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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-10
A DARING BURGLARY,
Three Men Enter the House OF
Charles Byson and
THREATEN TO KILL HIS WIFE
Ir she Makes an omcry-.tFhey We're
ANep the Proceeds OF tho Third
Presbyterian Church Fair
No Clue to the Robbers

IA little after / o'clock yesterday lnornT
ing three unknown men entered the
home Of Charles BrysOu, at the corner
ofThirty,atth and Jacob streets, Tor the
purpose Of robbipg the house. Mrs BFy'
son and a young child were asleep they
were alone in the house, Mr.. Bryson,
who is an employe Of the Hobbs Glass
Company, having gone to work at mid
night, Mr.. Bryson acted as door keeper
at the fair and festival ut the Third
Presbyterian Church on Friday and
Jaturday nights last, and the burglars
evidently knowing OF this called during
his absence to get tho money he was
supposed to have in his possession,
fortunately, however, Mr., Bfyson had
turned the money over to Mrs, Wheat
who ia treasurer OF the department OF
The church which had the ialri charge
Tie burglars entered by 9 small window
on s.the south side Of the house and
ransacked every part OF the dwelling,
Mrs. BrysOn, awakened by the noise
the strangers made, commenced Ia
scream. One OF them, with his lace
masked with a handkerchief, sprang 10
the bedside, and pointing q revolver q!
Mrs, Bryson's head threatened to Kill
her II she did not keep quiet, The
manner in which the man addressed her
and the threatening attitude OF the
other two, who by this time were al
tho bedside, Indicated to Mrs. Bryson,I
mind that they were in earnest and
she ceased screaming, She was asked
where the $500 Mr., Bryson had brought
home from The fair was hidden, Where
they got the idea that this was tht
amount Is not known, Mrs. Bryson an
swered that there was no money in the
house and then, when asked what had
been done with It, told them II had beer
given to Mrs. Wheat. The burglars
made u further search but finding moth
ing, left the house.
The police have been notified, buI
thus far have been unable to fluid any
clue. Mrs, Bryson failed to recognize
any OF the men.
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The funeral Of the late Frank s. DE-
Hass, DID,, whose death occurred on
Sunday night will take place from The
family residence on the "Ayondalg
farm y near the Laughlin mill, Martins
Ferry, this morning at 10 o'clock. Rev,
S. Ernest Jones, OF the Island, presiding
Elder Of the Wheeling District will Off
ClGte, and the remains will be laid to
rest III the old Stone Church cemetery at
Elm Grove. The funeral will doubtless
be a very large one. Carriages will be
provided for those from this city who
desire to attend tho funeral. They will
leave'the Mcclure House at $3.50 o'clock,
The deceased had not eaten anything
for nineteen days previous to his death
and Ills attending physician says he had
such a strong constitution that he could
bave lived 10 be hundred years old had
he not had any disease.
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BgLLAIRR BRIEFS.
NIRnlsy has a Hearing on the Charge Of
IussndIRFism-Other News Notes,

