The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-16
NEreHpORHOoD NEWS.



M. Turner'S child Is some better and Mary
Drugan was worse, Wednesday evening.
Mt. Alfred Woods, who has been confined
10 bis room for many weeks, isgetting strong
or now.
Spot Green Is Justly proud Of his barber
shop. His walls and ceiling are ornsmented
In gay style.
]. A. Greenfield went to Cleveland
Wednesday, as agent 10 represent the Cleye-
land aud Pittsburgh insurance department.
A number Of young folks gave o surprise TO
Mis- Laura Grove Tuesday evening, taking
their own refreshments All enjoyed them.
selves hugely.
Welton, an employee Of the blast furnace,
fell from a car at the tresue, Wednesday,
striking his back on o. pile Of ore and injuring
himself considerably.
The employees Of the Lantern Globe works
had q holiday yesterday while something was
being repaired, and they were proud Of Il. as
It was the tlDt since the starting OF the firm.
Officer Ritner, OF the Fourth ward an.
nounced In the Council meeting Tuesday
night that he had resigned, but.he appeared
rs usual the next day, as the Mayor did not
accept his resignation.
There Is again talk OF changing the sala.
ries OF our city officer; 10 raise those Of the
City Solicitor, Street Commissioner and po-
llcemeni TO raise the Marshal's from 1900 to
$500, and TO reduce the Mayors from 500 to
$50. These figures seem small; but the fees
are the real salary.
The talk OF where the new postofflce Is to
be has set some TO calculating the centre Of
town-which In general way will not have
much 10 do with tie location, probably. The
centre. by measurement, Is at Gorby's store
on Belmont street, unless the width OF the
city Is considered, when Il Is near A. o. Mel
lofts residence. The centre OF population Is
probably lower down.
George II. Muth, chief OF the fire depart
ment made presentation OF the state OF
his department to Council, and the fircmen
will be furnished with new rubber coats and
some fixtures for their hose reels. We have
had little use for flremen for considerable
time, and II Is to be hoped we will not soon
need them; butt Is well enough to remem.
Der that eternal vigilance Is the price Of
safety.
Robert Chisholm asks us 10 say, respecting
ing the notice Of him which appeared In
Tuesdays Register locals, that although he
has been running locomotive on the @. &
Up. road for twenty.eight years, twenty.fOur
Of them with passenger train, he has never
yet injured any passenger or any other per-
son on his train. As for those he has run
run over on the track, he has kept no record
OF them and does not believe any one else
has.
Council ordered the prisoners In the lock.
up to be put on the stone pile and the Mayor
was authorized to appoint some one 70 guard
them while at work. Accordingly on
Wednesday several prisoners were put to
breaking stone in the shed adjoining the
lookup with Mr. SlSson to watch them. They
had no ball and chain, and presently away
went one OF the prisoners like the wind OF
course the watchman could not give chase
and leave the others.
The School Board met In special session ct
the home Of r. W. Nelson to consider the
questions arising from the sickness in the
family OF Mr.. Turner, the Fourth ward jani.
tor. II was determined to procure house
II poSsible-no slight matter in Bellaire Just
now-and move the family II It could be
done. This would allow the building TO be
used by the schools sooner than II the cases
OF sickness were to remain there, even II no
other cases develop themselves. The yaca.
ton at the first OF April was also put week
earlier-from March "a to April 8.
VALLEY GROVE.
Richard Carter, Jr., Is In Kansas in the cat.
tie business.
Mr., Charlie Terrell is attending the Linsly
Institute in Wheeling.
Miss Willie Bradley, OF Roney's Point,
will leave shortly for Colorado, to engage In
teaching.
Miss Rose o. Freyist, of West Finley, Pa,
will teach the spring session OF the Valley
Grove school.
Mr.. B. T. Yates has purchased the Buch-
anan farm, in Brooke county, containing 400
acres, at sixty.six dollars per acre
Mr.. John Atkinson, in the suburbs Of Welt
Alexander, one Of the pioneers Of the Re
publican party, Is quite III. He Is In the
ninetieS.
Ex.Justice D. T. Yates, OF this vicinity, has
sold his farm, approximating l4O acres, for
sixty dollars and fraction per acre to Mr..
Samuel McNynch, in the vicinity OF Dallas
The Maxwell Bros, OF Roney's Point, and
Mr.. Charlie Sample, Of Valley Grove, with
other performers, will take part in the con-
cert TO be given at the NJ. L. Church at Tria-
delphia on the Both.
James Mccoy, formerly OF this county,
now residing in Allegheny county, Pa, nc.
cOmpanied by his wife, has returned from
Nashville, Tenn, at which place they have
been visiting for some time.
wELSBuRo.
Harry Cakes, son of Capt VIM. Cakes, Of
the steamer Lioness No. 9, died on Tuesday
night after long illness OF typhoid fever.
As 10 the subscriptions to stock for the new
glass works they are going along satisfactorily.
Several practical glass workers have mani.
Tested desire to take hold and help put up
the proposed works.