The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-23
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I, The. psnitsntlary attaches wsrs paid on
Saturday. ~ i7a5IeIl71 III, =
The o. Z. Railroad track.iayers have been
LILLE since Friday last at noon. nae l5T
An unusually large number Of, very drunk
men might have been aeon" on the streets
Friday evening last. re = Il :
A Third.wArder was sent 10 jail for a thirty
day tsfm by Mayor Weaver q few d,ya sgo,
Tor an oilense committed some weeks sgo. =
The city archives and 'souirs Edwards'
office were moved into the new council cham.
per, The basement room OF the bank building,
last week. 49,. 4 :" %
Frank MoMullen and Miss Emily Fisher, OF
few days ago. NJ. ~
A Baltimore & Ohio railroad camp Is now
lying at the depot, the men being employed
putting In an additional track In front Of the
passenger depot. - -
Some unmitlgated scamp threw heavy
pallng against the window OF George Cor.
don's sleeping apartment In DR.. Nsy's house,
iaat saturday evening, breaking several
llshts OF glass. s.sr-ftFIG Hao lr-
Caldwell Post G. a. r., has leased tho
large room adjoining the Masonic lodge
room. second floor Of Masonic Hall building,
where meetings will be held hereafter on Tho
second and fourth Fridays OF each month. !
IAN infant child OF Jerry Riggs, OF the Third
ward suburbs, was barred yesterday, Il was
also reported last evening that another Of III.
chtidten had died while the babe was being
buried. Mr.. Riggs has been confined TO his
eed for long time past with consumption
and all bis children hAys been sillcied with
scarlet fever. :.
Everything Ia now In readiness for taking
out ccai at the Third ward shaft, but fol
some reason hone was taken out yesterday.
That thereis hitch OF some kiuu between
the company and the miners Is syident. Just
what the trouble Ia, however. TIE parties do
not seem Inclined to make public. A mem.
Der Of the company indicated to a repor
ter last evening that the work OF c,ntinu
INK entries would be commenced this morn
Ing, when about. 250 bushels would DO pu,
Gu. per day, working single turn. Coal II
very scarce, and no difficulty would be had
IN selling l. 900 bushels per day here for sonle
| time to come.
A number OF persons living In the ylcipily
Of the Baltimore T. Ohio depot wcro awaken
ed about hali-past ono o'clock Monday morn
ing BY the blowing OF the Ohio River railroat
engine whistle, when they found the old lol
stable, situated on the street leading from TIT
railroad to the prison, on fire. Mr.. Fleming
the owner OF the Stable, says be wa3 awaken
ed by the whistle, and looking out OF til,
window discovered the stable enveloped or
every side by lames Hastily donning
portion OF bis clothing he rushed out, hopins
70 release and rescue the COW that was secure
ly tied IN the building. The fire had already
unable TO enter the stable, and was compelled
te stand by and see the animal perish in th,
tAmes The building was among the mos
aucient III this vicinity, and wAs constructed
of unhewn logs, which being partly rottet
burned very rapidly. As to the origin OF tht
fire there can bs but two theories, either tina
II VII, kindled purposely or some tramp OF
tramps had gone there 10 sleep, and In light
lns q match aecidentiy set the hay on fire
| The first theory is the most generally accept
| ed one, as the doors were both fastened, the
front one fastened on the ins:de,nnd the ont
opening into the lotlocked. And then Loo
persons hunting place 10 sleep could easily
have found much more comfortable quarter:
In one Of the many frame or board stable
in the vicinity. Opinion diIers also
as to the objects, supposing the fire to have
been Of incendiary origin. The stable stood
about Twelve or fifteen feet west OF McCor
mck'a new saloon building, bat recently
occupied, and 1t Is thought BY some that thu
intention was to destroy the latter building
and contents, sud that from the highly com
bustib,e character Oi the material OF which
the stable was constructed, as well as the con
,en.st aud its close proximity to the saloon
the psrpe.rator, Of the crime thought tbs
best and eesits. way Of accomplishing t 'ei,
nciazious purpose Was to tire the stable art
owing 10 the hour, the saloon must alsc
burn. The gtabls was insured in the E.ns
Of Hartford, Conn.,, fer either 500 Or $50
Mr.. Fleming had forgotten which. The low
est named sum will fully cover TIE lo,s. Mr.
McCormicks building was scorched eighty,
but suffered no material damage.