Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-27
HERE AND THERE
Bdsotts from the Register Special
- Corps.
General News Notes From St. ClairsviIle
Our BelIaire Budget-Martin's
Fery's Contribution =
Bridgeport Briefss
INTERESTING RsIGHBORHOOD NOTES.
Special 10 The Register.

~. CLAIRsyILLE w., May 2o.-lne puDiiC
schools of st. Clairsville closed to-day.
There was no graduating class, hence the
closing exercises were devoid of interest.
The vacation will last until September.
Prof Elliott, of the High School, left to-
day to spend vacation with friends in
Ctlfion county, Pennsylvania.
Hhe st. Clairsville and Northern Rail-
Had is still laid up for repairs. 1t was an.
n6tnced that the road would be ready for
|sf&ssaess next Monday hut-nther- delays
have occurred and the day of opening the
road seems now to be indefinitely post
poned.
Decoration day will be appropriately OBJ
served here. The exercises will be under
direction Of Drummond Post G A. Z. The
st. Clairsville Light Guards, the schools
and citizens generally are expected to par
ticipate.
Judge Kelly cleaned up the court docket
so thoroughly at the last term that there is
not much business to be transacted at the
present term. No cases OF importance
have been disposed of, except the case of
George Bartholomew against David h.
Allen. These are Bridgeport parties.
Allen struck Bartholomew on the head and
injured him so that he was unable to work
damages and the jury awarded him $32z
Allen has applied for new trial.
John Stark, who is indicted by the grand
Jury for larceny, is known in Wheeling as
James McDoal. He escaped from the
Wheeling Jail some months ago. he is un-
der indictment here for robbing the resi-
dence of Wm. Hardesty, near Barton Sta
ton, on the C. T. V. Il W. railroad. His
prospects for spending few weeks at Col
umbus are excellent.
The Town Council of st. Clairsville, has
| levied eight mills on each dollars for cor
poration taxes for the coming year.
Judge Kelly has decided in the case OF
| Conrad Troll and Isaac Neiswanger VS.. H..
Eaton, County Treasurer, that the property
taken into the corporation of ST. Clairsville
| by the recent annexation can be taxed for
| the debts of the corporation contracted be-
fore the annexation was made. Some OF
| those whose property was taken into the
| town limits claimed that they could not be
compelled to pay taxes for the building OF
the St. Clairsville and Northern Railroad,
the tax having been voted by the citizens
ofIthe old corporation prior 70 the annexa-
ii tiSn ! egs e. JpaEs g. asl!y a sss III o aes ~
/ road wss bSiit q Sc = cons sfi tut lohsl, the
Supreme Court Of the State having 30 Dc,
\ fKeily'sI own ffifirid,,ai views were against
the constitutionality OF the law.
| Richard Floyd. of Pease township, q
| colored man, is serving on the jury at tis
present term of court. He is the first COZ
ored man so honored in this county.
Saint Smith, of Noble county, the author
of the celebrated Smith Sunday Law, Is to
be temporary chairman of the Republican
Congressional Convention which meets
here June 2lst.
President Patterson is at Columbus on
railroad business.
4-IEreasurer-elect Feeley attended the
meeting of the Grand Lodge Knights oi
| Pythias in Columbus this week.
| Auditor Coffiand has been at Newark
this week, as one of the appraisers OF the
Central Ohio road.
Rev. Thomas Balph is sattending the Gen
eral Assembly of the |. L. Church al
Monmouth, Ills
Mrs. Major Neiswanger and Mrs. Squire
Lee are visiting at Eenia.
Judge Chambers has just returned from
the funeral of niece in Morgan county
this State.
Miss Lizzie Kennon returned yesterday
from Chicago, where she has been spending
the winter
The fight for the Republican Congress
sional nomination goes bravely on: The
feeling between the factions is daily be
coming more bitter, and already we heal
significant mutterings of revolt If this OF
that candidate is nominated. There viii
be a red. hot time when the convention as
sembles here.
John Cameron, an old and well known
citizen of Wheeling township this county
died at his sons residence in Tuscarawa:
county, Ohio, a few days ago.