The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-05-17

The Miller Arson Case-A New Phase 10
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Miss Annie Hoge, of St. olairsyille, wa
visiting in town Saturday.
The members Of company D. are order
ed to meet at their armory Saturday even.
ing next, at half past seven o'clock, tc
elect company officers. Some changes viii
be made in the manner Of voting, and the
election will be held for Captainto take
the place of W. II. Brown, and in the
event OF Lieutenant Littles being elected
Captain, an election will Immediately be
held for First Lieutenant, etc., until the
commissioned officers roster full. This
will necessitate the members remaining
until the whole is concluded, to get a vote
on each officer.
Rev. CASTOR preached a temperance
sermon Sunday morning. The congrega-
was a large one. there being no NJ. E.
services.
The graves Of soldiers buried in our
cemetery are not to be forgotten on Deco
ration Day.
A novel preventive for loafers pro-
voked smile from the passers Sunday. A
much.aftlicted stairway on Belmont street
had the steps carefully and thickly coated
with chalk.
James Hall, now teaching in West
Wheeling, was in town Saturday. The
young folks oil that village will give an en-
tertainment in the school house Friday
evening for the benefit OF the Methodist
Sunday School.
The st. Lawrence lay at the wharf boat
here Saturday evening until halt.past
seven o'clock. We were treated to some
excellent music from the band that ac-
companied the excursionists. Several per.
sonsfrom here went along.
The end OF the trial OF S. /. Miller for
burning, or attempting to burn, his
brothers. store was made by the grand
Jury, which did not find enough evidence
10 warrant them in finding q true bill.
But it turned out that Max Miller, who
had instituted the suit against his brother
for arson, has never been married, and a
bill was found against him for unlawfully
cohablting with Henrietta, "bis wife,"
About half past twelve o'clock Sunday
morning an alarm Of fire for the First ward
was sounded from the school house bell.
It was double house OF Jacob Heather
ington's, about two hundred yards below
the lower coal works, near Pinch run.
The hose Of the First Ward Hose Com
pany was too short 70 reach the fire, and
the other companies could do no good by
coupling hose together, as the fire was
six hundred yards or so below the lowest
fiTe.plug. The house was entirely con-
sumed. As the house was vacant at the
time, it is supposed the fire was the work
Of an incendiary, though there Is nothing
else to warrant such q suspicion. The
house was an old one.
Quite crowd of Wheeling's young men
walked down through our town Sunday
afternoon with a good deal Of loud talk
and a few oaths TO show US they were
from the city.
The burial Of Joseph Long took place
at Old Wegee Cemetery Sunday, the fun
eral leaving here in the afternoon.
The funeral OF Glenn Bowman took
place on Rose Hill Sunday afternoon.
Our streets are so extremely dusty that
some method Of street sprinkling has be-
come almost 9 necessity instead Of
luxury.
Among those selected by the Bellaire
nailers to represent them in the base ball
contest with the boilers, we have heard
mentioned AIilt. Stewart, Charles Balzell,
Thomas Wilson, Gus. Hardenstein, Dave
Steward, John Wier, Aaron Mills, Samuel
Simmons. Messrs. Stewart and Harden
stein were well known ball players some
few years ago.
Mrs. ]. W. Tripp is in town.
Among the Bellaire beer advertisements
in Saturdays Register Isl mention OF REV.
Gaskins, Pastor Of the Presbyterian
Church," Miss Henderson is said to be
"Mrs. McDonald's sister," VIII Zilch Is
assigned to the orchestra st the Wheeling
Opera House; and one or two more minor
errors are noted, We would refer the
Register local to Mathew vii. 5, in connec-
ton wirh his fondness for noticing the
mistakes Of Others.