18th. James Askew killed in collision
on B. %. X. r.
18th. Randall meeting at Bellairc.
18th. Ohio goes Republican by l7,l2O.
Strike OF Wheeling coal diggers.
10th. Edwin Clifford Company at Opera
House. Hanlan rows over course at Chau-
taqua, and Courtney claims his bouts were
cut.
18th. Presbyterian Synod, Of Pittsburgh
in session at Second Presbyterian Church.
10Th. Joseph Britt died.
10Th. Remenyi at Opera House.
2Sd. Bethany College partially burned
BY an incendiary fire. Wheeling Pottery
Company incorporated.
oath. Red Riding Hood Opera Company
at Germania Hall. Thos. Hornbrook died.
9th. Davis Combination at Opera
House. E. G. Morgan died at Bellaire. p.
W. & Ky. condemnation proceedings sus.
tanned by jury in County Court.
2Sth. Odd Fellows Grand Lodge in SEES.
sion at Odd Fellows Hall.
NOVEMBER.
lst. Senator lack Chandler found dead
in bed at Chicago.
I'd; Whelan Memorial Chapel dedi.
Gated.
4th. Republicans carry New York, Mas.
sachusetts, Pennsylvania, Connecticut,
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Nebraska.
9th. Veteran Association arrange for
permanent organization.
'7lh. Movement to build the Wheeling
and Parkersburg Railroad begun.
Sth. Buffalo Bill at the Opera House.
9th. Fire in East Wheeling. Three
buildings burned in Alley Is.
10Th. Nails advanced to s. 65.
llth. Masonic Grand Lodge OF West
Virginia in session at Masonic Temple.
18Th. Cyrene COmmandery reception at
Mcclure House.
l4th. Gotthold's octoroon Company at
Opera House.
10th. Funeral Of Jesse Wheat.
18th. Tony Denier's Pantomimo Troupe
at Opera House.
18th. Peoples Bank building damaged
9Oth. John Mccullough at Opera House.
Death OF Rev. L. B. Carpenter at Balti-
more, Md.
2lst, Car drivers strike on the Citizens
Railway.
eth. Thanksgiving Day generally OBJ
served throughout the city.
SOth. President Hayes message prema-
turely published,
DECEMBER.
LIST. Top Mill furnace started.
2nd. Bellaire and Southwestern Rail-
road formally opened to WoodsReld. Pat
Rooney at Opera House and Gen. Gibson
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