The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-24
NEWS FROM NEAR TOWNS
GATHERED BY INrELLIGENCER RE-
PORTERS.
A Chronicle OF the Happenings and
Events, Social, Political and
Otherwise In the yielnago
OF wheeling
RELLAiRE.
Political Notes aud Local Gassip-Policc
Matters.

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Political Notes aud Local Gassip-Poiic
The stockholders Of the Workinguen'
Building Association met at the Gas otEic
Thursday night. This association is abou
ready to cease and determine" A fey
shares were sold.
Rev. VIM. Brown, OF Cleveland, vii
preach in the German Church Sunday.
Col. O. L. Poorman speaks at Claringtol
Saturday, the first speech in this neigh
borhood.
Mrs. Alice Roscoe, who has been absen
visiting friends and relatives for five o.
six weeks, has returned.
The Republican primaries will be hell
here Saturday. As there are several pos
sible candidates in Bellaire, some interes
will be taken in the delegates chosen
Pultney township will send delegates
First ward, L; Second ward, l; Third
ward, .; Fourth ward, 3; Fifth ward, Q
Total, l2.
At the Disciples festival on the wharf.
boat much racket was made by n lot ol
boys who gathered in skitfs beyond reach
out in the river and kept up shouting
and cheering.
Miss Jessie Pearce, OF Steubenville, il
visiting Miss Jessie Sharp.
A child OF Harvey Bension died at its
grandiathers, while on visit, and will be
buried out at the Davis grave yard.
Mrs. Mateer will talk at the Presby-
terian church Sunday evening.
Hon. Lorenzo Danford will speak here,
Wednesday, August Z. This will be our
first speech this campaign.
Bellaire will allow no telegraph poles
except the ones already up and the new
'call" lines are being woven over our
houses and over the churches.
Rev. W. Fl. Draper, OF Wheeling, will
preach Sunday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. In
the Second NJ. E. Church, (colored.) The
Sacrament Of the Lords Supper will BE-
at that time.
The National will begin making glass
about the first week in August.
The steamer Ed Pope will make three
trips Saturday and Sunday to the Camp
meeting at Martins Ferry, returning after
the evening session.
A new eurbing is to be put before the
Bramlich building, on Union street.
Jacob Heatherington is putting q sewer
pipe from some Of his buildings in the
First ward TO the river, at Eighteenth
street. Messrs. Hoffman and Lockwood
propose to join it.
a child OF Solomon Love was buried
from the First ward yesterday.
For some time our police got no fees
when fines were pay by, work. When the
present officers were employed the under
standing was that they should guard the
prisoners at work in the workhouse pay.
ing their fines, and receive their fees Just
the same as 1.-THE fines were paid in cash.
They claim that prisoners arrested by An
drew Roeder do not put any fees in their
pockets and they agreed Thursday even
ing not to guard such prisoners hereafter.
Friday morning they did refuse and
Mayor Crisswell discharged the whole
force instanter. By the middle OF the
afternoon only one now appointment had
been made-that OF Shannon Archer OF
the First ward. 1t remains for Council to
approve the new appointment.
Amos Shepherd and Michael Sinsky
had little row OF their own Thursday
night.
Persons are hunting houses every day
On Gravel Hill for those families who are
coming when the new Window Glass
House begins work. Part OF this demand
will be supplied by John McGraw, who
will build double tenement house on
Jefferson street.
Mr.. ". B. Litton, Of Avondale, is visit.
ing his father, T. B. Litton, on Gravel.
Hill.
Mrs. Dixon Corbet hos returned from a
visit to Sharon, Pa.
Workmen have been moving flat from
The bank at the foot OF the Island into the
water for q day or two.
Rev. Matter leaves here to go to Akron
Tor while.