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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
ECHOES OF THE ELECTION
rr,pn AMONG THE DEMOCRATS

aGreatlp exclaimed the sIlvcrsmiths OF Ephcsus
to whom the making Of shrines brought no small
gain, when they heard Dcmcrius say that TINS ram
hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying
that there be no gods which arc made win hahus-
"Grcat is Diana of the Eph' slams"
Great exclaimed tho saioon-keopers Oh New
York. 10 whom the selling of gin brought no small
gain. when they heard the Democrats say that THIS
Warner Miller hath persuaded and turned away much
people, saying that the liquor traffic was tho most
gigantic evil of the day" Great Is Dave hll oil
Chemung'
big meeting was held in Ephesus some CRED
one thing and some another for tho assembly was
confused and the more part knew no: wherefore they
wcre como together But they chased PAU out OF
Ephcsus just the same. Similarly a great eecuoD
was held in New-York Some said Cleveland and
some Harrison others paid particular atteh'ioh 10
Hugh j. Grant, and the freeborn sons OF LpcrV mao
a merry time and thousands voted who didn't have
any more idea what 1t all about Than red
Indian would have about the proceedings OF feace
Convention. but the saloon keepers kept thcT eyes
fixed on Warner Miller and they showed him under.
and now they howl aloud Behold the GinSelers'
owni Great is Dave Hill Of Chemung'
They arc right about It, too, in certain sense
HIPS plurality Is large and Clevelands defeat
is so decisive that the distance between them cannot
be wholly charged 10 trading. Cleveland poiled the
fun strength of his party tho issue he selected for
an appeal to tho people. Hill pollcd that strength
minus the votes of host OF decent Democra's-A
least 10000 in my opinonplus the aggregated FORCES
of evil This last element undoubtedly belongs In tho
main to his party, anyhow. The Democrats arc al
ways favored by the forces OF evil But I'm H'hs
case they worked with absolute unanmity' Ihey
looked at his cause as the svcrsmlths OF Ephesus
looked at Dianas, and they worked with desperate
zeal
II must make Cleveland sick TO think that only
four short months ago DC held the Democratic nominal
ing power firmly in his hands and. by single word,
could have snuTcd ont Hill completely. When the
state Convention was held that selected delegates
TO the ST. Louis Convention, the President demon
strated his supreme authority in the Democratic
machine The fight that Hill had made against him
In the State Committee ended disasrously for the
Governor that he not even permitted 10 go TO
st. Louis dclcgac-an unheardof nsllt-and
his friends were unable to Get favorable mention OF
his Administration in the party platform Had Cleve'
land possessed the courage at that suspicious moment
10 act upon the advice OF william II. Grace, his heart
ache would not now be keen as 1t IS lie might
not. indeed have been able to save himself. but he
would not be experiencing the humiliation OF seeing
.Hln on the crest of success while no Is sinking
'hopelessly in the trough Of failure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
CHEER AND ENCOURAGEMENT IN ARIZONA.

From The Arizona hlchcE
our genial sheriff, Eli Mayes dropped In on us the
other day 10 subscribe for copy OF Tho Kicker TO
send to a friend In Vermont, and TO speak words of
cheer and encouragement in regard 10 our enterprise.
Before he left he incidentally served papers on in
libel SUITS follows The Widow iIocEings $4,000 !:
Jack Hines, 100000, Colonel Johnson, $4,000; Mrs
smithers, $1,000, Scattering 10000
All The above suits were the results OF few truth
full paragraphs in recent ISSUE and while not ex-
actly ected, unwelcomo. We don't think a
newspaper amounts TO shuclS unless II has half a
dozen libel suits the docket, and we don't believe
that any editor Will get up and hump himelf until he
realizes that he has got TO raise 600 900 In cash inside
Of q year. Friends. Romans Como and sec US
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-25
OPERA AT THE GRAND.
The Kimball Company in "PrInce AIethu.
Ealsm'' Last Night.

