The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-12-11
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
BELLAIRK,

BELLAIRE,
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company have commemorate extend the
platform at their depot at the bridge. 1t
Is to be made seventy leet longer.
Mrs. LUCY CLARK, of Martins Ferry,
died recently at the great age oil 10y
years.
The Richland Teachers Institute will
meet at St. Clairsvllle to-day, at one and
a half o'clock p. NJ. All are invited.
The following marriage licenses were
issued by Probate Judge Carroll, during
the past month: John Dolan and Mar
garet A. Young, George Mabra and
Mary | Curry. Henry 5. Hendershat,
and Mary Z. Bryson, John n. Thorn
berry and Louisa r. Naylor;l VIM.
Bright and Eliza Grimes, Vim. II. Mer-
rift and Phebe A. Danuer, Joseph More'
land and Eliza A, Lavender, Leven M,
Campbell and Anna b. Hays, Jonathan
L. Hoover and Emeline McCabe.
THE people of this county are again
talking Belaire and st ClairSyille mar
row gauge railroad.
DEPUTY L. 5. Marshal Cope has secur-
ed the arrest of two more OF the gang oil
counterteiters that have been operating
in this county for some time past. Their
names are Milton Carpenter, of Hunter
and VIM. Powell, Of New Castle. In de-
fault OF $4,000 bail U. S. Commissioner
Tallman committed them to Jail. Their
preliminary trial came of last Thursday,
but we have not yet learned the result.
WIN. II. ATKINSON Il Co., Of Boston,
this county, lost $4,000; Il. .. Parker &
Son, of Barnesville, 50 265, and Green IL
Howard, of GAINESVILLE, $3.50 by the re-
ceHt failure of the tobacco house Of b. f.
Hook * Co., of Baltimore.
GENERAL JosEPH II. GErGER, of CO.
hlmbus. Ohio, will deliver his famous lee
turc entitled Swapping Turtles, Natural
and Human" at GAINESVILLE, on next
Tuesday evening. December nth, for the
benefit of their Reading Room Mt that
place.
MARTINS FERRY.
WILLIAM VANCE's remains were in
TERED in the Walnut Grove Cemetery on
Thursday. and were followed to the grave
by large body of knights of PYthlas
and Independent Order Of Mechanics, of
which orders he was member, and a
large number of his friends.
The stone.masons have commenced
laying the foundation of Wallaco's
new building, on the corner of Railroad
and Hanover streets.
The hands at Rainey's Coal Works
are still out on a strike. There is some
prospect OF their going in on next Mon
day. ut the old price.
LEWIS DRUM, helper at tho Ohio
City mill got his foot badly burned on
Wednesday. His shoe was literally burn
ed from his foot. Hey carried home
and DIR. Hobensack called to attend him.
The United Presbyterians have laid
substantial brick pavement in front OF
their church property
The bricklayers have finished the
lining in the furnace. The repairs will
soon be completed.
TUE Young folks reading society met
on Friday night Mt the residence o: 5. n.
Williams. They are very enjoyable
affairs.
Col. &. w. MITCHELL late of st. Louis,
has decided to locate in onr town and
pursue the practice of law. Col. w. Is
genial, whole.souled gentleman, and
will be an acquisition to our village.
Mr.. r. y. VANCE, of Columbus, Ohio,
is in town, called here by the death OF
his brother. Robert was formerly res
ident Of this place. His many friends
are pleased to meet him again.
THERE is a great deal OF arguing on
that part of President Grants message
recommending the taxing of church
property. The general verdict is in
favor OF it.
A GENERAL reduction of wages took
plack at the Glass Works on Friday.
The laboring hands were cut down to
one dollar and twenty-five cents per-
day. The gathering boys all went out
on strike.
TO-DAY is pay day at the Ohio City
Mill
TIE Ohio City Glass Company have
organized and applied, and have issued
II notice for election of Directors on Jan
uary 10.
Nor - nolire case this week