The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-09-04
rnr couNlY ooMnIssIoaERs.
Routine and special matters Disposed
OF Yesterday.

of Yesterday.
The Board OF County Commissioners met
Yesterday In regular monthly session, all the
members being present at the last The
meeting was largely devoted to routine bust
ness. When the monthly committee reports
had all been acted upon, and the petitions
properly disposed Of, the following commu-
nication was read by the Clerk, having been
referred to the Board for It's action by the
committee on Poor House and Farm, TO
which It was addressed:
WHEELING, July "a, 1888.
On the 18th day Of June, MI. NJ. Stein came
10 the InfirmAry at about 11:30 P. NJ, In COM
pany with certain man with an application
| Tor the admittanceo OF an infant female child
named Mary Becker, supposed to be about
two weeks old, Mr.. stsin telling Cap. Plan,
key that the man accompanying him had
gwen him $25, with toe promise Of SIS more,
which he (Stein) would In day or two turn
over 10 Capt Plankey, with the other 80 as
soon as he received 1t. The man accompany
| ing Mr.. etein acted In singular manner; eI.
identity trying TO conceal his identity. What
his object was In so doing 10 TO me mystery
| Il naturally leads me To suppose that every
thing Is moi 10 such condition as It ought u
be. and causes me 10 believe that there u
something criminal connected with II
Wherefore make this statement In order u
place me- in just light.
Overseer Of Poor House aud Farm
This was referred TO the Poor House and
i Farm Committee again with Instructions Il
investigate the matter.
The Committee on Finance and Accounts
reported thatD @. List, Of the Bank OF Wheel
ing. had returned II county bonds OF $lOOS
eac1 ofthe TX per cent loan, and 1S0 coupons
Of ISL, 80 paid BY him; and that Sheriff Brown
mad handed in county orders paid by him t
me Amount Of 81 1856 So, with interest on thu
same, $l3 Is, which had been paid BY him.
Godfrey Price was appointed . Constable \.
for Washington district vice John Eliiott
resigned. The resignation OF Jesse K. Mnr
rims as ] Justice OF the Peace for Webster dis
trict was accepted. Mr.. Stein offered reso
llutiop that The members file with the CLERK
/ short intervals list OF persons furnished
county aid BY them, that the persons nigh
mt he able 10 secure assistance from dttteren
i Commissioners at the same time. The Boart
Thought this was good thing, but involved
too much trouble, and the resolution wa
On motion Of Mr.. speidel the order tt
Guild workhouse at the Infirmary was re
pealed and the disposition OF the lumoei
ordered for this purpose was lett 70 the Com
mittee on Poor House and Farm.
The Committee on Poor House and Farm
with the President, was instructed 70 invest
liz to the desirability OF purchasing ten acre.
Of land adjoining the Poor Farm and belong
ing 10 Mr. Ryan, for which including The
reSi fence, twas understood the owner want
ed s3 600. This land was sold by the county
some wears ego, aud II is now considered
mistake to have parted with 1t.
Billswere ordered paid on Recommendation
of the committee as follows Finance and &C
counts, $500 81; Court Honse and jail, $s9 40
Poor House and Farm, $751; %; Roads anc
Bridges, $54l 81; Printing, 81. SS,
: An indenture binding out Charles Ehrman
an orphan, TO Francis Hill and wife was au
thorjzed BY the Board and signed by the
President aud Clerk.
THE bond of W. T. Wiedman, county super
intendent elect OF Ohio county schools, In thu
sum OF $3.50 with T. y. Riley as surety, wa
approved and ordered TO be tltd.
IL. l.. Wright was awarded the contract ioi
painting the Peninsula beidge, Tor sl4o
William Casey was awarded the contract ioi
work on the Snediker road, as follows: Ell
csyatien-earth, 25 cents; loose rock, ~ cent?
solid rock, 80 cents per cubic yaro.
The report Of supt- Plankty, OF the lnhsm
AIRY, for the month OF August, showed tna.
th.re were IS inmates, Of whom 10 were
white females, so white males and one color
ed male. There were two white females IN
der one wear OF age, eight white males under
10 years Of age, and seven white females IN
der 10 years OF age. There were no births
and no deaths. The Board adjourned short
| 10 after eleven o'clock,