Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-09-07
BELLAIRE.


Burglars Arrested-B. q o. Bridge Burn
ed-Fair Associstion-Genersl Interest
ing Cn,t-Cnat
Mr.. Hanley lett last evening for a trip
ID the mountains on business.
Mayor Criswell spent the day yester-
day at the County In6rmary.
W. Il. Jackson, of Woodsield, was
among our business men yesterday.
Miss Jessie Sharp, after a very pleas
ant visit at Steubenville, has returned to
Bellaire.
Mrs. Milt. Stewart came over from
Woods6eld on Monday night and re-
turned Tuesday.
Several new cases Of typhoid fever
have been reported this week. Keep
your premises clean.
Col. David Rankin is home again after
an absence OF two weeks. His family is
still at st. Clsirsville.
Prof. Cox left for his home at Belpre,
O., yesterday, where he will remain
until school takes up.
Rev. Mr.. CASTOR dropped in on his
host of frieuds here yesterday. He is
still stationed at Cleveland.
Miss Alice Winans was expected
home last night, from an extended visit
to friends at st. Mary's, w. Va.
A member OF the Agnes w. Villa Com
bination got off a very good hit upon the
refreshing shade OF our Public Square"
E. W. Stevenson, of Marietta, who
travels for a Philadelphia house. was
among Bellaire business men yesterday.
A special meeting of the City Counc |
was held on Monday evening. No bus
mess of special Importance was trans-
acted.
Hon. d. Wagner, county seat re.
moval candidate for Representative, was
shaking hands with friends about town,
yesterday.
Diapers Uncle Toms Cabin comb
nation are I render their old time play
ing at the city hall tonight. They will
have a big house.
Tie thermometer in front Of DR.. Nc
Masters store registered l040 yesterday.
That is the highest OF the season, except
on Monday, when it was the same.
The School Board held its regular
meeting on Monday evening. No time
was decided upon for the opening OF the
schools so at the earliest they will not
take up until the Goth Of September.
There is some complaint on the part
OF members OF the last graduating class
at our High School because they have
not ct received their diplomas. They
earned them and the Board should see
to it that they get them.
A Joint stock company is being organ
lied for the purpose of forming a Bel
laire City Agricultural Fair Association.
A number of our most successful bust
ness men are at the head Of the enter
prise, and as Bellaire would derive a
great benefit from it, We hope that it may
be pushed through. The large field
below Benson Ferry is the place decided
upon as the fair ground.
The fifth bridge on the B. & o. West
OF Bellaire, known as SCOTS bridge,
burned on Monday night about IL
O'Clock. They have a watchmas there
especially for that bridge but he was
asleep at the time and when the neigh
bors happened to discover the fire, his
cabin was also ablaze and it was only
after the greatest efforts that the old fel-
low was aroused and gotten out of the
burning building. A messenger was at
once sent u to flag the west bound
passenger train and there was no
time to be lost for 1t was due
in fifteen minutes. He succeeded
in tagging the train, whereby saving
many precious lives, for had the train
plunged into the creek below the loss of
life would have been terrible. The train
backed into Bellaire and laid here until
yesterday morning. 1t will be some
time before the bridge can be replaced,
but a large force of men are at work on
it, and for the present transfers are east
ly made.
Yesterday morning, about 4:S0, the
family Of Mr.. John Baker, of Gravel
Hill, was aroused by a noise in the Gel
lar. Upon investigation it was found
that some one was down there. One
man came out OF the cellar.
and was after considerable Of a chase
captured Baker shot at him but find
ing that ne was hre-proot, ne look the
but end OF his revolver and knocked
him down, the man had however given
Mr.. Baker a pretty severe blow over the
head with a mace previous to this. The
neighbors were aroused by the noise and
appeared on the scene OF action just in
time to capture two more of the bur-
glars. They had a large quantity OF
provisions packed up ready to start off
with. They had also visited the house
OF Mrs. Cummins and they stole several
blankets and other useful articles which
they buried down in the field. They
give the names of Frank Wilson. Chas.
Lee and Jas. Armstrong, and all claim
TO bail from Indiana, but they are n
doubleday residents OF this vicinity, and
have the appearance of being hard GUS