Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-05-14
BELLAIRE.
A Lively Letter on Living Subjects.


Go to the City Hall tonight.
There is to be picnic at Schramm's
grove to day.
Charley Goodrich, OF the Woodsfield
Gazette, dropped in on his Bellaire friends
Yesterday.
George Highfeld was fined S. and
costs Yesterday for assaulting David
Boeulen.
Arthur McClain, OF the Street Rail.
way Company, is out OF the city for a
brief time.
The G. and p. pay car put in an ap-
pearance yesterday morning. 1t caused
the boys much happiness.
One poor creature is confined in the
workhouse these warm days, breaking
stone. He is to be pitied.
Kew. Mr.. Gibson will not arrive home
until next week. Services will be held
at the Episcopal church tomorrow,
however.
1t was necessary to remove all the
eversreens from the Loan Exhibition,
for the reason that it made so much lit.
ter and dirt.
What shall be done in regard to the
county seat removal matter1 All in
terested in the question should not fail
to he present at the City Hall tonight.
Entertainments will be given every
evening during the Loan Exhibition.
tits understood that Misses Heron and
Hood will give the citizens an elocution-
ary entertainment.
Prof Y G. Bundy, formerly OF this
city, and at one time connected with the
Wheeling schools, died very suddenly
last week at Bartlett, Washington coun-
ty, o. He had many friends in this part
OF the State.
Mr.. Keeser and Miss Hutchinson were
married at Beallsville on Thursday
evening. They passed through this city
Yesterday on their wedding tour. Mag
ara Falls and other points in the East
will be visited by them.
Ii would be advisable for the City
Council to follow the same plan with
the b. K s. w. railroad grade as they
have done with the Union street grade.
/. e. leave it alone. Ii would be great
loss 10 the city to have this road denied
an entrance into the place. Encour-
age rather than discourage such enter.
prises.
A county seat meeting is to be held at
the City Hall tonight, and it is hoped
that a large number OF citizens will he
in attendance. 1t seems TO he the gen.
eral desire to settle the matter this fall
by the election OF member OF the Legls-
lature. The real issue is, shall the peo.
pie be allowed to say by their votes
whether or not the county seat shall be
remOvedp
At the special meeting OF the Council
on Thursday evening, the subject OF the
Union street grade was discussed. The
property holders gave the Council TO
understand that il the proposed excava-
ton was made that they would sue the
CITY for damages. The members very
sensibly gave up the idea OF any such
grade and decided to leave it very much
as it nowis. About ii inches OF earth
will be removed and its place will be
supplied by limestone.
"THE LOAN"
The REGISTER representative dropped
in at the tobacco warehouse yesterday
afternoon to note the progress being
made with the Loan Exhibition. The
building has been fitted up in fine style
and many articles OF interest are arriv-
ing daily. Fifty.four booths have been
taken, several OF which will be occu-
pied by Wheeling firms. The doors
will be thrown open att o'clock Mon.
day evening. and at s o'clock the exhi'
bition will be opened by PRAYER by Rev.
Mr.. Dean, after which there will proba-
bly, be an address, and the "Star Span
gle Banner" will be sung. On the 24th,
at2P.M, there will be grand baby
show, and Bsllaire will without doubt
make a big showing of fine looking
"kids." On the 25;h Mrs. Shieb, OF
Wheeling, will give concert. Gov.
Foster and staff will be present on one
day OF the exhibition, and entertain.
ments will be given on the third floor
every night. J. II. Grafton will exhibit
one Of Edison's electric lamps, which
will prove to be great attraction. The
exhibition wilt continue daily from 10
A. NJ. to 10 p. N. up to the 30th INST. The
cause for which all OF this work is being
done is noble one, and il is to be hoped
that the exhibition NAV prove to be a
great success. Season tickets are sold
at 81 90; single admissions SOC.