The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-15
NEIGHB0RHOOD gNEWS.
THE TOWNS ACROSS The RIVER.
Check wsishn,an Troubles =, Whesllus Crstk Coal
y. Ho,k.-A Bulldog Boom 10 the Standard Ad. Z
ditIon--Nsws Notes and Personals from
BtiiAire, Bridgeport and Btawood.

Some time ago charges wore made against
the checkwsghmsn at tipp!e MOL Wheeling
Greek coal MINIS, that he failed 10 collect
the amount necessary 10 send delegate to
the Bellaire convention on the 25!h Of Feb.
mary. The person who inside the charges
complains that the checkweieh,nan was no,
there, and claims that his revenue on the
day Of the convention was 30 II. A friend
OF the chcckweighmsn, however, comes to
bis rescue, and says that II Is no part OF bis
duty 10 preside over the delegate mestingS.
Further, II. WIS first asserted that llo was not
present at the delegate meeting, and when
he wa present at future meeting \ cry was
raised against bis presence. "Where il the
consistency OF this complaint?n ssks the
checkweighman. The claim tina. he did nc,
collect tho dues for deirsying the e1p.nses
Of delegate Ia false. as tue check weighmap
holds receipt for 81 o., collected from, the
minera to detray such expenses.
BUILDING up.
There Is vast amount of building going
on In Martins Ferry, as good tenement
houses arc In large demand. In the
Standard mill addition alone Il Is ssid that
sixteen lots havo bsen staked OFT for building
purposes. That Martins Ferry Is growing
IL bsy0nd Q1es.ion. The manner I'll which
many recovered fron tho Hood IL no.
surprising but gratifying. In every instance
there are no patched up fronts but substan-
ttal houses erected az 4 memoir OF the great
deluge. In the Standard addition D. Wi.
lIans, Thomas Marshall and J. B. Haliett
will erect houses immediately. Other lo,s
have been selected, and soon the S!aha,d at.
ditioa will be town OF itself. "All On &c.
count Of Protection"
Besides this those who have suffered from
the flood along the banks OF tho "bsck river''
have rt-establishsd themselves, and In "a.
uvena!ing their dwellings and sttrs rooms
have given employment to some who were In
needy circumstances.
NOTES AND PERSONALS. .3.ss..
Mr.. aud Mrs. Joel Wood are visiting
friends in Salem, OHIO.
The Easter service at tho N. L. Sunday
scLeol was quite a brilliant affair.
Miss Emma 0,g, who hes been visiting in
Martins Ferry, has returned to steuberyI.le.
At the election for School Directors Ii,
Bridgeport, yesterday, W. J. Howells and
DR.. John Cooke were elected.
4Aoic Will VIC LueetlDS VI tue 0lHFttN'
Ferry Council Wednesday evening to c,u.
slider the water works question.
Isaac Wagner, OF Martins Fo.ry, who har
been laid up for the past six weeks with
rheumatism, was out yesterday.
A two-and.k.hslf.yearrold aon Of William,
Nichols, OF Bridgeport, tumbled down stair:
yesterday and was severely bruised.
In regard to the operation at E.na,illa
chronicled in Mondays Issue, Dr. Van Wag.
nef's name was lift out accidentally.
William Warner and Annie O'HArs, Of
Bridgeport, were married in the Catholic
church at Martins Ferry yesterday by Rev.
Father Tuohy.
Christian Hess, Of Wheeling, he. baashi
the three sto.y b;ics corner ofHauovsr aud
l.ail.oad streets. Of the sstate Of tie Wallace
heirs for "a 800. ... ..
Back beer didn't agree with tho R-iiae,
porters yesterday. The plain drunks before
the pohcs' were, George Gray, So; W. W.
Howsils, s.; Dave Conway, $90; John
Thomss, g.
An affair took placs In 6 barber shop in
Bridgeport yesterday afternoon in which
blood came very near being spilled and would
have been II It had not been for Office. Bur-
dette, who interfsrrod and arrested the pa:-
ties 49, :