The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-01
THE NEWS NEAR HOME
OCCURRENCES ~ THE VICINITY.
R,adabl. Resume of Curr.nt Affairs In All the
Town. ArOuud Us-Sattes at BellAIrr,
Martins Ferry and New Cumberland.
Notes Prom the State at Large.


The school examiners OF Monroe county
have declared In the most emphatic terms
that no one shall have a certificate from their
Board 10 teach school who uses intoxicating
liquors or proiane Language.
The light from the welsburg gas well eau
now be seen In Little Washington at night
1t Is not as bright as the McGugin well, and
Is of to the left OF the latter. 1t Is about
twenty miles TO the Wellsburg well aud
about ten to the McGugin light.
The new Presbyterian church at Independ.
ence, Rev. ]. l. Reed, pastor, Is about COM
pleted, and communion services will be held
there on Sunday, February II. The new
building Is neat frame, very tastefully ar.
good people OF the community.
OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com.
pany, and for a long time Supervisor OF
Track between Fairmont and Grafton, died
Tuesday morning at his home in Fetterman.
He was buried by the Masonic fraternity,
being member OF Fairmont Lodge No. 0.
The Masons of Fairmont aud Grafton united
lin performing the burial ceremony. Deceased
was known all along the road.
The work OF getting the broken hoppers
from the wreck on the Georges Creek and
Cumberland railroad, was about completed
Tuesday, and oil remaining TO be done Is the
getting out of the engines and some repairs
TO the trestling. It IL expected that trains
will be running regularly the latter part Of
this week. General Manager Millholland
says the loss TO the company will not be
over his original estimate, $4,000.
BELLAIRE.
sassafras is coming into Bellaire daily
now.
A child OF Mr.. Frolingcr died yesterday, at
his home In the Second ward.
Louis Battelle will entertain the Echo
Literary Society at his home on Gravel Hill
Friday evening.
Twenty thousand dozen gobiets were en-.
grayed in the engraving rooms Of the Ohio
Glass Works last year.
The Jos. B. Williams tow boat had 10 lower
her stacks yesterday in passing the bridge
here with her coal fleet.
The Harmony Clue has rented Central
Hal, lately vacated by the Crescent Star Club,
and will soon give their opening ball.
The funeral OF Fannie Sheldon will take
place at $50 o'clock this afternoon from her
fathers residence, Noble and Thirty.sixth
streets.
The merchants are making progress in
their association for the purpose Of obtaining
the money due them on old debts. A mum.
Der Of plans are being discussed.
Mr.. John Brand who works in the Bellaire
Window Glass Works. received word yester.
day morning that his little daughter was
very sick at his home In Wheeling,
Samuel Cochran, Superintendent of The B.
~ II n n 10 UaQ iar law
The road.master will perform the Superin.
tendent's duties in connection with his own.
Mr.. Alex. Clohan, OF Martinsburg West
Virginia, recently sent bis brother, MIR.
Lewis Clohan, OF the Fifth ward, nice lot
Of persimmons' gathered from trees growing
on North Mountain.
The Lantern Globe Company's new stack
Is q model OF symetry. 1t will throw out
It's first smoke in a few days and the work Of
making glass will be commenced about the
middle Of this month.
Thos. Tappan has accepted a place in the
recently organized glass works OF the Zillman
Brothers, who recently went from here 10
establish themselves at Cumberland, Mary
land. Tom will be with Mr.. Fletcher In the
office.
Mr.. ]. Fl. Ferguson, late OF Toledo, Ohio,
was in the city yesterday. He is hunting
evidence on which TO base a libel suit against
the St ClairsYille Ga:elte for an article pub.
lished when he was under indictment at
Toledo.
At a meeting OF the Turner Society, held
at Pittsburgh, 1t was decided that the next
meeting should be held at Bellaire, August
9th, 1883. In order to entertain visiting
members in good style, Turner Hall will be
enlarged and extended back as far as the
alley.
At the colored church last evening, VIM.
Reed bet James Wilson fifty cents that he
dareinot go up to the mourners bench. This
produced words that finally led to serious
disturbance, and the police had to be called
in. Both were arrested.
A great many dogs, not by any means from
the immediate neiRhborhood either, gather
near the Stamping Factory where there is a
shedding track Of the boys. The neighbors
say the dogs come as regularly as the boys,
on riding the sleds nor do they refuse TO haul
them up hill, They enjoy all the fun as
much a. the boys and have singular mania
for It.
Bellaire people do not seem to be much
cast down by the Legislatures indefinite
postponement OF the county.seat removal
bill. The only irretreviable defeat thep will
submit 10, is defeat at the polls In this
county on the question OF removal from ST.
Clsirsyille 10 Rellaire, and the opponents OF
removal, II they want the question finally
settled, will have to come TO pitched battle
on that question.
Mr.. Cbalkley Dawson will have the super.
intending OF the opening and grading OF
Guernsey street from Gravel Hill 10 the ferry
road. The city will have TO do some prelim-
mary work before the County Commissioners
take hold. The street Is to run straight
porth along the upper houses on the front
street, and the present road down the hill
across the @. 4 P. road will be abandoned.
MARTINS PERRY.
DR.. West sill continues TO improve in
health.
Elmer Applegarth proposes to put his
organ up at rattle.
The new hotel, 1t Is stated, will be called
the Hanover House."
"Possum" Coss, who solourned In the State
Prison at Columbus for two years, Is home
again.
Miss Mary shepherd,of Richmond, JelIer.
son county,, is visiting friends in this
vicinity.
There were two inmates in the cooler last
evening ootn uelns luLeI6heTs-one IroH
Wheeling, and one from Bellaire.
Excavating has begun for the new scales
on Hanover street for Mr.. 7. A. Scott The
ground was frozen TO depth OF eighteen
inches.
At least three clothing men from Wheeling
are prospecting for location here. We need
large clothing house here very badly, and
it looks as though the need would soon be
supplied.
Conrad Long Is putting up an addition to
his hardware store on Washington street,
which will be used for tin.shop, his former