The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-13

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here was 10 PEoceeHlpH.
TaR old Island Fair Grounds will be
offered for public sSle August Goth,
AsrRIES Of Limestone is being broken
On ChApline street, below rWeny-tourth.
THE new brldgsacross0 AldWelrs.run oil
Chapllue street 10 rapidly approaching
TUE short line Of street cara has been
taken of temporarily on account Of the
torrid heat.
CouKCu last night authorised the com
mitteeo on Water Works TO purchase Q new
cylinder for the WorthingInn pump.
A MOONLIGHT SOCIAL for the benefit Of
the Thomson NJ, =. Sunday School was
In zAIe's Orchard last night,
THE acknowledgements Singing
Society will present "Midsummsr's Night
Dream" on the Island some Right next
week.
A. VERY pleasant party was given at
the country residence Of Major Alonzo
L0ring last night, and about twenty
couples went out from this city.
A PEANToN party 10 to DO held at Mt
Bsllevisw tomorrow eusning. A lawn
party will also be held ct the Berger man
sion grounds on the same evening
IT HAS been discovered that the State Of
West Virginia hRA paid no water rent since
1875, and now supplemental assessment
has been ordered TO cover that time.
W. g, GARDINER, Robert Luke'S under
taker, who was overcome by the heat OF
Phil Duffy's funeral on Monday, Is rscOv'
sring slowly and will be we'll in few dSys'
A YOUNG woman named Minnie Jun
kius, formerly employed by Bloch Bros.,
was oveTpOWered by the heat yesterday
and laid In q critical condition until last
evening.
NOBLE BARToN, John MCCluSky, Jsmel
Reynolds, Thos, Sweeney rs years old)i
and - Patton, Of Brooke county, were
taken to Weston by Dr., Lewis and his At
PENDANTS yesterday.
The case against VIM. Curry for passing
counterfeit money was dismissed by
Squire FelbeF, yesterday, the evidence
going to show that he had nothing to dc
with the transaction,
The Top Mill nail factory shut down
yesterday on account OF the extreme heat
The LSBelle quit on Monday, and quite
number oil men look 0 vacation from othel
mills. All suffered extremely.
WV. BABBrT, Of the schultzs Boat Club
It is said Ia anxious 10 tackle Hsgedorn, Z,
the Leisure, but the friends Of the latter
are q little "acary" OF the former, and Il Il
not likely that any race will be made.
VIKwId's band has been yaluAbly rein
forced by the addition Of the following
we'll known musicians: Theodore Boiler
Charley BTandtASs, - Grimm, flute, thu
making 1t second to nc band In the State
Dr.. EDWARDS, Health Officer, says the
rain Of last night WAS Of more service thar
ell OF the physicians In the city, % i
"Aushed" the sewers, CUTTERS, etc, oil Thu
city, and In cooling the heated AtmoS'
phere.
Col. FRED MILLER, ianitor Of the Custom
House, was badly injured yesterday Will
attempting 10 stop q runaway team on lhl
wharf. 0pe Of the horses kicked hin
twice above the knee, bruising and injur
ing him severely.
IT is said that Jimmy Manton wants Il
tackle "SWope" Knoke, of the Leisure, bu
az Manton Is larger and more experienced
than "swops" the friends Of the latte
want fifteen seconds start 80 the prinCipa
condition Of the race.
THE Board Of Public Works was in SEES
sion yesterday for . short time anC
examined the bids OF the plumbers anC
others for fitting out the State House o.
Charleston, KRnawha county. The
awards will! likely be made to-day.
W. B. D%oNNRLLY, Deputy Sheriff oil
Kanswhs county, accompanied by ]. T,
arrived In this city Monday night, having
Ia charge Thomas and Gopher, sentenced n
The %Penitentiary at MoundSville.
LAST night Steven Crawford, Thomas
Kennsy, Charley Sweeney and one or two
others were out In q skif when the terrific
wind storm arose, aud their skiff CapsIzlng
Crawford narrowly escaped drowning, and
had It not besnW for Kenney he would have
certainly gone down.
An INrELLiGENcER reporter made o
trip through the various livery stables
Yesterday afternoon. The proptietorl
thereof reported their animals as suffer
ing extremely from the heat, but nc
horses had died SINGS the demise Bay
jim In Wagnst's stable on Monday.
An ordinance granting the Central Dis
trict and Printing Company the right Ia
take their wires OF hOuse tops and place
them on poles 10 he erected, vas passed
last night, the city agreeing TO- give a
years notice In the event Of On intention
to removable poles from the streets,
Gov. JACKSON is In receipt Of o letter
from the Census Department asking thai
be interest himself In procuring certain
data from the counties Of Ohio, Pendleton
and Randolph, which have not yet been
obtained BY the census bnreau. The
Governor. sent proper blanks TO the
County Clerks.
ToM RoeE, foreman OF the Eighth ward
hose house, has just perfected an auto.
matte halter ~"looeer," which instantly
frees the horses directly the gong ID
sounded. The stroke OF the clspper
releases q bar behind the gong, which bar
CONTROLS wire communicating with the
stall OF the horses, and this wire releases
the halter strap OF the horses. II Is the
most ingenious and complies thing Of the
kind we have yet seen, and 10 superior 10
the methods now In use In this city and
Pittsburg.
REaIDRNTERs and merchants on Market
street below Fourteenth we're excited
somewhat yeiterday afternoon by seeing
q tall gentleman, clad In q clerical black
suit, and wearing an old fashioned plug
hat, set far back on his head, running
toward Sixteenth Btreet like d black 90.
trich, and swinging In one hand q big,
red handkerchief. He was after a train
on the raging Hempasld, and missed II
by twenty lengths. Five undertskers
followed him up, expecting D death by
sua stroke. but were disappointed.