The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-05
NE1GHBo oRHooD NEWS.
BELLAIRE.
Local News and Gossip.


Mrs. Roscoe and daughters were at 81
Clairsville Thursday, attending the iunera
Of James Young, who died there 80 sud
denly.
puzzle Fifteen" has struck Bellaire a
last, bad. There are blocks and boxes o
all shapes and sizes pressed into service
Mr.. Frank Robinson, the Cleveland ant
Pittsburgh engineer, is still sick with {
fever.
De- Al LYDIA, Of Wheeling, will preach
for Rev. Toland, in the Methodist Church
Sunday morning.
The young ladies' leap year party comes
off Friday evening in the Hecla Club
rooms.
Some Of the young gentlemen studying
philosophy in the high school could not
exactly agree with their text book, that a
two pound weight will fall in the same
time as one pound weight. They pro-
cured two such weights, but owing to
their imperfect arrangements for dropping
the weights the one pound weight struck
the ground before the heavier one. AS
this proved too much, they gave 1t up.
Elmira Trautner, daughter OF Thomas
Trautner, was buried Thursday afternoon.
She was victim OF diphtheria.
Leonidas Clark, who arrested boy
Wednesday, acting as private citizen,
was threatened with arrest in his turn /;
but the threat was as far as 1t went. The
boy was asked to "lend the Mayor" s. 90,
which he did.
A tramp entered the Fifth ward school
house, Wednesday afternoon, and managed
to secure as his booty three new hats be.
longing to the scholars. A teacher heard
him In the hall, but he told her he wanted
a drink, and left. She sent the boys out
to see their hats, when three were found
gone. The tramp tried to trade them of
to a family near Benson's Ferry.
an the spring young mans fancy"
etc. Two more triumphs for Hymen were
decreed for Thursday-Mr. VIM. Munslow
and Miss Jennie L. Yost, and Mr.. Joseph
Cleaver and Miss Pfacht. Mr.. CASTOR
performed the ceremonies.
Mr.. Yost was surveying the ground for
lut HeN hluuUn kiann uuuset luulauhYs
Talk is again heard OF an arrangement
between the Tuscarawas Valley and
Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroads, by
which the trains OF the former road viii
run over the latter's track between Kirk
wood aud Bellaire. By Bellaire will be
the practicable route for that road to get
its freight across the river, especially such
freight as goes on east over the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. How many weeks
during the average year, are there in
which the river Is choked with run.
ming ice, frozen over solid, or too low for
a boat to run the cars across to Wheeling
from West Wheeling?
Considerable hail fell here Wednesday
night, and out west OF here it hailed still
harder.
The Democratic primaries are called for
Saturday, March 18th, for both town and
township. The convention is to be held
in City Hall on Friday the 10th. The off,
GERS to be elected at the approaching cleo.
ton are, for city, Mayor, Marshal, Solici-
tor, Treasurer, Street Commissioner, one
member Water Works Board, one Coun-
Gilman from each ward and three mem.
bers OF the School Board. Each ward will
be represented by three delegates. For
township, the officers are three Trustees,
Treasurer, Clerk, Assessor and two Cons
tables. Each ward will have two dele.
gates, West Wheeling three delegates and
the school districts two each.
The Republican ward committeeman are
to. meet at the Mayors Office, Saturday
evening, TO arrange for the primaries.
WI. and Arthur Nicola have obtained
the contract for furnishing stone and doing
the work on the foundation OF the new
window glass works.
Joseph Rice, employed at NJ. Some
born's, left Thursday evening for Uhrichs.
vile.
Some shooting was heard Wednesday
night near the coal mines in South Bell
aire, but no one was hurt and no one was
found shooting. Tho striking miners
haye made no unruly demonstration,
though new men are being brought To
take their places.
The Democratic advertisements OF pri.
maries, etc., had to be published in Re.
publican paper, for just now our
town cannot boast OF Democratic
organ.
In Cratts lewelry store window is q gold
medal to be presented to Thomas Ii. Davis
Saturday evening by his employees at the
blast furnace. The usual presentation
form is on the face, and on tho reverse il
the word Humanity" and the date. The
design OF tho medal itself was fur
nished the manufacturer by Ben Faris, o.
Gratis.
The Jubilee Singers are to sing at the
Methodist church Friday evening. Nc
praise is necessary for this troupe now.
temperance woman by profession
made visits to some OF our numerous sa
looms Wednesday.
Bellaire has some big men. Look at the
weights Of some Of them, those who are
booked for the two mile walk at the To
bacco warehouse, Saturday evening: w
O. Cochran, 220 pounds; Ut. Freese, 2l4
G. Hardeustein, PIG; ]. II. Brown, 2l5
Jesse Randolph, 2l2; ]. R. Parnell, 24l
Thos, W. Hays, 240. R.C.F.