The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-02
COUNTY N Guy BUSINESS.

COUNTY BUSINESS
Dy TIE BOARD
Or commissioners In Regular Monthly Sos.
$ siou fsstcrdey-Tho Coming Elections
provided FORA New Jastico md . ",
! Now Co,nmis,loncr Elected, Etc.
Tie Board Of County Commissioners
met in regular monthly session yesterday
No business Of any special i'm.
portance WIS transacted, as can 10 seen
IRON the following report: Tho Board
was called to order about 1880 o'clock by
Woods. All the members wore
present. Considerable time was consumed
by the reading Of the lengthy minutes OF
tho previous two or three meetings. The
reports Of the regular standing committees
wcero then taken up. They embraced
bills for the following amounts, which
wero ordered paid: Printing, $lGS %;
Roads and Bridges, 1907 IS; Poor House
and Earm--regular fund, S9S7 "a; County
Poor Fund, SAL 49,; Court House and
Jail-Jail Fund 500 05; General School
Fund, SlOG IS; Finance and Accounts,
SITS. 5
b On Recommendation OF tho Committee
on Roads and Bridges tho contract for
Inacadamizing n portion OF tho West Lib
erty and lleryey's run road, between
Whites blacksmith shop and Shieltls',
was awarded TO w. ], Biggs at his bid
Of 81 10 per cubic yard, this being consid-
orcd 4 reasonable bid. sas &t[IEs, i, a}
'ssi THE rooR HOUSE. II
The Committee on Poor House and
Farm reported having authorized Capt,
ptankcy 10 cxpcnd $50 in repairing the
carria:e belonging to the 1ntirma..y, 1t
Recommended TINT the contract for paint
ing tho Intirmnry be awarded TO Harry
Smith, agent, Mt his bid Of Sl4O; that the
bid OF Manager Wolff to put up and main
tain n telephone at tho Intirmary for $3.50
a year DO rejected. Further time was
asked for the purpose OF inspecting the
boiler ut the institution. Tho report WIS
adopted. E5.4 so At lt4
Superintendent Plankcy reported the
total number Of inmates ut the Poor House
during August to have been so: White
males, 81 females, rs; colored females, l..
under one year Of age, white females, 3;
over ono and under ten years Of age, white
females, 8; white males, 9Sleaths,9 white
males. yFg
'A. FINANCIAL MATTERS.
The Committee on Finance and Ac-
counts reported rs follows: That the Com.
mcrcial Bank be refunded s. OF double
assessment OIL lot 275 Told TOWN.; that
MlcI.ain Bros. DO refunded Sl7O, correc-
ton OF erroneous assessment for 1851, and
Il proper credit give II the Sheriff; that II.
W. Dnkely be released from payment of
500 So, erroneous assessment on u piece
OF ground for the past four years, It hayin.
been sold and taxed 10 other purties, and
that credit be given to the Sheriff for the
same; that John Groppc DO released from
payment OF $40 q, erroneous assessment
Tor tho past two years that the petition
OF the Bank OF tho Ohio Valley be reject
cd. These recommendations were adopted
by tho Board. n iS s55., sa.5,
The. committee reported further that
Sheriff Brown having handed in his ac-
count for commissions as Treasurer and
Collector Of the county revenue, that he
be allowed 8 percent on ,all county and
district levics collected md l percent on
all other collections made by him for the
county as follows: Amount OF levy for
county purposes Sis 55 60, less ,S7I3 IS
for delinquent list.-balance $l14 6S22 81 81 !; !;
5 percent on this, a5,7H u; district road
levy S9,O84 is; less delinquent List Of
500 20, leaving balance OF $0,942 81
5 per cent on this, Sl97 y. Other collec-
tons, Sll,6l4 II; percent on this
SIG II. Total commissions due sheriff,
S6,3l737.; This portion OF e,rcport was
adopted. The report further stated. that
the sheriff had returned dog Tux bills Us
delinquent to the amount OF Sl5D 80. 1t
was ordered that the sheriff be credited
with tho samc md that the clerk issue
said bills again for collection vs. - :.
ELECTIONS 1T CIT.
The Board OF Public Works notified the
Board to have the pavement north Of the
Court House relaid within fifteen days
from August IS. The order was referred
to u committee.
A petition from number Of residents
OF Richie district, asking that The place
OF voting in that district he changed from
Louis Asmus' place 10 the Eighth ward
hose house, was granted. Apctition from
siXty-tivc residents Of Triadelphia district,
usking for the establishment OF another
voting precinct in the village Of Elm
Grove, at the Town Hall in said village,
was also granted. This makes four pre-
cincts that Triadelphia district now has. /,
The election notice for the 100000 sub
scription to the Mt. Vernon, Cosllocton &
Wheeling road, the election to be held
,Oct0ber14, was read and approved. IN :;
z On motion Of Commissioner Dclburgge,
Andrew B. McCahan, Democratic candi-
date for Justice OF the Peace in Centre
district, was appointed to fill the vacancy
in the list Of justices occasioned by the
removal of Joseph Webb from the dis
trict. E5y54. .i NV
The Committee on Court House and
Jail was authorized to make all necessary
repairs to the Court House. z n ~
:. 'hAbs9 SAlA!I ShhSA tAC htsSAlluI vi NlIc
Board to the fact that vacancy existed in
the Board, occasionally the resignation of
Mr.. Commerford. Mr.. Boring placed in
nomination Jonas G. Pickett, the Demo-
cratic nominee for the position from Web
ster district at the coming election, and he
WINS elected. 8tltisf
HThe Committee on Roads and Bridges
in special report, reported it had offered
Abran Cox through his attorney Sl50 for
a right OF way through his property, for
the West Liberty and Castlcman's Run
road, and rs the road would not IN the
least damage his property, the committee
deemed the amount sufficient, but that it
had been refused asked that he be re-
quircd to appear and show cause why he
should not accept. At512:l5 the Board
adjourned. &Gt KS Z Oh III llIs
n on for the, Reunion. =
q number Of old soldiers Of this city and
vicinity left this morning for Cumberland
to attend the Reunion Of the Army OF West
Virginia, which commences today aud
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