Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-11-13
NEIGHBORH00D NEWS.
BELLAIRE AND WELLSBURG
The Bethany Gang Justice on Their Track
Interesting ard Exciting Ses-
sion of Bellare Council
Other Matters.
BELLAIRE.
City Council and Other Matters.

yesterday dllcIHOOli' liC li'u DCSh otNN
for long time. He was about 3S years
old, and leaves a wife.
The Turner'S will give a grand select
ball at their hall Thanksgiving Eve.
Everybody is elated over the prospect
of an early rise in the river. 1t will give
quite an impetus to different industries
of our city.
Councilmen inform us that the streets
will not be lighted after two months, as
by that time all the money allowed for
that purpose will be consumed. This
offers rather a dreary prospect for mid
winter-the time when lights are most
needed on our thOroughfares.
Mr.. Fred. Rodewig was not to be
outdone by Mr.. Tappan, and now he is
setting up fine cigars on the arrival OF a
brand new" princess. He says his
family numbered nine George Wash
ingtons, and he never felt so tall in his
life as when Miss ROdewig put in an APP
pearance.
Mr.. Arthur McClain, who owns and
operates a stone quarry up Indian Run,
back of town, met with a somewhat Sc
riOus but not fatal accident about five
o'clock Tuesday evening. He had set
fire TO a fuse connecting with blast IN
the quarry, and. some way or other,-a
match supposed to have been dropped
into the powder,-th blast became ig.
nited suddenly, and Nh. McClain having
been near at the time received the ell
fects. He was hit in the forehead by
piece OF limestone rock, cutting the flesh
about the size of coin 0O-cent piece.
Otherwise, Mr.. McClain was not severe
~ injured, although he is not able to be
out. Mr.. McClain met with heavy loss
by the same quarry having fallen in
some time ago, as we stated in one OF
our recent letters.
Mrs. Robert Miller and daughter, from
Wellsburg, are visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Miller is a daughter OF Mr.. j. Il.
Naylor, of this city.
Several of our citizens were summon
ed before the grand jury at st. Clairs-
vile, this week.
CITY COUNCIL,
Council had an interesting and excit-
ing session Tuesday night, nOtwith-
standing the inclement evening. The
members gathered in slowly, and it was
almost s o'clock before a quorum was
present. While waiting for the tardy
members, those present stepped down
from their dignity, and jokes and ancc-
dOteS, as free as water, passed around
the circle, making a novel as we'll as
pleasing part of the evenings entertain
ment. After several sallieS out after de-
linquent Councilmen and the Secretary,
a quorum was finally brought together.
Present-Oswald, President; Bippus,
Camp, McGowen, Reed and Eberle.
Mr.. McGowen was appointed SeCre-
tary pro tenn.
Mr.. Reed reported an alley in bad
condition, and that the sanitary interests
of the city required that it be looked
after.
Street Commissioner Mcclellan handed
in bills incurred in repairing a culvert
near the B. & o. shops, making culvert
on Twentieth street, and filling on Noble
street from coal track to Forty-seCond
street.
J. b. Darrah asked leave and was
granted permission to use part Of South
Crescent street and Vine alley lOr build
ing purposes.
DIR. Mcclure, of the First ward, offered
a resolution TO rescind the order of
Council which reduced the pay OF the
fire companies. He knew we had good
department, and he feared it could not
be replaced easily.
Mr.. Eberle didn't want to give up our
fire department, but the city was not
able-didn't have the funds-to pay
more than the Council had agreed to
pay in the resolution. He was satisfied
we could not have better department,
but retrenChment was necessary to keep
within the limits of our charter.
Mr.. Mcclure SAID il the city was not
able to pay the companies, the tiremen
were willing to wait until it was able;
all that was necessary was an assurance
that it would be paid.
Mr.. Bippus had been a fireman him
self, and he knew that the Department
could not be run for the sum proposed.
The city had exhausted its resources,
and retrenChment and shearing down OF
former expenses was made and readily
accepted by other departments of the
municipal government, and he thought
the tiremen ought to be willing to make
some concessions, though he thought
Council had gone too far in pulling
down in this instance. He favored Civ
ing each company at least $50 or SO.
While he was a fireman it cost him So
out of his own pocket, and he knew the
boys could not keep up on such slim
salary. Ii il were necessary 10 meet
the demands, he was willing to give en-
tertainmentS 10 meet the deficiency.
Every arrangement had been made for
the Department, but through buying
new hose the funds were exhausted.
On motion, Chief Muth was allowed
To speak. He thought he spoke the
sentiment of the whole department
when he stated that they were willing
to wait until the city had funds; the
companies were willing to accept reduc-
tion, if the city would bear expenses,
and wait until there was enough money
in the treasury.
Mr.Eberle thought money had been col
leCted for the use of the department and
spent for private and individual pur-
poses.
Mr.. Reed thought the department
could be run for less than 500; he
didn't want any resolution passed re-
garding the matter until there was an
ordinance passed defining the expenses
OF the Fire Department. Without this,
too much latitude was given to what
might be termed expenses " He didn' I
want money showed down in individual
pockets as had been done. Mr.. Reed
moved, as an amendment to the motion
of DR.. Mcclure, that the Committee
on Ordinances draft an ordinance detin-
ing expenses of the Fire Department.
Mcclure objected to the amendment
and then things became interesting. \
point OF order was raised that unless the
mover OF a motion accepted the amend
ment il could not be tackled on to the
original motion. The Chair overruled
the point against strong protests from
several members, and the amendment
was voted on and carried. The original
motion, as amended, was then unani-
mOusly carried.
The motion in effect then stands that
the order OF Council is rescinded and
the Ordinance Committee instructed TO