MRnley has a Hearing on the Charge OF
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES News Notes,
John Nuth has bought new cedar boat.
GeOrsO Murray IL heme from a trio to Chicago,
Horace BrlltOu, OF Lower Newport, Is yi.ltng
In this city,
Henry /. Anderson left for bis home in Kansas
yesterday.
The Bottle Company will start up their new
works this moEnln4.
Some alterations are being made In the wood
work Oithe Terry boat,
August schlck aud family arc going 70 move
bark TO Bellaire from North Baltimore.
D.. ], Murray Ia considerably batter after hay.
Ing had a Dish bone taken from his throat,
After tho 18th the shooting Of quail. squirrel
and pheasant Is against the law In this Stale,
The German Lutheran church Will hold a fair
aud festival In city Hall Friday and Saturday
Engineer Thomas Elliott IL able to be around.
He walked from his home on Gravel Hill To the
p~OstOflCe yesterday,
AlF. and Mn, John RNl4pd, Of Cleveland, have
arrived here 10 attend the funeral Of A. o, Ram,
age, Mrs, ROlRnd's father.
Mrs, ], Crogap an aged lady, died yesterday at
her home ID. The Fourth ward. Deceased was
the mother Of John Burke.
OIL vel, No. . on the Sutton, farm near Glen,
c0e, has. been plugged, aud the men are now
waiting fol- the tanks to arrive,
An engine on the Ohio Valley road pushed a
car Of the end Of a short spur lFtEIle and demOl
lshed q small shed belonging to the National
Glass Company,
MFs j, ", COwRn, wife OF Walter C0Wan, Of
this county, was sworn In last week " special
deputy clerk. Of tho United states District Court
NJ CinclnuAli last week.
last Frldty Mrs. Margaret WelbV fell down a
Digit OF stliFs Ut the home VI Mrs, DonRhue, on
RNEe II u, breaking her hip b0ue, Being M Old
lady, her recovery ID doubtful.
A slight tire occurred at the Upper Lantern
Globe Works yesterday, burning the floor slight.
~, Tho Fourth ward hUse'COmpAny was handy
aud EOOn exIllgulshcd tho flames,
Two small girls were around yesterday beg
ging for u ChTiStmNS treat for the FIrSt NJ, T..
Church, Theya'e pronounced frauds, as no one
has been authorized 10 do such work,
John Jones, foreman at Dubois & MCCOy's
planning mill, - suflpTlpg from blood poisoning,
hRvlug run 4 splinter Ia his hand, AnopeFation
has been performed which It Is hoped Will be for
the better,
Fifteen young men Of this city have Organized
q cooking club, One Of their number acts M
steward aud u big room over Blum br0s, store II
used for y dining room, A good cook has been
employed and the boys ClaILn that O. per week
each, VIII pay for their board.
James MAnley had q hearing before Mayor
Brown yesterday on tho charge OF firing AulIs
mill, lie was bound over to court In the sum OF
5000, The evidence given wal not very dam.
aging 70 the prisoner, but there Is moro 10 fol
low, Httl was not furnished and Marley was
taken 10 jaIl,
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ABOUT PEOPLE.
istrungors In the CITY and Wheeling People
Abroad.

strangers In the City md Wheeling People
Abroad.
Mr.. Alfred PAUL. has gone East on
business "Trip.
Mr.. L. +. Jones, Of Taunton, Mass Ii
again In this city looking after his inter
est In the Tack factory, AS usual he Ii
at the Stamni.
The pupils OF Miss jamie Good will
give n musicale at the residence OF Mr.,
George X. MCMechen, on Chnpline
street, this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Frew entertained
The newly organized Monday Night Pro
gressive Euuhro Club, Of which they are
members, at their residence on -Four
tenth street, last evening:
Prof. William Armstrong has issued
invitations for the fourteenth public
muBical recital TO BIZ given by selected
pupils from his piano classes. The re-
rital will take place next Thursday
evening ut Houses music rooms.
Mr.. Bernard Payne, formerly Of this
city, and who Is now travelling on tue
road, can be congratulated by his many
friends here when he next visits Wheel
Ing, on the fact that lie Is u father. 1t is
q boy and was born in Columbus last
Friday.
Superintendent j.. j. Turnes, Of the
Pennsylvania Company with headqGsr.
tiers at Pittsburgh, and anumber Of other
railroad men were In the city yesterday
consulting with Mr.. Belleville. They
went over the river and took n look
around over there.
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THE WASHINGTON pRRSpYrERY
To Meet In This City This Eyenlns-T
nnnnInr EnrYInna.

