Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-13
NEIGHBORHO0D NEWS,
CLEANED BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Political Excitement in BeIaire; Local
Happenings-Incendiary Fires Near
ST. ClairsviIIei Two Bnild-
ings Destroyed.
BELLAIRE.

vile, at which place they hold a meetin!
tonight.
Ed. o. Ludwig, of the REGISTER, is il
the city, working up the interests OF hi
paper. Ed. is a first-class boy, and il
making many friends here.
The hall of the Bellaire Turner AssO
citation is rapidly approaching compile
ton. The building is large frame 2
by % feet, and has a stage 10 by % feet
with .dressing-rooms beneath it. The
hall makes good appearance from Bel
mont street, and when completed vii
cost the Turner's about one Thousand
dollars.
The Catholic school building is being
enlarged and improved by the addition
of two extra front rooms. Charles VIII
liams has the building contract, and he
! informs us that the improvements Will
have been completed by October lst.
1t is with pleasure that We notice
the business OF A. l.. Baron in the tin
line, in this city, has increased so won
deriully of late that it was necessary fol
him to enlarge his rooms on Thirty
second street. The sa!esrOom is now
22 feet wide and 100 feet long, and when
finished the store will present very
beautiful appearance.
! One of the COunci,men seems to have
gotten himself into little unpleasant
ness in regard to the police force and
the editor OF one of the city papers. As
near as We could learn, the facts are as
| follows: Two cOuncilmen concluded
/ they would make tour OF observation
/ the other night and see whether or not
| the night patI )lmen were doing their
duty, which was perfectly proper They
accordingly started on their tour at
about two o'clock the other morning
and while passing down Union
street, in locality which
was very dark, they suddenly
came upon Officer Mccormick. The
Councilmen attempted to cross the
street and not get near the policeman,
| when that officer commanded the men
to halt, not knowing who they were.
He then asked them where they were
| going. One of them answered that they
were going crazy. This aroused the in
| dignation OF the guardian of the peace,
and he drew his revolver and COM
manded the men a second time TO halt.
They halted. On going toward them,
Mccormick was surprised. 10 see the
good natured faces of the worthy
| COuncilmen, ard after some little
talk about the matter the men separated
for the morning. In q conversation
with city editor the following day Nc
Cormick mentioned this matter as a
kind of joke and one OF the papers pub
lished it. Some parts, however, differ
ing somewhat to the COuncilman's idea
of the affair, and on seeing the editor,
the virtuOus Indignation oil the Council
man began to rise and he asked the edl-
tor 10 take short walk with him for
the purpose of getting outside the cor
poratiOp, and then they could indulge
in the thoroughly moral and highly in
teilectual pastine OF puInmeling each
others faces.
This proposition the newspaper man
fatty refused, but told the Councilman
that if he wanted to indulge in little
pugilistic exercise, and nothing would
DO him bat pugiliStiC exercise he (the
editor would accommodate him there
and then. The Councilman got mad
and swOre, and the editor walked over
TO the Mayors office and entered COM
plaint against him on three charges:
First, for challenging the editor to a
duel at fistiCuffs Second, for using loud
and abusive language. Third, for using
proiane language, the latter of which
was dismissed. The Councilman had a
hearing before His Honor the' Mayor
and was fined in the sum of - S0,which
was paid. SO ends what might have
been a bloody-nOse.
POLITICS IN BELLAIRE.
Bellaire Just now is going through the
widest throes of political excitement.
The distinguished speeches of the past
week have walked up the slothful and
inspired fever Of energetic, persistent
work. Never were the Democrats more
sanguine of success. The contest in this
county is no longer narrowed down to
simply the election OF the Democratic
nOminees-that is already aSSured-but
an endeavOr to roll up an immense ma
iority for the entire State and county
ticket. The speeches OF Generals Ew-
ing and Rice last night, have fairly
taken the RAG off the bush" and no
one can be found hardy enough to de-
nounce them in any particular. Demo-
Gratis are correspondingly jubilant over
the noble vindCation OF the party and
the immense gathering of peOple-the
largest that has been known in Bel
laire these many years. General Ew-
ing was waited upon by a contin-
ual stream of our people up to the
hour of his departure this morning. In
conversation with him to-day, he assured
us that he had every reason for entire
confidence in the triumph OF she State
ticket.
One of the most pleasing features OF
politics here is that there are no dissen-
tions in the Democratic ranks. The
Democrats are working shoulder to
shoulding, each striving to be the mob
lest Roman" in the fight.
The Ewing and Rice club is in
thorough working order. 1t meets every
Wednesday night
Active preparations are already being
made TO give Senator Thurman grand
ovation here on the Goth. Members OF
the executive committee will 90 to
Columbus this week TO perfect arrange
mentS, and it is safe TO say that the great
statesman will receive a welcome that
will cheer him wherever he appears in
defence of the peoples rights. And we
are expecting the Democrats of Wheel
ing TO assist the "boOm." Come and
join us, and bring with you banners and
music.
On the Sth prox. Daniel Voorhees,,
the tall sycamore OF the Wabash, will
deliver a speech here. He will be heart
lily received by our people.
On the other hand, the Republicans
are not allowing the grass to grow un-
der their feet. Several speeches have
already been made, and tonight Fri
dav) Mr.. Rivers, a colored gentleman,
addressed his brethren here. Blaine is
announced to speak here sometime this
month, though the exact date is not
known. The Democrats are not so
flush" with the "needful" as the Re-
publicans, yet in the way OF enthusiasm
and energy the former are getting in
their work" to good purpose.
A Columbus paper, through Its cor
respondent, recently gave currency to
the report that number Of the Germans