The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-29
RELLAIRE.
Some Facts About PlIth-other Local
Intelligence.

Some Facts About PIIth-0ther Local
Intelligence.
U. ]. Smith Is back after some weeks In the
country. ' "a.-e
Mr.. and Mrs. Ian Mason returned from
Burr's Mills Saturday.
Miss Eattie. King, daughter OF +. ], King,
died, after q long Illness, Saturday night.
James Moore, formerly foreman Of the I'm.
plement Works here, was In town Friday
evening, on his way home from Moundsyille.
The performance In City Hall; Saturday
night, was witnessed by great many holders
Of cnrbstone tickets-men, women and chill.
dren.. H sa' a.II.ss7i't
Rev HeinHo and family left the city satur.
day after the funeral Of their child. They
will remain away during the prevalence Of
diphthCria here.
Rev. Gordon's farewell sermon at the Pres.
byterlan Church Sunday, was listened 10 BY
a larger congregation than has usually al.
tended this summer.
There was great deal Of anxiety shown
Saturday about the news from Washington,
and tile dispatches were bulletined on tho
TfibAale's windowsall day, III
The hremen took advantage Of the pcfmis
sion given them to use their hoses for awhile
Saturday evening" and great deal OF mud
was cleaned out OF the mains,
Rev Dean preached In the Disciples Church
Sunday, but no Sunday School was held
Those Of the Sunday Schools that are still
kept open show very noticeable falling Oft
In attendance, especially among the younger
members.
An item In Saturdays ISrE1LiuENcER, and
Afterwards In the LlfsDeIIdsNt 10 reference to
the death Of Mrs. TriSier, was incorrect. The
Mrs. TfiSler who has died was not the moth.
or Of MrA James Fltton, who was much sur.
priscd To read her obituary notice.
The Independent Of Saturday evening seems
rather To dlscredit the reports Of the filthy
condition Of the river Immediately above
our water works pipe. Your reporter took
sklff ride up there TO zee for himself, and
with companion counted dxty.eight large
clumps and strings Of animal entfails and
paunChes and sig carcaSses Of animals, three
Of them dogs. Two Of tle dogs were an.
ch0red 10 the bottom with stones about the
neck. There were innutnerablC other pieces
Of entrails dragging on the bottom or caught
ou the rocks and very offensive All along
shore were little POOLS Of putrid water stew.
Ing out Of the oftal lying at the edge Of the
water under the hot sun. This was all froin
the blast furnace abgve BehwOOd TO Benson'a
Ferry. Just below the ferry Is the barge At.
tached 10 pulleys that run Outin the stream for
the dumping Of night soil int1 the river. In
the hvef there are piles 6f the 9th last
dumped, and on tie least disturbance Of The
water long dark stfeaks Of cOloIeti water
SpfeAti out over the water below the dnnpS,
The water being nd Low, very little OF the nth
can escape passing In the nEiEhbothood Of the
Watef works. We have II on perfectly Tplia.
BE authority that one day last week there
were scores Of dead animals and pauhches
counted here. This was probably when the
slaughter houses had Just got 10 their work,
and was a few days after an officer had been
seen deliberately shooting dog after dog at
Wheeling aud tossing the catcaSses into tho
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