The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-26
A WHITE CHRISTMAS.
THE DAY IN CHURCH AND HOME,

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business Largely Suspended and tho Day
Given over to festivittss-sundny school
Children Made Glad, aud tho Poor
Not Forgotten Cutters Out.
According 10 all the signs the weather
yesterday should be considered encour.
aging. A white Christmas Is pronounced
by tho weather wise an insurance OF n
henl,hful and fruitful year. Yesterday
was certainly n white enough Christmas
to fulfill tho conditions. The day opened
very cold, but toward evening the tenn
pcrature moderated, and last night snow
fell briskly. The day was generally OBJ
served. Working men, business men and
professional men spent the timo with
their families, and "tle boys" helped
each other DO merry. Business was very
generally suspended, excepting In the So.
looms and confectionery shops, which
drove a'brisk trade. J9,
TIE CHURCHES n SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
All the Sunday Schools had the Gus.
tomnry treat, and Il few of them had,
Christmas trees tastcfully decorated and
played s mta Clausl lest night. The streets
were thronscd ut intervals with rosy
checked, bright eyed, merry children,
bearing boxes or bags OF sugar plums or
other small presents from their Sabbath
School teachers or officers. t'nh
In tho Catholic churches tho usual
Christmas massed were celebrated, and MI
the services were well attended. A few
OF tho other churches had special services.
At Fourth Street a pleasing little operetta
was well rcnderedto n large and apprecia.
tive audience. r.
At the Eighteenth street Mission school
yesterday afternoon Mrs. Laughlin'sin infant
class, numbering about 100 wee children,
were entertained md bountifully supplied
with candy and nuts. Last evening there
was 4 Christmas tree for the olde. chill
drcn, and n rcal live Santa Claus came
down 4 chimney provided for the pur-
pose.
MUSIC AT ST. MATTHEWS.
This beautiful ediiice was comfortably
filled yesterday, Mt the special service for
Christmas, which was especially notable
for the music rendered by the excellent
Quartette choir engaged ut that church.
The programme rendered was the one Civ.
en- in these columns yesterday morning.
Tho solos in the Tc Deum were especially
well sung by Miss Sadie Logan and Mr..
Oscar Secley. Mrs. Caldwell rendered
her solos in a p~ainstaking manner.
Miss Mary Wilde's organ playing was u
feature OF the programme, all the accom-
mniments being given in Il correct and
pleasing manner.
The sermon by Rev. X. r. Swope was
suited to the occasion and OF q character
for which the reverend gentleman is
noted. ~. re
The altar and choir loft were neatly
decorated with cversrcens.
The church festival which has been ir
progress for several earnings in the Fifth
!, street NJ. i. church was continued las!
night in the Second ward market hall, ir
: connection with a bounteous treat for the
Sunday school children. The attendance
!, was large.
Bright glimpses OF Santa Claus's domain
were caught last night from the SNOWY
streets through the nearly closed blinds o
private houses-Christmas trees, bright
with gay hued lights and packages, anG
surrounded by rompiny little ones, made
charming pictures to the b%eniglted pedes,
trian hurrying homeward through til,
snow.
TIE sLEDGES WITH TIE BELLS.
The livery men were about the only
ones outside of the ~saloonists that die
much business yesterday. In the after.
noon there began to be alivcly demand
for cutters and as the snow continued to
fall and improve the sleighing it was not
long until everything on runners was out.
The air last night was filled with the jing-
ling Of the bells and the laughter OF those
enjoying the sport, and the scenes present.
ed on the well lighted streets, at times,
were lively. There were private fancy cut
tiers with speedy animals pulling at d race
track rate and tho occupants warmly
wrapped mp in robes. There were single
and double livery rigs that did not go SO
last, but whose occupants had as much
fun, and tucked in under dollar and a half
robes We're just us warm as those behind
the blooded stock. There were two or
three old.fashioncd ~sleighing parties out.
They rode in big sleds filled with straw
and blankets and had a royal good time, rs
people alwaysdo when they 20 out in that
style. One sled load was made IN of
about eight couples Of Whecling's well
known young society people. The boys
had fox horns and occasionally made the
welkin ring, when the police were not in
sight.
TIE POOR %REMEMNEnED.