Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-06-01

| II Is stxted that Gen. b r. Cowen, form
erIy 4 bankef In this city, u about to a.
sume the political sditorship Of the Coium.
bus Journal.
Commlnion services win be held In TIE
u. p. Church next Sunday. Rev. DR.. Nc
fasiand, Of Cambridge, viii assist the pas
tor, Rev r. g. Wallace.
Three men now do duty on the stone pile
for plain drunks.
The new fire alarm bell for the Mechanics
hose company arrived yesterday, and vii!
be placed in position at once. More OF
these alarms should be had in Bellaire, -
mysterious fires have been frequent Of late,
and the only alarm nov In use" Is useless.
The Republican County Convention will
be held in this city on June 18th. There
will be 81 delegates in the convention.
From this city and township they are di:
yided as follows: Township 2, First ward
In the Congressional Convention to be
held at st. Clairsville on the 2lst, the dele
gates in this city and township are divided
as follows: First ward, l; Second, I; Third,
/; Fourth, 9; Fifth, 2, and the township 9.
The horse thief, Pat. King, who euchered
Mr.. McClain. of this city, out Of $25 on .
trade for stolen horse, is now in Jail at
Washington, Pa. He will be tried In June.
king insists that there are others tmph-
Gated with him, but has not yet given them
away.
The Bellaire Building and Loan Associa-
ton sold four shares last night st ninety
cents per share premium.
About 81 900 day is what the closing
down of the Bellaire Nail Works takes out
OF the money placed in the hands OF the
employers and literally spent in Bellaire.
None Of the employees think think the
strike will last very long so far as the Bell.
aire mill is concerned, because there is no
stock on hands.
While Mr.. Lee was making speech Dec.
oration Day, receiving the flag for the Post,
Capt. Little, IN charge of the procession,
interrupted him with the remark that IL
was late and the crowd growing impatient.
For this, il is stated, Mr.. Lee intends to
prefer charges against Capt Little, the
question TO be settled by Spangler Post, as
TO whether Little was justiiiable in making
the interruption.
The Trustees Of the Water Works and
committee composed of five Of the Council
men, will go to Wellsville next Saturday
to inspect the workings Of the we'll recently
sunk in the river by the Water Works
move in the direction OF pure water on
which idea Mr.. Summers was elected last
spring.
The careless way in which our plumbers
replace the material they take from the
streets when making connection with the
water gas or sewer pipes has much to do
with the bad condition of the streets.
The levy made by the Council for city
purposes is divided into funds as follows:
General fund, * OF mill, amount 81 ,3Oi.-
2l1s: Road and Street.fund, mills, amount
S,l73.50; Police fund, l% mills, amount
s., 500. 2Sli; Sanitary fund, = mill amount
amount 1921 6SA; Street Light fund, ~,
amount 81, ,347. .599E; Interest and Principal
fund, IA mills, amount 81, ,60s.43X Water
Works Bonds fund, "a mills, amount
81. .6a5 lSA. Total mills, Q: total amount.
$lS,7s975 The above shows the amount OF
money that will be recovered into each
fund by the levy this year. 1t will be
noticed with some satisfaction that the
street fund received full share Of atten-
tfon. The trouble all Of last year was the
lack OF funds.
The Board Of Health seems to be laid up
for repairs. Twas ever thus No pay no
work. Action by this board just now would
be of great good. :,
Prof. Cox has notified the School Board
that he will not be candidate for re-elec.
ton.
The special election for new school build
ings takes place next Wednesday. There
will likely be no trouble about 1t carrying.
There should not be.
An effortis now being made to revive
the Bellaire and Marietta railroad. The
Committee on Subscriptions have been
about some TO day, and are meeting with
fair success. Prof. ]. L. Mills, OF Marietta,
is assisting the committee, and 7. J. Dale.
of the same city will be here to-day to as
sist in the work. The Marietta people are
in real earnest, and IL half AZ much inter.
est could be stirred up in this city, the
amount asked OF Bellaire could be raised.
II will be hard work now, but perhaps
determined effort will win.
Work has been received here that the
Republican Central Committee, OF Guernsey
county, met at Cambridge, but refused TO
reconsider or rescnd the popular vote
plan for making Guernesy county solid for
one candidate for Congress. This plan
will give GUERNSEY county to Col. Taylor
Col. Poorman, of this city, says that II the
committee in this county. would adopt
plan Of that kind il would just suit him.
The Colonel, We believe, Is now doing
Noble county.