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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-03-05
A BRILLIANT AFFAIR
LAsT NIenI,a EsFaaTAIsMESE
Attic opera HOu.s forsvsst chall,,'4sskS
an Artistic and Financial Success. and
Notable Event in Every Way-A Fine
Programme Well Rendered.

The entertainment given at the Opera
House last evening Tor the benefit Of the
Women's Union Benevolent Society, was
tue most successful and artistic ever given
by home talent, It was pve-eminently q
society event, The audience embraced
representatives from almost every well
known family in the city, and was as
fashionable an one as was ever seen In
the place. Every seat in the orchestra
and drefs circle was filled, and large
number vera standing. In the balcony
goodly number helped swell the receipts,
which more than cleared all expenses,
leaving tor clear profit q big round sum
aud all OF to,night's receipts. The So.
clety's treasury will probably be sEellsd
by ut least ak hundred Enthusiastically
making the thing a success financially az
well as in every other way,
For several weeks past the people had
been looking forward with great interest
to the event, II was to DO sOmsthing out
ui the usual order OF amateur entertain.
ments; there were the much talked, about
"Cbestnut" Ministries, composed OF well
known young men'about'town; the
operetta, in which a number OF children
were to take patt, and the minuet, which
was to be danced in court costume rs In
tue long Rgo-in all most attractive pro-
gramnC, and ons calculated tO arouse
unusual interest,
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GLASS MEMS MEETING
a MYsTERIous SESSION nEaE
OF alAss MAupfSp .ursrs fsem Four rOvbs,
They Rsfaso to rAlk Much. ba, the OBJ
lsOt Of the Conference can bs Con.
i.SlRrsd-Prles and Natural Gas,

Their was a mysterious, but presumably
important meeting Of glass manufacturers
at the Sanm House yesterday afternoon,
allthe factories Of Martins Ferry, except
the E,son, all the factories Of Bellaire, the
LsBalle, Of Bridgeport, and Hobbs,
Broekunisr & Co., OF this city, being rep
resented, The meeting was in session
several hours, and after its adjournment,
thoas present wers exceedingly reticent
as to what was done or aimed at by the
meeting, Oas Bsllairo gentleman, con-
neGted with a leading factory there, said
after the meeting adjourned that its sole
object was to consider the condition Of
the market and prices, Prices were to be
raised. The improvement parcsptlble in
the market scanned to justify thi7 step,
and all manufacturers had complained Tor
some time that glass ware Was sold too
CHEAP,
Talk Of this sort may have been
heard in the meeting, but itisnot likely
that any step toward an increase OF prices
wonld b. taken without the corporation
OF tho Central Company, operating two
factories, and the EiBon. An agreement
which did not bind these two companies
would not hs very desirable. The ElsOn
company, the same gentleman quoted
above stated, WAS not notified OF the
meeting nor invited to have represanta'
tive present, President Scott, Of the Cen.
trail works, was seen last evening, lie
said no had not heard OF the meeting
until told Of 1t by the reporter.
From the fact that Mr.. Gillespie, OF
Pittsburgh, an extensive natural gas oper-
ator who has been in the city several days,
was present at the meeting, 1t was inisr ed
that the object was to make some arrange.
ment by which the glass manufacturers
represented can secure the advantages OF
natural gus. This inference was alterward
confirmed by glass man whoae factory
Was represented ut the meeting, Int rs he
was not present in person, and had not
talked with anybody who was, he could
not tell the final result OF the meeting
All those present refused to talk, except to
say that they would meet again at an early
day.
Oae manufacturer who was seen said he
did not take much stock in natural gas as
fuel, Tho shortvge Of the supply ut
WGllsburg, the occasional trouble expert.
enCgd at Pittsburgh and elsewhere, the
suspected liability to give out, and the
danger Of Clogging the wells was urged rs
objectionsA Said he;
1.-The fuel cf the future Is artificial gas
made from cheap material"
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GU. Heinlein haa been at BellSire the
past few days attending TO some private
business.
1t Is said the original "Babes in the
Woods" troupe is 10 be reorganizsd In the
near future.
Mr.. Trollman, o nill.risht at Smith 4
Sons FIGURING mill, is laid up with fever
and pneumonia.
Work was In progress yesterday at the
new gas furnace repairing tho damsge
cauSed by the recent explosion.
There was a special meeting Of Council
last night, at which was discussed the pro.
priety Of dividing tho town into wards. h
Arthur Walling has taken cliArse OF the
Cleveland 4 Pittsburgh ticket Office. II
is aaid that Mt. Rhodes will embark In
other business.
Daniel Jobe has OH exhibition at w. o,
Deems drug store, a miniature engine
bnilt by himself, II Is perfect In every
way and d curiosity.
The poor fund levy ior'pease township
for 1855 was $500. '0f this sum S4Sg was
applet 10 tho poor Of Bridgeport aud 3d..
OIL was Issued TO the poor oil Martins
Ferry, Although the latter named. place
is much larger, 1t Is q pretty good showing
for the condition Of the citizens here.
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UThe escape oipAiker, the nlus.yeai
convict, from the County Jail" Haid a well
known lawyer yesterday, twas not alto
Vether the lault Of Jailer Nichols, though
Of course he was to blaine. think q bad
system prevails hote. When Parker was
sentenced, d stay Of forty.hve days wa
granted, twenty days 10 take an appeal
and twenty-five Tor theappeal 10 be heard,
After the expiration Of the twenty days,
no appeal being taken, why should The
sentence be longer atiependedY don't
know whether the Law 10 responsible OF
not, but II 10 bad, A man should DO sent
10 MOundSvllle a. coon a. sentenced.
Then II he gels q new trial, bring him
back, Had this rule prevailed, Jack
Cohnetg and Parker, two notorious crooks
now At large, would be uaelul and rellF.
IND citizens Of the slate. The present lax
iishnef Of doing 10 oil wrong"
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LEE OF a EREIenr On.
The VlClSSlIuIsS Of BuG Cats Career aa,
ia Longevity,


