The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-12-31


! State Fair; brilliant success assured. TIL
Arion Club purchases the Ferrel Block
corner OF Main and Twentieth streets
SeneEal burglaries reported from the Sixth
ward. A bold thief enters the residence Of
Alex. OttersOn, and cuts the hair from hi.
Mite,s head, steals 81 and escapes. Rev
Hughes, Harrison Taylor and Harry Brown
also visited by burglars, Maggie Mitchell
in the "rhe Pearl OF Savoy"
-. Continued success OF the State Fair,
Pickpockets abound.
Is, Rain interieres with tho State Fair;
nevertheless fairly good day.
II. Children's Day ut the Fair; weather
still inclement. Farewell reception to Rev.
=, L. Manchester, retiring pastor of the
Island NJ. L, Church, Geo. X. Wheat re.
signs his position US Gas Trustee.
10. Better day for the State Fair-Satur-
day. Managers conclude to extend it into
the next week, Hermann the magician, ut
the Opera House, Charles Bassett arrested
and committed to jail for alleged burglary
at the Mcclure House.
IL. Close Of tho Psulist Fathers Mission
at the Cathedral.
II. Mckee Rankin and vile at tho Opera
House in 1.-THE Danites." Lecture at the
Cathedral by Father Elliott on "The
Human Mind, its Friends and enemies"
Is, Tournament ut the State Fair. Tour
nament ball at FranzhGims Hall. The
Rankins play 40" The b. & o. Railroad
notifies the City Council that they decline
to accept the right OF way ordinance.
". Altmyer beats Barrett on the lower
course. Another damp day at tho State
Fair. '''''
20, The river again navigable for small
local packets, Boil beats WeisgeIber on the
lower course. Visit Of Wheeling Knights
Iemplar to Washington, Pa. Set.to between
ex'sheriif Tingle and O. S. Howell, a re.
porter, in the main exposition building at
the State Fair Grounds; no blood. Iast
day OF the Exposition and Fair.
q, Celebration by tho children of the
wheeling schools Of the Centennial OF
the battle OF Yorktown, Lecture by Rev,
r. Willetts at the First Presbyterian
Church on "The Model Wife" First appear.
9co as a star in Wheeling OF Thomas W,
keeu!e, the tragedian; RiCheIieu to al
crowded house.
g, Keen rs ShyloCk at matinee and
Richard I'LL" ut night. Strike OF brick. |
layers. Jim Weir, brother OF George, the
st. Ciaisyille murderer, strikes his father
dead ina 1T OF passion ut their home, near
st. ClaiBville, Billy BriCeland, OF Wheel
ing, beats Kennedy, Of Portsmouth, Va,
tn Q scuIling match at Washington City.
%, Snnday-August Hidebrecht, OF tho
South Side; ], n, Chainock, Jr., q well
known mailer; VIM. Holiday, OF Chapline
and Eleventh streets; and James " Mon.
Easter, OF Cleveland, formerly of Wheeling,
all buried with distinguished honors.
q. Harry Miners Comedy Company at
the Opera House. Explosion OF llre.danp
in a Benwood coal bank Joseph Hoey
md Louis Huffman badly burned. Safe
Of The Diamond Mills, at Bridgeport, rob-
bed by burglars.
%. Henry Newman falls from scafrold
at tho Water Works boiler building and
receives tatal injuries Sudden death Of
William Senne, n South Side cigar maker.
Richard Wilmuth, M employee Of the b. 4
y. Road, talls in 1T in the pumping
house at the yard, and is dangerously in.
jurcd. Jesse futile caught by a fill OIL
soapstone in Kaslcy & Brooks ilpper mine
md badly hurt. Mrs. John Fisher, Of The
Eighth Ward brcaksa arm. John Jones,
Top NJ I'LL boy, drops heavy iron on his
loot and receives injuries which render
lmputalton necessary.
27 Marriage OF Mr.. Earl W. Ogcbayand
Miss Sallle Howell, ut st. Matthews
Church.
81. Roller skating rink opened for the
Ieason.
NoTE.-Deaths in October, 70,