The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-01-21
NEIsHBORHooD NEWS.



Mr.. B. F. Crisswell has established fish
and oyster agency In town.
Mr.. Charles Simpson has left town to take
q position In the Hinge Factory in Wheeling
Miss Mary Criswell left for Sariis. Ohio,
Wednesday, where she will visit her friends,
Miss Blanche Russell. Of Bellairc, Ohio,
was In town "Wednesday, visiting at Mr.
Hansen Criswell's.
Henry s. Brown, Of the Webster WAGON
Works has returned from an extended trlp
through the Southern States.
Mr.. Thomas Mccormick has procured tho
lower floor Of Masonic Hail. where he will
place two pool and two billiard tables.
Mr.. n. s. DuflGld left for his home in Nc.
ConnellsvillG, Pa, last Tuesday. He was
called home on account OF the serious illness
Of his sister.
Mr. Charles Cool has returned from New.
burg where he was visiting his friends. We
are glad to learn that Unsupported illness with
tho fever was mistake.
The wool Growers OF Marshall county held
q meeting in the Mound City Hall last Tues.
day. The attendance was small but there was
considerable interest visible. There were
efforts made by the farmers to introduce the
best wool.bearing sheep In the country.
Last Wednesday Annie, the eldest daughter
Of ]. G. Roberts, died, after brief but severe
illness, The young lady was about sixteen
yearso fagc. She had a large circle of friends,
who will be grieved to hear Of her death, and
help the bcreaVed parents to bear their loss.
Fletcher Logsd0n, the son OF VIM. Logsdon,
died Tuesday night. He had been sick for
several days with asevere attack Of typhoid
fever and pneumonia, which finally ended In
his death, He was young man about q
years Of age, and was respected by all who
knew him.
Our music.loving people were somewhat
disappointed by the failure OF Prof. Richard
Stahl to give performance Thursday night,
We learn that parties In town advised him
not TO come on account OF the small audience
which ne would obtain: This speaks bad for
the people Of Moundsvile.
What the town has set up posts on the
corners OF our streets for Is conundrum for
our people. They might, In the daytime,
answer for guide posts II our authorities
would place indices upon them. They are,
70 DC sure, very pretty ornaments for our
streets, but can only be seen In the daytime.
1t has been suggested that probably they
were lamP.posts. True, they have that an.
penrance, but they never afford any Iigbt
during the night Will somebody inform us
ottheh purpose?
BRIDGEPORT.
During the coming summer the Nail Civ
glass works are to be rebuilt on much larger
scale.
Mrs. Louisa Tilman of WoodsGeld, Ohio.
and Mrs. James Hodgens, Of Portland, Ohio
have been the guests Of Mrs. Albert Mans.
field
Wilbur Frueman returned yesterday from
very successful business trip through West
Virginia in the interest Of John Weeks shoe
factory, of Worcester, Mass.
We hear OF a colt being foaled recently at
fultney Bottom which, II our informant is
correct must certainly be great curiosity.
and half bovine. ''''
We now have a.sdewalk on the east side of
the creek bridge. That addition is lust as
beneficial to the public as the Court House
would DC TO Bellaire. Two prominent citi.
zehs are the ones that huve the benefit, and
nave tue power over our poor Council.
On last Thursday Mr.. Pratt, OF Kirkwood
uonned his war paint and started on the trail
Of one Jolin!Smith, whom he found ut Bagrs'
planning mill. Pratts ambition prompted
nm to start q little mill of his own. The
llTst lnSer oil PFatts right hand is gone,
winch mars somew hut the beauty OF his fist
but not its pugilistic effect, as John Smiths
physlOgomy will bear witness. No beautiful
Pocohontas with midnight hair, was there
to shield his body from the sledge
hammer blows OF his inturiatad assailant
When the lockers on had concluded that
smith was sufficiently punished, and fearing
ne might be seriously hurt, tAey stopped the
Ilght. The assault grew out of some ugly
I4lK on the part OF Smith, concerning one az
Mr.. Pratt's daughters The general verdict
is, Served him right"
BELLAIRE.
Miss Lulu Piperis in precarious condition
with typhoid fever.
G. s. Anderson, the First ward butcher, is
down with the fever.
John Dougherty, OF Gravel Hill, after n
long sickness, died on Friday Of typhoid
fever. > F'''N
The Grocers' Association has secured the
room in Central Hall formerly used by
Esquire Powell, and meets. there once week.
VIM. McMechan, of St. Clairsville. Is about
to build double house, for renting, on
Gravel Hill. II some more, say score or SO,
would build such houses, Bellaire would be
IN most comfortable state. 1t is all right to
have pressing demand for houSes-Shows
that the city is growing and that everything
IS prosperous, but when the demand contin.
ues q long time and those hunting houses act.
nally cannot find place to put their fam.
lies, the growth of the city is retarded. This
is the state OF affairs In Bellaire now. There
are men wanting to bring their families here
who cannot do 1t because they can find no
house. and there are people in ncighboring
towns that want TO come here and who
would come II they could have chance OF
finding house room.
VALLEY GROVE.
Mr.. David Bell will return home on Mod.
day next to Illinois
DR.. ]. II. storer and wife of Triadelpbja
nave returned from visiting relatives in al.
legheney City.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Chambers celebrated
The anniversary OF their marriage by silver
wedding on the 10th inst.
There were two gentlemen from your city
here on the 18th inst, prospecting for the
purchase OF tract ottimber for the La Belle
nail mills cooper shop
MIR. Alvin Smith, who has been located for
some time at Central City, Colorado, has re.
turned in feeble health, having in the mean.
tlMe mad an attack OF typhoid fever and
Within mile and half of this place
there is tFaceable line, bearing northeast BY
southwest, OF immense boulders, doubtless
transported by glacial action. Within its lat.
i.L,ude, us said, the oil wells OF West Mid.
uletoh, IA, are found. In the near future
mere may be developed an oil bonanza.