The KimbaIl Company in "Prince Methu.
salem" Last Night.
The Grand was well filed last night,
considering it was Christmas eve, when
everybody is too busy buying presents
to think OF going to a show. The Kim
ball Opera Company opened its weeks
engagement, the opera being "Prince
Methusalem," the first presentation in
Wheeling Of this popular work OF
Johann Strauss's. The opera is tuneful
ahd charming, and the company worthy
of the opera. The staging does credit to
Mrs. Kimball, whose care for the
mounting OF piece is well known, and
the costuming is unusually fine and at
tractive. OF the company it is not
too much to say that on the
whole more pleasing one was
brilliant feature OF it, and the soloists
all artists. Miss Chapman as the Prince
increased her popularity; Miss Luke as
PulcineiiO and Miss Arnold US ,SOphiSticd
won the audience at once. Mr.. Bell is a
fine comedian, and his efforts were APP
preciated heartily. The march in the
last act is MS fine thing in its way US
was ever done on Wheeling stage, and
the opening performance went with a
vim and met with n response which as
sures the most brilliant week OF the sea.
son. The same opera at the matinee to-
daV and this evening
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-25
His FIt,eeniIi chr,,tma..

For the fifteenth Christmas Mr.. Mar
tin Thorton, proprietor Of the Bruins
wick hotel, wishes his patrons a Merry
Christmas and all the Joy OF this festal
season. The Brunswick windows have
recently showed with what bounty mine
host Martin has provided for his guests
to-day, and persons who cannot dine al
the family board will find nowhere
more Of the good cheer and good fare Of
Christmas thap in the Rrpnswick dining
room. Mr.. Thornton returns thanks fol
the steady and increasing patronage Of
the public in the closing year, and no
assurance is needed by Wheeling PEG.
pie that he will do ali in his power to
Justify the good opinion OF him that has
been manifested in the past years OF his
career as q caterer.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-25
"A HOLE 1S THE GROUND
HoyVs Funniest Comedy Given ut th'
Opera House.

Opera House,
There has not been performance in
Wheeling for long time SO thoroughly
enjoyable in every respect rs Hoyt's "a
Hole in the Ground, which was given
at the Opera House last evening and
will be repeated this afternoon and
evening. The comedy is characteristic
cally Hoyt-ian, but it is crowded fuller
Of pure, Irresistible fun than any OF his
other connections. There is a hearty
laugh in every minute OF its progress.
The company is larger, and better, than
the average OF those seen in his plays.
The singing is fine, and the dancing ar
tistic. The chorus is strong, well bal
anced and well trained. The stage set
ting is first rate, and the close, hard hits
at the bad points about modern railroad
station management often provoke
hearty applause. Mr.. Richards, as
the Stranger, is everywhere and all
the time the life OF the farce. Miss
Lyford, who presides at lunch coun-
ter, but knows too much to eat her own
victuals, is pretty and acts her part ex'
ceedingly well. The three tailor made
girls and the two terriers" with the
station agent, who whistles like bird
the drummers, the station boy, the tele,
graph operator, the stranded base ball
umpire and the hotel runners, make up
u company which fits the piece so well
that it looks us though the company was
first gotten together and the play cul
out to fit. The laughter engendered by
it will help to digest your Christmas
dinner and put you in good humor fol
the remainder OF 'SS. The house was
surprisingly large for SO busy night.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-25
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
Pleasant Presentation at the Mcclure House
Inst EEenInG.

