The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-08-15
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
BELLAIRE.

The Bellsire Tilden and Hendricks
club will hold a meeting Thursday even
ing, at their rooms. .-a
FROM twelve to fifteen carriage loads
of our citizens attended the funeral of
Mr.. Carroll, at ST. Clairsville, yesterday.
PERsoNAL-Gen. Cowen left for Oak
land, Nd, and Cow, Of the Leader, left
for Steubenville, yesterday.
The cases before the police court, yes
terdsy morning, were continued, with
one exception, His Honor, the Mayor,
going to St. Clairsvile.
THE LATE j. w. CARRoLL.-The re
mains of the late j. w. Carroll, of this
place, were inferred al st. Clairsvilleyes-
terdsy. In his death Bellaire has lost
one Of her most valued and public spir.
tied citizens, and the event has cast a
gloom over the entire community.
GAMBLIsa HOUSE PULLED.-The
police made q descent upon the house
kept by Michael Feeney, on Crescent
street, known rs the Shamrock saloon,
Sunday night, and four men, excluding
the proprietor, were arrested on q charge
of gambling. Their cases will be disposed
of at the Police Court this morning.
Complaint has also been made against
Feeney for allowing gamingon his prem
Uses.
BRIDGEPORT.
The Belmont county Teachers In
stltute convened at the Kirkwood school
house yesterday The session will toubt-
less consume the greater part OF the
week.
Hon. CORNELIUS MOORE, of the Ma
sonic Revlea0, Cincinnati, is in town, in
the intere sts of his paper.
THERE were eighteen cases before the
Mayor last week.
COUNCIL met last night in regular ses-
sion,
JOHN ANTHONY PORTER, Ross Porter
and William Brooks made things lively
around the depot Saturday night. Com
plant was made against them on the
charge of disorderly conduct, but they
were allowed to pursue the even tenor of
their ways on promising to DC good boys
in the future.
MEANS, the man charged with at
tempted outrage near here short time
since, has not yet been captured. He is
said to be somewhere down the river near
Poneroy.
THE authorities have been straighten-
ing matters up somewhat, and tho hood
lum has become more cautious as to how
he disturbs the peace and quiet OF the
citizens. Let the good work go braVely
on.
TEACHERS INsTITUTE.-The Belmont
County Teachers Institute convened in
the Bridgeport School house in Kirk
wood at 2:30 p. NJ. yesterday.
President }. NJ. Ysrnell of GAINESVILLE
not being present Vice President Pratt
of Bridgeport called the Association to
order. Superintendent j. j. Burns of St.
Clairsville, chairman of the executive
committee stated what arrangements had
been made for this session of the lnstl.
tute.
Owing 10 sickness, Prot. K Il
Mark, of Mount Vernon, who was expect
ed to be present and give instruction in
elocution and grammer, was not on hand.
Prof. John r. Scott was appointed to
give instruction in reading and elocution,
and Superintendent Burns in grammar.
Superintendent Shreve, who was ex-
pected TO give instruction IN arithmetic
and geography, gave up the branch,
owing to i'll health, and Superintendent
Pratt was appointed instructor in &C.
ogrsphy.
An exercise in elementary instruction
| in language lessons was given by Mrs.
Case, of Columbus. The exercises closed
with lesson on elocution, by Prof Scott
The programme for to day is as fol
lows: $50 A. M.-Opening Exercises;
| Lecture on Elocution, Prof Scott; Lee.
ture on Geography, Superintendent Pratt;
Lecture on Arithmetic, Superintendent
| Shreve.
Atll:30 the Institute took q recess till
l:30 p. NJ.
At l:3O p. NJ, lecture on Geography,
Superintendent Pratt; lecture on Gram
mer, Superintendent Burns; lecture on
Elementary Instruction, Mrs. Case; lee
ture on Elocution, Prof. Scott.
There was social session held last
evening at which brief address of wei
come on behalf of the citizens WAS de-
livered by Superintendent Pratt and re-
sponded to on behalf OF the Institute
by Superintendent Burns.
Prof. Scott recited "The Vagabonds'
and "Cassbianca."
Remarks were made by Prot. Morton
and others.
The programme for this evening will
be either the inaugural address OF Presl'
dent Yarnell, or a lecture from Hon. T.
s. Smart, State School Commissioners OF
Ohio.