Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-08-14
BRIDG EPORT.

MIS-. lalnter, SlStcrOl MT. JONI stewart,
was buried to-day.
The LaBelle broke two pots this week.
They were old pots.
J. II. VanPclt of Martins Ferry, has
bought Cooks restaurant.
Mrs. Meyer and daughter, Lizzie, of
Wheeling, are visiting Mr.. John Young,
west of town.
Lee Moore, 4 C., l.. & W. engineer, is
back from trip over the Pittsburg Div
sion of the B. Il o.
c. NJ. Fisher, wife and Miss Nina
Mercer, have returned from a pleasant trip
To Detroit, Cleveland, etc.
The railroad troubles have quictcd down.
Both roads are doing what they can 10 get
through the disputed ground.
There was pleasant little childrcn'S
party at Mr.. George B. Turner's last even
ing There were about forty children
present.
Mr.. = Goudy leaves to-day, having been
callc,l to the home of his brother lie hav-
ing had n paralytic stroke. His brother Is
- years old.
W. W. Holloway and A. Branum. Esq,
returned from their Western trip yesterday.
They report pleasant trip. They saw
the adagc reversed, "a thousand cattle OH u
hill"
u. Coughln, Superintendent of Bridges
on the c., J.. Il W. railroad, was i'll town
to-day making soundings for the bridge at
the mouth of Wheeling Creek. They only
have to 20 eight feet to get to the rock.
Work on the new c. u =. depot pro-
grcsscs undisturbcd and rapidly. A large
force of masons are on the ground and II
derrick is in course of construction, to he
used in building the stone foundation.
The C., l.. Il w. extension toward the
creek and proposed creek bridge is well
under way, and Roadmastcr Reynolds
promises to be at work on the abutmentS
| in few days.
For long time it has been expected that
! DIR. J. NJ. Todd, the worthy Republican
postmaster at this place, would be removed,
and Democrat installed in his place, but
! il has been put of so long that the anxiety
| of most of the Democrats had died out, or
been reduced Ia minimum. For That
| reason many were surprised 10
read in yesterday mornings REGISTER
| of the proposed change. As the
! REGISTER said editOrially yesterday morn
ing. 1.-The devil should have his due, " and
even n partizan like DR.. Todd should not
bc lied upon. w. 4. T., Of the Cincinnati
Eaquirer, was mistaken, and evidently
purposeIy so, when he stated that Dr.
! Todd was at Taylur's Convention; and IN
! Justice TO the gentleman, we Will state
| that DIR. Todd WAS at home attending to
his business on that day. DIR. Cooke, the
| lncky Democrat, will, no doubt, make an
able =. NJ, and we sincerely hope, as we
believe. no one will have cause to regret
the change.
Although the REGISTER Of yesterday
editorially anticipated the statement b.
low, we nevertheless publish it with pleas
urc. In this instance the Doctor has Ger
tainly been misreprcscnted by some ono at
Washington.-ED.
BRIDGEP0RT, o., August IL, &c.
To tn Eilit0r of t,c RcgisCr:
SII: In your issue Of the 18th your
Washington correspondent says Postmaster
Todd OF Bridgeport, o., is TO be bounced
for offensive partisanship." 1t Is said
that he attended the Congressional Con-
yentiOn al Steubenville, which nominated
Col. Taylor, and that he took an active
part. this being a violation Of the recent
executive order Of the President, and the
fact being laid before him, Mr.. Cleveland
Immediately ordered DIR. TOdd's suspeil-
sion. He has been charged with rolling
up his sleeves and working at the primary
election held on the 3lst ult. in the in
tercst of Col. Taylor. The charge
is false, for was on the
street all the time during the voting for
delegates from , 10 6 p. M, and did not at
any time see him upon the streets working
IN the interest Of any candidate.
Now ~ TO the charges regarding the
Congressional Convention, can say, being
IA delegate 10 that Convention, that the
charges are false in every particular. DIR.
Todd was at his post Of duty at . O'Clock
on that morning, for saw him in the post
Office before taking the train for Steuben-
Vile. was present at the caucus Of the
Belmont county delegation, which met al
10 4. H., and / did not sec him there.
II was present from the oOnyenine
to the adjournment Of the convention
and did not at any time see Dr. Todd
present nor did anybody else, for | return
ell to Bridgeport at 5p. IN. and the first
place called was for my mail, and he
asked me who was nominated and told
him Col Taylor was nominated by aecla.
nation, and he remarked that he supposed
he would be as there was no opposition.
His actions did not indicate TO me that ht
was taking any interest whatever in thu
Congressional nomination. | make thest
statements in justice to one Of our citizen:
who Is grossly lied upon. ! have not con
suited anybody regarding the foregoing
facts but have merely said what know u
be true. and feel satisfied that any clti
zen Of Bridgeport Of either party will sub
stantiate what have said
Yonrs resn.effft1Ily