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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-02
AMERICAN NEWSPAPER WIT
A BATCH OF HUMOROUS STORIES
FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

A New Representation Cause-WOrse
Than MOrmOnism-Swcl BecOIns
tng More SvOllen-IlliuOls Poetry.
NEW PAPA.
Little Pct-''Do you know that we are
to have new papa 2"
Little Jack-"No: 1 dess you is sta
Ss@f
Little Pet-"No, amt. Nurse said
mamma was goin' to be married again
and that would give us new papa
Little Jack-"Who is it 2"
'Iittle Pet-"That Mr. Simpkins who
never brings us any candy"
Little Jack-"Ts ma doin' to make him
our papa ~
Little Pet-fYes."
Little Jack-"Servcs i'm right. ."-Pha
adtlphiG Call.
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Color Blindness.

Little Nell" Mamma, what is color
blindp
Mamma Inability to tell one color
from another, dear. "
Little Nell" Then / dess the man
that made my geography is color blind. /"
Mamma And why, pet?"
Little Nell" 'Tause he's got Green
land painted yellow"
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GA chip of the old block'-The miss
ing arm Of the Venus de Milo.
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Maid of Texas, ere 60,
Tell me if your clock is slow;
For have a train to catch,
And must quickly raise the latch.
Ere dart into the night,
Tell me, is your timepiece right
Hark hear the bulldogs bark,
And the night is cold and dark.
Maid Of Texas / must git,
Yet, before l rise and Hit,
Tell me, maiden, tell me true,
What number Is your papa's shoe
--S9fsileA
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-05
NEW CUalIlELAND,
PrcnchluE from u EOat-The County
30 ~ a. kpnf Eta Laa-.,

frcnehiHs from EOat-The County
.9tyHIS, Seat, Etc. - =ssas..i y
Circuit Court mcs's at Fairyiaw In March
and not this month, as stated by mistake
| recently. 5l
McMahan, Porter Il Co. stsq.ed up tEsir
| sewer pips works yesterday after a rest Of
| over q month, caused by the severe cold
weather. They employ about eighty men. !.
Capt. Ed. Stewart who has succeeded go
well with his Touring mill, has been com.
PEELED 10 stock up again on account Of a lar.
ger demand than be had Anticipated. He
has several hundred sacks OF grain on their
way up the river by boat, and intends to
start out soon 10 engage larger amount.
The community 10 patroniz!ng him well, and
his ob!iging disposition Is winning him hosts
OF friends among the farmers OF tho country.
The Court House question, which hes bar
asitated In this couuty a. far back as 10 "the
time whereof the memory OF man runneth
not to the contrary" is going It's periodical
round again. How 1t will result can be best
determined after some Of the curbstone states.
men OF this county try to swing /. as a hobby
TO ride into some petty Uttlce. The side that
will win is the enc which will lst the matter
TEST on 1t, own morris, II 1t has any, and not
try to run 1t into politics or subj sct it to the
modern system Of ring rule I'M.
A newell religious service was conducted at
the lower ferry landing Sabbath morning.
Rev: Mr.. Bray, Of the NJ. E. Church vas
crossing the river to this side with several
others, and one Of the terrymen, Nj. Sam
Chapman, requested him to favor them with
short talk on religious matters. The minis.
ter consented, and after reaching the shore,
opened tho meeting with devotional exer.
cises, after, which he selected his text and
delivered sh ,rt aud appropriate sermon to
whila o'quite crowd. The reverend zen.
ueman Is very earnest In his WORK. ana IL
highly respected by sll who know him,
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K1RTIs;S F.RET.
Pointed Paragraphs OF Kews f:osls q Rusy
GeigAOOeia,- EuHp a,

