The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-24
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All Snrts OF Local News and Gossip from
the Glass City.


the Glass city.
There was full meeting OF the city
council present at tho meeting Tuesday
night, when the matter OF amending
the ordnance regulating and restricting
saies on Sunday came up. The old or.
diuauco provided that no place OF busi.
ness should be open for business ior tue
sale OF goods. wares, merchandise, spir-
iiuous, viniouI or malt liquors, cider.
lemonade or coda wafer. Nothing being
said about ice cream and such things,
they have heretofore been regarded rs
exempt from the operations Of the law,
Mayer Dubois. however, has construed
such Thugs TO be violation OF law, and
has had several cases before him, some
under tho state law and some under the
ordinance, only Que OF which ever came
TO an issuc, and il failed. The amended
ordinance did not enuueralo anything
as exempt, Tearing tina; all to the judy
ment OF the mayor. After il was read
the first time. however, the couuclmcn
who were chary about the mayors judg-
mcnt in such matters presented M ad-
ditional amendment 10 the vital section
as follows: And this section sha!l not
be construed SO as TO prevent any peg
son or persons IRON selling or delivering
on sunday bread, meat, milk, ice cream.
lemonade, soda water. newspapers and
cigars, and it shalt no! be construed so
as 10 prevent any place OF business from
keeping open on Sunday Tor the prr.
pose OF selling or delivering such aTti.
cies." This addition vas adopted, and
the new ordinance vas passed with the
above exemptions. This is not sa,istac.
tory to the mayor at all. but II is not
known ju.t wha: he will do about il.
The ordinance was passed with nine OF
the ten votes in council.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com.
pany is greatly annoyed here By the
great number OF persons, who steal coal
IRON the trains that are stopped in the
yards on their way through 10 the lakes.
The people who take the coal make no
pretense at privacy. They carry it
away in buckets or in large Jumps just
as though they had RICH; 10 it, and
they CARR as much in daytime as after
dark. Many Door people gre out OF
coal and being Unable TO get q supply
elsewhere they take this just as though
they had 4 right to it Extra watch
men will be put on.
Senator Kyle, who Is charged with
having received an offer OF $1,000 TO
vote against pending bill, was in Bel
laire during the past winter, having
come here with Judge Pearson on one
OF his tslps home, and he was met By
number OF people. He is 4 preacher
and being an independent. was sent
from Dakota as q compromise senator.
Seve.a! Bellaire people who ne; min
during his brief stay in this city are
watching the investigation with more
than ordinary iuteses.
Thieves raiied the cellars Of William
Thomas and Philip Wise, ives. OF town,
the other night. and stole all the pork
and canned fruit they could find. The
smokehouse OF these men was robbed OF
all it had in it only shor, time sgo
In the absence OF 4 workhouse the
city council here has revived the chain-
gang and will hereafter have impecau.
ious offenders worked uude, the stree.
commissions. with ball and chain at
tached to them.
This city will have ten delegates in
the congressional convention aud the
township three. making thirteen in all,
while Pease township, with Bridgeport
aud Martia's Ferry, gets seventeen del
ega,es.
John Dano got the contract for paint
ing the county bridges in tIiis vicinity
from the commissioners at $3.50 80. The
contract was let By public ou,cry and
The bid is regarded as very low Que.
Dr.. MuchDore. moderator OF the
Presbyterian general assembly now in
session at Saratoga, y. Y. vas born in
Belmont county and was l!cen.ct 10
preach by the GAINESVILLE prcsby,ery-
The city park Is 10 be provided With
two dozen more seats than a. present
and tho council chamber is to be lifted
up with more comfortable chairs.
Quite q number of DeIlaire people
vent,o 81. Ciairsville yesterday TO al
tend the Belmont county Sunday school
convention. in session there.
Another saloon man was fined $25
AMI costs 10. SunIa: selling yesterday,
and another FOR selling after hour. 20;
s. and costs.
James Benson sold his Belmont street
property TO J. y. Ewing Tor $1,000.
This is considered good bargain.
Ex-Mayor Theo. Kellsr, Of Martins
Ferry, was IN the city yesterday. He is
an enthusiastic Danford man.
An electric car made a corpse Of q
huge dog tina. cot In It's way on Belnon.
street yesterday.
Mira Campbell and Berthe Freeze are
still in Jail in default Of the fines assess.
cd against then.
A stray parrot was having its own Jun