The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-03

BRIEF Mention.
why swell q million hearts to-day,
With memories Of the pastf
Why rings out yon deep thunder gun
Upon The TulhIpg blRstf
Why hold the beautliul and brave
TIE Jubilee Of earth
IL Il The glorious day that ave
Our RrSnd old country birth
BAD weather for picnics.
HoRSpRooK's PARK will be specially at
tractive to-day.
ExcR1sIoR LoDoE !. o. o. F. picnics at
Cresap's Grove to-day.
MONDAY will be generally observed in
this city as the Fourth Of July.
The Pwiky road will run big excursions
TO the Hutton race course to-day.
ANDREW EDMIsroS, OF Lewis county,
was at the Auditors office, yesterday.
Tm North Street NJ. E. Church gave
picnic at Hornbrook's Park, yesterday.
TnR Custom House offices will all be
closed Monday, and no business will be
transacted.
THERE will be special pay for the
Fourth Of July, at the Central Glass
Works, to-day.
ONE,marriage license was issued and one
deed Of trust filed for record at the County
Clerks Office yesterday.
THIS Bellaire M. E. Sabbath School has
an excursion TO Tiltonville to-day, where
they will have basket picnic.
A EoBDERY Is reported at one Of the
East Wheeling resorts OF bad reputation.
The particulars are not interesting.
EXCELSIOR LODGE, /. o. o. F., will excurt
TO Cresap's Grove to-day on the Telegram.
Kramer will accompany Che party.
A CONVENTION OF the Leaf Tobacco AS.
ISOLATION OF Ohio and West Virgins will
be held in GAINESVILLE Thursday, July 9th,
1880.
AuCr1oSEER HERyEY yesterday sold
the Heyman property. on Main street,
near Fourteenth, 10 Jacob Snyder, for
$50, 900.
SOME young men became too boisterous
in their sport at the Mcclure House last
night, and one OF them broke large pane
OF plate glass.
The steamers Abner o'Neal and Mallie
Ragon, dashed together, will take party
OF Stenbenyillians down to Moundsville
this morning.
The Clator-Luther boat race is the
prime object OF interest to sporting people
Today in this neighborhood. Immense
numbers OF Wheelingites will take in the
race.
STATISTICS are said to show that more
rain has fallen in this region in the last
seven or eight months than ever before In
the same length OF time.
The High Tented Rechabites OF this
city will excurt to Evansville to-day, where
they will unite with the encampment in
that city in picnic at Jewett Grove.
THE Mennerchor singing society will
excurt to Cresap's Grove next Monday on
the Telegram and barges Mayer brass
and string bands will accompany them.
THE attention OF small boys is called
to the Mayors proclamation torbidding
the firing OF salutes in the city limits. Put
up your shooters, boys, or go 10 the hill.
MANY complaints are heard OF the hab'
1t OF allowing the tongues OF market wsg-
ons to project out into the street all night
at the Market House. 1t should be stop
ped.
| A STRANGER visiting Wheeling from
abroad says the water here is very bad,
!: and the beer very good, but the difficulty
Is in telling them apart without tasting
: them.
SOME one says that "humor and coarse
ness are not akin" In this respect hu.
NOR and coarseness differ from the small
boy who has just eaten pocket full oil
green apples.
| WILLIAM TELL LODGE, No 8, |. 0. Q. F.
elected the following officers last night;
G. NJ, August Sauer; v. g. NJ, Hugo
Loos; Secretary, John Soladayi Treasurer,
Louis Satterbach.
Irisan encouraging sign Of the times to
see so many Garfield and Arthur campaign
clubs organized in Wheeling, and to see
the class OF citizens who are interesting
themselves in the organizations.
4 AN alarm OF fire in the Eighth ward
last night, originated from lamp coming
in contact with dress hung to dry near
III. The reel turned out, but the fire was
put out by the people in the house.
SQUIRE PnIlIPs yesterday ordered the
comnittal Of Charles Lewis, colored
man, to the State Asylum for insane per-
sons at Weston. He has been in the coun.
ty jail for safe keeping for some days.
County CouRT held no session yesterday,
but the Special Commissioners appointed
to inquire into the matter Of the condem-
nation OF certain property for the purpose
OF widening Market Alley, heard the wit
nesses in the case.
TnE irrepressible moke, JEFF Davis,
again vindicates his title to the descriptive
appellation applied to him above, by APP
pearing on the streets, a free man. A pro.
fessional gentleman took compassion on
him yesterday, and gave bond in 500 Tor
JeH's appearance before the grand jury.
While in jail, Jed's fellow prisoners tried
. him for some ohense, and finding him
guilty, shaved his head as clean as an egg
shell.
J The case OF Jacob Wilhelms against
Fred, Sturgeon, or rather OF the State
against Sturgeon, Wilhelms being the
complainant, was tried yesterday by
Squire Philips, who held the defendant
in bonds OF S100 to keep the peace. In
the afternoon Wilhelms again complained
that Sturgeon was guilty OF using theaten-
ing and profane language, and new war.
rant was issued by the Squire. The case
will be tried at 10 o'clock this morning.
LAST night about eight o'clock as Mr..
Robert McLain and his wife and children
were driving down Market street In q
family carriage, the horse became fractions
near the corner OF Twenty.second street,
and broke the harness, besides kicking
the front Of the buggy to pieces. But for
the heroic conduct OF a boy named James
Mack the occupants OF the buggy must
have been severely hurt. The boy held
to the horses, in spite OF their kicking,
though he was several times thrown down,
till the family escaped.
The regetta at. Wellsville, Ohio, to-day,
promises to be an event OF much interest,
and were 1t not for the simultaneous &C.
currence OF the race at the Hutton course,
Il would no dnrht ahanrh the entire Rttan.