An ISTRLLIeEScER man was recently
diminishing about the yards Of the Balh.
more 4 Ohio road in this city, when an
engine came in Of the Pittsburgh division
with three or four freight cars attached,
all more or less broken up and damaged,
the result OF some slight collision that bad
occurred. The reporter wss talking with
au old antexpeEisncsd FailToader at the
time about railroad matters in general,
and noticing the damaged cars, pr0pound-
ed the question, what Is the average lie
Of . freight carp
swell, | hardly know what answer to
make lie replied. "But take car under
the most favorable circumstances and |
suppose that about eight years alter It has
been built everything about It has been
renewed, In that time the wheels have
been replaced two or three times and
often as many as tonr and five times, A
slight collision or some accident brushes
in q portion Of car, smashes In an end,
partially unroofs it, or knocks of door,
as you can see illustrated in those wrecks
that have Just come into the yard but as
bad US they look they are all capable Of
further usS after they have been to the
repair shops, where they are to bs taken.
When a car is go badly ussdup In o wreck
as TO be OF no further use, the remains
are usually burned on the spot so that we
can get the old iron and at the same time
remove sill traces OF wreck, 81 that ner-
yous persona on passenger trains are not
unnecessarily worried.
I toll mol
the shops; there they will be rspainted
and repaired and made all right again.
When car ia 80 smashed that II becomes
necessary 10 rebuild, this new car gets the
same number the old onu had and no one
outside knows the difference, II tho car
does not meet with an accident TO hasten
It's destruction, wear and tear and ex-
posuro 10 the elements will send 1t TO
PIECES Of itself before the eight years have
elapsed. New cara Rrs building every
day OF tho year to replace those that have
been entirely destroyed. An unusually
large number Of cars have been built dur
ing thu past year by all the leading trunk
lines"
"Do passenger cars last much longer
than freightP"
eBJ lot llh fedsOu tnNJ tuey uEe ulutH
more carefully handled, They ard fire.
qusntly stored In sheds when not in use,
as a protection against the weather, aud
then the material used in their construc.
lion Is better and mora servlCeable and
hey are more substantially constructed,
However, they eau not live longer than
ten or twelve years without bsing re-
newed, Accidents, collisions and other
unfortuitous circumstances, Of course, cut
down the average in tho loss Of passenger
us 1t does in freight cars, For building
both nothing has been found that answers
the purpose as well 40 wood, The iron
freight cars, built some years ago as an
experiment, were no good. When one
got caught in q collision 1t had to be taken
almost entirely apart before any repairs
could be- made"
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rHi.uuGu TIE STATE.
Accidents and Incidents In Wet virglnl
and VteinIIP

