Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-09-15
BELLAIRE.
Personal Pats-POlitical Points
The Maine News.

Butter selling at 2s cents and very
scarce at that.
Miss Jennie Smith returned from a
pleasant visit to friends at Powhattan.
Chss. II. Goodrich, OF the Woods
field Gaz.tte, was in town yesterday.
County fair commences to-day. To-
morrow is to be the bigday. Free dinner
for veterans.
Jno. W. Doughterty, attorney at law,
OF Woodsfeld, was on our street, yes
terday.
St. Clair Kelly, OF St. GAINESVILLE, was
here yesterday.
S B. Talbot, OF Armstrong; Mills,
passed through the city Yesterday.
Joseph Dobler and j. u. Jennings are
busily engaged taking the enumeration
Of school children.
Morris Foreman, vi Lewis Mills. was
in the city, yesterday, purchasing few
OF the n~eceSsaries OF lie.
Col. Williams, OF Woodstield, who Is i
clerk in the United States Senate, was
among us Yesterday.
Will Paul leaves for New Concord to.
dav, where he will visit relatives and
friends.
1t is funny to see the great change in
the countenance ola Republican when
you ask him:
"Have YOU heard from Maine2"
They feel sad now, that Jim Blaine
has been sighted so shamefully for the
last lew years.
Our friend Allen, OF the Bellaire
Democrat, was yesterday the recipient OF
a fine silk hat, presented to him by
Mack Meek in honor OF the good news
from Maine.
Robert Mills, who voted FOR Lincoln,
Grant and Hayes, joined the Demo-
cratic club in this city last night. he
stated in aneat little speech that he had
fought IN the late war for three and q
hall YEAR. md now he intended to vote
as he fought. lie had seen General
Hancock in battle, and wanted now to
see him in the Presidential chair. Mr..
Mills was a good man in the field, and
his open declaration for Hancock and
English will have a telling effect. Who
neXi?
S,me nights since = few reckless
bows, who live in the First ward,
decided to have a little sport, so
they tied a rope across the sidewalk.
The iirs' person who came along chanc-
ed to be an old lady named Croz;er.
She iripped, fell and broke her arm.
She allowed the injury to go unattend-
ell until yesterday, when she called on a
physician. She will never have a per-
feet arm. So much for a little sport.
We do not know OF 4 single Idle man
in Bellaire. Every mandatory is run
ming at full blast. Fifteen or twenty
hew houses are being erected. Some
new store rooms are being filled up, and
soon the bottle factory and new planning
mill will be erected and put in opera
lion.
The railroads running in here have
more than they can attend to, and TAX
inc everything into consideration, we
thing Bellaire il in a good way OF becOin.
ing the city OF Eastern Ohio in Il short
time.
Mr.. Peter Peterson's son, who resides
in Chicago, is in the city visiting re
lations and friends.
Col. PoOrman says he can procure a
man in this county who boarded at the
same table with Gen. Hancock for six
weeks, who Is willing to make affidavit
that during those SIX weeks, General
Hancock never left the table but that he
vas drunk. After the Colonel has made
the above statement he is always very
particular TO add that this canvas must
not be a personal fight. 1872 is too
fresh in the COlonel's memory to
have this q personal campaign. We'll,
give us the affidavit and let us know
who in this county has ever had the
honor conferred upon him Of boarding
with our next President?
The following notice appeared in the
LtdeD2,dSHt oil the 18th inst: "The Re-
publicans will receive the news tonight
at the City Hall" Your reporter drop
ped in at the hall during the evening,
and there found several men making a
desperate attempt to sing something
about Garfield. For a while they sue
ceeded pretty fairly, but in a few min
utes they received a dispatch from
Maine. Their lips curled. Some broke
ranks. Silence reigned, until Squire
Powell started "Hurrah for Garfield"
But they were knocked completely out
OF time by the news, and the singing
ceased. At about II o'clock they broke
mp, sadder, but wiser men.
Your reporter pumped" a few OF the
business men in the city, yesterday,
upon their opinion rs the effect this VIC
tory in Maine would have.
DR.. McMasters saws: at is glorious.
We have knocked their foundation from
beneath them. have nc doubt now as
TO the result in Ohio, for have noticed
Tor many years that rs Maine goes 20
goes the Union"
Jackson Myers thought ne was dream.
ing when he woke up this morning and
heard that Maine had gone against the
Republicans and Jim Blaine.
George Smith says: at suits me first
rate; it is something which l never eX-
pectcd to sec."
J. b. Darrah SAYS: at suits Inc ex.
actly; think it will have a telling ELECT
in Ohio"
Walter Darrah says that he did hear
there was an election in Maine yester-
day"
At a Council meeting last night a mo-
ton was made and prevailed to pur-
chase l.500 feet OF hose. DR. Mcclure,
of tie Fifth ward, presented his resig-
nation, and the Mayor was ordered TO
issue Il proclamation calling an election
to I'LL Il e vacancy.
No other business Of importance was
transacted.
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Editor of tho Rec 'Ster.
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