The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-07
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Orders Elegant Furniture for lho New COur
IIOusc-lIOutinO Matters.

Orders Elegant Furniture for lhO New Court
lIouso-lIoutinO Matters.
A regular monthly meeting OF the Board
Of County Commissioners was held at the
Court House yesterday. The members
were slow in getting there, but eventually
every member got there and took part in
the meeting, which was regular old
timer, the useless and almost intermina.
bic discussions INDUCED in prolonging it
from 10 O'Clock in the morning until after
4 o'clock in tho afternoon. President
Woods presided.
Bills aGgregating the following amounts
were presented by the various CommitLoCB
and ordered paid; Court House and Jail,
$leOS0; Poor House and Farm, $3.50 O2;
Finance, $54IGl; Roads and Bridges,
$500 81. The Committee on Court House
and Jail reported that the latter building
was in deplorable condition aud in need
Of immediate repair. The Board will
have this work done at once.
A petition signed by number Of fami-
lies who have suffered loss by reason OF
having had sheep killed by dogs were
presented for consideration, and the
amounts asked for by the claimants or
derpd paid them. The list Ia as follows:
j. Baird, $40; w. 7. Garter. $50; Gustave
Helwig, $40; W. s. and I. Il. Elliott, SO;
j. W. MCCulloCh, SIPS; Lawrence Liggett,
$40; J. L. Nichols, SO; NJ. Il. Slsson, S35.
Total, $3.50.
The report Of Superintendent Creighton
OF the Poor Houa0 for themonth OF August
was presented and ordered filed. 1t shows
the inmates for that month to have been
10 iollows: sixty.four white males; 81
white females; 20 Colored males and
colorGd female; under year Of age, 9
white females; over year Of age and
under 10, white males 8 white females 9 ;
births, ono white female; deaths none.
General condition Of property and in.
mates good.
A Claim for $40 80 by James 9Dell, for
work done on roads In RiChland diatriCt,
wa0 referred to the Committee on Roads
and Bridges. A petition signed by Con.
stable j. A. Wilcox asking that the office
Of Justice OF tho Peace held by Squire
CaHutherB be declared vacant was not
acted upon.
State licenses werO granted Owen Nc.
Cam, Atlantic Tea Company, and the
State Fair Association for the sale at re.
tail Of tobacco, cigars and snuff. Alec a
license for bowling alley 10 the Wheel.
Ing Park Association. H. Edgar Hall was
granted license 10 practice law at the
Ohio county bar.
The telephone ordinance was taken up
for it's second reading. An amendment
authorizing the renting Of II telephone for
the County lntirmary at $50 per annum,
and also three telephones for use In the
city, 10 be located In the Office Of the clerk
Of the Board, and tho sherih's and COro.
ner's Offices, at the rats Of $40 per year
each, was adopted, A resolution presented
by Commissioner Picket for the payment
by the Board Of 5000, az the county's share
oil the work on the exterior Of Public
Building was adopted.
In the afternoon the first matter taken
up wa the report Of the special committee
appointed to provide for The furnishing Of
the new Court House. The committee TO.
ported that II had accepted the bid Of w,
II. Andrews 4 %. for the Uouit House
chairs al 81 IS each; two JudgeU chairs at
Sl1 20 each, and ten Commissioners
chairs at $40 each, the articles 10 be dc.
llYeied and set up. The committee fur.
Their reported that +. o, Afbenl had OF.
ielel TO furnish Court House counters,
desks and partitions for the sum Of SllO,
and recommended that they DO accepted,