NNNANVhNb NAt III "uSt NHkulu
and vicinity.
Rev. Stephen Huber, OF Wellsburg, al.
ter a priesthood Of forty years, is now CON.
PEELED by the Ills Of old age, TO ask 10 be
retired from all pastoral duty.
Will Meredith, the Cambridge young
man said to have fallen from a vessel and
drowned IN the waters OF the Gull stream
few weeks ago, has returned homo.
j. W. Concord, Of Calhoun county, was
arrested and brought to Parkernburg on q
warrant charging him with forging pen.
sion vouchers. He was held In the sum Of
$1,000
Tho B. & o. Company has notified the
operators in tho vicinity OF Cambridge
that they must give them coal at lesser
ratio, and In such case the operation will
have 10 cut in the mining price, but they
say they will not doinand Of miners to ac.
Cept such reduction. However, II the lot.
Ter do not agree to II there will DO shut
down for an indefinite period.
Late Tuesday night the track.walker al
UlarksburR found several rails placed
across the track. lie removed them Just
In timo to save passenger train from
wreck. An hour later q freight train was
wrecked at tho same spot, aud as 1t was
Immediately ahead Of the passenger train,
1t Is presumed the obstruction was in.
tended for the latter. The suspected per
petrators Of tho outrage were arrested.
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BsLhAtRr.
Tho Republican PrIpariOs--srlioOi Eater.
talnmsnt-Nowa Notes.

Tho Republican PrIuiarios--sGlioOl Enter.
talhmsnt-NeWS Notes.
The aremen will parade this evening
and afterwards visit the Catholic fair.
Three tow boats passed Up yesterday
with barges pulled after them tandem.
The steel works are still idle Oh account
otthe strike Of THE engineers aud laboreTs.
Rev. j. X. McKsllip left Wednesday for
Pittsburgh, 10 attend tho funeral OF Lis
brothers. wife.
Workinan's milk wagon team OF ponieg
ran otf yesterday, but both ponies fell
down aud little harm was done.
Ed. Elliott will have his former place az
fireman on one Of tho o. 4 p. "pohies''
hero. j. b. Martin will IRE the MARITIME
Ferry "pony.P
Tho Catholic Bazaar, at tho rink, is the
most elaborate affair Of The kind Bellaire
has had. A number Of merchants have
booths, and the booths Of the ladies and
others In charge are numerous and hand.
somely decorated.
The primary school entertainment will
DO given at the Christian Church tonight.
There will DO Rotations by the punilH
and by Mtss Minnie Marsh, Miss Ella
Grove and Miss WyriCk. Miss Marie
Batelle will be pianist and Chafles
I.aRoObe will play the violin. Among
the singers who will assist are Niles Annie
Miller, Miss llpbinson, Miss Bessie Hoge
and Messrs. Wenner and o D. Kelly. An
exhibition Of gymnastics is also on tho
programme. Miss Baron will contribute
an organ solo.
The Republican primaries will be held
Saturday oi next week, the l3lh, between
5 and I o'clock r. ", The city convention
will be held at City Hall tho Saturday
after that and the Township mass con.
venlIon will lie held the same day al 4
O'Clock. The primaries will appoint four
delegates Ii tie First ward, three In the
Second, four In the Third, ak In the
Fourth and Eve In the Flkh. The city
officers TO DO chosen are Mayor, Marshall,
solicitor, one Water Works TfuAtee, two
School Directors and Street Commissioner.
The Township convention will nominate
three Trustees under tue new law, CLERK,
treasurer, Assessor aud two UonstablGs.
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ruEARloN "KaFvpEylsrrE"
a PluaSaut Analr Yesterday and anOthO
Next MOnday Evening.


a PlvauaHt AnalF Yesterday and another
Next MOaday Evening.
The fourth Kl,Btcrisite Of the series 10 be
given by the ladies OF the Ariou Society
this season, took place yesterday alter
noon and last evenin Sat the club house Of
the Arlou, on the South Side, The alter
noon was devoted by the ladies' to sewing,
doing iar work and pleasantly chatting
together. At q o'clock the gentlemen BIZ
gan putting in ar appearance, and they
continued to arrive during the entire
evening. Tho supper, as usual, was a
very appetixlng affair After supper there
was music and ageneral good time.
Next Monday evening the Arion pro;
poses giving the finest masque ball and
carnival ever given 10 tho city. Extra
ordinary arrangements are being made for
It BY a COMMITTEES OF leading members.
There Ia TO be- Prince and PrinCess car
niysl, an smIteur minstrel performance
and numerous other leading features
One OF Baltimore'h largest COBtumers has
been engaged to briug on his finest robes
tLe will arrive and DO at the hall satnr-
day. Mono but members and strangers
In the city whom they may Introduce will
be admitted.
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Another Rebbetx.