To Meet In This City This Eyenlng-Th,
Opening Services.
Tho prasbvtsrv of WASHINGTON. n
nI "
wn'cn the presbyterian cnuFcnesl IN tnl'
city belong, will commence its winteI
meeting in the First Presbyterian churcl
II ria ci,v at half.nast : o,clock ~,
VI 'l,o '''y, VH'
evening. IL wiz DC opeheu WIN User
mon by tho Rev. Henry Woods, ID,
Of Washington:JefIerso College. Rev
a. B. Loves will act as Moderator OF the
meeting. Wednesday the Presbytery
will be In session all day. closing with
an address, 70 be delivered in the even
ing, by the Rev. Eugene Dunlap, q mis-
sionary who has been Iaboring IN Siam.
This Presbytery is composed Of about
.thiFtysni0D miHiBttfB, together With The
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A REPORTED SALE OF REAL ESTATE
Which Lacks Observation-Disclosures o
Pittsburgh, SaId to he the Purchaser,

Which Lacks Observation-Disclosures oil
Pittsburgh, Said to be the Purchaser,
Forth past two or three weeks there
has been a rumor atloat to the effect
that Kaufman, the big CIothier ol
Pittsburgh, had an option on the build
at the corner Of Market street and
Alley 0, which has been occupied for
several years past by Stanton & Davcn'
port, the booksellers. Yesterday II was
reported Us u fact that tho owner, Mr.,
W. Busby, had sold the Stanton 4
Davenport building and the property
between it and Hebrank's iewelry store
to Kaufman for $4,000, AMI that rs soon
as the leases held blythe present occu'
pants expired there would be built q
large and modern business block, in
which Kaufman would have q large
Wholesale and retail clothing establish
ment,
Mr.. Lem Busbey was Rsked rs to the
truth of this report. He said he knew
OF nothing definite being done and did
not think there had been any sale made.
His father, the owner OF 1.-THE property, Is
confined to his room at his home, about
seven miles up the river, at the present
time. Mr., Busbey said that he knew
that bis father had Of late, received q
number Of letters from Pittsburgh, rela'
tive to tho property above referred to,
and tho property lower down Market
street, occupied by Donaldson, Lewis 4
Co, but lie was quite positive no salt
had been made.
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A MISSING TEXAS PONY.
John Dumas Is on the L0okout for one Of
His Little Dun COIored Horses,


John Dumas, tho proprietor OF the
Fourteenth street livery stable, is con-
siderably exercised over the loss Of one
of his horses. Last Friday morning
between 10 and II o'clock, u lad Sged
apparently about 10 or II, called at the
stable aud asked for a saddle horse; be
said he was in q great hurry as he had
Just received word that his mother was
dying. There was no one about the
stable at the time, but Uncle Jake, .
one-armed, old colored man, employed
as d groom. He asked the boy where
his mother lived and was told she was
at a house about six or seven miles
down the river from here. UnCla
Jake saddled one Of the span OF dun
Colored Texas ponies formerly owned BY
Justice Ankle, and turned 1t over TO The
young man. Heasked what the chargC
would be, adding that he would bt
back about Q O'Clock that evening
When told 1t would be 81 so, he handel
over 81 %, saying that he would pay thu
balance when he returned In the even
ing, He then jumped into the saddle
and rode off since then not . word o
sign has been heard orseen OF the younl
mau or pony. Dumas has been search
ing for the animal for two days past, bu
has been unable To find a clue, Thu
pony's mate il almost aA much exercises
over the absence Of the missing dun q
Dumas, and keeps VI ian almost constan
stamping aud nelghing.
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Lonis Fuhr, Il we'll known South Side
German citizen, died very unexpectedly
yesterday afternoon. He took sick at
o'clock Sunday morning, and died at
aboutthe same time yesterday afternoon,
A physician WIS called but was unable
to diagnose the case. Mr.. Fuhr was
born iu Hesse.D atmstadt, about forty
years ago, and came to Wheeling while
quite young. He engaged In the baking
business and was well known In the
business community. He was a mem.
Der OF the Germania Singing Society,
and was ut ono lime It's President. The
news Of his sudden death was quite a
bhoCk TO his many ftiends.
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The Council COMMITTEES on Police mel
last night and audited bills amounting
to ST. 90, OF which over ten dollars was
for vehicles hired from time to time
during tho month to haul DRINKS to the
lookup. Chief Delbrugge reported that
the Telephone Company is now furnish
ing the city Its full quota Of telephones,
and that some further arrangement must
he made for the telephone TO be used IL
the Island patrol box he also reported
that work on this box had been com.
menCed. A number OF tho COMMITTEES
said that he had been informed that the
telephone at the crematory had not beer
used lately, moro frequently than once {
month, and it was decided that the Chic.
should confer with the chairman Of tht
Committee on Health, and try to arrange
for transferring the CremAtory telephone
to the Island patrol box.
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MARTINS PERRY MATTERS,
Unsuccessful Attempt Made by Thieves to
Enter n stOro-Other Notes,
Miss Ellen leayon IL quite III.

