The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-06-02
sE1aHsorHooD NEWS.
BELLAIRE.

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
BELLAIRE.
A SHORT time age some fellow went on
t, the public square, during game OF
base ball, and stood there gaping around
with his mouth wide open shut, until ne
happened to get nose put on him by q
ball, whereupon he complained TO the
city authorities, and asked them to put
stop to base ball playing upon the square.
The Council at once went to work and
had prohibitory ordinance drafted and
put upon its first reading. On last Tues
day evening a petition was presented to
Council, praying that body to allow base
ball to be played upon Union square.
The petition was signed by not only
eyery citizen who owns or occupies
the property fronting on or adjacent to
the square, but by a great number of
Others, the best citizens in the place, and
vet the council laid the petition on the
table. We await further action on the
subject and then -
TaERE has not been one half as good
crop of pic-nics so far this year, as
there was last.
YOUNG squirrels are said to be plenty
this year.
MARSHAL DRUaAN now appears in
full uniform. The city should pay for 1t.
ABOUT 9 o'clock yesterday morning q
portion of fence fell upon llttlI
bow of Policeman Roeder's and for
time it was thought that the child was
fatally injured, but we are glad to say 1t
turned out otherwise and at last accounts
the little fellow was getting along quite
well.
THE work of putting the spire on the
Disciples Church is being pushed Tor
ward very fast. 1t will likely be COM
pleted in ten days.
BROTHER NAYLoR, locslizer for the
Wheeling Standard, is now at Sharon:
Pa, visiting his son.
QUITE large number OF persons
passed through this city yesterday morn
ing, on their way to the Centennial Tx
position at Philadelphia. They were
from the neighborhood Of Barnesvilie'
| Ohio.
The number of accidents in Bellalre
has been smaller this spring than for
number OF years previous.
DoN'T fail to attend the auction sale OF
F. NJ. Snlvely, at 339 s. Union street
| His sale commences this evening AT
o'clock, and will continne from day to
day until the entire stock Is disposed OF
He has a general stock OF dry goods,
notions, glassware queenswsre, mats
caps boots. shoes, &c.
BRIDGEPORT.
THE hot weather of the past few days
causes all the young folks to rejoice that
school is out and that the "much study,
which is WEAKNESS to the flesh,' Is
postponed till September.
A PIC MIC party, apparently the pu'
pills of some school, came over from
Wheeling yesterday morning and wan
dered over neighboring hill side. They
returned at rather early hour IN the
evening.
THE NJ. 4. Church of Wet Bridge.
port has been closed for some time under
going repairs, re-painting, etc. The cor
.grepation have extended cordial invl'
tation to the Presbyterian aRd Methodist
churches of hirkwood TO be present a'
tue re- OPEN g of their church mex
Sabbath. IT,: indicates kindly Chri>
,i.n courtes and the invitation VII
probably be accepted IN the same spirit.
AN auction of queensware has been II
progress in the tin store OF Woodhil d
Ball for several days. The evening sale'
are we'll attended, and the Jingling o
plates and dishes makes music for the
happy purchasers on their way home
ward in the evening.
A FORCE of men under the direction o.
Mayor McConaughy are at work grading
down the street running north and soutl
back of the residence OF V. Mitchell.
THE school yard east of the schoo
house is being graded and put in gooe
shape. to be Urnamented with centerfnia
trses by patriotic citizens and pupils ir
the fall.
THE Belmont Planning and Saw Mile
have recently got in full supply of logs
and lumber from RATS coming down The
river.
AN intelligent gentleman from th'
country, to-day, expressed the opinion
that there would be yield Of between
oue-half and three-fourths Of an average
crop of wheat in this section.
SOME of our young sportsmen occas
ionslly visit the country in pursuit o
the iuvi1ile squirrels. We ssw one com
ing IN the other day with eight squire
tails dangling from his pockets and con-
cluded there were squirrels attached.
ONE OF our business men remarked
to day that trade was slower this week 81
far than for some time past.
The straight forward course Of the
REGISTER in refusing to sanction rings
and maintaining that the people must b
heard in political conventions that the!
NAV nominate men of their choice, com
mends itself to readers here.