A young man reported Ut police hoad-
quarters yesterday morning early that he
had been around town with some Wheel,
ing men, strangers to him, had visited
several saloons, and not bsing used to
drinking, had become bewildered BY in.
toxiCantS TO such Rn extent that he could
not giysany inlslliglble account Of where
he bad been. He WAS seen south OF tbs
creek by one oft officers. In his rounds
he had been robbed OF about $50 in money
aud gold watch. Prosecuting Attorney
Jordan and Caption BennetIare attempt
ing to discover the thief and recover the
stolen property, but owing to the victims
inability TO otter them any Information
that might Ss,yo as clue, the outlook Ia
not hopeful,
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MARrlNIs FERnY.
The New Dsput-rns water Works BOuds
General Local News.

The New Dsput-rns water Works Bonds.
General Local News.
Jake Kempls lecturCd Wednesday night
in tho q. A, Il, hall,
A number oil commercial men were
around yesterday, oil reporting trade on
the increase.
Yesterday was quarterly pension day
here aud Squire Mitchell had his hands
full filling out blank certificates.
Mel. spaEc9, who has been confined
to the house since The Sth Of January,
was out for the first time yesterday.
servlceB at the Presbyterian church
have been in progress during the week.
Rev. q. @, Hays, Of Bridgeport, will preach
this evening,
The citizens OF the First ward will have
q meeting on Saturday, the 18th, for tho
purpose Of suggeStin2 the names Of two
Councilmen and one Assessor,
Mr.. Vincent Dairy, OF New Corners.
town, Ohio, has been in town several
days negotiating, It is understood, for the
purchase Of tue Ohio Valley Msrs office.
1t wss said yesterday that tue location
OF the passenger depot had been gettled
upon, and that the building would b.
erected on the corner OF Second and
Walnut streets.
The strike Of the unikilled workmen at
the Ana and Standard mills remains the
same, no work u either being done, Both
the men and manufacturers apparently
stand lirm, and what the result will be Is
hard to tell.
Mrs. johnson some tino ago rented a
house " q. +. Norrington with the under
standing, as she claims, that IL was 10 be
ueed AS a tobacco store, but the proprie.
tor. changing his miNd, opened In the ga.
loon business, Mrs JOhnaon brought suit
for. the possession Of the property and the
result was a compromise, the present ten
ant agreeing to vacGte Within ten days,
THE WATER woEs DoEDs.
Mr.. j. r. lanes has received the follow.
ing telegram in regard 10 the Closing Of
the contract Of the Martins Water Works
bords, which explains itself:
PtTTsDURuH, March 2, 'sG,
u \. HdneS, Martins Ferry, D..
No further contract necessary with
Hayes. Contract signed. II. NJ. Long.
The day after the receipt OF the above
dispatch, the Ohio Valley Nsus contains
the following editorial mention Of the
water works bonds:
CATER careful inquiry our information
Is as follows: The Mayor and town clerk
say II the bonds are sold they do not
know 1t, while the water works commit.
tee Of council say that the bonds are sold
and portion Of the funds are subject
to draft. This is all we know about II"
The readers Of the TNrELLioESCER have
in the preceding extracts all tho iniorma.
ton that could be cleaned regarding the
matter yesterday.
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In the u. s. district court yesterday, on
application OF the First National Bank oil
Richmond, Va, and Goulevsne & 90,
temporaryinjunctlon was granted restrain.
ing Greene RAIDER and q. NJ. Donelson &
90. from interfering with q certain tram
road on Coal Run, Fayette county. Tho
case will be argued ut Charleston on the
23d inst.
Harvey Winters, Of this city, plead
guilty to the charge Of violating the III.
ternal revenue laws, and was fined 500
and costs.
The case OF Francis BArger, accused Of
exaCting exsortionAte and illegal pension
fees, was then put on trial to a jury, and
Ia still pending.
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Yesterday q little son Of Mr.. zIck Rob.
ertson, aged A or 8 years, was playing with
a AtlCk at the family residence on -Four.
tenth street, when he stuck 10 in the FIRE,
and then whirling It about III a blaEs SGT
fire TO the lace curtains. The flames were
communicated 10 the clothing Of q smaller
brother, eight months old, who was play.
Ing about on the .tleos, aud before aid
could reach the little fellow, be was hor.
ribly, and II 10 feared fatally burned.
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MI. Dat+Nhis New idea.

