The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-06-16
NE1GHBoRHooD NEWS.
BELI.AIRE.


3 tice target shooting, Adjutant Gener
!, Gibson having issued an order by whic
, the expense Of practice Is very greatly r,
duced.. A set Of "reloading tools" will
. furnished each company Of the o. N. c
by this order, also, the best ten mari
men OF each company shall constitute th
team to contest with other companies io
the prizes offered by the State. For tn
first prize will be given Ballard rife an
Eve hundred rounds Of ammunition; 70
the second, a Tolbot rifle and three hun
dred rounds. These prizes will be he'll
by the winners for one year. The shoot
ing is to be offhand at two hundred yards
bulls eye eight inches in diameter.
As Nightwatchman James Gill came Of
his beat Tuesday morning he went for I
drink and discovered q man prowlint
around the yard. Thinking he had nc
business there the officer took him out and
started for the lookup, not thinking II
worth while to call for assistance, 80 he
could get his coat aud his mace and re.
volver, which he had laid of in the house
The man jerked away from him and ran,
and when pursued presented a revolver.
The officer returned, thinking 1t not much
difference; but II was soon discovered that
the man bad reached through slightly
raised window and drawn out a pair OF
pants, out Of which he had taken knife
and 81 so in money. The pants were found
under bench Just where the man was
seen.
City Hall has been reGxed until it is
scarcely to be recognized, inside or out
Company D. will hold festival there on
Friday and Saturday and all should at
tend. Some features that are not seen al
every festival will be there as the Com.
pany does not believe in following rut
Let Bellaire give encouragement now that
the company is doing her share and we
will yet have company that is credit to
the city.
Sunday night those living near the
river, In the centre OF town, were almost
eaten up with mosquitoes, and the wonder
was how did so many come at once. tits
now explained. The steamboat Cherokee
had been lying here aud unloading empty
hogsheads. The boat and the barrels were
full OF mosquitoes brought up the river.
At another place down the river where
the boat stopped the people were nearly
devoured.
Joseph Mansellman, who has been in
the West for some time, Is home. He
likes Western life.
Corporal Paruell, is home from the Nor.
gantown Military Academy. Some mem.
bers Of Company D will take advantage Of
his kindness to learn something of the
6ayonet exercise, which is very snowy
drill. =
v. T. Morgan and wife, left for trip to
Cincinnati tuesday.
Mrs. Cook Kelly, died at 8 o'clock Tues.
day morning, and the funeral will be at
2 O'Clock Wednesday afternoon, from the
residence OF Rev. Wallace.
The sewer at Thirty-frst and Guernsey
was entirely stopped up tuesday, making
on the street and square regular lake, oil
at least 500 square ieet .
Indian run completely blocked up the
road Monday night, and washed down
many logs scattering them over the bot.
tom near the brick yard.
The new wall OF Horns above Noble
street, was torn out and the bridge OF the
stone quarry's tram way at the mouth OF
Jordan run was washed away. On the
hills much damage was done to the corn,
some OF which was fat from the previous
rains. The st. Oiairsville rail road was
washed badly, the track for considerable
distance being carried clear off the dumps.
The Bellaire aud Southwestern was wash.
ed away near Toilets on Wegee and prob.
ably ut other places beyond, TO which an
engine would not 60.
The O. p. yards here were overfio wed |
by the stopping up OF culvert, and at
Gravel Hill the track had TO be cleared Of
gravel. At schramm's run, Just aboye, |
gravel and large stones, some OF them as
much as three men could lift, were filed
10 the depth OF four feet above the track.
The engine while backing on switch be.
low kirkwood for some cattle cars was mn.
set down the bank by an undermined
rail. The engine was badly broken. Mr..
Chambers, brakeman was hurt q Ime, but
to walk to his home here.
The bridge being built in the place OF
the recently burnt one at Franklin, was
suhIeIg Nasueu away anu passengers ana /
express goods were transferred at that
place.
The Bellaire correspondent OF tho Pitts.
burgh Commercial Gazette beats US all In |
enterprise. In Tuesdays paper be gives
IN account OF our commencement-four |
days before; and to hide this, he max ~ It |
appear thatit occurred Sunday evening!
A telephone has been put up between L. |
T FreeRe's Office aud livery stables, and
Jacob Heatherington is putting up lines
oetween his Office and different coal
mines.
The School Board had protracted ses.
ZION Monday night; but played Chicago
Convention without doing anything ex-
cept vote, vote. 1t would not be hard to
decide whether the Board or the superin.
endent is doing the most harm to the
schouls. RC.F.