The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-25
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
FEBRUARY %, 1875.
BELLAlRE.

Hk river II again OPeh anu Ihe iCe -
running out rapidly. Our people are
iubilant over this, as the prospect Of navi-
cation soon being resumed and the river |
not being again closed this winter, is
matter of great Importance, and much |
concern to our people. Business will sooR
begin to look up and to resume its wont
ed briskness. Our manufactures have .
large shipments in waiting, aud are re-
ioicing al the good fortune Of speedy
transportation.
THE temperature run up to 100 yes
terday, and everything had quite
spring-like appearance. Laborers and
business men with their coats of, the sun
shining out warm and beautiful, and the /
busy hum of industry resounding on all
sides. gave our town more cheerful APP |
pearance than it has worn for months.
The only drawback is the mud, which is
rendering our streets very disagrceable, /
and when the frost is fully out of the
ground, there will be scarcely any bot
tom to them.
POLICE business has been rather dull !
for few days past, but our Officers |
were not to rust out in idleness and in
action, because .'benzine" is not flowing |
rs freely Us OF wore, and furnishing them
with business. Our lively lads are
not the only objects of official vigilance
and care, but our moral city is no excep-
ton to the maxim that at is not all gold
Al ..1;,.,ra.' urlan
"Lovely women stoops TO folly"
the charm is broken that surrounds her
sex, with halo of reverence and respect,
and even officials, however gallant, hcsi-
tate not to inform "fallen angels that
the majesty of law must be respected.
Officer Highleyman espying two well
known "Nymphs du pave" out at very
unreasonable hour night before last ar
rested the offending damsels, and con-
Quoted them to lodgings at the lookup,
though not on "aowery beds Of ease.
Mayor Strahl interviewed the indignant
pair yesterday, and requested them
t. deposit So and costs, in default of
which they are yet laying in the city
prison.
OUR streets are in terrible condition
ut present, there being about eleven in
chcs of mud in the channel and still
rising.
BUTTER and eggs are very scarce in
this market at present.
The Common Pleas Court is still in
session at st. ClairsyIlle.
The railroad meeting at Armstrong;
Mills day before yesterday was attended
by from one hundred and fifty TO two
hundred people, all of whom were in
favor of the road coming to BeIlarc A
committee was appointed to meet the
committee at this end of the road, at this
end of the rOut, in this city on Tuesday
next, at which time some dcifinatc action
will be taken.
OUR friend, Il. Sullivan, of the firm of
j. II. Sullivan X Sons, arrived at home
yesterday, after two week trip through
some OF the Western States, and por
ton of Canada.
If some Of our farmers would bring in
Il wagon load of Chickens they would
confer an cvcrlastin favor on our citizens.
OVER THE RIVER.
MUD did you say? Well, yes; a slight
quantity. 4 pontoon bridge company is
to be organized before the thaw gets
down to the bottom. 'Me gentle gon-
dolicr could find plenty of employment
ii he should happen to come around. The
only trouble Is that NJ. F. would not make
quite so handsome a place as the "Quecn
Of the Seas" Otherwise the town would
make pa,sable Venice for a few days.
a HEATER and IL roller named Dicks
and Richardson got into a quarrel down
ut the -Etna mill, Tuesday forenoon
which ended by Dicks
hitting Richardson over the head with Il
pair of tongS, and then about that time
the former considered discretion the
better part of valor' and took to his
heels.
The Ohio City Iron and Nail Works
shipped, on Monday, n lot of nails TO
Birmingham, England. This is better
than shipping Goals to New Castle.
THE professions are well represented
in NJ. F. This growing city can boast
now of eight physicians and four lay
yers and cX-lawyers.
HENRIETTA MCGEE and Lizzie Simp-
son are two colored ladies Whether that
fact makes them bclligerent or not We
are not able to say but at any rate they
got out Of hImOr with each other on
Tuesday and proceeded to settle their
dispute by the use of forciblc arguments
Those who witnessed the fight say that
never before was wool seen L. fly SO free
~. They scratched and gougcd and
pounded and yelled and Swore ut fear
iul rate until they were parted by outsi-
ders.
THERE is one man in Martins Ferry
who believes in Il literal definition of :
terms. On Monday he demonstrated it
by breaking up housekeeping. He tell
out with his wife and then proceeded to
pitch out and smash up chairs and such
other movable things, made playhouse {
dishes out of his queensware, and scrap
iron out of his stove. He succeeded
pretty thoroughlyin defining breaking /
up housekeeping.
THEREis likely to be some trouble at
the .Etna mill on account of PROPOSE 1
ton to furnish muck iron for Pittsburg.
The puddlcrs say they will strike if it is
done.
IT was originally intended to have an
other spelling school two weeks from the
time of the first one but the people were
so delighted with the first, that they
could not wait until TueSdry, and con-
cluded to hold one tomorrow night.
The Bridgeporters witnessed the phe-
nomcnon of water running up stream, on
last Monday evening. The creek between
Bridgeport AMI kirkwood ran out with
rush, and cut a channel in Back river.
to above the covered store box bridge.
ABOUT every other house in .EtnavIle ,
stands in the middle of small lake
Mrs. MoULToS admits that even she
once kissed Beechcr on the forehead in (
hurst of wOmanlv SVIupathy moved IN,