Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-19
BEIAlRE

The b. q y. pay car, with fuyweS0x
Peck aboard, distributed several thousand
dollars here to-day.
The Lyceum Reading Association met
the residence of n. J. Brand last night
The Sixteenth Congressional District IS
now the Seventeenth District Altered
Enoch Archer, the veteran inebriate from
Guernsey ooEnty, was yesterday fined $40
and costs by Mayor Cooper, and he CRATE
fully paid il.
this county, was in the city yesterday.
Bishop ]. J. Kain, of Wheeling, Father
Cusick, Of Cincinnati. and Father Murray,
of Chillioothe, were guests OF Father Gun,
yesterday.
Senator A. A. Pearson, OF Monroe county
was in the city yesterday.
Thomas Ault has gone TO Texas on visit
to relatives.
There are only six.eight employees at the
b. & o. shops here at present whereas
there were one hundred and forty last win
ter.
Hon. u. Wagner is quite sick in Colum-
bus, with something like diphtheria-
around the city yesterday the liyeliest case
Of diphtheria that We have seen lately.
CITY COUNCIL,
CITY Council met in regular weekly ses-
sion last night, all the members being pres
ent. The minutes tf the last meeting were
read and signed.
Mr.. Zilch, from the Second ward, pre-,
sented petition from the Irish citizens OF
Bellsire. sstinG for the use Of the City
han or the purposes OF iecfurs' wnics
was granted.
Mr. Shuttlesworth asked permission from
| Council for Mr.. Grotehaus 10 allow him to
use portion of Guernsey street for build
| ing purposes, which was granted.
The City Engineer was instructed to give
Mr.. z, T. King the grade in Horns addl-
| ton.
Bills amounting to about s765 were re-
ferred to the Finance Committee.
The report of the Water Trustees was
read by the Clerk. This REPORT reviews the
work done at the Water Works during the
year. Considerable expense was involved
on account of repairs TO the reservoir, -
casioned by the slipping OF the bank and
other causes. Some extensions were made
during the year, but not as many as were
necessary. or demanded by those who are
not yet reached. Extensions were made in
Hern's addition, S63; feet on Twenty-sixth
Street. so feet; in Cummin's addition, IA
feet, is total Of 2,0S0 feet of three and four
inch pipe at a cost OF S'i5S.li. Changes
on Gravel Hill, from Indian run
tn Forty.iourth street cost Sl,oi6 -.
A locomotive boiler was placed in the
works in the past year. which has caused q
saving of fuel. The water rents increased
during the year over 5000. Another set
Of pumps and an engine are recommended
as necessary To the better operation Of the
works Tie report Of the secretary of the
works accompanied this report, and the
financial exhibit showed the receipts from
all sources for the year ending April |, 1851,
to have been 81 1853 81; balance on hand
April !. 1881, S6,2IS 90, or a total al Sli,-
~. j6. The disbursements for the wear
were SlO, 1926. leaving balance OF
81. 929. 80 on hand. The report was received
and filed.
Mr.. Reed said that there was con-
siderable sickness prevailing in the
city at the present time, and sickness
had been very prevalent and deaths numer-
GUS last summer. The causes OF this sick
ness in various form had been attributed
to impurities in the water by many OF the
physicians. and TO arrive at some conclu-
sion in regard to the matter, he Reed made
a motion that the water trustees be asked
TO secure some satisfactory analysis of the
water both before its entrance into the re-
ceiving pipe in the river and after il had
entered the pipes.
Mr.. Sanders was Of the opinion that bet.
ter results could be obtained IL the water
were lower, and Mr.. Eberle wanted Council
to take charge OF the matter Of analysis,
but the motion, A. originally made, passed.
The Clerk, by order Of the President, dis
tributed the printed cards containing his
appointments Of Council standing commit.
tees.
The matter OF surface drainage and sewer
age was referred to the Committee on
Streets and Alleys.
Mayor Cooper asked about the matter OF
employing a man To work prisoners on the
stone pile, and was referred to the action
Of the Council just deceased authorizing
the employment Of such man.
The bond Of ID. w. Cooper Weighmastcr
elect, was presented and approved.
Council then went into executive session.
In executive session the appointment OF
Shannon Archer as policeman in the
Second ward was confirmed.
The lecture this evening by Rev. Father
Murphy, Of Cleveland, on the Causes Of
Agitation in Ireland" promises TO be one
Of the finest lectures ever delivered here.
Father Murphy is one Of the most eloquent
and learned men in the church, and his
lecture will be one OF rare literary merit.
Col. Danford is now said 10 he pro-
nounced Congressional candidate.
An effort was made yesterday TO get a
number OF glass men together To tackle the
glass pot mandatory problem. BUTT failed.