Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-01-24
BELLAIRE AND VICINITY.

The new Bridgeport paper is called
tho Press
The leo gurgcd at Bcllairo several
times Yesterday and day before.
The 81. Cuirsvllc papers commenced
the campaign 10y treating the county
seat removal proposition with silent
contempt. hut the movement has
shown such unexpected strength that
they have hrcOmG alarmed, and are iull
oi It this week but We fear II ~ too late.
We learn that the circulation of the pc
titiun is being rapidly made, aud that a
large majority oi the citiGcns OF all parts
oi the county favor Bcllairo as the loca.
ton of the seat OF justice.
Capt. Hugh Sterling, son ut Mr., James
Sterling, ul this city, was Yesterday
nominated hy Mr.. Hayes ~ Postmaster
of Wheeling. The Captain Is well
known here, no having grown up nom
childhood ~ manhood IN our mldsl, ami
his many Steubunyillo friends will re-
ioico in his good fortune One more
Fortunate fellow from Ohio. The soil Is
pruliGc. NtubG,rWe Gd:dic.
The following military items We take
from the Columbus Sdttsmdu: The
Adjutaul General to-day accepted the
resignation ui Major T.. W luhkrcp,
Surgeon al the second Regiment, Bel
lairr. Lieutenant Colonel stuart IL.
McRcth, SECOND Regiment, licllairc, was
granted six months leave of absence
irom January list WcalSo hear that
Dr. &. T.. kurL, II prominent aud com.
pctcut physician ri Brlhirr, has been
appointed Surgeon IN Dr. mskccp's
place, go,
Martins Ferry has u new billiard
saloon, in spite ul an ordinance prnhih-
ting them.
Money il So abundant in Erllajrc aud
vicinity that over $4,000 has been IA
vested ia four per cent bonds 10y tho
citlIrus
W. ". Card has resigned the pusltIuu
Ut superintendent ui the 7. '. Il. Il, to
take rhar., ni the Wheeling extension.
uplu which work will he resumed at
au early diy, aud hC pushed e. compile.
ton hy the lst at September next
TwcntN-right members were added to
the lirllairc Presbyterian Church on
last sunday
serve, are still continued At the
Methodist Church.
Cot roormau, being unable To Obtain
a suitable room nearer the Ventcr ui thC
town. has begun ~ fix upau office uu-
der the Baltimore aud Ohio passenger
depot. The delay ia receiving some at
his type will probably prevent hls get
ting out the first number oi his Tribune
~ lac expected, uu the 3Oth "l this
month.
MIR j. l.. Rivers proposes Ia start a
chronological College at Quaker City.
lie will apply lur a special charter Tor
the institution. Thcprulr,sor N an en-
thusiast We might saya muuomanlac.
lie ought To- apply the principles OF his
sCicucc To his own case,
The GAINESVILLE Times is only cutting
it, wisdom teeth, II has concluded to
charge Tor obituary poetry.
j. W. Wheeling, former editor oi the
Dresden IUilgS, is manager ui minstrel
troupe now giving entertainments IN
Kansas.
la Colomin township, belmont
county, within the past seven months,
livu citizens have died, whose united
ages were i2h years.
Peter Tallmau, OF st, Clairsyille, u
brilliant lawyer SAYS that hr takes a
score Of papers, aud by that means edu-
Gates his family cheaper and better than
ho could IN colleges.
Preparations have been already com
mcnccd for the National reunion at the
soldiers and sailors ui the late war, to
hc held at Cambridge next August
Congress has recognized It AZ being al
national importance lay authorizing the
Secretary oi War to issue, free Of cost
arms, ammunition and artillery for salutcs
aud sham battles, camp Gquipugn, aud
tents tn shelter the multitude, and many
IT the most prominent generals ol both
armies and leading statesmen Ut the
day have signitird a determination To- he
present and participate In the grand
Jubilee. The Second Regiment. q. \.
d. Col. Baruu's regiment, will rartlci-
pate in the exercises, aud viii uo doubt
acquit themselves ~ Creditably as they
did last wear