The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-10-13
BELLAIRE.
All Sorts of Local News and Gossip from
Glass City.

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tho Glass City.
Some miscreants almost ruined the
engine at the stone crusher belonging
to Contractor Day. just west OF the city
the other night. They took all tho caps
off tho engine, loosened all the bolts
and left the thing n wreck so far as use
was concerned. The brass caps and
cups were carried away some OF the
bolts we're found near by, showing that
it was u devilish act. All OF the men
employed about the crusher were
thrown out of n days work and ma
chinists put in all OF yesterday making
repairs to the dismantled engine.
There vas a row in Cooks saloon the
other night in which four young men
were participants and but for the fact
that one OF them Was mistaken about
having three loads in his revolver
there would have been q corpse as the
result. The revolver was snapped four
times against the breast Of one Of the
parties before Others could reach 1t, but
the chambers were empty. The mat
ter has been hushed up because OF the
serious character OF tho row and the
parties concerned.
The tyCouncil at the meeting Tues
dav night was asked for u conference
with the fire department and fixed FRI
day evening as the time for the confer
ence. 1t is understood the firemen will
ask for the authority to look after the
affairs OF that department without wait
ing to request repairs or improvements
from council. There will be no effort
made to relieve the council OF the re-
sponsibility to pay the bills, however.
Colonel G. L. Poorman will address
the Republicans at Belmont on Satur-
day evening OF this week. Everywhere
his meetings are being we'll attended
and he receives assurances from Demo-
Gratis that they intend to support him.
The attempt in some quarters to make
it appear that he is weak in any part OF
the district is one OF the fimsiest efforts
ever attempted and some OF the Demo-
Gratis here even laugh at it.
William Gillespie, OF Warnock's sta
ton, a brakeman on the B. & o. local
had his right hand so badly mashed
Tuesday that his hand was amputated.
He was brought right by his home and
taken to the Wheeling City hospital,
ana his father was considerably exer-
cised over it until no found his son mad
received the best possible attention
and that the hand could not have been
saved.
The Masonic fraternity Of this city
will 20 to Powhatan tomorrow morn.
ing to participate in the celebration OF
the fiftieth anniversary Of the Moriah
Lodge at that place. To enable all OF
the fraternity here to go Bellaire Chap
ter OF Royal Arch Masons will meetNt 4
o'clock tomorrow afternoon under spe.
cial dispensation.
Frank McDermott, master mechanic
at the Baltimore & Ohio shops, and En-.
ginecrs Chat Lewis, John krebbs and
NJ. Corners, went to Newark yesterday
to attend the funeral Of William Bow
mon, an engineer known all along the
line, who died of typhoid lever.
The schools and organized societies
here will make quite a demonstration
on Columbus day. All arC interesting
themselves. The school children are
raising money for appropriate banners,
and altogether there will be quite an
elaborate celebration here.
At the meeting OF the county board
of election supervisors this week some
changes in the judges and clerks OF
election wore made in this city, but
they were not material, George w.
Degarmon and W. NJ. Reed being OK
cused.
Messrs. o. E. Foulke and W. D. Jones,
of tho Lantern Globe works, went to
Huntington, W. Va, yesterday to look
Mt a furnace there with a view OF leas-
ing it to operate until January or
spring.
There will DO a reception given to
Rev. D. W. Chandler and wife at the
First NJ. Z. church tomorrow evening.
The congregation and others seem to
be well pleased with their new pastor.
The Turner's will celebrate the four
teenth anniversary Of their society here
tomorrow evening with a ball ut their
hall. A programme Of Rotations and
song will be given early in the evening.
Charles G. Craig, conductor on tho
st. Clairsville Cleveland, Lorain &
Wheeling train, is on duty again after
being laid up with quinsy.
Mr.. S. o. Cummins and wife came
homo yesterday from the East.
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