The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-10
BELLAInE.
AllsOrts of Local News aud Gossip from
tho Glass City.

tho Glass Clty.
At a meeting OF the city council tho
other night the finance committee made
q showing that there Is less than $780,
000l OF street paving bonds now out.
standing, whereas there were over S90,.
600 q few years ago. II has been six
years since this class Of improvements
was started In this city, and the frat
street paved Is almost as good to-day as
when 1t was finished. The only bad
places in it are where plumbers or
water works employees have disturbed
the paving TO make new connections
or repairs to the water or gas pipes.
The law In this atate authorizing these
improvements is so we'll formed that a
portion OF the cost must be paid each
year for ten years, or a less time II the
property owners elect to pay II in q
shorter time and the money assessed
against the property abutting or benefit
ted can not DO used for any other pur-
pose. Thus tho improvement Is always
paid for while it is still in use, while in.
other improvements, through the fire..
quent changes in tho composition Of
town councils, when the expensel runs
beyond the council that made It the
payment Of the cost Is put OF Just as
long as it is possible to put 1t of, and
sometimes there is no sign OF the i'm.
provement left when the bill Ia paid.
The elegant home OF Mr.. and Mra.
Morris v. Miller, on Gravel Hill, was
the ceneo Of a pleasant gathering yester-
day evening, the occasion being tho
marriage OF their daughter, Miss Annie
O., to Mr.. L. o. Foulke, ex.cherif OF
this county. Rev. Mr.. Burbank, OF the
Episcopal church, performed the beau
tiful E%piscopalian service, and the
couple we're showered with hearty con.
CALCULATIONS whom they had been pro-
nounced husband and wife. The pres-
ents were numerous and handsome.
Mr.. and Mrs, Foulke left on the mid
night train on the Baltimore & Ohio for
Chicago, where they will spend Q week
or two.
The squabble stirred up by the Fifth
ward policeman over u complain about
him neglecting his duty is to BIO inyes-
tigated by q council committee. Re-
Gently q council committee discovered
that the marshal made about six times
as many arrests as the ak night police
men all put together did, and they
seem to BIO after this matter quite as
much as the alleged trouble In the Fifth
ward. The recent discovery led to the
belief that there was something wrong
and some OF the councilmen want to
known just "where they are at"
The new and the old pension boards
met together here yesterday. There
was no jarring among them, the three
Republican members simply obeying
instructions from the department to
continue in authority until tho 10th
inst, and their Democratic successors,
who organized a week ago, acquieaced
in all that was done.
Michael Brand came in yesterday
from Dunklrk. Ind, and will roman here
until after the annual meeting Of the
Enterprise Window Glass company
next week. They arc operating two
furnaces in the Indiana gas fold and
come hero each year to divide the
profits Of the business.
Mr.. ). NJ. Maring, formerly Of this
city, but now n OF tho prominent
manufacturers Of Muncie aud Du1kirk,
Ind, Is here on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. William James arc
home from their bridal trip and have
gone 10 housekeeping at Gravel Hill.
L. S. Woodbridge accompanied his
brother George on an eastern trip this
week.
A big crowd from here will attend
the ElEs' outing at Wheeling Park this
evening.
Robert Carson and family came home
yesterday from q tour along the lakes.
Abe staht ia homo from his trip
through the west.