The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-19

BEILAIRB LocAIA.-The Star Literary
Society. but recently organized, meet
every Thursday eyeniBg,and Is composed
OF young folks OF our best society. The
following are the officers: President
Cassius q. Marsh; Vice President, Geo
Z. Morgan; Secretary, Miss Althea
Snively; Treasurer, Miss Hattie BundYI
Critics, Mr.. F. Williams and Miss Eta
Booth.
Mr.. B. F. Cocayne and lady bid their
many friends farewell Thursday evening
last and started for Martinsbnrgh, W
Va, to permanently locate upon . farm
in that vicinity which Nj. Cocayne had
purchased about six months ago.
Mr.. John Hoier, OF Hannibal, Ohio, q
former resident OF this place, paid us q
friendly visit this week. A select party
OF friends, including the Benwood string
band, accompanied him home last Thurs,
day evening, and a grand jolli6cStior
among the hills OF Monroe county wa
strongly limited at.
Anumber OF citizens here are about
taking active measures TO petition the
Legislature to change the present system
Of purchasing school books for public
schools, so "a 10 authorize the Board Of
Education to purchase all books "direct'
from the publishing companies, prevent
ing thereby an imposition Of twenty-five
or thirty per cent, claimed by the retail
dealers as commission, in their purchase
OF school literature.
AT the coming spring municipal cleo
ton, 10 which great interest already Ii
manifested by the citizens, the following
officers are TO be elected: A Mayor, City
Marshal, Treasurer, Street Commissioner
City Solicitor, FIVE Councilmen, one from
each ward, FIVE City Assessors, one from
each ward, one Trustee OF Water Works,
and lastly but not leastly, two members
for the Board Of Education, and q City
Clerk, TO be appointed by the City Coun-
Gil.
Nj. T. E. Bundy, the jeweler, is pre-.
pairing to wind up his business intending
10 leave for Kansas with the colony now
organizing here and expecting to start
next month.
DR.. A.. J. Sanders is very prominently
spoken Of as a candidate for a member o.
the Board Of Education.
"Nick Of the Woods" will again be the
attraction at Zilch's Opera hall to-day
and Billy Wise, the champion pedestrian
Is tramping his $50 miles, at Sheppards
bowling alley, like a little man.
Communion services will be held al
the Presbyterian church tomorrow, Rev.
CASTOR will be assisted by Rev. johnson.
OF New Lisbon, Ohio.
Quite q number Of our saloonists, We
are told, will suddenly be called away
ere long to attend to some little business
at the county seat, where an opportunity
will be kindly offered them for an inter
view with Judge 0key, to give Just rea.
sons "why" and Wherefore"
Mr.. j. r. Naylor, the news man, has
rented the storeroom OF Mrs. Carroll
across the street from where he now holds
forth.
Mr.. George Etzel, a stone mason, who
about May last, left here for Kansas tc
better his condition in life, returned
again q few weeks since, "a poorer bul
much wiser man." Mr.. Etzel, who trav'
eled over the greater portion OF that State
gives a not very encouraging description
Of affairs and things in that country.
Six car loads Of cattle and one Of hog
were reshipped here yesterday and con
signed 10 Baltimore.
A new mite society, organized by the
ladies OF the NJ. E. Church on Grave
Hill, met last evening at the residence oil
Mr.. Mark Lester.
Mr.. Andy McKirahan started away
from here yesterday with his photograph
wagon, 10 exhibit his artistic skill 10 the
natives OF Warnock, Ohio, about twelve
miles west from here.
To comply with a special order, about
fourteen Of the hot iron nail machinet
were put In motion yesterday and again
to-day at the nail works.
Madame Gossip, always on the alert
again comes to the front, exposing anoth.
er scandal-this time a young lady o.
standing in society and a young married
man Of arather high toned nature.