The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-11-25
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new ones are to put up In places IN need o.
more light. The First ward will have one
more; the Second, two; the Third, ten; the
Fourth, seyefteen, and the Fiith, nine.
AT Shady Side arrangements have beer
| made Tor u foot race and a bal! this after
noon. Eight or ten contestants are expected
! to DO present Mt the foot race, aud A biz
crowd is expected, us special trains will run
on the narrow gauge. y
The roof OF Mr. Stegers house, OH Belmont
street, above the baltimore 4 Ohio bridge
caught lire hear chimney, yesterday abou,
II o'clock, but the fire was put out without
alarming tho hose companies. Dr.. kutz, aud
Officers Johnson, Turner and Archer, from
the city building, formed bneket brigade.
ltseems the case Of the inen who threw
stones at a @. .s 7. train some days Ego Is no!
yet concluded. The old man was sent 10
JILL by the Stath's evidence OF the Good
brothers, but they were afterwards heard to
say that they themselves had thrown the
stones, and they ate now In jail on charge
Of perjury. a'> H =
Mr.. S. A. Chambers, OF The Glass City drug
store, was buddy burned about the face by
some extract Of aconite flying from, bottle
last night. Two other accidents occurred
yesterday. Mr.. Eberlein, OF Scliick's coal
mines, was hurt by the falling OF so,ue stoue,
and August Babre WAS burned about the face
BY SOME red hot iron ut the rolling mill.
NAR7iS's ynRny.
Mind Your Own Business" Melted the
Mission Sabbath School 81. ri
Tho little furnace stack at the Buckeye
glnss works Is being taken down.
The Excelsior Cornet band have postponed
their festival until early In January. o.
Charley shay's "Quincuplexal" will show
at Commercial Hall Monday evening.
Stanley Taylor has moved into his new
house on Broadway, Wheeling Island.
Fritz iahrling, the live drug drummer
from Ptssbufgh, was In cur city yesterday.
The Standards big engine Is being nut IN
at the mill. Il was bsiilt a. Spence's Nh.
chine Shop. .l1.,.. pm nm
The hew fixtures for The possoillce have
not yet been put up. We are Whiting for the
contractor TO come. l I.E
Squire g. A. Jones, Of Marshall county,
Mest ViiSlnia, Is visiting his brother.in.law,
Mr.. Daniel Westlake. . a,iI., :
The boys propose having big game OF foot.
ball thanksgiving afternoon on the commons
above the furnace track. *, ta', i
A big mush and milk festival was held Mt
the NJ. E. Church last night, md large
crowd was in attendance. ~
The outlook for good holiday business Is
considered excellent by our merchants, many
OF whom are preparing for large trade.
The lady friends OF Thoburn Post, G. A. r..
have organized an auxiliary society, and pro.
pose being helpful to the needy widows and
orphans this winter. r.T H.
The Little Annie is making good time now.
and Captain Seamon reports cuisines iucreas.
Ing since the reduction of the fare to fifteen
cents for the round trip. -
The funeral of Newton Ashton, who was
found dead on Wednesday morning last, took
place yesterday afternoon, aud WITS attended
by laEse nulaber OF friends and relatives,
He was buried at Meeks' cemetery, back OF
Bridgeport,
Mr.. .. NJ. BlieAer had an old time husk-
ing on his farm, near town yesterday. A
general good time, plenty to eat, but no ci.
der, and something still more remarkable,
not single "red ear" was found. Strictly
democratic corn, the old gentleman says.
The loan exhibition project OF the Library
Association has been declared "oif'' by the
directors, the reason being that few OF them
couid spare the TIME to carry 1t through dur.
ihR the busy time preceding tho holidays,
The project may be revived early in 1888.
The sulltrings OF Frank Crowl, the lad who
was accidentally shot on the 9TH OF Soyem.
Der. came to AL end Thursday evening at
lO:22. He had been totally unconscious Tor
many hours before he died, and passed away,
peacefully. The funeral services will be
held this afternoon ut . clock, in the U, p.
Church, and will be attended by the scholars
OF the public schools In a body. Frank was
general fayorite with all, and his untimelv
death is universally deplored.
wAySYspuRG.
In the matter OF Fl. G. Comesys ys. the
Waynesburg Il Washington Railroati Com
pany, q special verdict was rendered in the
United States District Court on the sd in
favor Of the plainlitf for $500, one-AaIf
with the interest, to be paid in six months
the balance in one year.
Ira Jobes, the man who Is held here for the
murder OF Thomas Evans about four yenrs
ngo. is lying in precarious condition from
Tue effect OF pistol shot wound lie received
in Ohio, and which led TO bis arrest. His
present condition augurs that the hanrman
ot Grant county is to be cheated ottt Of lob.
Should he yet we'll, he will likely hang.
Hon: A. a. furman, II leading LAWYER of
this place, and an ex.State Senator, is prom.
inentIy spoken Of, and his clai ms urged for n
place in Gov. Pattison's Cabinet, that OF At.
torney: General. His many friends here, both
Repu bicans and Democrats, would be pleased
to see him thus houoted,. He Is good man,
Thursday night the postoiicc at this place
was entered by burglars the safe blown omen
and .riticd Of its contents. The thieves eff.
ected an entrance by prying off the hack
shutters and opening the windows. Soma
loriy or fifty registered letters were broken
open and the contents taken. TIE drafts
found In registered letters were left on thu
desk One OF these drafts was for 81 700
About $500 in postage stamps was taken. md
Tue postmaster is of the opinion that the
thieves u, got about the same amount in cush.
the thieves broke into Il blacksmith shon
where they obtained tools with which to do
tnelr work In entaslng the building and
nr'lling ne safe.. This fact would Indicate
'nat the burglars are not professionals, and
they may reside in this section. Postmaster
Cooke has offered q reward Of $500 for the
Colonel had 500 in his pocket which ,h.v |
did not yet. This county has been The sr rem.
II seve-a! iargc robberies during the past fsw
months and none OF the perpetrators have
been appreLended. 'Etfg' 90 ' ''''''
srEURESv1LLE.
The Imperial Hotel will change hands the
lst OF next month. Henry Oyer will take
charge Of the house, Mr. Lowe retiring from
the business y - ,SI 77,.I . 80
II is stated that one banking house and |
grocer will erect two fine business
houses early next spring. The buildings viii !
40 the finest Of the kind in the city. -
The new Opera House, one Of the finest
buildings in the city, will be under roof in |
'horttime The postotlice will be removed
rom North Fourth street shortly after the |
lst oil JANUARY, to q room in the west end Of
he new building, the Government having
eased It for term Of ten years at 81 200 per
rear, which includes heat and light. This
public building was projected BY Hon. J.
Dunbar, Of this city, to whom great credit Is !
The grand jury will commence it's work
next Tuesday, end from what can be learned |
there Will be great many cases of consider.
,ble importance 10 the li0uor solIors hro,,nh,