The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-21

} excursion train OF four cars, crowded wit
people for the Loan, Friday evening, A.
companying 1t was Wallace's band iron
Woodsdel. Nearly all the members OF thi
band are boYA-the drummer, . son OF Mr.
Wallace's, being only SIX years old. They
! made excellent music and after entering th'
Loan Exhibition played some tunes softly
that were highly Applaudsd,
The St Lawrence lay some time at the
wharf bsat Friday afternoon and band or
board treated usto some excellent music, A
number Of those on board, coming from thG
Cincinnati, stopped over at the Loan.
Some one very carelessly threw bucket oil
water out Of the third story Of the Loan Fri
day that completely drenChed Mrs. Hunter,
OF Woodsheld. Her dress, an elegant one,
was ruined, and her nerves received shock.
Mr.. Evans, OF Mt Pleasant, Ohio, put on
exhibition at the Loan Friday gun that was
brought from England in 1888. II Is duck
gun that killed eleven wild geese at one time
Its length Is 8 feet inches and the bore Is
In proportion. II weighs 40 pounds. As 1t
was carried from the depot II made sensA-
ton all along the route. R,o,F,
WEST WHEELING WHIPS,
Capt VIM. Wolf has gone TO Cleveland on
business.
Burtoft Bros. are excavating for cellar
under their proposed new building.
Mrs, A, h McCahan, OF New Brighton, Pa,
Is In town visiting her m0therSin.lRw.
A little sou OF Capt. VIM. Wolf 10 slowly
recovering from severe attack Of typhoid
fever. John Glenn and Deloss Clemens are
down with the same disease,
Mrs Christian Wolf slying quite Ill at her
home back Of town,
An extra train OF two coaches passed
through town Thursday evening about 10
O'Clock, over the U. Il T, on It's way 70 BellAire.
Itrsturnsd Friday morning. We did not as
certain It's object,
The late Richard Miller was carried To his
last resting place Sunday, after brief illness
OF about three weeks. He was the boy
Pilot ol the steamer Ella, very industrious,
and was seldom absent from his post at the
wheel.
Miss Phebe Wsyman and sister, Of Proctor,
were In town last week visiting Miss Emma
Hamm. They left for home on the DlurnAl
Friday morning,
Quite nunbsr Of our young people are
tall ing Of visiting the Loan Exhibition at
BCllaire, We think an excursion train on the
@. 4 7, would be well patronized.
The closing exercises Of the grammar
school will close on Friday, the 9th inst,
Prot, John D. Shea will leave for Boston
and Cambridge, MaSA, on the 1Sth inst, to be
present at the COmmencements OF the Boston
University and Harvard College. lie has
been chosen by his class 70 deliver an Grafton
OF their reunion.
A family picnic will be given under the
auspices Of the Mite Society, Of this place. at
Mehlman's Grove, Saturday, May 2sth, and
a good time Is anticipated.
MARTINS PERRY.
The graduating class Of the Martins Ferry
High school numbers ten, and Is as follows
Mitses May Robinson, BERTHE Gray, Belle Up.
degraf, Maggie Pennington, Ida Lewis, Matte
HObenSack, Ella Green, Maggie johnson, and
Messrs. Albert Harris and Jesse Jones. The
commencement exercises will be held in the
Presbyterian Church on Friday evening,
June 3D..
This evening the Veterans hold meeting
for the purpose Of making the final arrange
menis toward the organization Of post Of the
G. A. Il. at this point. The necessary appli-
cations will to forWarded Monday 10 Geo. 8.
Garfield, Assistant AdjntAnt General, at To-
ledo, and mastering officer will arrive about
the middle Of next week, when the post will
be fully organized. They eIp.ct to start
with about thirty or thirty'fye membera
Mr. Lewis, biother Of The young man who
preaCh0 last Sunday, will occupy the pulpit
In ths prrsbyterisn Church Tomorrow.
The church would not hold ali the people
who desired Ia hear Rev Chaliants first ser.
mon n his new congregation In Pittsburgh,
last Sunday.
Mr.. Ad. Van Pelt, who has been learning
telegrAphy here, began breaking on thd road
Friday morning.
Mr.. Hastings Of Bowers 4 HIstings, livery
men, WIS thrown from wagon load OF corn
while ascending Hanover street bill last even
Ing and was somewhat cut and bruiied. The
horses became frightened and suddenly
started To run.
nRfboEroAr.
Warner & Co.'s New International Show
will exhibit at Bridgeport on Monday the
2ad inst.
An Omploye Of the Wheeling Creek Coal
Company by the name Of Arch Coss who was
coming home from work yesterday evening
about O'Clock, was struck at the upper end
OF bridgeport by the 4o'ol0ok aco0mmoda.
lion train and instantly killed. He was hard
OF hearing and did not hear the engine
whistle for him, and was struck before the
engineer could stop his engine.
r j. Baggs & Son are receiving q large lot
OF lumber by river.
Bridgeport has merchant tailor.
Mr.. Win. Cochran, formerly an employe OF
tho O., r. v. & W. Railroad Company at
BfIdgVpoit Station has resigned and gone TO
Cleveland 10 work on the U, o., @. & l. Rail-
road, and Mr.. ] Ballenger alse.
Eoins Of the streets In Bridgeport are In
very bad condition.