The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-27
BELLsIRE.
Es.oncer Assaulted and Bsaten-sui
cide-Other notcs.

Es .onicer Assaulted and Beaten-sui.
cide-0ther hotcs.
Manager Elsop, of the E'son Glass Works,
Martins Ferry, was in town yesterday.
The new Benwood ferryboat shows its su'
periovity over the old one in this high water.
The sidewalk at the Second ward school
house has about disappeared under tho mud.
Mis- Cora Rankin won a Christmas trse at
the skating rink as the most graceful skater
under twelve.
A Glencoe customer OF N. sonneborn's
drew the pony that was given TO the one that
held the lucky number.
The towboat Hawk took on up the river
yesterday her barges filed with cooperage
that were laid up here by the ice.
The new road to the upper wharf-5oat was
washed out by the rain, aud was filed In yes.
terday with heavy stones and earth.
Rey. B. s. Dean, Of Hiram college, came
down Tuesday evening TO sos R. w. Nelson.
Mr.. Dean was formerly pastor OF the ChriE-
tian church here, and he ives welcomed by
number efhis friends.
Bellaire and Wheeling people had harder
work to go from city to city Christmas day
when the Ice was running heavy than would
have tlken them to Pittsburgh, and soma
score OF them had TO walk from the middle
ferry to Bridgeport 10 Gross the river.
The many acquaintances here Of Esquire
Higheman, so long well known cit'zsn OF
Beliaire, were much surprised yesterday to
hear Of his having shot himself In fit Of
dependency. He went out 10 his sons
home in Kansas some weeks ago, and the sad
affair took place there.
The upper part OF The road 10 the Manly
wharf boat ID ell that Is above the water, and
II is back Of the piliug of the Ohio Valley
tracks, and the boat could not be reached
yesterday. The people who have their boat
houses along the piling Of the p, W. Il Ky.
trestle are having the same trouble.
at the First NJ. E. Church last night the
Sunday School and III friends were assem-
bled. Two enormous Christmas trees, one
on each side Of the pulpit, were loaded with
presents from teachers to their chests and
from the classes 10 their teachers. Above
the pulpit was an arch In letters OF gas ats.
"God Is Love-" The evening was enlivened
with music.
Shannon Archer, who has bean of the po-
lice force for some weeks, was assaulted BY
the Boram boys Christmas evening, near the
Union street bridge, and badly cut up sbou,
the face. An old grudge against Archer
when he was on the iorc4 Is the supposed
cause Of the assault. dub" Boram was held
In $500 bond to stand trial, but his brother
got off with fifteen dollar fine.
Among the numerous presentations on
Christmas were the following: The B. & o.
clerical force presented the Master Mechanic,
81. NJ. Ingler, with fine gold watch. w. Q.
Grafton made the speech. Gus schiCk aud
Richard Heslop, Of schick's mines, were pre-
sented, the former with . Rold-headed cane
and the latter with gold watch, by Henry
Landkrohn, on behalf Of the employees Of the
mine. The boar6ers OF the Strobe HouEe
presented their landlady with an
elegant Undiscovered rocker. John Shut
tleworth, bofs engrayer at the Belmont Glass
Works, was presented with handsome gold
pin by the young engrayers.