The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-05
SAFE BLOWERS AGAIN.
IS IT AN EPIDEMIC OF BURGLARY
Son. Gllsll Accidents % at New csas,tllsd.
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TA.atrie.ls SIN the Rage at B.llAlr.
State and Vicinity news Notes.


Thsltriesls SIN the Rage at B.lllirs.
state and Vicinity news Notes.
Wolves have been committing depredatious
on The sheep in a wild portion Of Greenbrier
county.
Cambridge. Ohio, Is becoming very metro
politan. Its streets have recently been lit
with gas.
Rev. A. E. Rogers, for many years pastor
OF the Martineburg Baptist church, has
gone TO Missouri.
Congressman Taylor, OF the Seventeenth
Ohio district, has been joined at Washington
by his wife aud family.
The Hinton Manufacturing Company put
fire under their boilers and raised steam for
the first time on Tuesday last.
Brilliant, Ohio, has fair prospects for .
building boom In the early spring; several
houses are already under contract
The Quinnimont iron furnace was sold at
Kanawha G. H., few days Sinee for $780,.
600, to Gov. J. F. Hartranft, Of Pennsyl.
vania.
Ferd R. Swami, an old Wheeling newspa-
per man, now editor OF the Charleston Call,
Is Q candidate for the Office OF City Recorder
Of that city. He can make up dandy Coun-
Gil report.
Editor Patrick, the oldest newspaper man
In Ohio, editor OF the TuScdrdiVaS AdrOcdte
who died recently at New philadelphia, was
the fatherin-law OF Joseph Medili, ofthe
Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. Durst, the contractor OF Wellsburg
gas well, has removed his derrick and ma.
chinery over the river, preparatory to com.
mencing operations in Brilliant. He.will
sink well at spaulding Iron Works.
The school house on Big Creek, in Green
brier district, Summers county, near the
residence OF Mr.. John auckland, was de-
stroyed by fire one night last week. This is
the second school building that has been
burned in that county within the past few
weeks.
The works Of the Wheeling Valley Coal
Company, near Henderson's Station, Ohio,
have been placed in the hands OF the Sheriff
on judgment rendered in the Common
Pleas Court OF Harrison County, In favor Of
the Bridgeport Bank. The liabilities Of the
company amount TO about 5000.
There Is some excitement about rumored
silver vein in Tucker county. The place
where It Is found appears to be hole dug
into the ground several feet, which was sup
posed to be sink hole, but on examination
itappeared to have been dug by some one
ages ago; perhaps long before the time OF the
Indian.
II the burning Of gas in the ''glory holes"
at the Riverside glass works, Wellsbnrg,
proves q success, a saving OF $3.50 q week,
otherwise expended for oil, will be effected.
The railroad company has, however, refused
the works the privilege OF laying the gas pipe
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yet been used.
For some time the workmen at the B1ch-
anan well have been boring day and night,
and 1t is now nearly four thousand feet deep.
For day or two people have not been al
loads OF something have been taken there
from the Burgettstown station. The neigh.
bors suppose them TO be torpedoes.
A daughter OF Mrs. Enoch Ballah, OF Ma
rion county, while staying, at the house OF q
friend few nights since, lefth room about
midnight rather thinly clad, and wandered
about in somnambulistic condition until
5 O'Clock In the morning, when she was found
lying down at a saw mill some distance
from the house, speeches. from cold.
Recently as little three year old child Of
Daniel McNears, Of Jackson county, was
being carried about by nn older child. by
some accident they fell. The little one had
an open knife In It's hand, the blade abont
three inches long. In falling the knife was
driven into the body OF the babe about the
middle OF the breast, and death resulted In q
few moments.
Mr.. Oliver Shank living in Mineral county,
recently met with heavy loss; he was,
with his team crossing Patterson's Creek
near Burlington, when his saddle horse fell
down and In attempting to getup, threw the
other two down. and though the water was
very shallow, the current was swift aud all
the horses were swept down stream and
drowned. Shank barely escaped.
A young man named Boyce, OF Harrison
county, the other day was riding on horse
back and started to ride over piece OF
ground belonging to his father when the lat
ter forbade him doing SO. The young man
took no heed and rode on, when the father
deliberately took aim with gun and shot the
horse from under him. About this time
Boyce's brother arrived on the scene and
being soundly. thrashed.
One year ago one sam'l Strong, OF Wash
ipgton, D. O., who was land grabbing in Poca-
hontas county, entered q bid on the Jail to
be let about that time, and got the contract
Nv StIftV sNlus puhu III its SohiP!ehoh, VI
which Rob't Strong and Gen. Ben. +. Butler,
now Gov. Butler, Of Massachusetts,, are his
sureties, The contract has 10 no respect been
filed, and 1t Is reported that the jail will be
relet after the 22nd OF February, and In case
the next contract be for more, effort will be
made to hold Strong and his bondsmen res
ponsible for the difference.
BELLArRE.
Solomon Thomas Is very low with fever.
The Evening Stars" gave another ball Sat-
urday night
Those who have occasion to 20 aboard the
boats here should take stills along down the
bank.
John Carson and wife, now OF Point Pleas
ant, are visiting at his aunt's, Mrs. Runion's,
on Gravel Hill.
The Knights OF Labor have silver cake
basket TO be rtffivdat their entertainment the
last Of this month.
Patrick Giblin has returned to Bellaire az
ter stay Of some time in Nova Scotia, where
he had gone 70 work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Darrah and Mr.. and
MH. Addison Thompson, OF St Clairsyille, are
guests OF Mr.. David Darrah, Of the Third
ward.
"Miralda, the Cigar Girl OF Cuba, =" is the
play selected by the Gypsy Queen" Club for
It's next performance, the first three evenings
Of March.
Lou olliger has been serving as conductor
OF the Pittsburgh accommodation train for
few days III place OF David Walling, who has
been here at home, taking rest.
A crowd that had been here to ball car
ried on 80 lisgracsiully at the @. & p. depot,
where they spent the last part OF Friday
night, that they will not likely be allowed 10
repeat their doings.
The old rails OF the narrow gauge road, as
fast as they are replaced with the new steel
rails, are brought here and shipped to the
other end Of the extensionNof the road, at
Caldwell, over the b. so. road.
Word was received here Saturday evening
that Mrs. Foster, the Iowa lawyer and tenn
perance orator, would lecture here Monday
evening. After preparations had been made
for announcements OF the meetings, further
word came that Mrs Foster could not come.
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