The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-06-15
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The Band Of Hope will picnic Wednes-
day, in Fink's orchard.
The Cleveland & Pittsburgh change OF
time has been postponed till next Sunday.
The Prohibition county convention and
the Republican primaries are booked for
this week.
Floral Sunday was observed by the
Sunday school and congregation at the
First N. E. church yesterday.
The New Sensation show cast off her
ropes and drifted on down the river with
out giving a performance here-no crowd.
Bellaire rose bushes and flower beds
were all called on yesterday for contri-
buttons Of flowers for decorating the
churches.
The lawn social and festival OF the
Christian church was q success. Rev. ].
NJ. Monroe's front yard was lighted with
torches for the occasion.
JIM. Maring will go to some OF the
Eastern institutions to have u complete
cure effected. He has never recovered the
use Of one limb since the injury Of his back
last winter.
Both the Republican and Democratic
conventions will no doubt take some
pointers from the Prohibition convention
here this week. There is talk OF some ex-
cellent men being put up by that conVen-
ton.
The Carpenters Union had meeting
Saturday evening, attended by many OF all
trades and professions. On account OF the
heat the meeting adjourned to the street
at SeI!ars' corner, where several addresses
were made, the principal speaker being ].
p. Mcclure.
Rev. J. X. MclIallip preached ut the
First Presbyterian Church yesterday
morning for the first time since his sick
ness. In the evening special services for
the benefit Of the children were held, and
addresses made by others, the children
doing the singing.
There was good attendance at the Mia.
CARA rink Saturday night TO see the Shut
tIeworth.Sheppard race. The first heat
was iouled and the referee decided both to
blame, but gave it TO Shuttlewortli, and
Shuttleworth won the second heat, too.
Sheppard blames his defeat on one Of his
skates, which came loose. Quite crowd
accompanied Sheppard down from Wheel
ing on the Princess.
Rev. R. G. Wallace was absent assisting
the pastor OF the U. P. Church at Wash.
ington, Ohio, yesterday, and Rev. ]. Ash
enhurst, of the High Ridge Church,
preached here. Rev. W. S. Thompson
preached at the Second Presbyterian
Church yesterday forenoon. It was
"Floral Sunday" but owing to the pas.
tors absence there was no preaching there
in the evening, Rev. X. N. Brown went
10 assist Rev. Mr.. Crawford in communion
services.
President ]. II. Collins, of the old Cen.
trail Ohio, Vice President Orlando Smith,
General Manager Bradford Durham and
Superintendent &. J. Foraker, Of the Bal.
timore K Ohio, were here Saturday. O.
Russell Wood, representing the Wheeling
4 Lake Erie, was also in town. It's sup.
posed they were looking up the advisable
ity Of building railroad from the i. & o.
bridge here to connect withthe Cleveland,
Lorain 4 Wheeling at West Wheeling
and the Cleveland 4 Lake Erie when il
reaches the river. A preliminary line OF
stakes has been put down over tho route
by the 3. & D. engineers, and some one
has set on foot negotiations for rights Of
way between here and Bridgeport.