Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-31
BELLAIRE REJOICEs
Over the Final Defeat Of the Locke
Bill,
And Her Press Moralizes and Headlines
Over the ResuIt-Bellaire and
Martins Ferry Letters.

Belmont county mas Oetu Auueu ihto o
slumber. st. Clairsville lost the skirmish
in the fight for county buildings. The
Locke bill, providing for their ersGtion, was
eclipsed by the Wagner amsndnent sub
mittirg it to vote of the people, and the
bill went down to the dreamless repose Of
oblivion. Bellaire rejoices and St. Glars
| willie refuses 10 be comforted. The Bellaire
oapers headline the event and are happy.
| The Tribune sets off these headlines:
Overwhelmed! The Great Alexis and His
ARMY of Lobbyists Routed, Horse, Foot
and Dragons. West, Kennon, Chambers,
| Clark. Hunt, Morton, Todd and the Devil
Sent on Funeral March TO the Tomb. The
Seventy Votes Carried in the Brooches
Pockets of Cope and Chambers Didn't Ma.
terialize. The Triumphal PROCESSION OF
the Returning Lobbyists as They Enter the
| Ancient Village Turned Into a Funeral
Cortege. They Would Trihe With a Toy
Pistol and They Died With the Lock(e).
law. and the Mourners, Their Harps Upon
the willows, Have Gone Shiyering Down
the Cold Stream of Despair"
The Independent moralizes after this fash
| ion:
"The next several years will be an excel.
| lent time to let the county seat question
alone. But each party can and doubtless
will continue to strengthen their position
and be ready for the final struggle which
may not come for ten years, but which
must come. Bellaire can afford to wait
| Locke, as a cham pion of bill for build
| ing county buildings is valuable man;
| his speech in advocacy OF his bill was al
mirable, but the injustice it proposed 10
| the people was too gross to meet with
| the support of even the present Legisla-
tnre. Hon. David Wagner may not be
great statesman, but he is whole team IN
! fgbtine against such legislation as the
Locke bill proposed. He did good work,
and won easily by some lengths. Ii Bel
Iaire will now devote some of her time to
making friends instead of enemies, when
| vote does come we will be surer OF success
| than now"
And both.papers talk voluminously, OF
"the st. Clairsville scheme by which they
! could rob the people OF their constitutional
RIGHT to determine where the court house
should be erected, and their legal right to
saw when il should he erected" and the
| "nroposition to wiring from the people $780,
| 600. and expend it without so much as ask
ing their leave, and against their protest 49,
in the United States and the State OF ONO,
simply monstroHs, any ought to be beaten,
no matter by whal party 1t is originated.
II the people can not be trusted to decide
what thew will do with their own money,
then. indeed is free government failure
But now il is all over and those people OF
the county who do not care, Will sink
quietly back and murmur, nnnc dtmtttts..
BUSY BELLAIRE.
About 500 emigrants passed over the B.
& o. road west yesterday; EN-. W..
Rev. |. J. Spencer, of Gordensyille, Vir-
-inia, formerly pastor of the Disciples
Church, is in the city and may preach on
sunday night. He is editor OF the Allan ii
Missionary.
VIM, Crimmel was yesterday awarded
fine gold pen by Capt. Jones, Superintenc
dent of the High School for the greatest
improvement in penmanship.
Messrs. Elmer Coulson and John Heney
will leave for Michigan next Monday togrow
ii b. Miller and Mark Miller left yester.
day for Grafton, w, Va, to attend the fu-
neral of a relative.
Rev. ]. NJ. Monroe will remove his fani-
" from Youngstown to this city week alter
next. =,
The schools closed yesterday for the April
vacation.
Mr.. J. F. Morrison expects to return to
Scotland about the first of May. DR.. Nc.
Collough will overhaul the old room and
remove into it. Mr.. Morrison has just
shipped 1000 boxes of his medical fumes
to Scotland.
Rev. Dr. PAUL., of New Concord, Ohio,
was in the city yesterday on his return
from Allegheny City, Pa.
Mrs. John Dubois is still quite i'll at her
residence on Gravel Hill.
Mr.. p. r. Kings little child, who has
been very low for some days, is consldera-
BILE better.
Capt. John Fiuk is putting down a first
class pavement in front of II. & l. Blum's
store.
Mr.. Alec Ogle, packing boss at the Bel
mont, is of duty on the sick list.
Mrs Ruth johnson will remove from
the Empra Hotel next week and Mr.. ID. Il.
Armstrong, of Concord Ohio, will assume
charge of the hotel.
Mr.. Frank Hndman has been awarded
the contract for the. wood work OF the
Crystal Window Glass Works
Mr.. C. NJ. Williams, of Tyler county, w.
Va, is id the city on business.
Vim. Hopewell, the Fourth ward tonso.
rial artist, will remove into DR.. Closes old
room, few doors below.
A number of Bellaire people will take in
Wheeling tonight, and number of Wheel
ing people will take in Bellaire.
The receipts at the Monuments. Fair con-
tinue increasing. Many people from out
the B., Il. c. road attended, yesterday
and last night, and large. numbers are at
tending from Wheeling, Bridgeport and
other places. Those who have seen it speak
of it in the highest terms. Contributions
continue pouring in. Tonight will be the
big night. The school children will attend
to-day.
The SUNDAY REGISTER can be found on
sale at the Bellaire drug stores of Husbands
| 4 Insheip, NJ. Hoffman and the Glass City.
Charles Clark, OF st. Clairsville, has be-
gan working in Currans marble shop.
Charley is an old Bellaire boy, and is very
popular here.
Sam Cochran, formerly Superintendent
of the B., z. & c. road, is around shaking
hands with his many old friends.
Capt. Jones, superintendent OF the Bel
| laire schools, will spend his vacation at
Bethany, Penn, Prof. Marchant princi-
| pal Of the high school, will visit friends at
Marietta, and Prof. Miller of the First
ward, goes to his home at Akron.
John Fitzpatrick was arrested yesterday
on an old fine and taxed $3.50
VIM. Wooten has returned from
months sojourn with Sheriff Seduck, at
| St. Clarsville.
The X. of P. Fair, at City Hall, will be
continued over next week. The atten-
dance is as large as ever, and not only this
can be said but it is increasing. The hall
was packed on Thursday and last nights,
| Among the recent donations are fine gold
ring, from NJ. Craft, and X. Of p. chair,
from n. .. M1Tsu. IL 10 tuuu6ut tuab
s., 600 will be realized by the fair.
Mr.. C. n. Gaumer, of the Mansfield
Shield and Banner, was in the city yester-
day pleasant as ever.
Edward stroble, who has been laid up
| with inflammatory rheumatism, Is on the
mend, and it is hoped he will soon be out.
d. f. Long, who has been attending the
wash.Jeff College, is spending his vacation
| with DR.. Kurz.
Do YOU read the SUNDAY REGISTER? II
not you should. 1t has more Bellaire news
than any of the papers. Read 1t to-mor-
| row. :,
W. B. Hill, arrested on Thursday on the
warrant of a West Wheeling lady, was re.
leased yesterday on paying the bill. Get
ting board under false pretenses was the
charge.
Our people appear highly pleased over
| the defeat of the Locke bill, as could be
| demonstrated by their faces and converse
ton yesterday. Some are jubilant.