The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-07

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Quarter Elected Clerk In Place Of q.
II, DeIieFs, RemoVed-TnyIOr foreman
Elected Assistant CleFk.
The Board met at 10 o'clock yesterday,
all the members in their seats except Mr..
Nichols,
The chairman OF the Committee on
Court House and Jail stated that as the
bids for the alterations to the Court House
were in and ready for the action Of the
Board it would be necessary to adjourn
until 2 o'clock,
AFTERNOON.
The members OF the Board reasaembled
at . o'clock; all the members present,
The report 1.-THE Committee on Finance
submitted the report appearing in an.
other column, which was read and
adopted.
The office OF Clerk OF the Commissioners
was then declared vacant, Mr.. speidel
said the next buGiness would be the cleo.
ton Of q clerk. Mr.. Stein moved that said
election he postponed until the next meet.
ing, but Mr.. Armstrong objected, saying
that the necessities Of the Board and the
Office required the immediate election OF a
clerk, The President ruled Mr.. STEMS
motion out Of order, and as Messrs,
sChullzs and CaTuahgn were not in the
room and wished to take q part in the pro.
Ceedings, the Board passed TO the con.
sideration Of the annual levy. This levy
has already appeared in the lNTRLLEaEScER
The levy was adopted by tho Board.
The Committee On Court House and
Jail reported the following bids for alter.
atoms to the Court House: j. D. McFGd,
den, all work, s 1900; KlevIs, Kraft 4 Co,
all work, $2,445; Hamilton, MCGranahan
& Matthews, brick work, $3.50; Vim,
Stoetzer, plastering, $3.50. The bid al
Kleyis, KRAFT 4 %. was accepted, on the
condition that they give bond for the par.
Torrance OF the work IN the SUN OF 5000,
said work 10 be done under the auperin.
tendence aud supervision Of J., D. MCFad.
den, who shall receive a sum Of money
not to exceed 500 for his services. IL was
also ordered that all moneys paid to the
contractors be paid on estimates furnished
by MI, McFsdden.
The petition Of VIM. Memmingsr to sell
beer OF his orchard in Pleasant Valley,
was, alter some miscellaneous talk, grant.
ed,
The petition Of A, MCColloch and
others, asking for a new road In RiChland
district, was referred to the Committee on
Roads and Bridges,
ELECTION OF A uLRRK.
The matter OF the election OF a clerk of
the Board was Sgain called up, objected 10
by some and favored by others. Mr.. Arm.
strong wssin favor oIthei llats election
Of q Clerk ITO have the affair over with"
Mr.. sChullze advocated its pOstponement
for 4 month. It was finally put to q vote
when, by Q to4 II was determined 10 elect
at onCe. Mr.. Armstrong wished to vote
by ballot, but this was objected to and
nominations for clerk ordered. The ap.
plications Of :. +. Faris, Jos. L, Wilde, J..
L. Stroehlein were read by the President.
Mr.. B. F. Caldwell nominated MIR. ]. u.
Coen as "a young man Of Vne1%Ceptionable
character, q good b%oOk.keepsr, and has
been q book'keeper for Il Of the largest
manufacturing concerns in the city" Mr.
Atkinson nominated ". II. Waddle ss q
imam we'll acquainted with the county
business and competent" Mr.. Carnshan
read the application OF A. @. Eol; Mr.,
sChultzs named 8. l.. McUulloch; Mr.. Tor.
rill, j. B. Quarter; Mr.. Sweeney, J. VIM.
Waltz MIR. Nichols, r. Is. Woods; Mr..
Stein, Ralph Arkle,
TuE BALLOTS.
On the atst ballot Mr.. Coen received the
votes Of Messrs. Armstrong, Caldwell and
Speidel; Mr.. WUddle that Of Mr.. Atkinson.
Mr.. Nlchol voted for Mr.. Woods, Mr.. Tor.
rill for Mr.. Quarter Mr.. schultze for MI.
McOulloCh; Mr.. Stein for Ankle; Mr..
Sweeney for MIR. Wait, and Mr.. Canadian
for Mr.. Eof.
The second ballot was nearly the same
as the first. Mr.. Stein voted with Mr.,
Sweeney for Mr.. Wait. Mr.. speidol
changed from Coen 10 Quarter.
The third ballot was the same as the sec.
ond with two exceptions, Mr.. Armstrong
changed from COen to Waddle, and Mr..
Stein from Wait to Woods.
On the fourth ballot Mr.. Waddle reCeiv.
ed the vote oil Mr.. Atkinson Mr.. Quarter
those OF Messrs. Tesrill, Sweeney and
Speidel; Mr.. Woods those OF Messrs. Arm.
strong, NiChol and Stein. Mr.. Canadian
voted for Mr.. Eoff.
On the fifth ballot Messrs. Atkinson,
Armstrong, Speidel, Stein aud Terrill
voted for Mr. Waddie. Mr.. Schnlizs Tor
McColloch, NiChol for Quarter, Caldwell
and Sweeney for Coen, and Carnahan for
EofE. At the end OF this ballot MIR. q. A.
Helmbright was nominated by Mr..
schultze. AT the end Of the eighth ballot
Mr.. SChultze moved 10 adjourn until the
July meeting, buthis motion was defeated,
and balloting proceeded, with varying re.
suits, until the end Of The twelfth ballot,
whenQuarrier received the votes oiMeasrs.
CarnahRn, Michel, Speidel, SChultze,
Sweeney, Stein and Terrill, and was de-.
clared elected. MIR. Caldwell voted for
Mr.. Coen, Mr.. Armstrong for Mr.. MCCol.
lOch, and Mr.. Atkinson for Mr.. Waddle.
AN ASSISTANT CLERK.
When the result Of the vote for CLERK
had been declared, Mr.. speldel said that
the books Of the county were lie a terribly
confused condition, and had not been
posted up for the last two or three years,
and, In his opinion, there was an actual
necessity for the appointment or election
Of an aPsistant to the Clerk Of the Board.
Mi. Quarter said that the books were
about three years back, and 1t had only
been by great exertlon that he had been
able to bring up the books from last
March TO and keep up with his other work.
Considerable talk at random was In.
dulged In concerning the matter d the ex.
pence, &c. Mr.. Sam. Mathews, who has