Pleasant Presentation Mt the Mcclure House
Last Evening.
There took place at the McLpre
House last evening one OF the pleasant
est and most deserved Christmas pre-
sentations that the press Of this city has
been called upon to chronicle for many
seasons past. Col. Sam B. Harrison, the
veteran lin point OF service) head clerk,
was made the happy recipient Of a
superbly handsome gift from the board
ers and proprietors Of the house, who
had concluded that after the many years
of faithful and satisfactory service the
Colonel had rendered them, 1t was time
to set watch upon his person and chain
him 10 them even more firmly than the
chains OF friendship and esteem already
bound them.
Itall came about in this wise: Yes
terday Mt dinner one Of the oldest board
ers in the house, as he sat at dinner,
NOTICED the well known and popular
clerk enter the dining room and nj the
same time remembered that to-day was
Christmas; and ut almost the same in
slant the thought struck him that there
was no one to whom the boarders Of the
house could more appropriately show
an evidence OF their esteem and appre-
citation OF many kindnesses than to Har-
rison, The idea was mentioned to one
or two others and enthusiastically re.
caiyed, In less than IN hour good
sized nurse had been made up with
mn 0lacrity that testified most fOrcihly
TO the pleasure the donors felt in giving,
and one OF the finest gold hunting.case
watches in l. G. Dillon & Co.'s estab-
lishment purchased. About this time
Messrs. Mcclure and Stamm got on to
the project and asked to be allowed TO
assist In making the testimonial one
worthy the recipient. As a chain was
lacking their request was timely and
readily granted they procured beauti-
full chainand made the handsome present
complete.
As Colonel Harrison came out OF the
dining room after supper, he, was way
laid and escorted to the parlor, where
the boarders and many others OF his
friends had gathered. Judge Thayer
Melvin, who has been boarder at the
hotel for the longest period, was chosen
10 make the presentation speech, which
he did in very apt and pleasing man
ner. DR.. John l. Dickey was called on
10 respond and did so gracefully. Both
speakers paid deserved tributes to the
somewhat frightened recipient, whose
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-25
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Strangers In tho City aud Wheeling People
Abroad.
Mr.. George Whitaker is home from
college for the holidays.
Hoyts "Hole in the Ground" compa'
ny are at the Hotel Windsor.
Mrs. Joseph Gerken is visiting rela-
tives at Grafton during the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Kotzebue, Of Ra-
venswood, were registered at the stamm
yesterday.
Blanche Chapman and Arthur II.
Bell, two OF the principals OF the Kim,
ball Opera Company, are at the hote!
Windsor.
Mr.. Whiting Allen, n well-known
newspaper man, now the advance man
ager OF the among the Pines" com.
pany, is ut the Mcclure house.
Capt. and Mrs. Basil T. Bowers and
Mrs. Henry KOontz, OF New Martinsville,
were registered at the Stamm yesterday
They were here doing some Christmas
shopping.
Mr.. W. S. McCafferty, of East Liver
pool, formerly with the Webster Wagon
Company, at MoundsVille, is spending
Christmas among his numerous Wheel
ing friends.
Mr.. Charles List, who is attending the
Jefferson Medical College ut Philadel-
phia, is home for the holidays. His wei
come from his many friends is, as usual,
warm one.
Captain George Newland and Lieuten:
ant George Morningstar, OF the United
States Army, arrived yesterday over the
Panhandle Railroad to spend Christmas
with their families. Their many friends
will be glad to welcome them in their.
midst. -,
arrived here yesterday and is quartered
Mt the Mcclure. The last "Curly's" many
Wheeling friends heard OF him he was
laid up in a hospital very near deaths
door with necrosis OF the hip. 1t was
thought that his leg would have to be
amputated and that he could not even
then recover, but skillfnl treatment has
brought him around, andthough he has
TO 20 about on crutches, he still has his
old and CHEEKY smile and pleasant greet
inc
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-25
A NOVEL REHEARSAL
The KImbaIl Company Gets an Extra
"CaIl" Last Night.

The KImbaIl Company Gets an Extra
"Call" Last Night.
Last week the Kimball Opera Com
pany, which opened under such auspi-
cious circumstances at the Grand last
evening, appeared in Cincinnati, and
during the week gave fourteen regular
performances and had to respond to FIVE
calls for rehearsals. The company was
laboring under the impression that it
had been working some the past week
and fully earning its salary, and was
delighted with the idea OF strik-
ing Wheeling, town where
the Christmas matinee would be the
only one outside OF the regular ones, on
Wednesday and Saturday. that they
would be forced to play. In other
words, after the experience they had had
in Cincinnati, the nine regular perform
ances in Wheeling and rehearsal or
two made this very desirable point.
Imagine the dismay OF the company
therefore when on reaching the theatre
last evening they found call, which
commenced as follows:
"Having just received word from the
management that we are not working
this company hard enough, and being
DESTROYS Of keeping in the good graces
Of our employers, we have decided to
call rehearsals at night. Knowing that
none OF our people are in the habit of
retiring before ! O'Clock, we think it.
wise to employ this valuable time ben
oficially, both TO themselves and their
employers"
Up to this period there were blank
faces; then as the call went on to state
how the signers, Kirkland Calhoun, the
stage manager, and Fred Perkins, the
musical director, had made themselves
"solid" with the caterer at Mclaughlin
& McGinley's, and that every member OF
the company was ordered to report
promptly at II o'clock, the look OF rebell-
ion that had clouded faces gave way to
smiles, and as they read, Nothing
short Of death will be accepted as an
excuse. Any one coming late will be
fined one weeks salary for every five
minutes; any one showing The slightest
disposition to shirk their work while
there will be instantly discharged, or in
other words, fred bodily" there was an
unanimous response Of "We'll be there"
and they were there.
Those who think that theatrical peo-
Pile don't enjoy Christmas as well as
other people are mistaken, The supper
provided by Messrs. Calhoun and Per
kins was a great success and was much
enjoyed by the company, which was
present In force. There are other
Christmas festivities in store for the
company, and their stay in Wheeling
bids fair to be very pleasant one.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-25
TWO CITY ORDINANCES
Before the Circuit Court-Tho Police and
Fire Board.

