The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-01
THE WATER
AND OTHER erLMoNr CO. MATTERs,
Primary Elections and CoavsAtions IA tia OHIO
Towht-BarsiAry and Fire at Maynard. st
VI hartin's Ferry Affairs Of Iat.rss..
BsllAlrs latslllFtset-Othsr LENS,

The water works Will be an important
question fer consideration al the regular
meeting Of Council this evening The com.
tnunlty at large ls very anxious that sons
system Of protection agsinst the rAyages Of
fire bs secured 30 IS 10 obtain lower rate I
Insurance, ~ one Insurance agent says q
good system OF water works In the town
would decrease the present rate twenty per.
cent. The people besides are anxious 10 have
plentiful supply OF good water at cheap
rates Tor domestic purposes, and are looking
Tor Council 10 taketome action 10 secure them
this supply OF water. As thOre has been
soins question about the price aaked Tor Are
hydran,s by the Western Construction Com.
psny In their proposition 10 furnish water,
the following prices paid by other towns are
submitted by way Of comparison: Urbana,
0hfo, pays $S0 Tor IRE hydsants aud guaran.
tses Interest on the Company's bonds; Alton,
ILL.,, pays $l0s apiece for fire. hydruui.: Kan.
MAS City, $llO; Tiilln, O., 800; Detroit, 800;
kenton, Ohio, 500: 1t. Charles, No., $lOO:
Keokuk, Iowa, 500. .Ir- .'I1I'' H.
NOTES. to g.
Mr.. A. D. NaHland has sold out 10 Mr..
Thomas CRAZY. -I060 M. +. =
Lyman Reed. q Ottawa, Kansas, Ia stop.
ping with friends. :
Al Moore will run 10 an Independent can.
didats for Marshal. NV -"
The Standard mill was on yesterday on 40.
count OF q loose wheel. i-lI..' ~
Miss Emma 0ng, OF s:eubenyille, Is the
guest OF Mrs. Joseph Medill. -
The New York Branch Store will omen IN
IN the vacant room Of the Hanover Hotel to-
day. ~
Mrs Jonathan Mendenhail, who has been
Visiting here, returned to her home yester.
day, At Salem, Ohio. '.'..''
Mr.. p. J, Manson, the jsweler, has sold his
caves anu sale to Mr.. John A. Lash, OF Wheel.
iug' who Will immediately start up branch
Sore. g'r IN
Jack Thompson didn't get nomination al
the Republican Convention, Saturday night,
but bis wife pressntsd him with u fine iaiaui
boy, which wa' just as good. a 2
General swayne, OF New York CITY. who
commanded tho Forty.third Ohio Voluntee,
lnlan.ry, sent to MIR. George Westlaku $50, to
ba distributed among the members Of hiv
regiment who suffered by the q pod.
Mr.. William Hayue, sSsd II years, and u
citzan Of thirty years' 81 lnding, died Sunday
! night and will 30 buried this afternoon Ut
O'Clock. He YVES ono Ct the olde. t inhabit.
ants, and was highly respected for his many
virtues. '.,lj- /. : -
]. NJ. Lyt!e, local agent at Martins Ferry
Ter the Odd Fellows Bene fetal Association
Of Columbus, hs1 received draft for 81, O5!
10 be paid to the widow Of Robert Grsysou
This Ia prompt action, aud indicates the sub.
stantial character Of the association. ''
4. +. Allender. the nominee OF the Citi.
zens' Convention for City Clerk OF Martins
Ferry, eays that with aii due Respect to his
Democratic frisndl Of Peae township, he
thin h that things were badly mixed a,
Bridgeport on lrst Saturday In nominating
him for Township Clerk Tor two reasons:
First, that he ia q Republican, and always
hal been; second, that he Is not now or has
not been candidate for that office.