The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-27
MINOR MENTION.
The DoIpEs or the Day, Boiled Down fol
Hasty Readers.

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took bets EEs % anil
That Fatty Woul win II,
He pulled In therace With JOHN Riley.
lLamentIng.)
Joy d unknown % bis sd heart,
fho race Wa pulled All ! must I'll muAtitlI
Be said that from the rnrT start
Riley led, our yonng mons busted.
The Winder property, on Twentieth
street, wassold on Saturday by Auctioneer,
Hervey, for 81, 4l6 TO W. 7. Emblem.
BOB MCMILLAN and Peter Neil, Of Mar
tins Ferry, will walk twenty-five mile
match on October 9th, at Commercial
Hall.
The excursion on the Diurnal TO Mari
eta and PArkersburg, advertised for BAT.
urday last, did not materialize on account
Of low water.
AN ALARM OF fire came from Wilson
Dunleyey & Company's cooper shops In
North Wheeling yesterday morning, but
the fire was put out by those on the prop.
erty. The loss will not exceed $50.
Dick LACEY and Carp Beck, Of Martins
Ferry, rowed two.mile race, in working
boats, last Saturday over the upper course,
for S25 side, which was won by Lacey.
"Nidsy" Adams acted as referee.
FRAvRL is the name OF an individual
who figures prominently before the Police
Court. Saturday night Frayel was taken
out OF the Barracks" In the Sixth ward,
drunk and disorderly, and this morning
he will "tell the why and wherefore"
ANpERsoN's GROCERY, Twenty.fourth
and Market streets, was broken into Sat.
urday night by thieves, and quantity oil
provisions, hams and tobacco stolen. The
entrance was effected by cutting through
the front door. One Of the hams was
found yesterday on vacant lot near by
the store.
SEVERAL WEEKS ago, at the II. ]. Leasure
Boat Club regatta, Jacob Schleicher won
the prize. Saturday last schleicher, in re,
Spouse to challenge from Ed. Blattner
one OF the defeated ones in the formei
contest, rowed the latter another race
which Blattner won. During the progress
OF the race Schleicher's boat was upset. j.
II. Freese was the referee.
SATURDAY night, while a Democratic
club was forming in Martins Ferry, some
one threw stone which struck Martin
Cavenaugh who was standing on the side
walk watching the club. An examination
of Mr.. Cayenaugh showed that his woundt
were rather serious, his skull being frac'
lturcd. The Garfield and Arthur club
unanimously agreed to offer reward o.
S25 for the detection OF the cowardly
ruffian.
| LAST Thursday night at the iestiva
given by the Colored Odd Fellows at tn.
Armory, first class rumpus and fight &C
Cured, in the course OF which Arthur
Fields, Frank Simpsons modest and retir'
ing jehu, was knocked down and roughly
handled. Yesterday Arthur and Peanut
Scott were arrested by officers Shorts ant
Gillespie. James Mercer, a Bridgeport
negro, was the principal and has Rot beer
arrested.
WE HAVE been informed by one Of thos,
in authority At the Belmont Mill, that thu
statement in the Nems. Letter yesterday t.
thr effect that the average wages paid q
mule drivers in the coal bank was 81 So Il
a mistake-the wages average ST. 2S. The
Belmont Mill will hereafter adopt new
plan, viz: two boss drivers will have
charge OF the others, whose pay shall bt
ST so per day, and those under them shal
be graded as formerly.
ARA MEETING OF Ben franklin Council
No. 2, o. U. A. NJ, Saturday evening, the
following officers were elected: Councillor
Martin E. Wines; vice.councilor, James
Hastings; recording secretary, George
Hastings; assistant recording secretary,
John Ripple; financial secretary, Michael
Swindler; inductor, George Watson; ex'
aminer, Ben Stevens; inside protector
John Shutter; outside protector, Robert
Campbell; junior past councillor, W. ii,
Williams; senior past councillor, Jackson
Wardell.
On last Sunday evening the shop mates
OF James Marshall gave him genuine sur
prise by marching in body to his resi-.
dence, No. 1888 Sixteenth street, and pre-
senting him with fine gold.headed cane
The presentation speech was made by Mr.
James McAdams, and Mr.. Marshall re.
piled in very appropriate manner, after
which all were seated to most bountiiu
supper, and the evening was spent In &
most enjoyable manner. Mr.. j. Ziegen.
fielder also presented Mr.. Marshall with {
splendid gold pen and holder. Mr.. Mar.
sLall wishes his twenty.arst birthday may
come every year.
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