Before the Circuit COurt-Tho Police and
Fire Board.
Yesterday Judge Jacob rendered his
decision as to one OF the questions at
issue in the case to test the validity Of
the ordinance creating the Board Of
Police and Fire Commissioners. He
sustained the demurrer OF the city to
the petition OF Gregory Warner and
others, holding that to annul the ordin-
ance us they requested would be to
usurp a legislative function, and vir-
tually repeal an ordinance OF the City
Council.
The proceedings in quo VGrrantO to re-
quire the members OF the Police and
Fire Board to appear as individuals and
show by what authority they act in that
capacity remains in Sdtu quo.
The petition of the Attorney General
OF the State and certain citizens OF
Wheeling to prevent the enforcement OF
the new ordinance changing certain
ward boundaries and reapportioning the
members oil the Second branch OF Coun-
Gil to the wards, was then argued by
Col. Robert White and L. Z. McKennon
for the petitioners and by City Solicitor
Caldwell for the city. The argument
was not finished when the court got
enough and quit till another time.
So far all this litigation has accom-
plished is to take cold cash out Of the
city treasury for fees and costs.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-25

The bright little boy Tommie Rogers,
whose sad ending has been noticed, was
only eight years old, instead OF ten. All
! who knew him loved him. His late
home on Sunday last was crowded SO
that many fearful eyes wee deprived by
the throng OF the privilege OF viewing
him the last time. The little body was
surrounded in profusiou with choice
flowers from his numerous friends.
The evening before his death he re-
marked that he would not spend his
Christmas money for candy but buy
some poor children in his neiEhborhood
stockings to keep their feet warm. Such
was his nature, which accounts for his
many friends, for whom he always had q
pleasant greeting. All noted the kind
affection his school and Sunday School
teachers and classmates showed him,
and it was highly appreciated by his
sorroY-stricken parents,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-25
LOCAL BRgYlTlEs.
Mnttor, Of Minor Moment in and About Tho

mnltofB OF MINOR muueht III Ahu hbvNt taAo
City.
CnRIsrMAs balls abound.
MATINEEs at both theatres to-day.
The GRAND this evening-nPrince Me
thusalem."
OPERA HOUSE this evening-"A Hole
in the Ground"
TIE express companies did a rushing
business yesterday.
TIE gas has not been lighted in the
Capitol clock for several nights.
MARKET was held in the Fifth ward
last evening instead OF this morning.
THIS is Council'sregular night to meet,
but "you bet your sweet life she won't
meet"
TIE letter.carriers have about all they
can manage with the Christmas cards
and parcels.
TIE last will and testament Of Velia
Troy, deceased, was yesterday admitted
to probaLe and ordered to be recorded
MARGARET A. GEYER, has been grant
ed divorce from Dana Geyer, and re-
stored to her maiden name, Margaret A.
Exley.
ELEVEN cases paid up in the Poiict
Court yesterday. Nell Martin paid $2(
and costs, and the raid on her house
netted the city SIP 20.
TIE mills and fpctories all took a
least one day of for Christmas, and the
boys do not consider it a hardship thai
| tI,n,y do MT rYni a lDNUOr raCt
ANDREW MURPHY, n native OF Ireland
was Yesterday made full.hcdged either
OF the United States, receiving his sec
Ond papers from Part ii OF the Circuit
Court.
PAT FLANAGAN was discharged b!
Squire Arkle yesterday on both chargci
against him-assault and threatening &
kill. The whole matter grew out OF
jealous brOther-in.law's temper.
THERE was slight fire at the house o
lMr. Wallace, on Eighteenth street, be
fore daylight yesterday morning. Tn
Atlantic engine was called out by q Still
alarm and put out the blaze wlthou
much damage.
LoTs Of nice Christmas trees we're sol
in Wheeling this year, and it is u strik
ing fact that most OF them were shipped
here from Massachusetts, although Yves
Virginia is full of trees beautiful
suited for the purposeJ
joins MCNAMARA was yesterday re
leased from jail, his father becoming hi
Lbondsman in the sum OF 500. Nnni
McAdams was also released from jai
her son becoming her bondsman. Sh
swore Off from drinking for one year.
CLERK Hook yesterday admitted 7
record deed made December y D.
Anna, widow of Henry Hess, to Willi4L
Mclaughlin, in consideration Of SOP
for the east half Of lot 2 in square % i
the Bellaire addition, on the north sid
OF Fourteenth street.
Ir is rumored that tic Wheeling Stet
Company has purchased, or at least
eudeavoring to purchase, the new factt
nv OF the BenwOod Nail Company, wit
the intention of extending the table,
, the blooming train and making ethe
needed improvements.
= HENRY ALLESGswoRTH was befor
, Justice Davis on warrant sworn out b
Andrew McFee, charging him with usin
! profane language to his wife, Alleng
worth entered plea of guilty, an
, paid his fine andCosts Henry Allengi
worth then swore out warrant befor
Justice Davis last night, charging Catht
rine McFee with using profane Language
THIS case will be disposed OF to-day.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-25

