The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-27
THE FEAST Op TURKEYS.
Tho Family Festival Of tho Land TO bo
b Celebrated To-day.

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Celebrated To-day.
This Is Thanksgiving. It Ia a leg,
holiday, and all who can will takes advar
tage It to take their ease In the bosom {
their families and eat big dinncrs. Tnl
keys and other requisites for the prope
observance Of the day have all ulon
been rather scarce and a little lofty, In
financial sense, until yesterday, whel
they began to come In plentiful,
enough, considering that tho demant
was pretty well supplied. Poultry wa
nearly a drug on the market by las
evening.
The day will he very generally oh
served. Business, public and private
will be suspended for at least a part O
tho day. The banks will be closed, A,
tho posiollice the usual Sunday hour
will be observed at the general delivery
and stamp windows. They will BIZ open
I'LL 10 am. a delivery will be made all
over town at o. tn., and collection
early in the morning. Another collec.
ton will be made on the business route
at 1880 a. N. aud one after supper In the
evening. =
The usual amount OF visiting and din.
ing out will be in order. Tho theatrical
diversions will be slim, only the Grand
having any attraction.
This afternoon the G. A. Il. and other
societies will 90 out to Elm Grove and
dedicate tho soldiers lot in the Stone
church cemetery, according 10 the pro-
gramme already printed, except that
instead oil Rev. Dr.. Greer, Rev. Mr.,
Galloway, OF Elm Grove, will partici.
pate. The particulars as to the train for
Elm Grove, are given in the advertising
columns..
In the churches the day will be OBJ.
served as usual. The union services OF
the United and First and Second Pres.
byterian churches will be held In the
Second Presbyterian church at 1850 o.
IN. The sermon will be preached BY
Rev. Dr.. William II. Cooke, OF the Soc.
ond church.
AT St. Luke'0 P. E. Church on the
Island Special Thanksgiving services
will be held at 1880 a. IN. Tne rector,
Rev. Jacob Birmingham, will preach on
the subject Thanksgiving"
The English Lutheran, tho Baptist,
the Chapliue street Methodist and the
Disciples churches will hold union
Thanksgiving services at 1C:30 a. m.
This morning at tho First Baptist
Church, corner Twelfth and Byron
streets, Rev. Frank n. Lynch, of the
Chapl;ne NJ. Z. Church, will preach.
At the Thomson n. Z. church, Island,
Rev. ]. a. Pullerton, tue pastor, will
preach at 1880 this morning.
The Simpson Methodist church (color-
ed on Eou street, will hold rhanksgiv-
ing services at 1880 a. In. Rev. W. II.
Brooks, the pastor, will conduc! the ser
vices.
! The Fourth Street and Z,ne Street NJ.
E. churches will hold joint Thanksgiving
services Mt 1880 a. m. in the former
church. Rev. Archibald Moore, pastor
OF the Zane Street church, will preach.
The Thanksgiving services Of the
Third Presbyterian and the Wesley NJ.
E. churches will be held coDjointly in
the Wealey chapel at $50 o'clock in the
evening. Rev. @. NJ. Afford, pastor OF
the former, will preach on the subject
1.-THE Precious Stones Tor gens) in the
words Thanks.h A novel and interest.
ing sermon, with particular application
to the OCCASION, is promised.
Special seryices will be held in all the
Roman Catholic churches OF the city, as
is the usual custom. ~;