Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-27
BELLAIRE.

other bridge material arrived on the U. & r.
| road, Yesterday, for shipment by river to
| Wetzel county. This bridge will be thrown
| over Fish Creek, near its mouth. by the
| Wrought Iron Bridge Company, of Canton,
| Ohio. This company also has the contract
| for the erection of two other bridges in
! Wetzel county. The bridge that arrived
Yesterday is 20i feet long by Is feet wide.
The Buckeye State, en- route to st. Louis,
| landed here, yesterday, and took on large
! quantity of freight.
At the Benwood Council meeting Tues
| day night the ordinances in relation to the
assessment and collection OF taxes were
passed.
! fixed at $50 per annum, with fees.
Male CANNES will hereafter cost their
owners one dollar per head per annum in
| Benwood, while females will cost just
| double that amount, in addition to the cost
| of the collars that each will be compelled
| to wear in order to assure longevity.
A new post Office has been established at
Kelsey's, on the Southwestern road, with
Robert Welsh as p. NJ.
At reception rendered Miss Clara Davis,
at the residence of A. l.. Wetherald, on
Tuesday night. Mr.. C. C. Kelley presented
her with handsome silver card case. Miss
Davis will 60 to Pennsylvania on Friday.
Bellaire, Belmont county. will give apar-
tial observance TO Arbor Day, to-day, by
planting some trees. This section, howey.
er, does not feel the need OF trees like some
counties further west.
The Turnverein of Marietta will visit
this CITY and Wheeling, May 9th.
The Lucas makes six round trips daily
Wood Darrah has returned from
Columbus.
Judge" Grafton troupe has been divided
by two. The School Board remains.
Joe Dobeler remains with xMayor Girls
well.
The following are the new officers of the
S. Bellaire Lyceum and Reading Union,
who were elected Tuesday evening: Presi-
dent, Lizzie Brand; Vice-President, Mollie
Holland Secretary, W. r. Buchanan;
Assistant Secretary, Ida Camp; Treasurer,
J. ?. Lowman. The next meeting will be
held on Tuesday evening at the residence
of Mr.. Alex. Bamford.
Amos Garner, of Freeport, hung himself
in his fathers barn on Sunday. unrequited
love is supposed to have been the cause.
Mr.. Willis o. Hawley who has been in
this city for the last year OH account OF the
unhealthy atmosphere at Wheeling, was
incarcerated in the baStile here on Tuesday
night on two charges, drunk and disorderly
and abusing his venerable father-in-law.
Twenty.seven dollars and fifty cents IS
what the city Melted on account OF Mr.
Hawley.
John W. Sanders, ESQ, Secretary of the
Window Glass Company. is in Chicago, at
tending meeting of the Window Glass
Association.
Mayor Cooper will euncompromising in
his action toward saloonists in their viola,
ton of the Smith and Pond laws.
Recorder Hobbs and his assistant Perry
White, last week recorded l2l deeds and
mortgages. making the usual number of
searches and releases. This thought 10 be
by far the biggest weeks work ever done
in the office and it indicates boom in the
real estate business that is unprecedented.
And now Mrs. Stevens the colored widow
for whom the festival was given complains
that she is left in the matter of proceeds,
alleging that out of $lOi receipts she only
realized six dollars.
The loving manner in which those dis
tinguished worthless OF Bridgeport have
embraced and made up has elected very
general admiration among their Belmont
county friends David and Jonathan,
Damon and Pythias, Johnson and Boswell,
the Devil and DR.. Faust, are completely
obscured by the outrageous shade of the
tree of friendship thus planted by these
two angelic characters. How pleasant to
see brethren uNell together III unity
GAINESVILLE is making big effort 10 have
the Bellaire, GAINESVILLE and Cincinnati
railroad built through Cumberland. 1t
looks with wistful eyes towards the trade
of that rich country.
The Cincinnati and Ohio River Coal
Company, with a capital OF S2,OOO,OOO, has
been incorporated by Gen. Warner and
others. The lands are principally in Jack
son township, Guernsey county.
Week before last, when everybody else
was disguised with peach trees, Noble
county man, unterried by the frost and
undaunted by the CroakingS Of his neigh
bors planted three thousand two hundred
peach trees on his farm.
The miners in Guernsey county are still
striking against the reduction, but ii is re-
ported in town that a meeting was held on
Tuesday afternoon and a resolution passed
to 90 TO work yesterday at the reduction.
As soon as the foundation for the Balti-
more and ohio scales is completed at this
place, Frank SchiCk will take his workmen
10 Bcllaire to build 4 uew water station.
After that he will prepare the stone abut-
mentS for the iron bridge to be built over
Crooked creek, west Of town.-GWcrHscy
JefcrSOni0n.
Miss Taylor, President of the Wheeling
Female College. will make the address at
the dlluudl HtcilHS Vi luC
eign Missionary Society to be held in the
NJ. f. Church of st. Clairsville on next
Sabbath evening at ~ o'clock. All are in
vited TO attend.
Mayor Cooper, of Bellairc, is winning
golden opinions on account Of his firm
stand in enforcing law. He's no 81 and
costs man. lie believes in making peO-
pie pay for luxuries-and he's right. Let
his hands be strengthened by decent peo-
ple.-S. GdirsriHe Chronicle
Arrangements are about perfected to run
trains over the Northern railroad direct
through between ST. ClairSville and Bridge
port, twice daily. The new company have
secured the services of Mr.. Thos. Wright,
an experienced engineer from the I. V.
road and are now running the construc-
ton train over the line 10 Barton, instead
OF Burton as the hiciIigencer incorrectly
put il yesterday.
The annual election of Directors of the
Central Ohio railroad, occurred in Colum.
bus, yesterday, and number of the stock
holders in this county availcd themselves
of the privilege OF free ride.
Congressman Updegraffs bill to donate
four condemned brass field pieces u the
Soldiers and Sailors Association OF Bel
laire, for the soldiers monument in that
place. passed the House on Saturday, and
will shortly be law.