Pointed Pnrngrar hs OF Kews f:ou. q Rusy
GeighboriuE Town. -
Henry Auz has left for Kansas City.
Council meets in regular session this ever
ing. :.
E. G. Boyd has gous east on business
trip. 80"
Martins Ferry boys wade THOUGH the
muddy streets on slilts. =
The Township Trustees met e! the N "a OF
Cls,k HalEes last evening.
Mr.. J e. D:ennen, Of tho Ohio Ialley Ntws,
is confined to his room BY illness.
l; is altogether likely that the nuda.iap
department Of The Llughlin mill viii start r
his morning, 5,stS :
Scuffilons placards placed on oerteir walls
on Sunday, Htlscting on wsl.known citi-
zsEs, created soma excitement In the town,
1t WIS mean way Of venting . pcssoEal
spite.
Q. Ccs., Yesterday afternoon, 20! full OF
fighting baIz'ne and going homo drove his
family from the house and commenced on
the neighboss when the officers arrived and
arrested him. 1870
Ths FaImers' Iastitu!e met at Pleasant
Ridge on Saturday last Jndge John 8. Cocb-
ran, Of Martins Ferry, who WET present,
was csllsd upon to address tho meeting md
1poke at sons length Oh the education Of the
farmers boy. These meetings, which are
quite interesting aud Instructive, are held
every two weeks. H.
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NEW York, February 4.-Mouey market easy a,
lh,2 percent tline mercantile paper ia5h per.
" SS34: demand 81 IS. IT'a'5'i y 80 = Il
GoyERssEsrs-Lowcri orixs, IA
Y. s. II, eoupoiis iessa
u.h iEs, coupons. .lliAI r tgf1t. I7''i'..S'
RAILWAY BoSDs-Strons. f
sold AZ II. n = . ~ f'V''1 :
csSls = is Of =: sI rss land s, ~
Ishsh WIiES:iSif G Eana dIsnis ias,,
sssan1I Is eosols" " sinking iand."ll5i
g. josHnh: ;":;..:iie Si'sinis s ssI sI
=. +. d b. q. nrss....ll6kI tn mat COUPONS. Al
IenretsGe old.""... Ss1IvIHiniA dcierred.,,,
Tcnnetsse Is, Eew... " "EItra Interest. FL =
STOCKS speculation Ut tho Stock EXCHANGE
opened sttonR and prices In tho tIst few sales Hd
llM pelc-nt for Northwestern perietrctl. which
rose 10 l4.A Before The fist call there was a
ssgat tSeeiion, eut recovery ston Ect 10 and the
tEo doinand to cover thort contracts and purchases
iOr lOie accohnr largo 0tdeS having cen received
ny SoamissIop 4. ntoktfs iron out Of Town Gus.
TONERS. Ltte IN lhe afternoon thGrow aY reaction
o. 4 70 " percent III tho general list and a do.
cline OF "a * petcnt In Oregon & TrApsonii uettal
ana oregon NAylS 'uol respectively.
L9A4ius pear opefatofa were fec Eelleis during
!le ailefnoon aud short Interest was materially
bcon holding CIR for tomp days IN Consca ence 81
Tho sharp Isi IN priccl Heavy increased col alugs
reported BY Changers AMI other roads for tho
iJutth VEGA o! the month Of JANUARY. hA lavora.
b!e inlneuee on tho market and ftSised an Ad.
vance s early In the day. As compared Win sstur.
SSybc ns sn1 , sssS ,SSSs were peeen.
inAi!d. Denver. LluI,yiila q Nashville. Ecllins
;M!ani.oba. oGahrs, UGiou Pacidc rud y cs.efii
aon sna 3a% percent loTSt iGt oregon
LEke ehoIc, Missouri Pacific, Northern ppcIEC'
r4elilc Mail, Texas Pail DC anu Wabash, and oregon
NeIlsali0u ~ percent lower at 99n., American
canle Dec ined percent TO 50. rIf I'l ~
II slatei tha! tho forthcoming annual rcpo, Of
Burlington Il Q1incy will show an increase In the
net earnings by about Si7o5tOl, and that tho total
iiet eSrulnes VIII BIO nearly ~ percent on tho
capital ocE; The earnings OF Northwestern AMI
d. raul lor tho fourth weeE OF january each SHOW
M increase over the corresponding week of last
yctf. the ioIme. OF $3.50 and tho lSttof Nv S7i iO1
Ehe earning OF Northwestern Tor January snow All
gygf 7Etteat. lhe CAR ings OF ST. laul for Js,,l.
NY EMS percent greater than last year by the
sum OF slo5A0o Tho earnInks for JANUARY Of Inc
Dea yer; d aio erande railway compared with
Year ago saow an inctcEss OF &c co,
1rAnAletiOLA, blj, CQJ ShArCA
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UEELSYHE,
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Pottery PrcJ Minor New

