The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-08
NEIGHBoRHooD NEWS.
RELLAIRE
The watkins Mateh-Personal Mention
and Local Gossip.

and Local Gossip.
The Jubilee Singers did not have alarg
audience Friday evening, but the perform
ance was excellent. At the saturds
matinee there was slim attendance. Nc
enough attention was was paid to advei
tising.
Mr.. Thomas Archibald Is now assistin
Mr.. Ktncaid at the Water Works powe
house, it being necessary to have two er
giueers on account Of the increased de
nand on the water. The blast furnace
at present drawing Its supply from tn
city reservoir.
Mr.. Stephen Gressinger's appointment
to the control OF the Children's Home, o
this county, gives perfect satisfaction to al
who know him.
The wording OF notice in these locals
and in one of our town papers, gave tht
impression that the Messrs. McClain hat
secured the stone contract for the new
Union window glass house, whereas itwa
for the new part of the old one. Mr.
Robinson will supply the stone from hi
quarries up the creek for the Union
and the Murrays will do the stone work.
Richard Crozier will begin the manufac,
ture Of bricks in short time on Indian
run, between the Cleveland and Pittsburgh
Railroad and Noble street.
Mr.. Barnard's fence is being set back
from the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Rail.
road to give room for the new street his
contract with the glass house calls for.
The members Of Lodge SIS, L o. o. F.,
are requested to meet Tuesday evening
at their room.
There was a fair sized audience at the
tobacco warehouse Saturday afternoon to
witness the first partof Miss Won Blumen's
25.mile walk. John Shuttlesworth began
and made half Of his seven and half
miles, then Newt. Anderson made all Of
his and John Koonce made six miles,
when rest was taken for supper. After
supper the crowd began to gather early
and in snch numbers that it was difficult
to get 10 the ticket sellers and up the stairs.
A great many ladies were present. James
Gill walked first, making one.haH OF his
one-fourth Of the thirty miles, then Shut.
tlesworth and Koonce finished their shares
and Gill ended. Miss Won Blumen seemed
in splendid spirits and made an excellent
race in the last half mile, when she ard
Gill passed one another time alter time,
alternately. When her twenty-five miles
were completed the gentlemen had made
twenty-nine miles and eighteen laps, or
seven laps short Of their thirty miles. It
was difficult to get the shortest time Of
each, but the followingis probably correct:
Anderson, 1910; Gill, 1857; Koonce,
$3.50; shuttlesworth, 1852; Miss Won
Blumen, l0:40. Koonce and shuttles-
worth together made one mile in 9:2S.
Then came the eyent-the fat mans
race. The contestants, who finally sp-
peared ready to "lard the lean earth,
were Brown, the blacksmith; Hardenstein,
q boiler; Gordon, the @. 4 P. telegraph
operator, and Freese, the livery man. At
the word 60 they started off at great
rate, to the tune Of Yankee Doodle, but
the cheering soon drowned all but an oc.
casional mole OF the orchestra. Harden
stein led at q fair walk until Brown, who
had set out to win the race at all hazards,
passed him on run, when he ran little
too. The track Is a tolerably wide one,
but when two OF the walkers came abreast
there was no room for anything else.
They kept it up for the two miles, amid
such an uproar OF cheers and laughter hat
the building shook. Once in while,
when one Of the runners had to slacken to
q fair walk for breath, he would
simply point ont to the crowd, as
he waddled on, longer-winded m.
tagonist who was getting past him on
"a run. All were tempted out OF
their walk, more or less, except Freese,
and at the close Of the race It was very
plain what the verdict Of the audience was,
as the race had been considered heel and
toe walk, and Miss Won Blumen presented
Mr.. Freese with the cup. Probably the
sides OF the spectators were sorer with
laughing than those Of the fat men with
racing. The affair has netted the Monu-
mental Association handsome sum.
Household goods and 'tsich like" went
off at lively rate at the auction Saturday
at Il. D. Meek's.
Mrs. Jane McClain died at the residence
of her son Arthur CLAIM, Sunday alter
noon at two O'Clock. She will be buried
Monday afternoon at two o'clock.
Rev. Fitzgerald, OF Morristown, and
Rev. CASTOR exchanged pulpits Sunday,
Mr. Fitzgerald preaching ia the Presby-
terian church here.
DR.. Belding preached in the Disciples
church Sunday, and will leave Monday
morning.
DR.. A. ]. LYDIA preached in the Metho.
dist church. Rev. Toland was at Woods.
field.
The wouanis Foreign Missionary So.
ciety at their meeting Saturday elected
the following officers: President, Mrs. A.
Wiley; Mrs, Thos. Wetherald and Mrs.
Job Borton, Vice Presidents; Mrs. Cyrus
strahl, Recording Secretary; Mrs. Julius
Armstrong, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs.
O. o. Crathy, Treasurer.
Ed. Jones, manager Of the blast furnace,
went TO Cincinnati on the St. Lawrence
Saturday night.
Mr.. and Ars, Smiley, who have been at
Crozier's Tor the last month, left on the st.
Lawrence.
Prof. W. q. weeden is In town again.
1t is reported that he oontemplates getting
up the cautata Of 'Belshazzar."
Will. S. Faris, Of the Rtgiaer, and wife,
spent Sunday in Bellaire.
The following persons were at the leap
year party at the Hecla club rooms Friday
evening: Messrs. Geo. Grafton, John
Kelly, Phil. Dyer, Dell. jackson, Chas,
Gill, Harry Wetherald, Frank Naylor, of
Bellaire; Messrs. Morris, Hoefflsr and
Martin, Of Woodsfeld; Massru. Burlie
McI.ure and John Reed, Of Wheeling:
Mr.. VIII. Aaytor, Of Snithfield; and M.
Bark West, otst. olaisville; Misses Emma
Cochran, Jennie Kelly, Mary Garrard,
Dora Moore, Belle Mellor, Lille Kirkpat-
nick, Hattie Naylor, Fanny Battelle, Annie
and Nellie Hoge, Ella Brodie, Mollie Barn.
hill, Annieand Ella Miller, Of Bellaire: Mn.
]. B. Barnhill. Mrs. J.W. .Yost, Mrs. ". q.
Caldwell, Mrs.C O. Baltzell, Mrs.J. F. Mercer.
Mn. A. Mills, Mrs. A. Stewart, Mrs ].
Biglow, Mrs. viii Kelly and Mrs. Will
Grafton with their husbands. Fowler fur
nished the music, Freese his two elegant
cabs, Ed. Skeeton (the colored Major Of
Company Dl the fires, water, etc. Mi. r,