The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-02-05
'DHAD-IOCKHD" ALL day.
The Board Of County Commits
siouers Again Divided
ON THE STRICT PARTY LINE
Over tho Election OF u superIntend.
cut OF the Intlrmary-Thc Evil of
Excessive Outdoor Poor Re-
IIcG-The Finances, Etc,

The regular monthly meeung yesteT-
day of the Board Of County Commits
sioners, the first OF the new Board since
it succeeded in eaecting an organization,
was the occasion oiRnother dead lock"
The Board convened at 10 a, NJ, and did
not adjourn till after p. IN. The hitch
was on the choice ola Superintendent OF
the County Imfrmary, There was q
general understanding outside OF the
Board that the Democratic members
were in honor bound to assist the Re-
publicans in eleCting 0 man, and this
impression was shared by the Republi.
cans in the Board, and by one or two OF
the Democratic members, but the under
standing was not acted upon, the Demo-
Gratis, with two exceptions, scattering
their votes once or twice to Republican
applicants, but never voting with the
Republicans as body.
There was large number oil candi-
dates. Mr.. McGregor put in nomination
Bernard Stanley, and James Creighton,
the present incumbent, was IN applicant
and received the solid Democratic sup.
port most OF the time. The ether up.
pliCapts were August Bauers, OF Elm
Grove, ], S. Garvin, Taylor Foreman, j.,
W, Gonter, John s. Creighton, B, Rickus,
Owen Sullivan and ], I. Maxwell,
On the first ballot james Creighton
received the five Democratic votes Tay-
lor Foreman 9, ], 4, Maxwell !, J, s.
Garvin ! and August Bauers ], OF the
Republicans,
Seventeen ballots were taken without
result, and then q recess was taken.
After the recess James Creighton re-
Ceived five votes and j. T. Maxwell five,
and on another ballot each OF the Messrs,
Creighton received five votes, This was
the twenty.seventh ballot. After this
an executive session was held, and when
the doors were opened the Board nd.
journed till next Monday, It Is said
there is a good chance OF eleCting next
Monday,
DR.. j, p. Birney was awarded the con-
tract for medical attendance on prisoners
in the county jail, at his bid Of SIPS. His
competitors were DR., George |. Garrison,
who bid $500, and DR.. II. @. Bannon,
who bid $l05,
AN IMPORTANT MATTER.
President Dobbins brought TO the no.
tice OF the Board a matter OF n good deal
OF interest-the issuing OF county poor
orders to persons not In the Inilrmary.
The eXpensetO the county for the care
OF such persons last year was over $lB,-
900, while the Inflrmary and its inmates
only cost s., 900. A great many shrewd
and INSCRIPTIONS persons impose on the
commissioners. In 1888 one person re-
Ceived county aid who had 5000 in the
bank. The disproportion between the
cost OF aid to outdoor'paupers aud those
in the inlirmary has grown worse every
year, and Mr.. Dobbins thought some
thing ought to be done to remedy the
evil. After good deal OF talk, q resolu-
ton offered by Mr.. Cruise, providing for
n committee OF three to take this matter
into consideration and report to the
Board some method Of keeping down the
county poor expenses, was adopted, aud
the chair appointed us such committee
NIessrs. Cruise, NCGregor and Koch.
ROUTINE BUSINESS.
Iuaccordance with the recommends
tons Of tho various committees, bills
aggregating the following amounts were
ordered paid:
Roads and Bridges 5000 10
Poor House and Farm, out OF County
Poor y. y! l9sa & &
Finance Committee .....,..,,..'.'."....."" Ivy ~
Court House and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, d30 10
n. q. List. commissioner Of the a per
cent. loan, reported that after paying in:
terest and commissions, there remained
In his hands q balance OF Sl35.
Ex.SheriE Handlan reported q balance
in the Treasury December 81, OF $780,
075.07.
Seven different justices Of the peace
reported as TO tho amounts OF fines as
sessed and collected by them. The sew
eli aggregated only SS6S.
Superintendent Creighton, OF the
County Infirmary, reported sixty in
mates In that institution.
Thomas d. Bennett was unanimously
elected a Constable for Washington dis
trict to lill vacancy.
The office OF Superintendent Of the
Wheeling & Fairmont Pike was declared
vacant, but it was not filed.
The Committee on Court House and
Jail was instructed 10 have the county
Jail whitewashed and renovated.
The usual number OF petitions for re.
duCtions OF assessments and various
other routine matters OF no public inter-
est were appropriately referred.