The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-16

NHsuAiChNC9 AV-N"ss
The guards Of the renitenliary will get
their new blue uniforms to-day,
TnE chimney blowers Of Bellairc held a
picnic at Cummins Grove on Saturday
GREAT excitement IN the silk market in
New York over the advance in blackslIks.
TnERG was large p,chir party out the
National Road, east Of the city, Saturday,
QrlrE large amount OF wheat ia now
being brought to our city by our farmers.
TIIg Bryant Literary Society will hold
its closing session for the season to-
night.
Mas WELrY is putting up ine bust.
ness block on the corner OF Sixth and
Main streets.
A SPECIAL TERN OF the Circuit Court
will he held this month, commencing on
the 2dlh inst.
TnE Beethoven Singing Society will give
u picnic on the Fourth Of July, at the Is
land Fair Grounds.
WoRGMEN have been busy several days
laying gas pipe along Fifteenth street from
EOf 10 Wood street.
Par. Luther, OF Pittsburgh, it is said,
wants 70 row Ed. CIatOr, OF this city, for
purse vi 800, during the summer.
THERE was an incipient ti!e Saturday
evening at Geo. pprst's grocery, on Maj
ket street. The damage was triiling.
II is clear that We got this summer last
summer. This explains why last summer
was twice as hot rs it should have been.
OS saturday tltr MOdocs and Canoe
Buns played match game of base ball on
favor u the Modocs.
The boot and shoe men have agreed TO
close their places Of business VI seven
O'Clock un Monday, June III, and from that
date until October ls;.
One OF the larSeS; and fines, sales ever
received IN the city was put into Jake
Gtubb's jewcIry store on saturday. II Is
from the Barnes house OF Pittsburgh.
The social held in our neigh boring town
OF WulIsDUrg, on Saturday night, was an
enjoyable affair iOr all who attended
CocEayne's orchestra furnished the music.
4 DAUGHTER OF Mr.. Daniel Winters, OF
Dallas, was severely injured by being
thrown from swing. Her lower jaw was
fractured, Rndshe received serious internal
injuries.
4 VALUABLE horse was stolen the other
evening from MIR. John Armstrong, OF the
firm OF Armstrong, Coen Il Co. The ami
nal was taken from Mr.. Armstrong; farm,
above the city.
THE wagon in which Cockaynes oEches-
ira went TO WellsbuIg, last Saturday at.
terHoon, broke down near Short Creek.
fhe band arrived in time, however, TO till
their engagement.
The graduating class Of the Wheeling
Female College were entertained 10y Mrs.
Judge CraRmer, at her pleasant residence,
corner Virginia and South Penn streets,
saturday evening.
A FEW days since life convict at the
peniIenliary, whose name We failed to
learn, while working in the wagon shops
got his lett hand IN some machinery aud
had ii cut Oft close to the wrist.
SUNDAY trains on the Hempfield are be.
coming popular. They afford cheap
way OF reaching the country. the oOjec.
tive point OF most OF the passengers being
Col. Thos. Hornbrook's Park.
QUARTERLY meeting will be held next
Saturday, the 22l, at the N. +. Church,
in Martins Ferry. Rev. J. II. HolIings.
head, OF the New Philadelphia district,
will Ire present ana aSsiS; Rev. 5. y. Ken
needy.
HENRY JEFFERSON, OF the Atlantic, open.
ed his summer gardens on Saturday night
with concert by kramer's Orchestra. \
very large number OF persons were in at.
tendance, who report good music and
pleasant time.
The Committee appointed to investigate
the charges against FIRE Marshal Carpen-
ter held y meeting on Saturday evening.
and BY consent OF both sides decided not
to take any additional evidence, but to
submit that already taken TO meeting oi
Council! on Monday night.
ON Saturday evening q party OF boys
broke into the rear window OF Logan,
List X Cos. drug store, and carried OF
several boxes OF indigo. 4 boy named
Reese was arrested by Officer Davis with
/ portion OF the stolen goods in his posses
sion and taken to the lookup.
THERE was foot race over in Wcs;
Wheeling on Saturday afternoon between
\. Rolf and John Dolan. The match was
ior SO side, and was won BY Dolan.
After the contest, a race was arranged be-
tween George Devinney and Vim. Bounce,
who will run on nett saturday for purse
o! SO.
The commencement exercises ot the
graduates OF the public schools OF the city
vii be held on the evening OF the 96th
INST. in Washington Hall. There are
wenty.seven pupils who are prepared to
graduate. The Firs,, Filth, Sixth ami
seventh Ward schools graduate twenty.
hree pupils, while the Third and Eighth
Ward schools send out two graduates each.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
IRE building several hundred box cars,
which they propose 10 run on their fast
Express freight trains. The axles. Jour
Ia!s, etc, are TO be sufficiently heavy TO
make il perfectly safe TO run the ears a,
aish speed when carrying 1900 pounds.
While the running gear will be heavier
han those OF the ordinary cars, the box OF
he ear will BE- two feet shorter, but they
will be lined on the interior two and a
ialt feet higher than the box cans in com.
non use. The tendency on all roads is to
Increase the capacity OF their cars, but
his is biglump, as two years ago 10000
sounds was thought to he ample tonnage
for car.
THE Mwnncrchor Singing Society will
% to Crcssp's Grove, on the steamer Tel.
gram, July 18th. The boat will leave the
Wheeling wharf at 80 4. VI. sharp, Wash.
ngton Mill landing at 500 A. NJ. Sharp, and
he dancing will commence at "a. n. Up.
N the Committee on Invitation there
ire; Louis G, Stitel, Franz Laupp, Nm.
Stromberg, Louis F. Stiiel, Frank Woeber,
lr., Chas. F. Esz, Fred. Schwertieger. II.
>eiberi, Vim. kirbach, \. Greene, F. C.
Arbenz, Louis Pracht, jr, Louis Dertschy,
:. kRuter, Z. Scham6n. The Commit.
ee on Arrangements consists OF Chas. F.
Etz, Charles Appenzeler, G.. Krauter, f
>cheut!er, +, c. Arbenz. The Committee
N AmuSemeutS are: NJ. Gelink, Z.
SCheutler, Theodore Kober: and the
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