The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-12
ACROSS THE RIVER.
snecisuy Reported for the Register.
BELLAIRE.

Col. G. G. s. BARON is lying quite i'll
at his residence on Belmont street.
JB. LossLEY, formerly editor of the
Bellaire Independent was in town yes
terday.
GEO. RAMSEY, travelling salesman for
Mercer & Carroll, started on his first trip
last Saturday.
JOSEPH SPEIDEL, of the firm Of Speidei
& Co., of Wheeling, was in town in MS
buggy Yesterday.
Me-. MIToHELL's lecture on temper
area was repeated st the 81. +. Church,
last night with crowded house.
The b so R. B., average on grain
to Baltimore, alone is 2S cars per day,
during the month of November.
MISS AMELIA BRICKE, of Louisville,
Nv, is making quites lengthy visit at
Mr.. Benjamin Ogle's, of this city.
Jos. HURsEY nallor of Bellaire Nail
Mill, has been sick for the past three or
four days, but is now getting around
again
JAMES S. MOORE, Major OF the Second
regiment of infantry, Ohio National
Guards, was in town day before yester-
day.
IL YOU want No, | dish OF oysters,
served in any style you may wish, call at
Jake bursts. He sells the Freshest and
finest oysters, at retail or wholesale.
VIM. ONIEL, the man that Was shot
BIZ UDonnell, was discharged from the
Allegheny hospital and refused to APP
pear against O'Donuei and while on the
road to the depot was arrested by q
detective OF Pittsburgh.
MARTINS FERRY.
MAYOR BUCKINGHAM has gone into
the grocery business at Raney's coal
works.
A NEW store on the corner OF Hanover
and Second streets will soon be com
pleted.
A BUSINESS meeting of the Temper
auce Society will be held in tho nj. +
Church, on Friday evening.
"DUTCHY" HANEs was badly burned
on the neck on Monday, by runnng
against piece Of red hot iron in n black
smiths shop.
The Rev. Godhill, OF Bridgeport, is to
deliver his lecture on "Ihe Grumbler'
at the Lancaster N. Z. Church tong ht
GEORGE BoYCs was arrested on Mon
day, on Lho complaint Of VIM. Seabright
who charged him with committing q
larceny. AS Seabright did not appear
when the case came up, Boyce was SET al
liberty.
The principal streets present ssd
appearance, ss so many of the msnu-
factories are entirely idle and the locaii-
t'as which were once enlivened by the
sir aud hustle OF busy worKmen are now
quiet and without life.
MEssRs MITCHELL " 5oUDERs were
not the on y persons VINO were visited by
thieves on Saturday night. They enter
ed the dwelling OF Cap.sin VIM. Orr,
Oh First street, ard relieved him of about
fl teen dollars, Mrs. Orr was aroused by
hearing her bureau drawers opened, and
asked who WAS there. One of the rob,
bers drew large knife and demanded
her money, and upon her telling him
that il was in the next room, he permit
ted her to go for the purpose OF getting
it, As soon rs she entered the room she
locked the door and sbreked loudly for
help, and the robbers left in a hurry
with the money they had obtained from
the Captain, who slept on the lower
floor.
A MEETING of the propretors OF the
Excelsior Glass Works was held on
Monday, but AS some OF the leading gen
tlemen connected with the works were
absent, the meeting adjourned until to
day. 1t is thought work will not be be-
gun for some time. A combination o!
capitalists have been trying 20
buy the works, and If they
should succeed, the factory will be
started at once. AS tho price asked b.
the present proprietors is u very large
one, the sale will probably not be con,
summated. The Excelsior Company are
not dong anything now with the excep'
tion OF repackng for Major Anderson
tle bottles which were recovered from
the barge disaster some few weeks ago
About 600 gross OF these bottles have
been repackod.
On Tuesday morning about three
O'clock Mr. VIM. Clark heard some one
enter his room and to his surprise found
himself confronted with two mea Wear.
inc black masks and armed with knives
and revolveTs. one OF them carried a
lighted candle and cody searched Mr.
CIark's pantaloon pockets while the other
held q revolver at that gentleman head
and ordered him TO open his secretary,
where the burglars supposed he kept
his money. Mr.. Clark told b
REGISTER reporter that he yelled
Justify for his son, who hearing the noise
gnt up, and the masked scoundrels walked
otf with great dehberation, but with no
booty whatever. II seems that they
bored hole in the cellar door, thrust al
arm through and drew back the bolt,
ana then passed up stairs to Mr.. Clark's
room without touching . single thing in
INC ulsG sbNl IOOulS' NIL Vial say
the men were both short, chunky" TEL
lows, and wore black slouch hats and
dark clothes and from the man
ner in which they moved about
the house, they must have been familiar
with the premises. The result of The At.
tempted BURGLARY is rather more favorable
TO MIR. Clark. than to those who thought
TO make a raise in this scouudrclIy man
ner, tor the latter left capital brace ana
bit behind them, ana took nothing away.
Mr.. Clark was very much frightened
and expected 70 either have his brains
blown out, or 10 be snote under the fifth
rib with carving knife. He says he
will always have loaded revolver
handy after this. and invites the persons
10 call again and stay awhile, and he will
try to make ii pleasant for them