The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-26
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he Oh barrels that have been making III
S1mme, ar nov coming up the river for ne
shipment BY rail. In addition % such bulky
articles which do not 80 into VhAEfboat
hundreds Of car loads o. miscellaneous pro-
duee, tobacco, etc, and GOODS are transferred
here from the boatS A river rsilrOad would
probably open 3 new state Of ahairS.
There vas no meeting ot the Board OF Edu-
cation Monday evening.
\. L Marsh has moved his ieEelEy store
from his old sand To the east side Of Union
street
Some OF the street and alley crossings are
being raised but ; few blows Of pick would
not cost much and would greatly improve
some Of the Dough stones that are used.
The United Presbyterian Church Is the
one that is 70 be repaired and improved now.
Ms. Panble, nee Miss Alice Fitzpatrick,
was visiting friends here Tuesday.
4@ jonathan Hotfman's father and
mother an visiting at her home in the First
ward.
The gas works Is to have some new bench
e put in. Something has been wong Tor
some time, and it Is not in the nature OF peO-
pie TO refrain from gTumbling Every night
the lights grow dim, and those who have to
supplement gas with oil are beginning to
consider the Propriety Of using oil altogether.
Monday night, in the midstof the lecture At
the Presbyterian church, the lights went out,
leaving the lecturer and his audience in total
darkness, and there they had To sit until
lamps were hunted up in the neighbOrhoOd.
Mr.. ClarkSOn's elOcnuonaTy entertainment
had 3 large audience, although an Indictment
evening; but We venture TO say that 1t would
not be as large again. He failed in the inst
requisite-that Of making himself plainly I'M
deTStood in reading
On Wednesday the stockholders Of the Bel.
laiFe 4 Southwestern railroad meet at Woods
field 70 vote on an extension Of their charter
and TO increase their capital to three millions
OF dollars But most Bellaire stockholders
have surrendered their stock.
Rev. ], X, MckAllip has finally declined
the call OF the First Presbyterian Church.
This is not an unexpected event, since his de
lay in accepting.
The gas company publish a notice that
there will be no gas for few nights So
lamps will have to be rubbed up,
XAErIS's FERRY.
The sickness In our town is not abating
much, II any. There are still u number Of
cases Of diphtheTia and typhoid fever.
At . meeting Of the Council last night
Mayor LuptOn rendered his resignation,
which was accepted. In his resignation We
lose an efficient and pleasant officer, with
whom We are 10th to part, but other business
demands his time, and in justice to himself
he resigns.
Quite number OF the boys at the Buckeye
GlRss House instead Of getting their pay as
usual on pay day, which was Saturday, got
notices Of attachment served upon them TO
recover old grocery bills Of Isaac Cots.
Isaac never fOFgets the boys.
The poles and wire for the telephones are
up in readiness for the instruments, which
will probably be put in their places this
week.
Business Of all kinds Is doing, and every
person feels hopeful for the future. All We
want now Is the new railroad and bridge
across the river, and We will then be fairly on
the road TO 4 more rapid and harder
growth.
The halt-dozen or more OF new buildings
that are under process OF construction, are
fast drawing to completion, and the ground
being broken for Others, and yet there Is quite
q demand for tenement houses.
Officers from st. ClairsYille were here last
night on the lookout for James Weir, who
killed his old, decrepid father on Saturday
last, but were not successful 30 far as heard
from.
James Kerr, Esq, was appointed BY Coun-
Gil 10 oil the vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton OF Mayor LuptOn, until there can 30 an
election held, which will be in about ten
days.