Enter n store-Other Notes,
Miss Ellen BcaYon IL quite III.
Rev. $. PrInsle, Of Mt, Pleasant, wUs among us
yesterday,
Mr.. William Clark, of warrenton, was In the
city yesterday,
Carlos LcAthervooA is the happy father of a
nine pound boy,
.Hr, James Il, Lewis has returned from u weeks
visit In GAINESVILLE,
The kOCial and reading rooms OF tho Y. NJ, O.. A,
will 10 open daily hereafter.
Mrs, Alfred CrlPPen, OF smlthAeld Is visiting
her sister Mis- Maggie brown.
The strike At the LaughlIn mill has been set.
tied aud work was reSuuied yesterday.
Work was rGSumed ut tho ElsOu Glass Works
yesterday; everything started on satisfactorily,
Yesterday Joseph IlNrberger, q l6.year.Old hoy,
residing on Fifth street., had his arm broken By
falling fiOn a runaway horse.
Call aud Iee my famous cork sOled 81 she's at
my new store on Hanover street. The COBIekt
shoe parl9F 70 Martins Ferry, will save you
money j. Medill, Q
George Co.'s and Harry wlglntou, two bridge.
port boys, wh9 amused themselves saturday
night by throwing stones through Barney NC
Cams saloon Windows, were lned 81 and costs
each yesterday.
Thieves made an unsuccessful attempt 10 en-.
ter the shoe syorc OF Joseph Medlll, GU Hanover
street, by cutting through one Of tho panels IN
tho side dOOi, They were frightened of by q
colored man who lives over the store.
The Boston Qulntette Club Will be at the new
Opera House December II. For u most euIOyA.
lble popular and classical musical entertainment
no company OF Artisis can be found 70 equal this
Organization, Go hear them. Tickets on sale
at Dr. Ong'S dug store. !"
Just QUIT "LuCk In DisguisO,h u tale Of love,
romance and travel IN the far West near Chi.
cagO, written IN good faith by v. !. YGxtCF And
punCtuated and revised by L. Il. Cutter. Illus.
trated, amusing aud interesting, pcCk'b bad
Boy OutdOle. POstoflee News Stand.
The lodge room Of Court Ohio Valley, No.
1871, A., d. g., Of A., has been iinlSheGi ID irst
class styleand y now ready for occupauy. The
room lltallFes q hy 20 feet; there ar. windows
on The north and west sides sufficient for ample
the i've wardFObcs aud u Kitchen. The floor Of
the central part Of tho hall Is covered with an
lngraln carpet OF light color, while the plat.
forms, about six Inches high and three feet
wide, extending along the sides To the officers
platforms, arc covered with the same quality Of
carpet OF rcd aud blaCk, forming u border, Com.
Portable chitt, with arm rests aud patent seats
aud backs, the latter being perforated 10 tho
shape Of u dGer's head, an emblem OF the For.
estFrS, are uAed. Tho stands aud desks arc OF
hRrd woodland OF very nNAt design. At the east
end Of Tho building are the co umlttee aud goat
rooms, which can be- thrown into q dlulug room
10 by % feet, by opening folding doors. The
third Anniversary OF this court Will DO held 10.
morrow evening.
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1T DID NOT %MATERlALIzE.

