The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-08

ers Of Wheeling have for some time past
murmured among themselves against the
infections imposed upon them by the
statesmen Of the council room and
the blue.coated individuals who are
authorized to compel the observance Of
the laws. Following fast upon the obnox.
ious hog ordinance came general raid
Of the State and city officers upon the
drovers who have for years been in
the habit Of bringing cattle to
the stock yards in the city and
disposing OF the same to the
butchers. For the past three weeks there
has been scarcely a day that dozen or
more drovers were not arraigned before
a Justice for "peddling and having cat
tie in the city limits without county or
city license. A general panic ensued, and
many drovers who supply the Wheeling
market visited other points and dis
posed Of their stock, Only day or two
ago gentlemen who had fifteen head otcat
tie in this city drove them over into
Ohio and shipped them TO Pittsburgh.
We have heard Of other instances in
which cattle have been taken away from
here lately which the butchers were anX-
ious to purchase. In fact there has been
no cattle brought here for the past few
days, and it was for the purpose OF con-
ierring as to the proper course to be
pursued to remedy this disastrous state
Of affairs that
ABOUT THIRTY BUTCHERS
met at the Christman House yesterday
afternoon and sent for an IETELLIGENcER
reporter to "write up" their wrongs,
As before stated, the butchers date the
commencement Of their troubles with the
adoption OF the hog ordinance. They nj
low that it was proper enough to abolish
swine from the city limits, but claim that
drover should be allowed TO bring. his
hogs to the stock yards and keep them
over night for the accommodation OF the
butchers desiring to purchase, Since this
has not been permitted no hogs have been
brought to the city, and the butchers
have been compelled to so out in the
country and hunt up hogs for themselves.
OF course, with this additional expense,
there was an
ADVANCE IN THE PRTCEoF PORK,
Hogs now bring s! cents per pound, an
advance Of u cents, and fresh pork sells
at l2! cents per pound at the butchers
stalls.
At the meeting yesterday afternoon
there was considerable discussion, and il
was unanimously decided that the only
protection the butchers had was to I'D.
vance the price Of beef. A number
OF drovers were present, who an.
nounced that they would bring no
more cattle to market, thus leaving
the butchers no other alternative than
to 60 to the expense Of going away
from home to buy stock. Still, we
believe no definite action was taken by
the butchers, who seem disposed to bring
tho matter before the public and make an
effort to have 1t remedied.
LICENSES FOR SELLING CATTLE.
Two licenses are necessary in selling
cattle, one from the county and ono from
the city. The county license costs $40
per year, and the city license s. per
month or S25 yer year. The drovers dc.
clare that they cannot afford to pay these
licenses. and hence the difficulty,
As regards the ordinance requiring a
city license, the butchers claim that II
does not include selling cattle at stock
yards. Here II Is;
IAN ordinance III relation to the license
Of hawkers and peddlers within the city
OF Wheeling:
CSC. |. BE Il ordained BY The Council Of
The city Of Wheeling, That It shall be un-
lawful for any person or persons to offer
for sale In any street, lane, alley, public
landing or market space Of tho city Of
Wheeling, any goods, wares or merchan'
disc, without first having obtained Ii
cense from the City Council"
The second section provides that "any
person offending against the provisions
Of this ordinance shall, for each offence,
forfeit and pay to tho city o fine Of not
less than i've nor more than $50 and
costs"
MAKING COSTS"
As has been evident from the start the
war against the drOvers was simply in
stituted for the purpose Of "naking
costs" and in every instance which has