The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-11
VOLUME XXXu."NUMBl.
street. Sbs hnB eaton the contents Of
several bed ticks and kept Col. Frames
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several bed ticks and kept Col. Frame'l
family supplied with rutik.
Mayor Miller ielegraphcd TO Washing
ton, Pa, Saturday, accepting the kline
offer Of aid from that place.
People who came up from Parkere.
burg oII tho 1.omaH FAY thoy embarked Ii
skiis from Jerry Hitl'a hotel.
Charlie Copp, Tho commission man tels
gnphed Levcring yesterday, asking for a,
least, \ contribution d 1900 pounds o.
Coirec. .I#. ~,
The slanderer Is abroad In MI bis glory
aud many story ia told that has no found
alton whatever. The slanderer should bs
suppressed.
The sight in Prayer Bros,, Office was
horrible one. Their G ,sesv q o turned Cd
sldo down, and are badly warped. Theil
typo was pied, and stock badly damaged.
II has been suggested that as this terri.
BILE state OF suffering for food or the means
To procure Il Ia liable to continue for weeks
yet, frcesouphcuses should be established,
Editor schlteld and Charlie Howell,
city G,iitor OF tho J6mnai, both lived on the
Island, and have lost nearly their all.
They have the sympathy Of the newspaper
Fraternity.
Mrs. Uenry Drncs 10 q lady possessed OF
considerable courage. Shs remained in
her housea!l alone Saturday night, but she
hadag good sized seven,shooter in her pocket
all the time. 0g..-.
The 7. W. 4 Ky. road bed, from here to
Wellshutg, Is In deplorahle condition, 1t
is not probable that trains will run vet for
week to come. EubGnkments in many
places aro gone.
Z. q. Wooda and Will leans, Of The REQ.
isier, who lived Oh tho Island, lose very
heaVi!y. Notwithstanding both knew
themselves to b, lo4ers they gave great aid
at tho west end Of the bridge Thursday
morning.
Mr.. Kennedy Friend, OF Friend & Son,
In his quiet, unohtrusire way, has relieved
hundreds Of poor homeles9 people. In nd.
dillon 10 other ac;s OF kindness he gave to
the ladies the irce tlsH ct his stock Of cots
and mattresses.
rhe O. W. Dl!chelor leaves this morning
at s o'clock with tho mails for up river
towns. Sho arrived Inst night and her
oiliccr1 tell o. m aBful amount OF damage
and dcao!a.icn above. The arrival OF the
Bttchelor is very timely.
Attention is called 10 the card OF Messrs,
R;es.er, H0rkheimer and Dohbins, relative
TO the benefit performance at Charley
Shay s Academy. A good show and for a
good cause. The reasors for crowded
heGses every night are MI That could be
asked.
Tho ladies branch OF st. Vincents Aid
S3c;ety went 10 Inchietowa Saturday,
hunted Up twenty destitute families and
sent them 70 tho Convent and Cathedral
Parish School, where they were comforta.
blg quaItsred aad fed by the Sisters OF St.
Joseph.
Nearly thirty ladies wern busy ut Ling
ley Institute yesterday with their sewing
marhiusa Hundreds ot garments were
made and sent out. Many came for clothes
and waited until they were made, A
aGmbSr Of lads ei old clotbiug were col.
lected aud properly distributed.
A reporter asked Dr.. Reeves yesterday if
there was any danger oi aa epidemic after
This visitation Of water. The Doctor
thought NOT, butsaiI that there was grave
danger OF acute disesscs, such as pleurisy,
Group and influenza. Houses ahould be
thoroughly dried before entering in them.
viii Handian, viii Srhwertieger, Lon
Lynch and Dave Evans have been on the
30 Oil the South Side nearly all the time.
1t can never ae told the suffering thcse
gentlemen have relitved, aud their powers
ol caarAaca are wonderful. There are
many others like them, and while it ia re-
gTetsed that thoir nasae5 are not known, all
credi. ia duo them.
A reliet party OF about thirty, under the
charge OF Major Anderson, Edward Larkin,
Fred Husenau, jacob GrnhD and Alfred
PAUL, leit the wharf fer Benwood at 10
O'Clock A NJ, Saturday, on the steamer
Regular. They took with them 20 barrels
OF crackoTe, 400 pounds OF meat, n hogs.
head and geo pounds Of thecse, 400 loayes
OF bread, and other necesEa.ies. They we're
gladly received.
In many Of the cellars and dark rooms OF
husines5.hous;s, possibly the gas was left
burning in tho e1citamgut, only to be ex-
tingusSed by the rise Of tho waters. From
these open iets tho gas will escape when
let On, and N care and precausion are not
vii. cause \ Eeries OF trouble, ex.
p!osiops and corfllgrationp, with loss OF
lie, following upon Tie footsteps Of the
devastating ll1ad.
The npeciai police arc still doing duty.
They shonld keep sharp lookout for
thieves, There arc plenty Of them about
aud they aTc ali tho tire OF the watch for
valuable TO pnt their hands on.
About midnight "EsCg" Condrey, we'll
known "croo':," Vas run in on suspicion
by Montgomery and Lauchin after an ex.
citing chase and The firing ci several ehots,
and leter PAtrolman Murdoch emptied his
revolver at2 men trying to get into Speyer
bros. l.p. ,a.,-
EIGlIT3 AE1 ESSfG,ITS,