The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-29
RELLAIRE.
All Sorts of Local News ana Gossip from
the Glass City

All Sorts of Local News ana Gossip from
the Glass City.
II. G. McGauhey, the lawyer who was
pardoned out oil the penltentIary q
week or SO ago, after serving part OF his
sentence for uttering forged note, has
filed, through his attorney, j, u. Smith,
a suit for $4,000 damages against
Philip schasIer, for alleged malicious
prosecution. sChaeier is wealthy far-
mer who lives near Armstrong; mills,
lie was prosecuting witness when Nc
Gauhey was tried and convicted, as it
was Schaeiers name that was attached
10 the note, or rather that the note was
written over Mr.. Smith cashed the
note because he recognized the sigma
ture, but SChaeler escaped payment in
the trial as above, establishing that the
note was a forgery and was written after
he signed the paper. Tho plaintiff has
gathered up much OF the history OF
schaeier aud speaks freely about it, so
that this case is likely to DO as Hensa-
tlonal as was the forgery case.
The Bellaire Nail Works Company is
remodeling the old boiler department
OF the mill and fitting it up with new
heating furnaces and machinery for n
rolling mill, TO be used in connection
with the steel works. The work Is
going on under the superintendence oil
Mr.. j. n. Whitman, u practical and in
telligent man from lronton, who will
be superintendent OF the new depart
ment. The fitting up Of this rolling de-
partment Is only preliminary TO greater
improvement and additions. A new
blast furnace Ia to be built and the pro-
duet will thus be largely increased. The
heating and rolling works and the new
blast furnace will give employment to
$50 or more workmen and the pay roll
OF that establishment now amounts to
over $4,000 q month.
The Electric railway men were in the
city yesterday evening TO learn the tate
Of the ordinance granting them q
twenty-Ave.year franchise to run cleo
trio cars here. The ordinance came up
on its passage in the City Council, and
the franchise was granted, the project
ors to give bond for the faithful fulfill
ment OF the provisions and require
ments stipulated. The road follows the
route OF the old horse car line as far as
II goes, then is to continue south on
Belmont street to the extreme southern
limits OF the city, using the east side OF
the Wegee pike south OF town, A num-
Der of Pittsburgh capitalists who are
interested in the road were also down
looking over the route.
James Dubois is home from Indiana
and while he is favorably impressed
with tho opportunity to make money
in the gas regions quickly, no is forCibly
struck by the fact that none OF the
shrewder mon who are there from long
established towns have invested in
property or real estate OF any kind. The
business mon OF the gas doomed places
arein shape to move out when the ga:
collapse comes.
Mrs. Fannie Price, an estimable ole
lady, mother of William Price, the
Cleveland 4 Pittsburgh engineer. left
here recently for q visit with hel
daughter, Mira. George Henry, at Co
lumbus. She took sick there, but Il
was not thought to be serious unit
Monday, when word was telegraphed
her son here aud he went out on the
first train. She died yesterday morn
ing.
The Third Methodist church has been
organized in this city. 1t Is located at
the Fifth ward. The organization wa
accomplished through the work OF Rev.
S. O. Collier, OF the South Bellair6 NJ.
L. church, who has been conducting {
mission there. rf" sor
The Robinson Workman farm, west
OF town, was to have been sold by the
sheriff yesterday, but no one would bid
two.thirds OF the appraisement, and
the sale was postponed until it can bt
re-appraised.
i. L. Booth yesterday purchased the
Barnard hall interest in the old Central
block for $500. His father, Miller
Booth, owned the other hall, so that the
father and son now own that entire
block.
Mrs. George II. Muth, who has been
under treatment at the City hospital In
Wheeling for few weeks, will bc
brought homo tomorrow, greatly i'm.
proved.
Rev. G. W. Shields, we'll known here
who recently removed from Wellsburl
to Cincinnati, is dangerously i'll in thu
Queen City with typhoid fever.
Ex-Marshal D. q. Shepherd has en-
gagged as member OF the secret service
at the Columbian Exposition.
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