Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-06-29
AROUND AND ABOUT.
News of the Two Towns Opposite
Us.
Late News and Matters from Beialre, and
the Freshest Information Cleaned
From Martins Ferry.
REI.I.AIRE.

Col PoOrman thinks 1t rather strange
! performance for Congressional committees
| TO meet in this city and arrange Tor some
/ other place in which TO hold the Congress
! sional Convention. -,
On Saturday, the "Happy Six will give
| picnic at Shady Side.
Arnett. who was appointed policeman
! in the Third ward. since Turner resigned
was sat down upon by Council. -.
Deodorizers are to be used in the work OF
! disinfeCting the city.
Bell.ire Odd Fellows will 70 to Harness
Vile on Saturday.
A meeting Of the County Democratic
| Committee has been called Tor IT. Glars
vile, Saturday.
1t is said that kirkpatrick, of the Cam
| bridge ,TcfsrSORinR bankers after the Demo
cratic nomination for Congress.
The Bellare window glass works and the
furnace the Bellaire mill will put out their
fires this week.
James Il. Darrah, Esq, of this city, is one
of the most likely candidates in the field
for the Democratic nomination for Sherl IT.
His nomination may say Is equivalent TO
col. Scott, OF Wheeling. and formerly of
this city, was in town yesterday ventllat-
ing some of the politics Of the Ipdesrali
stripe The Colonels remarks were briell,
sharp and explicit, and the u. ID. are still
quaking in their boots
VIM. Jones, Jacob Pense and Jacob Cerni
NAL left for New York, last night, toattend
Il session of the convention OF the Glass
Workers union.
Judge ID. u. T. Cowen and II. {. Weldey,
OF st. Clairsville, went TO Cincinnati on the
Andes. Tuesday night.
Spangle Post G.. \. r.. of this city, will
90 to Martins Ferry on the 4th OF July, to
assist Thoburn Post, Of that city, i'll their
celebration of the day. Capt. Prince, OF
the c. Y. Lucas, will take them up.
Joseph Kline and Thomas Smith were
arrested at Newark, yesterday, by the Il. IL
0. authorities and brought 10 this city for
| trial, for breaking into car at this place.
Squire Criswell CAV them hearing yester-
day afternoon and in default OF bail sent
! them to st. Clairsvile for trial.
The Republicans If this city are making
coniectures as 10 the make up Of the next
DELEGATION from this city TO the Republican
Congressional Convention. 1t is generally
conceded that not single ward will return
an Updcgraf delegate if the effort be made
against it. With the retirement OF Col.
Poorman, however, local feeling seems o
have abated, and none OF the ward leaders
have any apparent concern over the prob
able results. 'I'pdegraii is not local IA
vorte here on several accounts, and his
agency in the estimation OF certain officials,
and his threats implied are explicit TO
deCapitate others have had tendency Ia
weaken him, said a strong anti-l pdegraif
man to the REGISTER yesterday. Ills only
apparent hold is on the agricultural ele.
ment of this district, and in my opinion
his bucolic and pastoral utterarCes have
more the sound OF buncOme than anything
else. There is one thing certain. however
and that is, if Poorman keeps out OF the
convention Updegratf will he nominated
The granite for the soldiers monument
was being delivered yesterday.
Over in BenwOOd on Monday Mckee, a
Wheeling grocer, was arrested and nncd -
and costs for selling groceries without pay
ing the necessary license. In default Of
bail a commitment was issued by Mayor
Brown, but bond was given at Mounds.
vile, and yesterday counsel were engaged
in arguing for and against writ OF habeas
corpus.
The material for Crecl's new paper. the
Bcnwood hrdcp0,dc,d, arrived yesterday.
The first issue will come out next week.
Both GAINESVILLE and Martins Ferry
want the Democratic County Convention
this year. The citizens Of the town where
the convention is held are always expected
TO pay the expenses, such as hall rent,
music, &c, and if st. Clarsville doesn't
whack up better for these expenses this
wear than she has done i'll the past the
Democratic Convention will not he held
here.-fiG:"t''.
Judge Parker, Of the |. 5. Court at Fort
Smith, Ark. has presided at more criminal
trials in which the prisoner was to be
hanged, than any othcrJud-c in the United
States, save possibly Judge Lynch. Judge
Parker was former resident OF GAINESVILLE,
this county. 1t would be a good thing for
the country ii we had more Judges like
Judge Parker.
Prof. 4. 4. Clark has been unanimously
re .elected principal of the Fifth ward
school, Bcllarc, at an advance Of $40 per
month over his former salary. The in
crease was well deserved, for Prof Clark
has become one OF our foremost educators.
The Wheeling REGISTER had the best and
fullest report, and the paper had large
sale here each day OF the Conventions.
Cpif,riNc GO:rftc.