Pottery PrrJec!cd-vurious Minor News
49, SoteS. --g-@ ~
Assistant Read Master Tsacy, OF the B. & 0.
L. R., Vas IL town yesterday.
2. Bruner, superintendent OF the O. & P.
Z. L., was in town yesterday. H.
The Benwood feryboat has its loais in
again, aud is trars.err ne teams as usual.
Mr.. Webster Archer, OF Columbus, was in
town yesterday with relatives and looking up
old friends. rE'.-@a.
Conductor Henry Ia running the Pittsburgh
accommodation train in the place OF D .yd
Wslliog, VINO is lying OF for few days.
John Randolph. who reeaatly went to
Denver, Colorado. wilt come back and take q
1lacs in the cillce Of tho Belmont Class
Works.
Factories that have any shipments 70;
points along the river ara getting them
ready for the tost3, expecting them to be-
running at once. Some through shipments
have accumulated here too. 'lr
The B. & 0. raiirosd switch running up tt.
wards lndisn run has been raised from the
lower ground Immediately on the river bank
to the level Of the other tracks BY filling in
immense quantities CT fine slack coal.
It wss reported yesterday thst burglars
went through the bakery / Grodhans l.
Brother, on Guernsey street, Sunday night,
but how the report originated no one at The
bakery could guess, as it was 20. true.
Mercer & Co.'s wharf boat xai brought
back yesterday TO the G. & 7. switch, above
tho ferry landing, md Mauly's whnri.boat
was taken 10 it, place at tho lower landing.
The Belle Prince towbca. did the work. :.
Rodeier Bros, Of the National Glass Works,
are putting in n swi oh from tho O. Y. r. R.
from the foundry northward. The Goblet
works is making filt 70 reach tho long
switch in South Bsllairc, end will build a
warehouse convenient for loading aud IN.
loading.
MIR. Peter McGivsrn, an aged c;tz,n Of the
Third ward, living Oh Rose Hill, died Satur.
day and was buried from his residence on
Rose Hill Sunday afternoon. the funeral &C.
ing directly over the hill. Rev. K. G. Wal.
lace, pastor OF the United PRESBYTERIAN
church, conducted the religious services at the
funeral.
A party Of capitalists who to all appear.
ance mean buslntss have been here looking
over the ground, and especially the available
sites in the Hirs: wsrd now reached by the
Q. y. with broxd gauge track, with the in
tention OF building pottery. a proportion
OF the stock will be held by one or two Bell.
aire mon. It has long been the belief OF
hose acquainted with the working Of manu-.
factories here, thet If one pottery wero built
here othera would follow 1t ana thus give
Bellaire the var!ery OF industries she needs.
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SFEUHEkViI.LE,
Iclu,ont County MINI Muri-yh,eves

belmont CGnnty MINI Hurt-Thtevss In
. s.: jail, etc. s,.:s,
Tho crooks who picked Mr.. Mooney
poke. few days ago. ere in jail, In detaui:
OF 81 600 bail, 70 await the action Of the
grand jury. swgl,,l. =
A youpg man. while rspairine boiler al
the Bustard coal SHIFT. was struck in the eve
with r:d.aot lot, Ii iiicting IN iuju,y that
will probably result III tho loss OF tho eye.
ASH. Hogan was walking OIL Fourth street
last Monday night, tie fell on The ICY pave.
ment and dislocated his hip. He had been
visiting relations in this city, but belonged
TO Glencoe Belmont county, 10 which place
no was taken yesterday morning a'.010
Saturday afternoon young gisl, EN- plovea
ss domestic in tho house Of Col. Mccenp.
left hereSlyly, taking with her various arti.
Giles OF value belonging to tbs fnmily. With
a fair address and plausible story sLe rsssed
herself of to parties in distant par: OF Town
az stranger in town seeking for work, Il lally
obtaining employment at the residence Of
Sheriff Sharp. Yesterday gts was arrested
there and the goods recovered. She gives
her name as Laura Vann, and clsims to be
from u 1st I,;yerrooi aT Ia s71I7 - : ~
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"HEss ATOM ENEMA"
The Great Military tptctncnlnr EInnin
Inst Night.

