The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-23
BUTCHERS CONVENTION
The Local Association Outl!nco Il
First Glass Programme.
CONVENTION TO Be N TOP-NOTCHER
Mozart Park and Wheeling Park,
stato Fair Grounds, Packing
Houses and Other Places to be
Vlslted-Ruccs on tho Islund-Elcr-
ciscG IN tho ODD Fellows Nall-Tho
Committee ut Work.

The convention committee OF tho
butchers' association held Il meeting
and adopted the following programme
for the buichers' national convention,
which takes place in Wheeling the week
beginning Monday. June II:
Monday evening the wholo committee
will act as escort, reception and enter.
tainment committees, with music; tho
visitors will be escorted 10 their rcspec.
tive hotels, and after that tho town will
DO shown 10 them by moonlight, star
light and electric lights.
Tuesday at Q o'clock tho delegates will
have n short parade from the hotels to
the Odd Follows hall, where the con
yention will be held. After tho arrival
OF the butchers. the president OF the
local association, Mr.. Samuel OChsen-
BON, will introduce the mayor Of the
city, also Capt. i. d. Dovcncr and tho
national president, J. D. Shaw, and the
national secretary, Chris. BrOkate, and
officials OF tho national body. After the
opening speeches have been made the
convention will be formally opened BY
the national president, J. D. Shaw. In
tho evening the visitors will be escorted
to Mozart park, whore an entertainment
will be gwen in honor OF the strangers.
On cdncSdny all meat markets will
close promptly ut S o'clock Il. H., and a
parade will be started promptly Mt 0
o'clock and tho butchers will parade to
tho new iair grounds. where they will
have n picnic and barbecue aud horse
racing; also Il iirst-ciass cali killing
match between tho fastest man in
Wheeling and the champion OF Pitts.
burgh aud America. Tho Pittsburgh
mans hacker WAS III Wheeling yester.
day making arrangements for the
match. The horse racing programme is
not Tor butchers horses only, but on
the contrary it is for all horses. Mr..
William Bayhu, Christian kalbitzer
and John DuukIe are the race commit
tee.
On Thursday the visitors will DO
escorted to all OF the principal factories
in the morning, and in the afternoon
taken to Fulton and there shown the
packing houses; T. Schenk & Sons will
have Il bouutcous spread for all OF the
visitors; after that they will DO taken to
the Wheeling Park, where they will re-
main until evening; on arrival in the
city they will be escorted 10 the banquet
and ball At some hall that is not as yet
engaged.
4he committee is making arrange
ments 10 have plenty OF music all the
time the strangers are in the city.
The races will be governed by the
national association rules. The trot-
ting race will be one mile, best three in
five, five to enter and three to start, or
no race. The running race will be one
half mile heats, two in three, five to
enter and three to start. II any OF the
races should not fill the committee will
arrange Tor some other race and want to
give the public races that will be salts
factory TO ala horse race and not q
h]ippodromc. On the grounds speaking
will take place between heats by some
oil the best speakers.
The committee will not spare any
time or labor to make this the largest
convention that was ever held by the
national association, and they are at the
same time going to make it rs pleasant
rs possible for NIL OF the visitors that
will be in the city on this occasion.
The committee will meet again We'd
nesday, April 1. when all committees
will have their reports completed.