The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-02-25

BELMONT COUNTY NEws.-The value
Of lands are advancing in the townships
through which the Tuscarawas Valley
Railroad Is to pass in coming to the river
Col. Poorman is spoken of for the Re-
publican nomination for Secretary Of
State in Ohio.
Henry Clay Dean lectured in Barnes
vile on Tuesday evening on "The Causes
of Things.
Part of the peach and cherry buds are
already killed, and it is feared that a
hard freeze may kill the apples.
The Bellaire water works cost $ll5t'
OS276, including an unexplained deticien'
cy of 1907 %.
Longley, OF the BelIaire Independent,
is u hard man to kill oil, physically OF
politically. The Martins Ferry Nerss
seems to attribute his escape to the fact
that he fell on his head.
Singing is feature OF the revival
meeting going on among the Quakers, at
Mt. Pleasant. Much OF the success Of the
meeting is said to be due to Rev. b. Up
degrafl, whose conversion according to
the Martins Ferry Ne,rs) from the fri
.volities of a useless existence, is a mar
velous manifestation OF the power Of
God"
Two express wagons make daily trips
between Martins Ferry and Wheeling.
Lydia and Lizzie NIendenhall, daught-
era Of Moses Mendenhall, formerly Of
Martins Ferry, died this winter at San
Jose, California.
We have another OF the admirable arti.
cles of Judge Cochran's, Of Wheeling, on
the W. & L. E. r. r., on file for publica.
ton, it appears too late for insertion this
week. THE Judge knows what he is talk
ing about, and SO does every one else al
ter reading his productions. The article
bristles in statistics and facts which must
prove conyincing.-Mdrtin's Ferry Netrs.
DR.. Todd, Of Bridgeport, writes as fol-
lows to the St. Cluirsvillc CkrOaitic in re-
gard to the illness OF John c. Tallman,
Esq.,:
an reply TO inquiries from hosts Of
friends OF J. z. Tallman, Esq, in regard
to his condition, we say that his case re-
mains quite unchanged for the past two
weeks, and while he is more comfortable
than few days ago, he is not, We are
sorry to announce, substantially better.
A large tumor in the right side, inside
the body, OF sluggish character, yet
showing some disposition to both sup
pIratc and enlarge, is his disease. Never
lid wo know such earnest solicitation Tor
the recovery Of any man in our conf
munity. We all pray for his restoration
TO health.
According to the Bellaire correspon.
dent ofthe St. Clairsville Chronicle, ii! is
reported that Miss Mary Hoover was
married last Thursday evening"" How
and why is this seeming doubt about Sis.
ter Mary's nuptials?
Mr.. W. W. Benson, Of Benson's Ferry,
has rescued nine persons from the water
in his time. He is a regular NewfOund'
land.
Teachers examinations will take place
as follows: At Bridgeport on the first
Saturday OF March. At St. Clairsville
en- the thirdsaturday Of March and again
on the third Saturday OF April. AtMor-
ristown on the third Saturday Of May.
The Mayor of Bellairc has had his
salary reduced from 800 to 500. The
City Clerk'ssalary was reduced from $500
to $500.
Bellaire yet lacks $4,000 or $1,000 Of
her quota Of $4,000 for the Bellaire &
Southwestern narrOw-gauge. Woods
field has made up hers, and so has Beals'
Vile her ouota, viz: S75. 600 each.