The Great Military tptctncnlnr III nniH
Inst hight.
TIE Opera House wal crowded nlmoas Il
sufEccs.ion down stairs LEST night, and vel
filed up, and but for the rain and thcs!c.py
streets the Jam would have bsen still greater.
The fine paper, tho Liberal prcmise1 End the
preliminary parade he'd something to do
with the atterdlnce, but the fame OF Her
AtoEemeEt" seemed to ha7e preceded the
company to the city, end expectation was
rifs when the ii ae band Of the company re.
tired behind the sceaes after a lively selec.
tior. .-...--- ..'.
Those who expected n repetition Of such
se-cslled spectacular melod:emns' as Rem.
any Rye" aud "Tpe Lights OF Loudon,"
wLere impossible charoc:ere, pergonRttd by
sioks, 90 through improbable scenes, wef.
disappointed. Tha drama has considerable
merit, Rad 1t 10 rendered By capable ac,ors,
who have evidently entered into their roles.
The sc:nic effects and the aid Of score OF
uniformed troops who by system Of eoua-
termarching are. made TO appear an entire
regiment, ere employed in Legitimate way,
but are not allowed 10 supply the
place OF action and incident. In short the
play is the inest sensational and spectacular
piece ever put on u Wheeling slsge. And
VIII lie such scenes rs the march Of the troops
and tho trial err, not nov, they wore never
seen here before when they dill not partake
of the pature OF turlesque. Tho PRINCIPAL
parts, in the bands OF such people ts Flor
ence Eimore, Mr.. Tlehe, J. II. Coyil,e and
Mr.. Gallagher, vera strongly cast, aud the
support was even and satisfactory, The
"supes" showed csutul and unusually sue
cesstul training, and as whole the perform
ancs was s!ngulasly enjoyable.
The piece will be repeated this evening.
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ruE DAlLY MAnKEr l. i,
The Financial World.

NEW YoEk, February a.-Money market easy a,
lh.2 percent. Prime mercantile paper iasL per.
cent. sterling Exchange bankers bills iteady a,
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THE RED MEN AGAIN.
A school HonAe Harmed, nud Oiher
.g. Readable StAts News. gGgtf

.EHf ..Ha..I.# bsehuhote 5thte NcNh NHt.HHf.
Charles Gultesu Smith, OF Weizel county,
who was sentenced TO tho psnitentiasy foi
one year, last week, by Judge Stealey, fol
unlawfully cutting bis wife, raised decided
rumpus, and itrequtred considerable force Ia
quiet him. Bepj. franklin, at The same,
received a sentence OF two years Tor grand
larceny. 1N NAM 2T't7a p.
A school teacher named suter was recently
arrested In Wezal county charged with IN
iutiously whipping Owen Witlen, II small
boy attending the school. The Gaze wal
heard before Justice Brookover, who iiuud
Sasef. bat finally set aside the judgment and
agreed to hear the Gaze again In the future.
Some time since the school houss iu sub,
district No. . OF Landorm district, kanaWha
county, was burned down by an iucsrlIary.
There WAS come opposition to tho tsarhcr
A. W. Ownhby, and It Ia papposcd that the
burning Of the house was the intsns resostCd
to TO got rid o! him. There has been nc
school taught at that pace for over twt
montho, and no steps are being taken by The
Board Of Education TO have tho school start.
Oh. There was no reward oTartd for tho ar
rcst Of the parties that fired tbs house.. The
school officials seem to bs negligent ss
The Burton correspondent Of tbs Wetz,
Democrat says: Louis Hostattler rUce!vet
through the mail soma two weeks ago, n let
ter purpotting 10 be noLics from The Rel
Mon, telling him to Keep his head closs1 ~
70 certain little Irregularities In tho lQaoi
trads he was blowing about or they w1ult
nse him like ttey used Sam Foo or Johr
H.x. or II necessary they would hang him
Hoste.tlsr, who is regarded as Of weak mind
despite the advice OF relatives and frletds
placed his house IN Il state OF siege and pre-
pared 10 rattle any one coming about him Il
night. This hrs so worked upon his mine
that the Meighbors say ke las become de
ranged. He Accuses q reighbor Banned Sin,
Of writing the letter, and last Saturday hi
had Gina arrested, who entered isto psAc,
bond and was released. 1ios.sttler, bill
friends kay, will lose what little ssnss ho ha(
md the mAn who w;o.s the ls!tos will hoy e
be punished"
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nRIDGEI'OR'r.
A Young Thief Arcs. ch-The Floor Of n
wneo.>otSo E.I,n,, .y..,

