The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-24

nays on he adoption Of the amendment
and the call being sustained the Clerk
proceeded TO call the roll. Messrs. Baird
Blair, Canadian, Dunning, Hall, Roberts
and Wallace voted aye. Messrs. Butter
field, CoEen, Egerter, McAdams, Scham'
bra and Ulrich voted nav, aud the amend
ment vas adopted BY seven TO six.
To the second CLAUSE Of the ordinances
which provides that there shall be No
drawback or allowance for any portion
Of the year that may have elapsed previ,
Gus to any application for license, Mr.
Schambra offered an amendment pro
viding that the applicant TO whom q
license may be granted shall only Be re,
quired to pay license for the unexpirel
portion Of the year.
Dr.. Baird opposed the amendment
first, on the ground that the ordinance
had worked we'll during the last year,
and Council had had less trouble with
the license business during the past year
than any previous year; secondly, thai
the Second Branch, in which the liquor
interest vas largely represented, were
willing TO re-adOpt the ordinance Of last
year.
Mr.. Hall thought the parties in the
Second Branch did not fully comprehend
the scope Of the ordinance, or they Ger
tainly would not have Sgreed to it. He
seemed 10 Be opposed TO taking advan.
tage Of their ignorance.
Mr.. Wallace begged leave to differ
With Mr.. Hall. He thought the gentle.
men in the Second Branch did under
stand exactly the bearing Of the
ordinance, and that they had passed it IS
. saving clause in the interest Of the Sa'
loon keepers because it vas not probable
that after the first month or two had
transpired that there would be any appli'
cations for license, a. parties would not
be willing to pay the full year license
for a part Of = year. To some
extent then the business would Be- feed
from increasing competition. Mr.. Blair
vas opposed to charging a full years Ii.
Cense for . fractional year, but gave mo-
tiee that be should move an addition TO
the ordinance abOlishing transfers Of IL
oense. A vote being taken Mr.. Schambra's
amendment was carried and the clause As
amended was adopted.
Mr., Blair then moved that no transfer
Of licences should be allowed, and the
provision vas adopted. The section Of
the ordinance relating 10 license for
coffee houses was then read and, DR..
Baird moved to amend by striking out
one hundred and fifty dollars, and max.
ing il Eve hundred dOllars, on which mo-
ton Mr.. Egerter, called for the ayes and
hayes, and the call being sustained, the
Clerk called the roll, Messrs. Baird, Blair,
Carnahan, Dunning, Hall, Roberts and
Wallace, answered aye, and MeSsrs. Bst-
terfeld, Cowen, .Egerter, McAdams,
Schambra and ulrich, answered nay, and
the motion was sustained by 7 ayes to 6
nayes, and the section a. amended was
adopted.
The ordinance, a. amended, was then
sent to the Second Branch for il concur.
renee and adoption, and 4 recess taken
during It's consideration by that Branch.
The ordinance vas returned from the
Second Branch with its concurrence in
the amendments Of MessrS. SChambra
and Blair and IL Inconvenience in the
license amendments.
DR.. Baird moved that the First Branch
adhere to its action and ask a committee
Of conference, which Was agreed to, and
the Mayor appointed Messrs. Baird,
CoWcn and Wallace a. the committee.
The committee reported that the confer.
fence bad resulted in the adoption Of the
rates Of 1915, and the ordinance, a.
amended BY the conference committee
was adopted.
The report Of the Committee on Streets
and Alleys in reference to stone broken
BY Jas. Graham on 10Th street, allowing
him 60 cents per perch for 9S perches;
93i cents for l4s perches, and 81 l2l for
for llG pcrclles, was read and the action
Of the Second Branch approving the
award Of the committee was cOncurred in.
The action OF the Second Branch order.
ing payment Of the bill DIV. +. Peterson,
City Surveyor, amounting to S62, was
concurred IN.
DR.. Baird offered resolution that all
applicants for license to keep coffee houses
and Ordinaries, II renters, shall state un.
der oath to the Assessor the amount OF
rent they pay, and II the applicants are
owners Of the property they occupy the
rental value shall be fixed BY the Asses.
sOr, and said rental values shall be by
him returned TO the City Clerk before
such licenses shall be granted. The res.
OlutiOn was adopted.
On motion the Branch adjourned.
THE BLUM BrGANY CAsE.-An inter.
esting bigamy case Is now on trial before
the Circuit Court. A German named
Ludwig Blum Is the defendant. Blum
came to this city four or five years ago
and in 1872 married Miss Bashofe,
with whom he has been living since.
Some months ago another woman ap.
peared and claimed 10 have been mar.
ried to Blum in Hanover, over the btiny,
in 1866. Her maiden name was Caroline
KnOppe. She alleged that the trnant
Blum had when he left Hanover come 10
this country, bringing with him their
only child, q boy. Mrs. Blum, nee KnOppe,
didn't want Blum. however; but she
claimed her son. Blum refused to give
the boy up-hence the discarded wife
brought an action against him for big.
amy. 1t IL claimed by the defense that
Blum was never married to Miss Knopp,
and that the boy is an illegitimate child.
Blum's last love, with child in her arms,
and the victim Of the amour in the old
country, nee Knoppe, occupy Sean within
The bar, but their intercourse 10 a greater
extent iS limited. The examination Of
in this case serves TO relieve the
nonotony incident TO q court room. as |