The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-04-29
NEIGIrBoRllOOD NEWS


II. NEIGuBORIlOOD NEWS
uELLAlEI.
Miss Laura Hunt Is visiting tho family Of
J. i. ,Barnhill. y. d!
Tho c. Y. Lucas now makes five regular
trips on Sundays, leaving Wheeling the last
tinlc at $50.
Barney 0'lIara, IN old employee OF the Del.
mont Glass Works, who has been sick for
some tine, died Friday.
A large iron bridge. In sections that oc.
cupGd five cars, was transferred TO II barge
here Friday for transportation down the
river. F..
There Is 10 be social in the First l'rcsby.
teriun church next Tuesday evening. This
Is tho first social held til the church sinco Mr..
Mcluilips coming.
Ground has been broken for II now build.
Ing south Of tho belmont House. The rear OF
the building will be made for ten pin ulley
10 bs conducted by Bnlzer sinliz.
There are TO DO hcuceiorth two rooms ut
tue old Mayors Office under city hall.
The Mayor will occupy one room as his office
ind the Marshal will have tho other.
One OF James Arpln's children died sud.
denly Thursday NJ his home on Harrison
street. The child WIS taken sick In the
morning and died ut o'clock In the evening
The funeral Of Mr.. Murphy, ST., Of War.
nock's took place from ST. Johns church
Friday forenoon and was largely attended.
The body was brought In Oh the morning u.
Il o. trim.
In the fOrcnoons there Is n lively gathering
and interchange Of passengers III Dcllairc
between ten o'clock and half.past the narrow
gauge train comes In, the &, Y. Lucas leaves
on iisarrival, and the c. Il +. train goes to
the b. Il 0. depot and connects with both the
qucntly happens that nll come together and
tho morning beats get in at the some time.
The Independent publishes interviews with
nearly all OF Rcllaire's saloon keepers, by
which 1t appears that majority will quit
cided whether TO quit or not. Among those
reported rs going to quit arc Schranm. Kern,
Margaret Bray. Shindewo!t, Eaton, LOTUS
llanke, llrannen, Monnnns, Meyer, Feency
Fralingcr, Clarck, Eberle, Shepherd, Lynsky,
knnck and the Carriers.
MARTINS FERRY.
S. y. Dean, our postmaster, is away.
Prot. J. W. Scho!ield is laid up with cold
The Catholics ncttcd $705G2 by their festival
last week.
WIN. Weir hada severe attack OF cramp
yesterday.
Our workshops arc all busy, without spc.
cially noteworthy featnrcs.
II Is likely We will have several saloons lei,
after the Pond law takes effect.
There was MI incipant smallpox scare yes.
tcrday, but there was no foundation for it.
DR.. Harvey, OF Rouey's Point. Is prospect
ing around town, and proposes 10 locate
among us.
Ground has been broken for the erection OF
double two.st0ry building ut the corner OF
Fifth and Walnut streets.
The rivalry between the two packets Is b.
coming less exciting now, and there is more
business about It than ;un.
Farmers who came in yesterday were in
very good humor with the weather. ind re-
port things as looking very well indeed.
The general arrangements for the Co.'s
benefit festival will be concluded at u meet
Ing to be held Mondsy evening in the town
hall.
A little girl fell into the river ut Swartz's
landing yesterday morning. while padding
by Jas. brooks, who happened to be near.
Subscription papers are in circulation
among the members OF the Presbyterian con-
;gresa'io9n for The purpose OF raising snonry
TO build u parsonage. The success met with
SO FAR is quite encouraging, and the parsonage
will doubtless be built.
Col. Poornlan came up on Thursday to
start his icnce-building operations. He
20 IlH Ia
Congressional nomination ass protec,icniyt,
and hopes to win The Colonel will prah,-
bly, have some difficulty in smoothing things,
| owing to his support ., David Wagner for
The Legislature last year. rs well as the help
he rendered toward defeating Lash for Treas
| lircr. There are, however, some friends Of
the Colonel here who would be glad 10 sup
port him for the nomination.
NEW CUMBERLAND.
Yesterday morning about o'clock the
people in the vicinity Of Porter & Co.'S store
were awakened from their slumbcrs BY an
explosion. and when l.. r. Smith opened up
the store he realized that burglars had forced
IN entrance through Il buck door, charged
and blew opcn the large fire proof safe, de-
mol'shng it and also u large burnside stove
that sat just in front OF the safe. The
burglars lad their pains for their trouble, as
! there vas no cash with the exception Of about
two dollars in small change in the safe, II
has been rule to leaye the safe unlocked
as it was left last night, but this, presume
the burglars did not notice rs the bolts were
thrown forward. About . o'clock to-day
Mr. S. D. Minor, at the Enterprise brick
works, on the other side of the river, found IL
pocket book containing u lot of personal
papers, notes, &c, belonging to Mr.. Smith
mat had been taken. Some town warrants held
by Mr.. Smith were taken and us vet hive not
been found. The opinion of the most OF our
people is that the gang belong here in town
and that the finding of the pocket book on
the other side OF the river is only Il ruse to
throw those who may try 10 look the matter
up off their track. 80 :
Yesterday morning Mr.. Oscar Conn, n
young man living here, who has been run
ming on the S. 7. Wells for some time, fell off
OF the boat ut Stcubenville, and was drowned,
His brother George is clerk, and was almos,
to him with u skill when he sunk. Seit.cs we're
got and the body caught IN Il very short time
but lie was extinct. lie was brought home
last evening OIL the boat and will be buried
here. lie was an industrious boy, 10 years of
age. When the body was brought home here
Yesterday afternoon 4 vast crowd OF people,
mad previously gathered on the bank to see
the remains, Mrs. Conn, his mother, when
they broke the sad news, came near diving
With IN attack Of heart di:case. The sud.
denness of the shock threw her into n sink.
inE spell which she sarcely survived. Much
sympathy is expressed by the entire com.
muniiy for the bcreavel famiIy.
WASHINGTON, "a. -..
Rev. John Ma'ady, OF the Catholic church,
died ut his home in town at IL o'clock NJ. OF,
the the eth. lie Ind been sick with typhoid
fever for several weeks. The corpse will be-
taken to Pittsburgh on the Goth, where
funeral services will be held n, St. paul's
Cathedral. I0r - 49,.
"&lME Of cARcul' cures Irregular
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