~. Warehouse Gives Way. g
Mr.. Joe Harris OF the L4Balls Glass
Work5, has arrived from New York City.
Superintendent Bruner, OF tho Cleveland
PITTSBURGH road, was in town yesterday on
official business.
MI. Dayio, I'D amploye OF the Standard
mill had his hand badly crushed yesterday
By grirdstone. EI., :
Mayor Junkins has returned hons from
btisl business TIP out the Cleveland, Lor.iu
& Wheeling road.
Several hours Of hard labor were soue,z Vi
out Of the tramrs who haye /! zen rus,ica:tng
III jail, yesterday. 15l7
The wounded tramp Ia still improving, and
come OF thete fac morning. be will likely
PICK up his bed and walk. VI
A couple OF trsmps confined In jatl ara
suspected Of having stolen artcles OF cloth.
| ing In Bellaire. Officers from tina. place
wore up yesterday examining into the cass.
Rev. Beall, pastor OF Presbyterian Church,
will surrender the charge OF thu. concreca.
ton In tnres weeks and will leave for Nor
| tefey, Mexico, where he goes 10 labor - 4
missionary. gI'.,i.
Young Bolan, the calorsd boy who vas
Aeoeeea u steaituR Mr1. Ur. NhSGefs
watch, and who YVES last week in Tho EN-
ploy Of William Graham, Secretarv OF The
Standard mill, lii out tho other day, aud
upon ex animation /. IVES found that ID had
taken with him .a uvcrcoat and other arli.
| Giles. Yesterday he was arrested in Steuben-
Vile, and he Will be brought back to Bridge.
! port for trial. g.'
Quite an excitement was caused yesterday
in lhs building occupied by Robert Howell
as produce store, by one end OF the A,or Of
the third story falling down and csuslug the
walls to bulge sl;s4tly. One part oil the
building Is occupied by R4ess Mechanic a, a
confectionery aud restaurant. The Oslo
Valley Glass Works rented the third story,
where they have bean utcriug their proiuot,
and the weight becoming too much for the
fl 'or to sustain, the isis pullsd out asd let
ono corner Of The nsor down 10 the second
story .#
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pEESGHAL MENTION,
News md Gossip iN Relation to rariou
EeOHlc |....

News and Gossip Ia Relation to rariou,
People.
Mr.. Joseph H. Campbell, Of Ironton, ia IN
tho city. g"
Mr. Ciarsnca Fl. Swearingen, Of Pittsburgh
10 again in the city. '..g.
Maj. J. Y. L. Rodgers and family yesterday
took rooms at the Mcclure.
Miss Addis Newcome, Of RaysnHwood, W
w., Ia visiting friends in the city.
Prof. W. P. Wiley, Of tho State University
Is spending q day or two in the city. n.
Mr.. Arthur NJ. Teece, a former Wheeling
lie, now Of Pittsburgh, ia at the Mcclure
Mrs. s. L. Allen and daughter, Miss Edith
Of Grafton, a.c guests at the Female College
Mrs. W. E. Fisher OF the Sixth ward, LEI
this moraing for Wheeling, to visit her hus
band teubsnri0e Herald.
J. ". Amick, OF this city, and L. G. Boyd
OF Martins Ferry, left yesterday for Dos or
and Other points on bus!uesg.
Col. McPhail. whose raceat dceth Ii
Brooklyn WAS mentioned In yesterday
1NTYLLtaEScEI, was the uncle, md not tht
father Of Maj. McPhsil. OF this city.
Capt. John McLufe, Mr.. Thomas Sweeney
and Mr.. Lewis 5aker have gone to Washing
ton to attend the Mississippi improvement
Convention and the meeting of the 0oit
River Commission. OF Hhich Mr. Sweeney /,
also q member. Mrs. Mcclure accompanied
tho Captain.
ESTIMATES on all kinds OF Printing cheer
fully given by the 1aTELLIoEscxa jon OFFICE
All work guaranteed.
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Something fur NOihinr