In his recent report to the Gas Trustees,
Acting Superintendent Darrah recon.
mendB that the new retorts which he de-
Bires 10 have built, he placed In benches
OF elk instead Of Eve. He says ut has
been found that the same iunl consumed
in heating five retotis will heat six" OF
words to that effect, He doesn't say by
whom this diEUovety was made. The
fact ls that last summer Superintendent
Dillon built some new retofts, and they
were built Ia benches Of six, instead Of
1--WE, as was the previous custom. The
plan was found by this practical trial Ia
b. advantageous and economical.
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Exceptions are taken by the leaders Of
the Pittsburgh nallers to an article which
appeared In one Of the morning papers.
which stated l.. substance that the nsilers
proper would refuse 10 return 10 work
until the feeder nailers" were discharged
from the various factories In the Western
Association. They desire TO emphatically
contradict the assertion aud state that they
regard II as injurious TO them. They de-
clare that the nailers Of Pittsburgh are
ready to 60 TO work at any date II tho
manufacturers consent TO sign the com.
promise scale.
TIE above is from the Pittsburgh Chron.
icie. Telegraph OF last evening. There are
no ieeder.nailers at work In any Of the
Pittsburgh mills.
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says hartley will PLAY.

Manager Phillips, Of the Allegheny club,
arrived home from Louisville "Wednesday
night. He was completely tired out by
his labors OF the seat OF war, and severe
cold which he contracted there added 10
his misery 80 ho sought repose imme.
diately on Ills arrival.
He left word before retiring to announce
10 the base ball enthusiasts Of the city that
iIarkley would play In Pittsburgh on May
/, President NimiCk Ia still In Louisville.
He IL preparing TO wage heavy legal
battle, and Is collecting his ammunition
fnr lha fravs
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lultautly HsileySd,

Mrs. Ann 1acouf, Of New Orleans, La,
writes; u hayO q son who has been slCk
for two years; he has been attended by
Out leading physlulsng, but all to no puf.
posc. This morning he had his usual
tpsll Of coughing, and was 90 greatly pros.
tfated In consequence that death seemed
imminent. We had In the house a bottle
OF DIR, WIN. HALLS BALsAM FOR
THE LUNGS, purchased by my husband,
who noticed your advertisement. We adj
nlnisteyed II and lie was instantly re.
lieVel,"
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Tho lltldrenorI ID. ltrnlp.lon.

Members Of 1.-THE company who are erect.
ing the furnace ut Brdgeportto generate
gus from slack coal and other cheap refuse
Of mines along the Cleveland, Loraln 4
Wheeling road, say that the explosion on
Wednesday was caused by the fact that
the tank was not completed when the
test was made, the sheet iron having
iailed To arrive. The danage was not
serious, and the explosion was trivial
affair In oil resptn,s. The company has
great confidence in lite scheme, and the
tank will be, reconstructed and another
teat made under more favorable cirCum-
AianIAR
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b. a o. HlIl.LuYEs KICKING
On Being Opmpsllod to Contribute to th'
Relief Fuud-SY tits said.

On Being o0mpsllOd tn Contribute tO the
Relief Fuud--sp tits SAID.
It is rumored that employees OF the Bal
timore 4 Ohio on tho main stem Of the
Baltimore 4 Ohio road have been quietly
at work for some time formulating plan
whereby the compulsory features Of the
insurance plan begun by that company
will be abandoned. The projectors Of the
plan have bseu go quietly and secretly at
work that none OF than have betrayed
themselves. AS soon as the details Of the
RChama have been formulated all Of the
employees on all the roads OF tho System
viii b6 asked to Join the movement. An
idea Of the extent otthe insurance scheme
on this road may be gained, when 1t Is
known that 1t has 80 900 employees who pay
So 80 a month In contributions. In Sep.
TENDER, 1885, 708 employees or their fam.
iiesj received relief; in October, 72l; in
November, $50; in December, ISL. The
majority Of cases In which relief was IT.
forded we're those who we're sick or who
had been temporarily disabIel; The
highest death policy was 81 $50, which was
paid in September. The highest in No.
yelnber was 81, $50; in December, $1,000.
There were about u dozen policies In the
quarter paid which we're over 81 900 about
twenty over $500, while lout-htths OF all
the benefits Cane under 500.
The object OF the men is 10 be relieved
Of compulsory payment, and, encouraged
by the success Of the Pennsylvania en-
pIoyes, they will 20 OF the system very
boldly. Baltimore & Ohio employees and
officers in Wheeling deny any knowledge
Of the matter. The story comes fromPitLs'
burgh.
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1rnrcArIoSs.

WAsnrSoroS, D. O., March OIL AM
For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee, fail
weather, except in the extreme western
Portion local rains, winds generally caster
~, slightly warmer weather in Ohio Val
Icy, nearly stationary temperature In
Tennessee.
For Lover Lake Region, fair weather
slight changes In temperature, northeast
erly winds III western partitions, north
westerly winds In the eastern portions.