The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-17
OUR WETzEL LETTER
New MARrISsylLLr, April /,

New MAETlNsvILLE, April Is.
Editors IntelliGencCr.
The spring term OF Il Circuit CourI
which commenced on the 9th inst. nd
journed to-day, THE 10th inst.), after dis
patching a large amount OF business. Our
Judge, Hon. A. B. Fleming, is very popu.
lar with the bar and the people Of this
county generally. Heis the best Judge in
the State, except, perhaps, Judge Melvin
and it is difficult for friend OF both 10 de
eide which one is the best or whether they
are not both best.
Tho police and fiscal term OF our County
Court commenced here this morning. Ow.
ing to the Circuit Court being in session
the Justices had to seek other quarters
The Clerk OF that Court, Mr.. John C. Nc,
EIdowney, was eQualto the emergency by
having fitted up a building recently erect
ed by him for q law office. Your CORES
pondent called there during the session
to-day, aud found business progress
sing with the usual precision and
dispatch OF that Court. The embel,
lishments OF the Court room were
rather new, but very. suggestive,
Suspended in a frame Just over the Pre-,
siding Justices was the picture OF an "old
rooster" the advertisement OF some manu-.
featuring establishment. This was in.
tended 10 represent the Presiding Justice,
who is an "Old bachelor" of some tifty.
five or sixty years. On either side OF the
"old rooster" picture were two other
frames suspended Just over the Associated
Justices seats, in which we're the pictures
OF two "jAckasses"-one in each frame,
These were intended to represent the two
Associated Justices, whose mental calibre
are supposed to he measured by that OF
the Jack" In the entire and over all
were liked a very nice pair OF deer horns,
to indicate, no doubt, that "Wetzel" wears
the horns In having n OF the best Coun.
ty Courts in the State.
This Is tho term Of the County Court in
which the "Dam.sellers" get their author.
ity to SOW disCOrd and encourage vice and
crime for the next year. A large delcga.
ton OF that class Of gentry were here to
day IN renew their licenses. There were
met by a petition signed by one hundred
and nlnety.slN otthe most respectable peo.
pie OF Church district praying the County
Court not 10 grant license" to sci
whisky, &c, stating that 1t was working
the moral and pecnniary ruin Of many in
that part of the county, and warning the
County Court that il they did not respect
their prayers they would feel the force OF
a refusal next election. The Court how.
ever granted license and We will see what
We will see.
At our town election on tho 9Th inst.
Mr.. I. F, Pattra, formerly Of Beaver, Pa,
was elected Mayor. Messrs. ]. l, Hill,
James Ii, Garrison. N. Bandi, Jacob
Koontz and VIM. McEIall, were elected ID
Counctlmen. They are NIL business men
and they promise "big things"--"to keep
up the hogs'-"to muzzle the dogs" &C.,
DC. ~
Tho Murphy Temperance League are
raising money to buy an organ. II they
keep on getting signers TO the pledge the
whisky business will be poor down hero.
Tho base ball fever" has reached hero:
80 has the 'spring fever"
Politics arc played out down here, but
the probability Is that this county will
continue to SO Democratic next election.
We are down on tho County Court bill"
aud III favor OF the Constitutional amend.
mcnt, and a railroad from Wheeling here,
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