The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-18
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~ soris nj Local news nnl Gos,ip from
tho GlnsSi City,
The returns Of the assessors Of this
dty show that tho town Is not falling
d in point OF personal wealth, not.
outstanding tho removals and disas-
Ecrs Of the pat year. lndeel there Is
~ actual increase in tho returns In
eyery ward in tho city but one, and no.
body could believe that people return
inoro property for taxation than thcy
Tactually have. Quito tho reverse Ia
usually truo. In the First ward the In.
crease over last year was S2l,326. In
tho Second ii was 5000. In the Third
there Is a loss ofS9,T70 shown, while In
tho Fourth tho increase Ia $1,000 and In
tho Fifth 1t Is S3,42l, making aitotal
net increase In the returns OF personal
property Of S2S,0ll. This Is not much,
but with three glass factories burned
out and others quitting business It is
encouraging to know that there was not
an actual loss. !.
Tho men interested In tho now bak.
ing powder industry to DO started here
arc J. /. Blackburn, NJ. I. Blackburn
and l. g. Battellc. Tho latter now
holds u good position In tho Office OF tho
United States Glass company, and M.
l: Blackburn Is manager OF one Of tho
Findley factories, while j. L. Blackburn
has Just retired from the drug business.
Jacob schamm. tho Democratic dcp.
uty oil inspector, has been advised by
tho new state inspector appointed by.
Governor Mckinley to continue 10 per.
form the duties OF his Office until q dep.
uty Is appointed. This looks as though
Mr.. McElroy was going to takp his ,time
in selecting tho 'chapiwho isto pull out
about $3.50 to $500 per year.
Grace, tho ~six.ycar-old daughter Of
w. G. Warnock, editor OF tho Democrat,
was thrown by n, swinging circle of
little girls In q school rardyesterdayf
and struck her headon n stone;i cutting
1t TO the skull, The. wound is an ugly,
ono, but the physiciars say the skull
was not fractured. II was Il narrow
escape. u
N. S. Hopkins has taken possession
OF the driving park grounds and moved
his horses, sulkies, otto, down yesterday
for the summer campaign. lie has
several good ones, among them n
Wilkes colt belonging to David Loo, OF
West Wheeling.
Assertion day services by the Knights
Templar in this city will DO attended by
knights from Wheeling, and from Bridge
port, Martins Ferry and st. Clairsville.
Rev. i. w. Lane, pastor, Of the First M.
i. church, will preach tue sermon. The
services will be held in the evening In
that church.
Tho Belmont Savings and Loan com
pany declared a I per cent cash divi-
dend Monday night. This amounts to
Sl7,5W to BIO distributed among the
stockholders Of that institution, while
S., lbs 80 was carried 10 the surplus
fund out OF the earnings Of the past
year.
Tho jury in tho case Of Mrs. Mary L.
Mccain against Thomas Cullen, suit
for $1,000 alleged to have been lost by
her son Mt poker games, gave her a
verdict for $500. A motion was made
to set the verdict aside.
Robert G. Simpson, a farmer and an
old soldier, living near Morristown, is
the latest candidate for recorder to an.
nounce himself in this county. There
are now sixteen candidates for that
office.
There will be a Japanese tea at the
Christian Church here tomorrow and
next,day, and next week a convention
OF the Sixteenth district will be;held at
that church, lasting four days.
NIL. Murphy begins work this morn!
ing on Rodefer Bros::new glass furnace
on the old site, and it will be- built as
rapidly as practicable.
The school board yesterday reelected
Capt 3. T. Jones superintendent of the
public schools for the next two years.
A. Schick, Of Fostoria, is in the city.
He was formerly a merchant here.