proverbiaI hotel nerve all but iorsook
him, SO SURPRISED and overcome was he.
The present was procured 80 hurriedly
that there was no time to have 1t appro-
priately engraved, which will be done
later. 1t is safe TO say that there will be
none in town who will find to-day a
merrier Christmas than Harrison, nor
one who will answer with better grace
questions asked him concerning the
time Of the day, or night either.
Colonel Harrison has been in almost
continuous service behind the Mcclure
House desk for nearlytwe years. He is
known to the travellers from the lakes to
the gulf and from ocean to ocean. His
friends are legion, and his few faults
are faults lost sigbtof, including a mania
for puns and poetry, in the contempla-
ton OF his many virtues and kindnesses
OF heart. He is always helping others to
the best OF his ability in time OF affiic'
ton. A notable example Of this was
shown ut the time OF the big flood oil
February, 'S4, when he objected at the
hotel desk nearly $1,000 to relieve the
GufIarara
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-25

Marriage licenses were yesterday issued
to the following named parties:
John L. Moore, aged 20, native o.
Moundsville and resident Of this city
and Miss Lizzie Serig, aged "a, a native
and resident Of Wheeling.
Houston T. Wood, aged 90, and Annie
McNamee, aged q, both natives OF Ohio
and residents of Wheeling,
Fred Hartmann, aged %, a native Of
Cumberland, Md, and resident OF Pitts
burgh, and Fannie Dorsey, aged "a, a
native OF Morgantown and resident Of
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Louis Joseph ,Armama, aged %, a ma
tive OF Holland and resident OF Con.
nellsville, Pa, and Maria Join, aged %,
a native and resident ofthis city,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-25
ABOUT CITY POLTTICS.
Republicans Generally do not
Want to Run,
BUT STILL A GOOD TICKET
And one that will knock Out the
Democrats, will be Named
Next Monday-The Latest
Names Mentioned.

The approaching Republican conven-
ton is now the uppermost topic. The
Democrats are naturally anxious to
know how badly they will be beaten,
and the Republicans anxious that no
mistakes shall be made in choosing the
men who will make the strongest can
didates and the best officers. Mr.. Ed
Reid says he is not candidate for
Mayor. In spite OF this announcement
many Of his warm friends will insist on
supporting him. He would be source
of strength to the ticket and would fill
the. office with dignity. Other men
spoken Of for the position are DR.. R. W.
Hazlett, Mr.. Louis Bayha, Mr.. G. Ed
Mendel, Mr.. W. B. Simpson and Mr..
James McAdams. None Of them is n
candidate; all OF them have strong sup.
porters. 1t is only when one gets to
canvassing the eligible names that the
abundant good material in the party is
realized. This shows the wisdom OF
having convention instead OF leaving
the nomination to scramble Mt the
primaries.
Mr.. Frank Bowers says he is not q
candidate for City Sergeant, City Clerk
or any other position, but that he will
do ali he can to elect the ticket. There
is still talk OF John Cummins for Ser.
geant, and Will Mccormack is also in'
sisted upon as a good man, though he
does not want it.
For Clerk, Ed Charnock, Albert Ma.
der, Jack Wright, L. W. Dunaway, W.
B. Fisher and W. Stucke have been
named. Any one OF them would make
good run.
DR.. Stathers, OF the Eighth ward, slg-
gested Saturday night, refuses to run fol
Council from that ward.