The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-04-17
NEIGHBOhHOOD NEWS.
BELLAlRE.

Eaes are selling at Is cents dozen in
this market.
The snow storm yesterday seemed to
set very hard on our citizens, after having
enjoyed the beauties of spring, to some
little extent.
The present cold snap may have tn q
effect of making fruit scarce this season.
IT is not ouly astonishing but inter-
esting to see the marked difference, and
different styles and department that ther e
are among the travelling statesmen for
the various whosesale houses OF the coun-
try. Some take well with the people,
and some do not. Some are grum and
selfish, while others are pleasant and ac
commOdating. Among the most populer
pleasant and go-ahead fellows who visits
our city, is Mr.. +. W Belknap, Of the
! Pittsburgh Book and News Company.
He is gentleman in all respect, push
ing fellow and u very genial companion,
and represents one Of the best news es-
adjustments in the country. We wish
! Mr. Belknap success.
Mrs. WIN. DAUGHERTY, Of this city,
leaves this evening on the new steamer
Hudson for Ashland, Ky, where she pro-
poses spending several weeks IN visiting
friends. We wish Mrs. Daugherty II
! pleasant visit and It safe return to her
| liege lord.
Mr.. II. j. BOND, of the National Fire
Alarm Company, of Cincinnati was
stopping at the Globe House last night.
He says he has been meeting with good
! success throughout the State Bellairc
should make II move in the fire alarm
| direction as soon us possible.
WE are sorry to record the death OF
Mrs. J, Wheat, of this city. She died
at about o'clock yesterday morning OF
| Metre Pcrrtonitis The funeral will take
place from the residence of her husband
ut 432 Guernsey street, at 10 o'clock to-
day. The friends are invited to attend.
WE have no police items to report for
Yesterday.
The old winter being thinks he will
stay little longer with US.
OVER THE RIVER.
The question that is agitating Bridge
port and, TO some extent, Martins Ferry
is that ofthe new railroads. Which they
will have, the broad or the narrow gauge!
has not been definitely decided a party
| of engineers have been in Bridgeport for
two or three days, preparing to survey
the route for the narrow gauge road, and
! Yesterday they commenced their lGborS.
Mr.. Waddell, president of the company
arrived yesterday and proceeded to talk
| up the matter in Il business like way. lie
says that his company asks moth
| ing ut present except the
right of way. This given
them, they agree to build and equip the
road and have it running, before they
ask more of Bridgeport. Then the com
pany will be glad to receive any aid
that may be rendered them, either in
the way of subscriptions or stock The
promise of this aid they would like to
obtain now, but still if it is not given
! they will 90 Oh with the road. The cost
of the road will be about $4,000 per
mile to put the road in operation.
The greatest objection to the road, or
rather to giving encouragement at pres
ent. is that if the narrow guagc road Is
built on the creek route, it may cause
the abandonment OF the " heel
ing and Tuscarawas Valley road, a. the
only practicable route Tor the latter Is
the one that the narrow gauge road will
take if it gets it first. If Bridgeport aids
the narrow gauge it will be certain TO
lose the standard guagc road, and if they
do not grant the right of way to the
former they will lose it, and may lose
beth, as there is, at present, no absolute
certainty that the latter will be built, even
if the company has the privilege Of secur-
ing the route.
4 committee of the Wheeling and
Tuscarawas Valley road Is expected in a
few days, and Bridgeporters are inclined
to wait until they hear from them.
THE day cannot be far distant when
Martins Ferry and Bridgeport will be
one city. Even now much OF the bitter
ness that naturally and generally exists
between two rival villages, is dying out,
| and the residents of the two places begin
to talk with compiaccncy of the time
when the consolidation will take place.
Why, one of the prominent citizens Of
| Bridgeport remarked Yesterday that he
would rather see the railroad shops go to
Martins Ferry because there Is more
room there for them, and because the
two places would be one in So short a
time that it matters not where the shops
are located. so they are located within
the corporate limits of either place.
TONIGHT is tine time appointed to set
tie the site of the Union Hall, The
Union Hall Association will hold Il meet
ing this evening and will have before
them for consideration three or four sites.
The two prominent ones are, lot near
the school house, and the lot on the cor
ner of Washington and Second Tor Rail
road streets Much feeling Is manifest
ed over the matter, the partisans ofthc two
sites being numerous and active. How
ever, the odds apper to be in favor Of the
Washington street site. This lot l.
owned by Mr. Conrad Long.
He offeres it TO the
Association for 81 600 five hundred dol
lars in cash. and five hundred dollars IN
stock. The lot near the school house Is
held at 81 800, which in itself is an OBJ
lection. while the location has no odyan-
tares over the Washington street location.
The latter is certainly quite as central as
the other, and besides, if conSpicuousncss
i. desired, Washington street Is the place
70 mt it. as it can then be readily seen
either from The railroad or river. 1t is
objected that Washington street l. not
business one or at least, not so good as
others in the city, but the number Of
stores and shops on it now, and
;ts nearness to the ferry landing, and the
fact that building is going on constantly
in the neighborhood should dispc! that
belief.
The crusaders held meeting in the
church at Bridgeport, yesterday, and had
not the weather been so uniavorabie,
they would probably have gone out on
! =, -., Tho alarming increase in the