Mr.. john J. Myer, representing the Charlie.
A. Voseler Company, OF Baltimore, p,oprie
tors Of st. Jacobi OIL and other famous and
4 popular remedies, is In the city distributiul
the second annual Family Calendar and
Book Of Health and Humor,," to which boCl
such popular writer's as r. j. B1rdeite al
thu Burlington HaEk.Eye. Sweet l. Knox, oi
Teras SJtings, L. X. Munkittrick, Josh Bill.
ipgs, Bill Nye and others, have contributed
original, humorous sketches. Tho book i
+ distributed free, and 1t Is not often that a.
desirable little volume is given away
The little book also contains the contrib.
tons Of the successful competitors for The
cash prices named in public offer Of Anil
9, 1883, ITO Humorous Write1s.n In matter
and makeup It is more than equal 10 lis
predecessor, and vastly superior to anything
OF this character, issued from other sources
In the past or p7esent. 1t boasts OF the best
special efforts OF Americas great funny men
and delineators OF comic art. Its conter ia
are pure in word and suggestion, and the
sketches contain nothing OF an advertising
nature. ~
ri In style and form this publication Is ca.
tirely original, having been specially desicu.
ed by n. H. D. Umbstaetter, who is himself
a contributor to it's pages, and who exercises
o personal supervision over Its annual pro.
f5ucuon. s. = Z
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1hc lsenwoou MIL.

a statement was recently published in sc.
other paper that Tho .Bcnwood Iron WORKS
had abandoned the plan Of erecting a steoj
plant for the n,anufacture OF steel nail nj .te
but would ut once build u blast furnacs at
Bcnwood. A reporter asked Msjor Lorinp yss.
terday II these statements were true. Ia
said they were not; the company still intend d.
building a steel plant, and a portion of Mn
material hes already been received al Ban.
wo.d. The only reseon work ha, not already
begun on tho steel plant is that tho wealth a.
has not been favorable. The company. hss
long entertained the idea OF moving thei,
blast furnace from Martins Ferry 10 Ben.
wood, but has not decided to do so.
Z Work on the gas we'll at this mill /, p-c.
crossing steldily, and tbs drilling has reach ed
u point nesrly 1000 feet below the surface,
without piercing paying vein Of gas
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ClrV AND COUsTEf,
A Pertinent Point About County FInnn.

'Is. r ccy, etc. 49,. aa.-.,E
To IN: Editor Of he LtetIfGtncer.
Sir: Ieee In your ISSUE OF 1ecent date
.hatthe Board Of Commissioners has orderai
the steam shut of from the city lookup
humaue act In this Indictment season ~
Is it not little singular that au act like
tho one alluded 10 couli be done BY Board
that votes thousands of dollars eash- wear fol
tho roads and bridges OF the country die.
sricts, aud this, too, without authority OF
law? Ipresume every member Of this Beard
Is aware that county levy for road and
bridge purposes could not DO collected from
tho taxpayers Of Wheeling, yet uotwitL.
standing this they 20 to work and co ind.
recly what they dare not do directly. What
mora justice is there In the city's helping
keep up aad construct the country roads
that IN tho country's bearing portion of the
heavy expensss OF maintaining tho city
streets? ,..ra yIl -
II the county cannota afford to let the Steam
heat the lookup, the city can well stIord
10 allow our country cousins to take
caro- OF the roads and bridges of their respect
I've dis riots. l. 10 high lime Tor the city to
raise her voice agains. further appropriation
a. her expense Tor the benefit Of the country
districts. CITIZEN,
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