The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-06-08
IN THREE STATES.
NEWS OF THE STATE AND VICINITY.
n.s.Iss Of til. Grand GrOr. Of DrsIsD Of Ohio At
B.llsIrs Mkt Wuk-Fr,.hnts Ent.rtaln.
m,nt at BsihsDy-nunIeIpIl Matters
at AOuudrIlls other Places


az MOundsrIllS = other Places.
A select circle has story 10 the effect that
| Il had all been arranged TO secure The nomt:
nation of Sherman, bat DalEs kicked 1t all
over. The plan was 10 bavs the other caldi'
dates presented and let the roll proceed III
Belmont county was reached, wlea solid
vote was TO be announced Tor the Senator
and Others follow, putt & the nomination
through without giving sherman chance
tonnblicly withdraw his name or Decline
Ohio State Journal.
The Cincinnati Enquirer has this to say OF
VauderpOol and Jones, who were extran'teu
from Cdtada, aud are Ow serving term III
TIE peniIentiary for odenses committed IN
Butler county "rhsSe men are the some
what famous hay fork swindlefU, W 10 ope'
rated In various counties In the State includ:
ing Belmont, Butler, Guernsey, Brown anu
others. Their plan was tO present themselves
as AGENT OF u firm manufacturing an I'M
proved hay fork, and leave one with the isr'
mer ostsnsibly for trial, the farmer signing
what he supposed 10 be mere receipt for
the implenient, but which proved to
be- a promisssory note for given sum,
which note the Swindlers would negoiats
for cash. Not long ago the prisoners were
taken to Belmont county for trial on indict.
ments fou~d there, but the trials did not
take place for some reasons aud the accused
were returned 10 the penllendary. Inc
brown county officers have now taken the
matter MP, snd have found indictments ior
forgery amounting to thonsands OF dollars.
The chances are til the men viii spend the
rem Under OF their lives In prison before all
the Courts get through W th them. They
were taken to Belmont county"
MJuSosvILLE.
The Board OF Directors meet at the prison
to-day.
The casirg for the free oil well arrived from
Pittsburgh Tuesday last.
A sixteen.year.old daughter OF Mr.. Miller's,
Of the First ward, complained Sunday morn
ing last OF a pain In one OF her limbs, and IN
a few moments wSs unable TO move any part
OF her body. IDil lmmatory rheumatism l.
the supposed cause of her sudden affection.
The high water has compelled & Suspension
of WORK on the excavations for the Gbuiments
of the bridges ever Big and Little Grave
Greeks. Mr., Morgan, the contractor Tor n1ild'
ing the bridges, has a large force oil VOL kmen
employed al his quarry ABOUT one nile above
Martins Ferry, aud has about enough stone
here for one OF the abutmehls OF the Big
Grave Greek bridge.
Doctor sledger was sent for, to 80 ont to
ILoudensyille and examine tue wound r.
ceIved by the young man Huobs IN the nini'
Guilty with young Grary, Ru account OF winch
was published In this correspondence lew
DAYS aga. The examination demonstrated
that t. . wound was not as serious as ut llrst
supposed. The blade OF the knife was de.
Hected from its course by coming IN contact
with a rib, and to this circumstance the
wounded man probably owes AIS NE me
bow who aimed so unerrlnGlya at his heart de-
serves long sentence in the state prison.
The annual meeting OF the Presidents and
members OF the several Boards oil E1ucati0n
OF the county was held at the,schoOl on long
here Tuesday last, u much larger number De-
ing In attendance than at any lSrtner tneet
Ink. A very general interchange o. opinions
as 10 the length OF terms salary OF tesGnels,
IA. was INDUCED in, the prevailing opinion
baipg largely In favor OF as long terms as
could be had without making the ltvies for
teachers' fund particularly onerous. me
nav OF teachers holdi & number one ceriiil'
cafes will not PROBABLY be less than SSo w or
more than $40 GO 10 any Of the school dis
trjots. Professors May, principal OF the
Benwood school, and Chase, OF the Cameron
school. were elected 10 constitute, with
County Superintendent Reid, the county
boaru OF exAminerS.
James Carpenter and Charles II. Lowery,
the latter colored, we're received at The prison
Tuesday last, from Jefferson county. Car
penter es,s five and Lowery fifteen years.
Lowe was convicted Of. rape, committed
ab,ut four years $50, the victim being girl
Of fifteen years OF age. He left the county In
1879 and wet 10 Pittsburgh, whtre he was
married. From letters from his vie IN MS
possession IL seems that he deserted his nlte,
and went TO Baltimore, and from there oscE
TO his old home in j lierson county wheie ne
was arrested, charged with, and conVlctt1 OF
The crime committed so long Sgo. The fellow
| Ia perfectly free to acknowledge bis criminal
Intimacy with the child, but dsDies, having
used force to accomplish his purpose, snu
saws that the gill was hired by an enemy o.
his fo- S. to make, and swear TO the charge
against him. Jesse shambltn, Putnam
county shootist, came in on Wednesday to
serve two year term.
The frat regular meeting OF the newly
cleo ed Council was held yesterday eaiug,
all the members being present except Metsrs'
Bruce and FINN, OF the Second ward. As
soon as the clerk had finished reading the
minutes OF the 80 III inst, Mayor Weaver an.
nonuced that the tir.t busincssto be attended
to was the consideration. Of applications for
liauor licenses. 1t will be- remembered that
The meeting on the "Wednesday preceding
this, was principally for tue parpOs'ot a.
tending TO this matter, but was postt oned on
account OF the absence OF both the enIoefs
from the Second ward. This was not VI. ed
as reason Tor again delaying action,
although that ward was again without
representation. That there existed quite
reluctance with one OF the members 10
.tackel" the question was painfully evident,
bnt as no good reason could be assigned Tor
such course, and as the town was already
loser about $50 by the dilstory action Of
the preceding meeting, no o6Jsotton
was u get, and voting upon the eighth appli-
cation was proceeded with. The hrSt hppli-
cation as that OF Thomas Mccormick. The
member from the First ward objected TO the
bond on account oi only having one 81 ETY.,
Z. q. MCLEAN, and announced that be
would vote against the acceptance OF all
bonds that were not signed by at least two
sureties. Mears Hunter, kooniZ, Thomas,
Walton and Wiedebusch voted aye" upon
the appI cation, as they did on each succeed
ing application. MI Martin also Voted no
npoa the applications Of Berry, Fountain
and kimble. Mayor Kimble voted no on
each OF the applications In cate3 where
bondsmen living outside the county had not
acknowledged their signature before q proper
officer, the Clerk was instructed, to witt hold
the certificate OF license until that formally
had been complied with. Sergeant Bra men
pre4 ented his official bond In the sum OF
81, OOO, with Messrs. George Edwards J. Q.
Roberts and Vim. Kooniz as bOndsmen,
which was approved aud the sergeant sworn
in by the Clerk. Mr. Brown, the Clerk Of
the body, was elected Assessor for the town.
At the special meeting OF the 30th
ult. the Clerks salary wss fixed at
ninety dollars per Annum, 10 which was
added 1856 for assessments, and making out
the tax bi Is. The assessment Is merely
going TO the comfy assessors book and
Sett ng copy from them. The granting OF
The eight licenses will increase the revennesoi
the town 81, 900, less deduction for q portion Of
the present month expiring before cert iicates
are made out. This will wipe out the
entire ind btednesS OF the town, and pay for
the 500 feet OF curbing now being placed IN