The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-01-11

An examination OF County Superintend.
ent Reid's annual report shows that Marshall
county boasts OF 10l school houses, contain.
ing in all 1l3 rooms, and seven houses built
during the year. seyenty-one male and four
female teachers were employed last year at q
total cost OF $1S,722.95. The total receipts
for teachers fund were $2l ,337. 40; total dis
bursements, $l92lG 40. Balance In hand OF
sheriff at time OF settlement, $2,32450 The
discrepancy In the amount OF receipts and
disbursements, with balance In hands OF
Sheriff Is accounted for by Liberty district
having oyerdrawn to the amount OF $203 SO.
Total valuation Of real and personal property
in county, SiS,7S1.0G
The building fund Is charged with total
OF $l3, eco 10, OF which sum s., AS so was ex.
pended on permanent fmprovements;$i ,8020i
on current expenses OF the schools (under this
head Is included rent, repairs, fuel, sweep
ing houses and building fires aud INTEREST,",
and that somewhat ambiguous item, CON
tingencies."
For per diem OF members Of Boards Of
Education, Sherifls, Commissioners, SO OF
OF Secretaries, enumeration OF youths, in
surance fee, bills, ETC., $7S025 was paid,
leaving balance In the hands OF the Sheriff,
as shown by his settlements with the several
districts OF $2395 G5. Here again Liberty
district comes In for an over draft Of $3.50 40,
and Franklin district to the amount OF
$54 81.
Cameron and Washington districts had
the lowest levy for Teachers fund, SIS each,
and Union the lowest for Building fund, five
cents on the 500 valuation. The Independ-
en- school district OF Moundsyille pays the
highest levies viz, $40 for teachers and $50
for Building fund.
OF the county districts Cameron paid the
highest salary TO teachers, SIS per month.
Independent paid the principal $50, aud
Benwood so per month. 2,47S white, and s
colored male pupils were enrolled, and
1884 white, and II colored females. The
average daily attendance was: White
males, 1,45S; females, 1,442; colored males, 5;
females, 0. Whole number ofdays present
White males, l59,407i females, 49,.
A2i colored, males, s0f females
1858 Tardy: White males, ais;
female, 4. $50; colored males, 1850; females,
AZ. Not very good showing for the females
OF either color, for promptness. Cases OF
truancy: White males, so; females, Is.
This will about average up the above delin'
quenCy,
In this respect the small ,sable.hued brother
batch VI cakes-not a single case OF truanCy Is
recorded against them. i Is recorded that
In 40 cases OF dealing with the pale face boys
the rod was not spared" while but 40-one.
fourth that number OF the little girls-were
stimulated by the same persuasive means.
Here, however, Is where the pickaninny ay.
erages up beautifully. The boys enrolled
averaging three and o half aud the i females
one and q half ilogglngl each,
Three ofthe white boys and four OF the
girls were suspended or dismissed, while none
OF the colored pupils were thus treated.
Only $50 male, and 154 female pupils are
credited with being neither absent nor tardy.
Average age OF white pupils la; average
age OF polored pupils 1875; Total number Of
months taught was Bl6.
Thirty.ionr OF the male, and II OF the fe.
male teachers claim TO DO subscribers 10
Educational Journals
Male teachers plead guilty to seven, and
female to rec cases OF tardiness,
Thirty-iouf OF the male and eleven
female teachers say they have attended one
OF the Normal Schools OF the State.
This was the initial term for fourteen Of
the male and ten Of the female teachers.
Tbs County Superintendent u credited
with 100 visits to the schools during the
term, and 1904 other persons than officers
Of The SCHOOLS are reported dropping In" on
them.
Whole number OF days absent, white males,
S5e7s: females, S9,44ei colored males, EOS;
females, III.
.wELLsBpRa.
The Gas Company contemplate moving
their five and fiye.eighths in, pipe up through
the derrick.
Vim. Rodgers, Superintendent OF the Beav.
er Falls Rolling Mill, was In town on Tues.
day looking at the gas well and talking iron.
E. A. burst and John Raye have contract.
ed with the spaulding Iron works. at Bril-.
liant, TO sink q gas we'll. The gas II found,
will be used in the manufacture OF iron.
On Wednesday morning about s o'clock
the gas well furnished q fne sight for those
who witnessed 1t. A column OF light, caus-
ed by reflection from the burning gas, ascend
ed beyond sight, greatly resembling the
great comet.
Mr.. G. N. Brady made a visit to a glass
works at Rochester, Pa, where he witnessed
all the clears and "glory holes heated and
the entire building lighted with natural gas.
The quantity produced by the well there be.
ing mite compared with the Wellsburg
well.
The pressure OF gas at the gas we'll was test
ed last evening" with the following results:
In one minute aud forty feconds the gauge
indicated 1856 pounds to the square inch. In
thirty seconds the gauge showed fifty
pounds. In one minute, 90 pounds. The
gauge stands at fifty pounds with the three.
inch escapement open. or course, there Is no
the whole pressure, rs there Is no
way OF combining the gas In the well 10 show
the whole force. II was deemed prudent 10
not run tho pressure higher than 1856 pounds.
The quantity OF gas does not diminish.
BELLAIRE.
Some OF the public schools are very much
crowded.
Miss Ada Mead, Of Goshen township, was
the guest Of relatives here yesterday.
Chas. TraverS, representing the Chicago 4
Northwestern Road, was about town yeSter.
day.
VIM. Cunningham Is not an applicant for
the position Of Deputy Collector, as re-
The Gypsy Queen" Company has secured
the room over McGinty & straub's for o
reading room.
Charles eraser, Of Wheeling, Is now en-.
gagged as assistant to Fred Ebetle, Baltimore
& Ohio Express agent here.
John Lowe, Of ]. R. Eaylor 4 Co.'s, has
gone to his home at Sharon, Pa, for short
rest after the holiday run OF business.
Us. Blaney, OF Gravel Hill, rejoices over
the birth OF 4 girl, the first child. It has
been twenty years SINCE his marriage,
Messr. Henry Carr, VIM, Gorby and
David Rankin have contracted for o hand:
some buggy apiece, TO be ready for next
The Missionary society OF the First Presby.
terrain Church will meet at the home Of Mrs.
VIM. Sharp, Guernsey street. Gravel Hill,
this afternoon. .
Yesterday Mr.. Wagner moved into the
house he recently bought from J. o. Mitch.
ell, and with number OF friends he had q
"house warming" and with the help Of a
band had merry time.
The bridge oyer the B. & 0. tracks on Bel.
mont street Is causing some contention, be-
cause the low ground south Of the tracks
will be left far below the fll that will be
made to approach the bridge. The house OF
Councilman VIM. Gallagher now going up is
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