Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-08
BELLAIRE BUDGET.
Full Report Of the Last Two
Days mt the Glass City.

Mr.. Jane McClain, an old and re-
spected lady OF the Fifth ward, died
Yesterday at the residence Of her son,
A. McClain, and will be buried in the
Wheeling Peninsula Cemetery at 2 T..
NJ, to-day. Mrs. McClain was 90 years
old.
Christopher Cleever, OF our city, has
been appointed engineer at the Soldiers
Home, at DAYTON. Mr.. Cleever is one
OF the best engineers in this section,
and his many friends will congratulate
him on the appointment.
David Davis, son Of Thomas Il. DAVIS,
weighing clerk at the Bellaire blast fur
mace, has resigned his place, and has ac-
cepted position in the office Of the
Lowell blast furnace at Youngstown.
We are glad to congratulate MIR. Ste
ven Gressinger, Of the TRIBUNE, on his
appointment IA superintendent oil the
Children's Home, near GAINESVILLE. Mr..
Grrssinger is competent gentleman Tor
the position and will make an excellent
superintendent.
bellaire Lodge, No. 37s, |. o. q. T.,
will hold an important meeting Tuesday
evening All visiting members will be
MtitONllrA NlNll Nlltll llNdi W anu Abh'''
A straw vote among Democrats IN the
REUIsrER branch office Saturday, result
rd IN 3 for Tilden, for Thurman and =
for Seymour.
TIIE WALKING MATCHES.
The walk in the State warehouse
Friday and Saturday, was one OF the
most intensely exciting and interesting
entertainments ever held IN Bellalre.
Miss Won Blumen engaged to walk 10
miles Friday evening, against Messrs.
W. Il. and Dallas Kennedy, who were
10 make q miles each The audience
was fair and the order excellent. Dallas
Kennedy went on the track with Miss
Elsa at 7:3O lie went of the track five
laps behind at the completion OF her
fiIh mile. W. K Kennedy took up the
walk and at the completion OF
Miss Elsa's 10th mile he had made
q miles and lap-the two
losing the match by four laps. Every.
body was Wild with excitement, and 1t
was claimed by some that the race was
ialTly Won by the boys. Saturday the
walk was the general theme Of conver-
sation, aud when at 2.3OP. NJ, when the
TWENTY-FIVE tO thirty mlle race began, a
considerable audience had assembled.
The arrangement for this contest was,
that four young men-Messrs. John
ShuttlewOrth, Newt. Anderson, James
Gill and John kOOntE-weTe 10 change
of and make miles each, and Miss
Won Blumcn Was to make - miles. At
30 Mr.. Shuttlewurth and Miss Elsa
took the track, amid boisterOus cheers,
and hemaie his best mile in .. .. lie was
followed hy Newt. Anderson, koOntI
| followed him, and walked until q clock,
when a recess Was taken. Al 40 Mr.
Gul ani Miss Won Blumen took the
! track, and ended the race at y. The
lady completed her 18th mile, and a
summing up OF the score showed but
2st mikes for our Toys. Then the
FAT NES's RACE
vas immediately arranged. 1t Was an
nouncrd that the race would be n heel
and toe" one. and Gus Hariens,ein, /.
+. Freese and J. III. Brown shed their
coats and stood ont a. corpulent and
gDOt natured a crew a. yon ever saw,
j. VI. Gordon, the COrpulent operator al
the c. & 4. depot, couldn't stand the
pressure, and Ss he had been soldier
| boy during the late var, wanted 10 con-
4 tribute his mite to the monumental
fund. and he pulled OF ne coat and vest,
/ borrowed Miss Won Humen's Whip and
( struck the track with the other heavy
/ weights. This made q blooming team
/ Of tour, and the way they walked ~As a
caution TO professionals. We thought
the roof OF the warehouse would be
I lifted ~. The men we're all popular.
aud each one had enough Of cOAchers 10
eucOurag,ki regiment OF walkers. Gus
\ Harienstein struck out at a pace that
\ would have put q steam engine to the
test. aud Johnny Brown followed with
the same amount OF steam; Ike Freese
I struck the track With SQUARE, tAt-tOotei
stroke, aud padded out Sith : grace
aud sdse that challenged The sdmIra'
ton vi professionals GOTdOn's TOO
yard reaches brought down the house,
and he kept up . regular pace that
| ehcitei rounds OF appis1ss. TIE audi
encr could hardly be contained during
thls walk over 900 people ~ere pres
eni, and police officers and committee
men vere poSeTlcSs 10 keep them iron
hiling up the square inside the traek
By ths We DO nol mean thai thsrs ga,
Any disorder or rOsdyism, because vs
QUESTION ii - lArse an audience ever a.
ssmbled in our city that ~ uniforul,