The Meeting Called for Last Night In tho
Interest of the New Hospital.
A meeting OF all men who are inter
ested in the proposed City Hospital, was
called to be held at the rooms Of the
Chamber of Commerce last night. Il
was stated that the object Of the meet
ing would DO to organize for cO'opCra'
lion with tue ladies WHO have under
taken this important project, and
10 discuss and set In motion the best
plans for doing this. The call for this
meeting was signed by Mcssrs. Il. b,
Baer, Marcus Bier, NJ. Hubbard, Il. A,
McCabe, JOE. Speldvl, G. W. Boyd, IN
Vance, NJ. l.. OF, J. +. PanIlr Geo. K
TAYLOR, Alfred PAUL, George u. Stiiell
Jacob Snyder, Henry Baer, George
Paul, NJ. Horkheimer, Louis Horkheinl'
or, v. Rosenberg, II. NJ. Harper, Hull
hen Qnarrier, John j. Jones, j. BrilIesi
Henry NJ. Russell.
Shortly after 5 o'clock when a reporter
entered the room In which tue meeting
was to DO held, no found Rev. DR..
SWope. rector OF St. Matthews church.
the only occupant. He Faid ono or two
other gentlemen had been there but bad
gone away. Shortly afterwards Rabbi
Bonnheim and Mr.. Henry Baer appeatedr
and later DR.. Robert Reed dropped in,
A short social talk was INDUCED In and
then the five dispersed.
Dr.. Swope was present as the repre-
sentative oftho ladies, prepared to make
an offer OF substantial assistance 10
whatever plan Of action the gentlemen
might decide on, the idea OF the ladies
being that tho gentlemen would take
tteps to organize IN incorporation and
taEs out q State charter, as was done J y
the organization Of the Home for Friend
less Women.
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mr.. IInstlng., runernl To.dny.

The funeral Of tho late William Hast
ipgs will take place at 1850 O'Clock this
afternoon from hiS )ate residence, No.
III Thirty. first street. IT will probably
be one of tho most largely attended
funerals seen in this city for some time.
The odd Fellows lodge and Cncamp'
ment, and the A. o. U. W. lodge, to
which he belonged, have been ordered
10 attend, and there will be . large as'
tendance Of workmen from tho LlBelle.
The interment will DO at Greenwood,
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Attic OPERA HOUSE TONIGHT.
a Hare Musical Entertainment On the:Bill
Something About tho Stars,

a Hare Musical Entertainment On he,Bill.
Something About tho stars,
The entertainment TO be given at the
Opera House this evening by tho Divide
Musin Concert Company, will unques.
tionahly be- one OF tho most choice and
artistic Of the season. A feature Of the
concert will be the playing by Mr.. MI.
sin ona violin having but one string,
the &c" OF that famous composition,
PaRaninpi'S variations on Rossini'S Pray.
or Of "bloses In Egypt"
When Paganini irst appeared In Lon.
don, IN 1881, the report preceded him
that be had previously been imprisoned
for a term OF twenty years. During bis
incarceration he was so poor that lie
could not even provide himself with a
proper instrument, or strings for the
same. He therefore made a violin out
OF a wooden shoe, on which he played
almost constantly. At last he had but
the &c" string left on his instrument.
II waB then that he composed the
beautiful and very difficult variations
VI Aublu VIII pay tO'hIkINi Nv " buo
only violin v%lrluosO who plays the
original Paganiui variations, having Sc.
cured them from q relative ofthe famous
Paganini, and possessing now the only
copy In existence.
Tho other bright stars who compose
Musin's concert company aro Annie
Louise Tanner, q noted soprano Paul.
inc MontegriiTo, contralto, Of whom o
Milan, Italy, paper says, "She sings well
and With excellent method, executing
her music With so much grace as 70 cleo.
trify her %audienceI'i Sigpor Mama,
basso, who Is said 10 have q Cantante
voice OF uRusual strength and mellow
ness, and Mr.. Edward schari, pianist,
who has lately come 10 this country;
bis praises RtO sung In a high pitch by
the German press,
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I%loblnson's Condition.

