The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-05-07

ARCHERY bids lair 70 be very popular
this season.
A COMET with a tail three miles long is
coming this way.
TnB drivers on the Citizens Railway.
are now receiving 81 so per day.
The Benwood Mill will not 60 on until
next Monday. The Company have de-
cided to sign the muck rollers scale.
BASE ballis having a boom in other parts
Of the country. Wheeling doesn't seem TO
take much stock in 1t" this season.
THE Whitaker Iron Works yesterday
received a large lot Of old rails from Eng
land, by way Of the Baltimore and b. q U.
road.
GLASSES A and B, OF the Lindsey Liter
airy Society, had q contest laAt night which
resulted in favor Of the former by slight
fraction.
ABOUT one hundred and seyenty.fye
packages OF glass were shipped from this
city by water yesterday TO Kansas Ol1y'
Missouri.
WE saw some money put up yesterday
on bet that Grant will be the chicago
nominee. 1t looks now as II somebody
would win.
A PLEASANT surprise party was given
Mr.. and Mrs. John He'll at their residence,
1870 Eighteenth street, last night, VieWigs
orchestra was present.
We regret 10 hear that Mr.. Lewis Jones,
Superintendent Of the 4Etna Iron MIL,
who recently had his hand injured oy
some machinery, will lose one OF his I'm
gers.
SUPERINTENDENT john BENTLEY OF the
Hemptield has his road in splendid condi'
ton, aud is steadily improving it. This
road Is becoming one OF the best short
line roads in the country.
A GENTLEMAN named Linderman, from
the Eighth ward, sustained some yer!
severe injuries Wednesday by beinl
thrown from wagon while attempting {
control q runaway horse In the Filth ward
TIE short line cars were again placed
on the Citizens Passenger Railway yes
terday between the Mcclure House ant
Benson's Ferry. These cars are grea
convenience, and We are glad to have then
back again.
PRoPs. HERMANN and Armstrong
pupils will give pupils" concert thi y,
evening at New Wiesel Hall" which
will be very pleasant affair, as thes'
pupils are among our very best young tai
ent in the city.
SAM ALLEN, a weary Bourbon from Mar
shall county, succumbed TO whisky ant
he violence OF the hot weather yesterda!
afternoon and laid down for rest near III,
iE;Shth ward lookup, to which place OBI
Ger Sullivan removed him.
TnE steamer ]. Il. Mcconnell, oil Mari
eta, was sold yesterday by her owner
Captain Steve Davis, to the U. II. Y. Il
, K. Co., for the purpose oil a transfer boa
for that Company at this city: The pric
realized was something near Sl0,O0O.
Ting old Fulton rag.mau who had som
boys arrested for kindling fire in danger
ously close proximity to stone wall ,iaile.
to make out case before Squire W
w. Miller yesterday afternoon, and wa
Obliged to pay the costs Of thesuit.
YESTERDAY afternoon little son OF J
S. MAYORS was playing about in bis bar
feet near the Seventh Ward school house
during recess, when he tramped IN N
smouldering embers where some ruoDis
2 had been burned. The hot Goals stuc
fast 10 his feet, and he was quite severed
burned.
The gentlemen composing the excursio
to this city from Cleveland and intermt
diate points last week were treated to som
very fast riding on their return trip. The
eft Bridgeport shortly after 3 O'Clock sa
! urday morning, visited the Black live
terminus Of the road, and were at Cleyt
+. land at Arm.
The filters at the Top mill blast furnace
have been asked 10 consent to q reductio
OF twenty-five cents per day, but II
fuse. They are now making at the rate
= 81 70 per day. This furnace will be banl
ed up next Sunday or Monday, and th
Belmont blast furnace will be banked u
next Monday.
The Bellaire evening Bulletin is autho
ity for the statement that some month
ago Captain pevries and others purchase
mining shares in Colorado for which the
maid 5000. They now have an oae
: which we are told they have accepted, {
: 100000 for their claim, the intendin
. purchaser having deposited $4,000 wit
. responsible parties as guarantee OF goo
= faith.
Mrs. sHElB's musical Parlor entertain
ments are announced for Thursday an
Friday evenings OF next week, and anon
those who will participate, are Prof. Hel
: man Ebeling, now OF Columbus, o., VIII
will play some exquisite Piano solos, an
Prof. Louis Vass, as Violinist, which wit
other splendid attractions, will max
these entertainments, the most interestin
, OF the season. We will give further pal
I ticulars in few days.