The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-07

Brief Mention.
TuE Circuit Court will sit to-day.
MANY Of the farmers are busy cutting
wheat
TIE Board Of Commissioners meets this
morning al the Court House.
SUPREME CorRr Inns adjourned over TO
Wednesday, and Municipal Court to Tues
day.
THERE are at present two hundred and
fity.one ConvlCts In the MOundsVille PEN
itentiary.
CouSclL Committees on Ordinances,
Accounts, Health and Market House will
meet ut the City Building tonight.
TIE new residence Of Mr.. BlRyney, at
ROnoy's Point, Is ono OF the finest In Ohio
county. Messrs, Holiday 4 Son were the
contractors.
Or Saturday the Mechanic club, Of the
Eighth Ward, defeated the Actiyes, Of the
Fourth Ward, In game of base ball. The
score was IA 10 10.
'SQUIRE,MAYEs, the veteran West Alex.
ander Justice, married five couples on the
Fourth inst. The Squire has perhaps ad.
iuSlCd more matrimonial nooses than any
man In the country.
A YOUNG man named Charles Reed, liV.
ing In Bridgeport, accidentally shot him
self through the hand while handling q
revolver ut u picnic ut Ridgeway's Grove,
five miles west Of town, on the Fourth.
Ar Elm Grove, on the morning OF the
Fourth, q couple Of curious fellows who
undertook TO show knot Of admiringna
tives how to operate grain elevator, had
each iingeF mashed by the machine
while working II.
A Foot RACE between August Rolf and
David Shatler, for u purse OF 500, came
of ut West Wheeling on Saturday after.
noon. ShNtier won the race by about two
feet. The winning man was Immediately
challenged 10 second contest.
TnE good people OF Moundsyille will no
doubt feel exceedingly grateful towards an
enterprising Sunday paper OF this city,
which yesterday contained sensational
report Of terrible murder in their town,
that was committed in Cincinnati on Fri.
day morning.
LETTERS addressed as follows remain
unCalletL for at the City Postottice: II. j.
ECarr, Thomas S. Fuller, James Glenn,
Curtis llendeshott, X. tlelsky 4 Bro, Il,
lIelsky, Joseph Raynor, Thomas WegnGr
4 Co., Thomas or "Mack' Wright.
IT is reported that the members Of the
Brown Boat Club have undertaken TO raise
$500, the amount for which Louis Felsing.
Of the Nail City Club, says he will row
y eisgerber, Of the Brown. There is q
probability, therefore, that the proposed
match between these two well.knOwn
oarsmen may yet materialize.
IT is something unusual nowadays to
hear Of wages being increased. 1t may
therefore, be encouraging to learn that y
few days since the owners OF the Island
dry docks voluntarily increased the wages
OF their workmen from g to 81 25 pei
day. The docks, by the way, have been
crowded with work for some weeks past
TIE Church.going people up in North
Wheeling were much annoyed last even
ing by dancing party ut Wilbert's Gar
den. Complaints were made to the police
regarding the affair, but the party broke
up shortly, and there was no necessity fol
| the Intervention OF the officers. The police
say they knew nothing Of the party unit
citizens complained to them in regard tC
it.
TIE intense heat OF Friday last was
very hard on tho horses. Many OF the
. poGr brutes were badly abused by reckless
celebrants. Mr.. Henry Michel, the Cen
tire Wheeling livery man, lost one Of hi
best horses in this way. Mr.. ]. /. Simp
son, also y livery man, lost valuable
horse, which fell dead on the Nationa
g Road, near Roney's Point. A horse be
longing to Mr.. II. Il. Dunlevy, dropped
: on the pike aud died in a few moments.
A LARGE assemblage wero in attendance
at the First NJ. +. Sunday School straw.
berry festival and concert last evening
Before proceeding TO the supper table, Mr.
|. X. Davis the Superintendent Of the
Sunday School, made speech on the out
lines otmusic, and presenting Mr.. Bassett
the organist OF the church, with q purse o.
e 500. Mr.. Bassett Was completely over
come and taken by surprise, but managed
to respond under the circumstances. All
in all, it was a pleasant evening long TO bC
remembered in the history Of the school
-CIerelGnd Ereling NerS.
The above item refers 10 Mr.. Frank Bias
set, native OF this city, and former or
ganist Of the Fourth Street NJ. L. Church.
His friends here will be pleased to heal
that he is so highly appreciated in his new
home.