Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-05-08
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propo,sd Annexation TO the County Beat
-Court-Barn Burned-Criminal Nat
tsrs-Psrsonais. Minor Mention. a.
A proposition 10 extend the corporate
limits oi 81. Clsirsyille and annex ron
tiguous territory, has been SET on loot
This should have been attended To
months ago, 80 that the population OF
the annexed territory could be included
I'M the new census Of the town. A con-
siderable portion Of the town is outside
OF the corporate limits and should be
brought in. IL il expected that the
owners, whom II ~ proposed
10 bring In the town, will kick against
the proposition, but inasmuch as they
receive the benefit of corporation taxes
they should not object ~ bearing their
proper share OF taxation:
The ext term OF Common Pleas
Court for this county begins on Tues
day, Nav 18th. The term will he a long
one.
James Thompson, late of this place,
has gone 10 Flushing with the Intention
OF starting q hotel there.
Mr.. Charles Schumacher, whose seIl-
ous illness We mentioned recently, has
about recovered and IL able 10 ~ about
again. 80,
Rev. Mcclure, Of Wheeling, preached
AT the L. Z. Church here last Sunday
evening. ,
Rev. N. X. Johnson, u resident OF
California, and n brother oi Rev. j.. u.
Johnson, Of thss place. lectured this
evening In the u. y. Church on the sub
iect OF California and the Chinese,
Rev. Conkle, Benjamin Barkhurst aud
Mr.. and Mrs. welday, all Of this place,
expsct 10 10 Ia Cincinnati next Mon
day. To attend the NJ. r.. General Con-
terence. They 20 with the excursion
from Wheeling by the steamer Courier.
The Presbyterian Sabbath school oi
this place has received a new library,
O'J, Swaney, &. y. Gaumer, Col.
CharIesworth and Hamilton Eaton, all
of this place, have been attending the
Democratic State Convention at Colum-
bus this week.
Auditor Cotiiand and the Auditor oil
Monroe county met at Woodsteld yes
,erday, To appraise the h. h :. W. rail
road Tor taxation purposes, MIR. Con-
land will attend n similar meeting IN
connection with the Cleveland and Pitts
burgh road next week.
A barn belonging To James McNary,
four miles west ul this place, was burned
down a lew days ago. Loss, 500; no
insurance.
Dr. John Alexander has been engaged
to give medical attendance 10 the poor
of tins township.
A. 7. McKelvey, who lives near this
place, formerly n well-known citizen oil
your city. has been quite sick with IN
hammatory rheumatism, but ls recover
ing.
Alexander Phillips, Of Somerset town
ship, will he given a hearing in Probate
Court next week on the charge Of threat
enine to burn aud kill the property oI
Mrs. Wineman. At least that is the
way the charge is stated in the paper'
made out by the Justice Of the Peace
Ii il presumed that the charge oI
threatening Ia xii viii not be sustained
Phillips daughter, who Was arrested on
a similar change, has been released lee
cause Of a defect in the affidavit OF az
cusation. The accused parties are said
To have been living in l%ncestuous rela
tons with each other. but no effort
has been made to bring them 10 trla
on that charge.