The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-27

we're purchased of. W. Grub, and are unu.
Sually nice oneL
YEsrERpAT's dust was quite disagreeable.
Last nights rain laid Il In part.
Mus JAMES RlDDLE while about her house.
hold duties last evening fell and was severely
Injured.
DR. SCnucEHARbT Is putting a neat new
front In ChrislmAn's ADDITION rooms on Mar.
ket Square. We congratulate the Doctor on
his Improvement.
The scholars OF the grammar room IN
Washington sub-district, members Of the
Washington District Lyceum will give their
annual entertainment In the North street
church Wednesday evening. II will be very
interesting.
TIlis morning Rt0 o'clock the scholars Of
the Linsly Institute will bG addressed by Rev.
Dr.. BrownsOn, OF Washington, Pa, and Rev.
DR.. Cunningham, Of the fint Presbyterian
Church this city. Friends Of the school are
invited TO be present.
YgTERDAY morning about o'clock, some
amateur burglars entered the house OF Rev.
Hite, on ChaplinC street, adjoining the Chap.
line Street Church, South Side and went
through the house, taking all the eatableS
they could find aud considerable underwear
and other clothing There Is no clue to the
thieves.
TUE Doddridge Rrt reception was continued
Saturday afternoon and evening, and attract
ed good sized crowd, the success OF the
evening before being continued US well. In
Saturday mornings edition we nnintentlon'
ally failed to speak Of the work Of Miss Lurn
Bags, who had one or two little gems on eX.
hibitiOn and some beautiful painted china
pieces
Yesterday afternoon there was big row
In the bOttling cellar kept by Charles Hell on
the Peninsula, and this morning the proprie.
tor Will answer two charges In the police
court, one for selling beer on the premises
licensed US bOttliRg cellar, and the other for
allowing gambling on the premises. Capt,
Bennett announces it as his intention to
break up tile practice Of running saloon on
the sly behind bottling cellar license, and
this petty gambling. Too much beer and a
quarrel over cards at Heil'S, yesterday. re.
suited In a nrOmisCuOuS fight, In which two
parties were cut and bruised, The police are
on the trail,
SATURDAY afternoon In the U. s. District
Court, the Jury In the case Of the United
States vs.. BnshrOd NJ. Medley brought In u
verdict OF guilty on three OF the four counts.
The indictment was tor c0unterfeiting and
passing the bogus money. The prisoner wasan
old man from Marion county, and was defend
ed by Hon. F.Smith and Col. Arnett. He faint.
ed soon after the verdict was announced,
and It took some moments to bring him Ia
his senses. The court fixed his tine at $500
and announced that In view OF his extreme
age II would take time 10 consider the length
OF imprisonment and meantime All oppOrtu.
nifty would be afforded the prisoners friends,
OF which IL was claimed lie had large mum.
Der, to come forward and settle his case. The
prisoner is regular old century plant in up
pearance.
SATURDAY afternoon Mr. L. F. Thoma. Cdi.
tor Of the IoikS6i0h, entered suit against
hOuis Colmar, OF the Dcutschc Zeitung, for
5000 damages for defamation OF character.
Il. i. Dovener has been retained as counsel
by Mr.. Thoma. There has been trouble be-
tween the two papers for some time, but the
publication particularly complained Of up
peared in Saturdays Zeitung, charging Mr..
Th0ma with having promised physician
at Pittsburgh to pay him his bill out Of his
(Thoma's) salary, when he got it, at the same
time having his salary in his pocket; with
having been connected with Columbus
paper which only lasted two months, and
with having purchased u bill Of goods OF l..
Blum & Bro, this city, last Christmas, which
is not yet paid for, Mr.. Thoma claims
that all of these charges are false and slnn-
derous, and that he has been injured to the
amount claimed.