II was reported Mt police hepdquartetl
yesterday that DR.. Cracrait, the physt
clan in charge Of the patients at the
Poor House, bod said that the chances
for the recovery Of Frank Robinson, the
colored man who was so badly burned
about the breust at Hunts barber shop
were very slim that blood poisoning wal
likely to sOt In and that In case IL did
bis case would Ia all probability be d
hopeless one,
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COUNCIL COMMUTERS
On Fire Department and Police
in Session Last Night,
DIRECT CONNECTION WANTED
BY Bloch Bros. with a Hose House,
soa Fire Alarm Can bo Sounded
from Any Part of Their
Works. Other Business,

A bare quorum Of the Council Com
mittee on Fire Department met last
night. Bills amounting to S24l A we're
audited and ordered paid, Frank Lew
Issr Fbe las bssh engineer at the Allan
tic Engine house iorthe past few weeks,
presented his resignation which was &C.
copied. There was only one applicant
for the place, ], O, Dunaway, who had
the place before Mr., Lewis was appoint
ed, Upon the Chiefs recommendation,
his application was received and a reSo'
ton passed, recommending to Council
the confirmation Of Mr., Dunaway,
A communication was received from
Bloch Bros, asking permission to con-
meet their tobacco factory on the South
Side with the Eighth ward hose house
by an electrical current, so'that In case
oil fire the pressing Of q button in any
room in the factory will ring a bell In
the hose house and thus indicate the
exact location OF the fire, and at the same
time save the time necessary for the
person discovering The fire to run to an
alarm box. The Chief stated that he
had been consulted by the Arm with
regard to the matter, and that he deemed
II good Idea, exCeptthat II Others should
see ct To connect their establishments
with the Fire Department houses, con-
fusion might arise and the Department
suffer thereby, He said further, how
ever, that the GameweII company has an
apparatus known as the Auxiliary Ere
alarm system, which obyiates these
troubles, and that he had instructed
Bloch Bros. TO write to the Gamewell
company and get full information con,
corning tho direct alarm System, The
committee instructed the Chief to in,
form himself thoroughly in the premises,
aud to be prepared to report concerning
the matter at the next meeting OF the
committee,
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Ellxlr OF pAtes

Is a combination Of the active properties
of dates, figs and prunes, and other
tropical fruits. ltG pleasant taste and
beneficial effects have rendered It i'm.
mensely popular, II cures habitual con-
stipatiOn, indigestion, hiliousness, sick
piles, otc. Sold In so cent
by q. r. Goetze, w. W. Irwin,
+, Williams aud John Laughlin.
Drug Go. and Goodwin 4 Co..
wholesale agents.
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happiness and Health

arc important problems, the former de-
pending greatly on the latter. Every
one is familiar with the healthy proper.
ties OF fruit, and no one eau afford 10 be
sick and miserable while the pleasant
California concentrated liquid fruitreme'
dy, Syrup Of Figs, may be had at our en-.
terprisinR druggists. For sale In 80 cents
aud 81 bottles by Logan Drug Company,
Anton p. Hess, r. .. Burt and 0, Menke'
moller.
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Ia natures own true laxative. 1t is the
most easily taken, and the most effective
remedy known to cleanse the system
when bilious or costive; to dispel head.
aoheS, colds, and fever To cure, habitual
constipation, indigestion, piles, etc.
Manufactured only by the California Fig
Syrup Company. For gale in 80 cents
aud 81 bottles by Logan Drug Company,
Anton p, Hess, r. B. Burt and @. Men
knmallnI.