The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-19
EEMI.WEEKLY.
WEEKLY.
mOUNDsVILLE.
Racy aud Readable Resume Of Reeen
Affairs Reviewed by cur Reporter.

our Town appears 70 Do infested WIN
gang Of most inveterate petty thieves. A
short time ago Joseph stilwells meat shop
was entered, access being gained by re-
moving glass from the back door, and
about SO or 81 worth OF pork stolen. A
few days later Ed. Koonlz, OF the upper
ward, looses a lot OF chickens, and Tuesday
night last Sypder's establishment, neal
the depot, is robbed OF keg and two
gallon jug OF whisksy, together with loi
OF bologna sausage and some other ar
ticles, From some cause or other Snyder
suspected that his goods were at All
Ohariton'a establishment, aud proceeded
to swear out search warrant, which was
placed in the hands Of Sergeant Hanen,
who, accompanied by Snyder, viaited
Charlton'a and found Jug which Snyder
claimed was the one stolen from him.
MIS-. Charlton (Mr. Charlton and two OF
three more OF our citizens being In retire.
ment Just OF present awaiting the adjourn.
ment Of the Circuit Court said that the
ing and keg Of whisky had been left
there by person living In town, (whose
name she gave) and that afterwards the
keg was taken away by another party. A
warrant was Issued for the man who Mira.
Charlton said had left the articles with
her, hut hos not yet been served. There
was several person in Snyder's place the
evening the articles were taken, and 1t Ia
supposed from the fact that the bar was
removed from the inside OF the door that
ono Of the parties concealed himself In
the room before the place was closed for
the night
"Doctor" U. Tom Young will be in
town next week to remain "iore days
ouely," The doctor has been here before,
both In his character as a physician and
otherwise; in fact he has spent something
over two years as an involuntary visitor TO
this vicinity.
L. b. PuTdy, Esq., attended the meeting
OF the Grand Lodge X. OF H., at Fair.
mont, Tuesday last, as delegate from the
lodge here.
Messrs. Boughton aud Richards left for
Colorado, Tuesday night last.
The Csse Of &. s. MCEadden vs.. the
town, resulted In verdict In favor OF Nc
Fadden. The suit was to recover damages
sustained, caused by the action Of the Ser.
geant, In levying On house belonging 10
the plaintiff for corporation taxes, or prop.
erty claimed by him not to be In the cor.
porRtion. II certainly appears that this
vexed question Of corporate limits should
be definitely settled.
Chris KIeiver has purchased the prop.
erty OF Joseph Harris, Eeq, north oftown.
The price paid was, l understand, 1000.
lngersoll, not Bob, but Joseph, was in
town during the week.
Harvey Hicks, Esq, has purchased q
large number Of horses In this county dur.
ing the past month, for the eastern mar.
ket
The Court House square Is being nicely
ornamented with shade trees and ever.
green's.
Circuit Court Is still working away 10.
wards OF the lower end OF the
long string OF cases doCketed for trial.
rwenty.four additional Jurors have been
drawn to Oil up the depleted ranks OF that
army Of martyrs.
Capt. ". II, Cecil and Mrs.o. B. Hun.
ter and family started for Kansas Mon
day last.
The number Of amateur detectives we
have here is something really astonishing.
The committee OF three in the Upper
ward, for The ostensible purpose Of cor.
reCting the Irregularities Of their erring
fellow mortals, oil both sexes, has increaSed
It's members 10 ten persons. Their com.
miLtee on newspaper correspondence ap.
pear to not meet with much
success, as they have not yet been able 10
find an organ willing to publish their sew.
eral times written, revised and corrected
contribution, ana then, too, we have sew.
eral other little bureaus, consisting OF
from one 10 three members. One OF the
membera Of this fraternity In explaining
a case to your correspondent that he was
working up, exhibited note written 10 a
young lady (?) Of the Upper Ward re-
questing. a meeting at KoontE's corner
one evening this week. The note 10 writ.
ton In remarkably neat style. will not
just now give the writer away. ~,
Miss Lulie Clay Bigbie, the we'll known
eloCutionist, gave an entertainment OF the
Masonic Hall Wednesday evening last.
Jack. Davis and Miss AIDA Wallace
were married at the residence OF VIM
Koontz, In the Upper ward, Tuesday
evening last.
JEFF Davis Is painting the front Of the
Latrobe House, and adjoining building,
on Water street.
Lizzie, the thirteen.y ear.old daughter
Of NJ. G. Kelley, died Thursday morning
last Of acute corea. The case batIled the
combined medical skill OF Drs. Dodd,
Bruce and FrizEell. The remains were
taken to Wheeling on the 2 r. NJ. train To-.
day for interment III the Catholic burying
ground.
Gan any person explain why the street
lamps were not III last nieht3 We may
have TO wait long time before there is
another night that they will be so badly
needed as last night.