Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-12
BEIIAlRE.

There is q remote possibility that the
Elson glass works will be located at Bel.
laire. The possibility is not more than six
miles wide OF the guess.
Squire Criswel1 has rubbed all the hair
off the top OF his head trying to find solu-
ton OF the mysterious disappearance of
the negro Douglass.
The fire wardens will meet this evening
to elect Chief of the Department
Col. Taylor's opposition in Guernsey
county is said to be very inconsiderable.
But there is some time yet before the Con-
gressional Convention comes of.
David H. Darrah and wife, who had
been in the city for several days, have re.
turned home to ST. Clairsyille.
NJ. l.. Blackburn, of the Goblet works, is
trying to recover his impaired health by a
few weeks residence near Uniontown.
Delegates to the Republican State Con-
yention will be chosen May 9th.
The Belmont county overseers OF the
poor were in the city, yesterday, pricing
hats, coats, etc.
Abe Stahl' birthday celebration at Turner
Hall, on Friday night, was the occasion Of
much enjoyment.
No school on Decoration Day.
The Ladies' Aid Society OF the NJ. l..
Church, will give social this evening in
the Sunday School room.
Hon, j. J. Burns has been elected Super
intendent of the Cambridge schools.
Arthur Mcl4ain, ESD, was at Flushing
Yesterday attending the funeral OF his
brother losephs wife.
Opposing candidates have arisen in both
the counties of Jefferson aud Guernsey.
Congressman Ipdegraif was at Steubcn.
vile yesterday, sweeping the Congressional
horizon from that uncertain standpoint.
Verify, brother Jonathan, thou hast not a
walk0ver this season. Beware OF the
Philistines.
A Roumanian youth 10y the name OF
Murphy fell in faint on the track at the
west end of the b. 4 o. bridge, at this city,
and but for the intervention OF a bystandcr
would have been crushed by an approach.
ing train
The Darlington delegation will be at Bel
laire next Thursday.
The Rise and Fall OF the Moustache, -
will be described by Bob" Burdette this
evening at the Disciples church.
John NJ. Eberle, of Monroe county, will
put force Of men at work upon the Sol.
diers' monument next Monday.
The river gardens above this city are in
magnificent order, and the scene OF an
evening when the men, women and chill
dren are all at work is very attractive.
In the issue of the Independent Of We'd
nesday last, there are several very pointed
questions asked OF Col. Poorman by the
editor Among others were these: Did
YOU not leave the Know-notbing party and
become a candidate for office in the Repub.
lican party? Did YOU not, after repeated
failures as n candidate for office, leave the
Republican party for hope Of office in the
Democratic party? Failing then, did you
not for cash mot travelling and hotel ex.
Il. l,,t Tor n af A
first opportunity and at the first offer sell
Yourself back to the Republican party
managers TO be used TO make speeches 10
the workingmenH
When Col. Poorman read the
above yesterday morning, all
the vials OF his mouth at once
began to eIervesce and for little time he
struggled hard to keep their corks in but
he finally concluded that he would turn
the insinuation to his party probity to
account, and has, it Is alleged taken the
preliminary steps toward bringing SUI {
Tor damages against the insinuator. IL is
not known yet what amount Will be
claimed, but the Colonel said in last night 6
TriJvnc: "As TO the malicious slander con-
tanned in his article in Wednesdays paper,
we have only to say that each one OF them
is basely untrue. and that We prefer TO sub.
nit them to jury for adj djudication rather
than TO newspaper settlement at this
time"
In circulating around a little among
Dellaire business men. We have found
very little expressed enthusiasm on
the subject Of building the road
from this city TO Marietta, and
unless son. .ething very potent Is brought
TO bear there will be nothing done here at
all commensurate with the ideas formed