The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-25

ton for u now trial is ovorrulcd by
Judge PAUL, Maicr's lawyers will take
the caso TO tho supreme court Of up.
peals.
The public opinion on tho verdict is a
little divided. but it is evident that q
good big majority. of the people approve
tho finding Of tho Jury Some people
maintain that Maier Is insane, but 1t is
generally admitted that this was not
proven, and that under the evidence
before tho jurors any Other verdict
would have been impossible.
APPoRTIONMENT OF DELEGATES
lii Belmont County TOR tho Convention ut
1stonbenviilc.
The Belmont county Republican
primaries for tho selection OF sixty
thrco delegates to tho congressional
convention Mt St%eubenvillo May 81 will
be held ut tho different polling places on
Saturday, Mays7, ono week from next
Saturday. srs
This date was fixed at, n meeting OF
the Belmont county Republican cxccu.
tive committee held at st. Clairsville on
Saturday. The meeting was vcrylargcly
attended and occupied most of tho
afternoon. s&
One committeeman was represented
by two different proxies. one a written
one sent to ono nan on Friday and the
other By telegraph on Saturday. Both
wanted to represent tho absent member,
and after considerable discussion and u
tic vote the chair ruled that the latter
be accepted. The contest was 4 novel
ono.
After several motions and amend.
ments and a general discussion it was
decided to hold the primaries on Satur-
day. May I. The only other date men,
toned was the following Saturday. The
hours fixed for the primaries in Martins
Ferry, Bridgeport, Bcllaire and Barnes
vile, by wards, are from 4 to I o'clock
p. IN.
In the country precincts at Martins
Ferry, the Pultney and West Wheeling
precincts the voting will be from 3 to 6
o'clock p. III.
The same hours will apply to Colerain,
Flushing, Goshen, Kirkwood, Mead,
Richland, Smith, Somerset, Union,
Washington, Wayne, Wheeling and
York townships and the east and west
precincts ip Warren township.
The primaries are to be held in the
am precincts rs the fall election OF
1891, and the apportionmcnt OF dele
gates is according 10 the vote for Nc
kinley that fall.
The apportionment and number OF
delegates hat each precinct in the
county is entitled is rs follows:
Martins Ferry-First ward, .; Sec.
ond ward, 3; Third ward, 8; Martins
Ferry precinct, l. Bridgeport-pease
township precinct l, 3; Pease township
precinct 20; Pease township precinct
), l ; total in PAase. 10. :s:@
Bellaire-First ward, 2;Second ward,
Ii; Third ward, .; Fourth ward, pre-.
cinct A, l; Fourth ward, precinct i, /;
Fifth ward, 8; Pultney precinct, .;
West Wheeling precinct, |; total in
Pultney, IS.
Colerain = Pennington precinct, .;
Maynard; ]. RI
Misunderstanding Precinct, .; Bel
mont Ridge, l; total 8. /.
Observation-Disclosures Precinct, /; Bel
mont Precinct, g; total 3.
MISUNDERSTANDING Precinct, .;
Sewellsvillc Precinct, l; total 8.
Mcad-Businessville Precinct and
Wegee Cbctween the two) |.
Richland-St. Clairsville Precinct |.
l; St. Clairsville Precinct ., /; St.
C~lairsvillc Precinct 3, 3; Glencoe Pre-
cinct, l;-total j.
Smith,.
Somerset-Somerton Precinct, /; Bos
ton Precinct, i; total 9.
Union-2.
Garncsville-First Ward, .; Second
Ward, l; Third Ward. l: Fourth WorJ
/; West Precinct, /; East Precinct. l.:
total in Warren I.
Washington. i
Wayne-l.
Wheeling-:1.
York..
Total in county C3.
The apportionmentis to every 100 yot!
ers, and one to every fifty voters and frac-
ton thereof. Where this couldnot be
township, the precint in the townsbin
having the largest number of. votes wns
given an extra where there was one 70
spare. In Peasc there was nm nytra and
bridgeport, having within two votes nj
6OO wns npfitIhd 10. o,o+ho, Hl ~.