The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-18
BELLAIRE.
All sorts of Local News aud Gossip from
the Glass City,


All sorts of Local News aud Gossip from
the Glass City,
The shortage at the water works was
all settled up Yesterday, Mr.. A. Klotz,
the bondsman for the deiaulting and
suicide collector, giving his check for
$500. Tho whole amount OF the short
age was little over $4,000, but there
was S206 OF this from irregularities that
could not he definitely fixed and other
items OF credit that LETT $500 to pay,
and it was paid without any trouble
about it. Mr.. Klotz received 1868, with
the interest on ii, which amounted to
about 500, and he holds the detaulters
title to an interest in some land, which
leaves him out Of pocket from $500 TO
$1,000
Charles Marling met with bad acct
dent at tho Pittsburgh coal works yes
terday afternoon by which both OF his
legs were broken. There is tramway
leading to the river on which coal cars
are run. Yesterday afternoon while
running a loaded car down, the chain
broke, allowing the car to run at terrific
speed, and when it jumped tho track 1t
caught Marling in such way us to
break both OF his legs ana otherwise
bruise him, but he may recover all right,
though he is now in preGarious coRdl-
ton. Ho has wife and family.
The matter OF funding the county
debt was not determined at the county
institute OF farmers. The hour and
half given to the subject was fully taken
up and the DRIFT oil sentiment was favor
able to funding the debt, but sugges-
ton that it be further discussed carried,
and the I'd Of March was fixed Us the
time.
A Jefferson county pike export has
agreed to come here and examine tho
work on the Pultney township pixies Mt
$t0a day for himself and g per day for
his assistant, and tho commissioners
have notified tho complainants that ii
the township viii pay the bill the work
will be examined by the expert
A young couple have agreed to get
married at the q. A, r. fair next Thurs
day evening, but one of the conditions
was that their names should not DO
made public until the night OF the we'd
ding. The prize offered is bed room
set.
The American Mechanics and other
societies will have big parade and a
flag pole raising on Westinghouse Birth
doy. 1t is legal holiday in Ohio, and
il it is u fair day there will be u big dis
play.
Mrs. Emma Irwin, OF this city,
bought the John Rankin farm, near
Warnocks station, from the executor ut
5000, and will move to it in the spring,
S. B. Colby, n young tailor who
learned his trade here, died ut Lincoln,
Neb., yesterday OF blood poisoning.
His home was at GAINESVILLE.
Capt. II. Bush arrived here yesterday
and will give an exhibition with the
new chemical engine near the public
square this evening.
Miss Nellie Richardson, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Fred, Bingel,
left yesterday for her home in Column
bus.
Samuel Heath has resigned as post
master at Heath and an effort is being
made to move tho office to Nlapleton.
There are hall n dozen applicants for
the American express agency, made
vacant by the death OF Fred Eberle.
John Anderson, who has been seri.
ously sick with an aggravated case OF
neuralgia, is improving.
Two young lady clerks here are $40
ahead Of the Louisiana lottery on this
months drawing.
w. S. Mechem, president. OF tho
County Board of Commissioners, was in
town yesterday.
Miss Maude Bennett, OF Wheeling. is
the guest OF COUNCILMAN j. II. Camp
bell and wife.
Marion Seals is homo from Muncio,
Ind, where he went on a prospecting
tour.
Albert Luchs has bought the cloth
ing store OF Blum Bros.
Miss Mary Sanders is visiting Miss
Maude Potts, at Cadiz.