The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-29
nELIIAtItE.
All Sorts OF Local Suws and Gossip from
tho 0lnsI CITY.


All Sorts OF Local SowS and Gossip from
tho 0lRi' City.
A meeting Of tho tuxpayera Interested
in the pike syaLum In this township was
held yesterday afternoon IN this city to
consider tho advisability OF taking tho
plkel out OF tho hands OF the commits,
slonGra. y committee composed OF
George NJ. Wise, james MCGrOgor, Hon,
y. Wagner. Squire Sc1 and William
Mcfarland was appointed to nsk tho
legislature 10 pass M act placing tho
control Of tho plkel in tho hands Of tho
road districts through which they run.
Mayor MCGOWAN yesterday issued
his proclamation closing tho saloons on
election day. and there IL scarcely u
doubt 1t will have moro effect than
procIamatlong OF this kind usually do.
Tho mayors time expires shortly after
the election, and as hG Is not n c0ndl-
date again no has no favora to aek. Tho
saloons will probably DO tightly closed.
Tho thrcc.year.old Nugget FLY OF
Postmaster Darrah got out OF tho stable
Tuesday night and wandered away out
on tho hills west OF town. whore she
was caught by Hugh Giilin yesterday
morning The postmaster was consid-
ornbly exercised at not being ablo TO
find auy clue to tho marc until Mr..
Giiiin came to town.
The candidacy OF John DnBois for
mayor, grows stronger each day and
prominent Democrats now say there is
no doubt OF his election. But the friends
oil the cause hO representa- will not DO
idle because OF this, else they may be
fooled. 1t looks now as though he
would be tho next mayor aud IN il Il
new marshal will also DO at tho helm.
The annual exhibit OF tho receipts
and expenditures OF the city was pub
liahcd yesterday, and shows balances
in all the funds except one, but the
city ia to run six months on tho bal
unCGs shown, as no more tnXes will DO
received, except for special improve
mcuts, until the latter part OF August.
The local contest for city treasurer
has been Il lively ono all along, but yes
terday circular was issued attacking
tho loyalty Of the oldest and strongest
institution III tho city. This was very
generally condemned by conservative
men OF all parties.
J. J. Gill, the Steubenyillo man who
is being extensively doomed as can.
didatc for congress, WAS in Bollalro yes
terday renewing old acQuAintancGs and
making new ones. de is glass manu-
facturer and banker.
A fire from detective ilue in Ault's
flour mill yesterday afternoon brought
out part OF the department without a
general alarm, and the fire was quOnChed
before any damage was done.
The search light patented by Capt. p.
Doughcrty and W. T. Litten for use on
steamboats, is universally commended
BY rivermon. The pilot handles it from
his station at tho wheel.
The city council on Tuesday night
ordered the grades to be given for tho
paving already provided for, that work
may be commenced at once, and the
contractor is already ntit.
The Ohio senate passed Il bill recently
taxing pupils at the Blind asylum $3.50
per year, but much opposition has been
stirred up against it now.
Newell K. Kcnnon, the brilliant
young lawyer OF this county, is in
Washington city this week.
Thomas Cullen is away on n business
trip in the interest Of his patent bottle,
that cannot be reiilled.
The mayor turned in Sl0S.+2 OF the
receipts OF his office for Inst month.