The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-02-04
BELLAIRE.
Az SORTS or Aauai News AMI Gossip from
the q ass CITY.

hH Sotit 8f f.oEyb NEWS AM hothp H""s
the GAS CITY.
CONGRESSMAN Lorenzo ,Dnnford has
written w. C. BergundthRl, president
OF the Bellnire board of trade, that nc
Is most heartily In nocord with the
movement for the general Improvement
OF the Ohio river, but MS to the dam Ut
Bellairc he will be guided entirely by
the peoplc of Ilellalrc. lie believes thnt
Capt. DuVener, who Ii member OF tho
rivers and hnrborS committee, viii Sc
cure n favorable report az TO the dam,
Bellaire people are manifcsting some
Interest In the project now. and repre-
sentatIves will be appointed to join
with Wheeling In encouraging thvorn-
BILE consideration Of improving the
Ohio, especially In this immediate VI
clnlty.
The Belmont county fair directors
have inuugurntGd II new movement TO
wipe out the debt and place the assOcln-
ton on better footing than II has ever
been, They will issue one hundred
tickets ut $40 each, which will entiue
the holder 10 six tickets each year FOR
ten years, thus giving return Tor inc
use OF the money, 1t Is expected that
fifty or more OF these win be taken In
and around st. Clnirsvillc, where the
fair Is held. and the others IN other
parts Of the county.
The owners OF the lenseB on large
block Of territory at Franklin, Just west
OF this city. and the operators who put
down n well there last fall, but did not
find oil enough TO utilize. arc again
stirring TO develop that field. The fact
that no dry holse have been put down
in that section encourages the bcleL
that the pool crosses somewhere In that
nelghborhood. and further develop
ments are 10 be made.
The Rellalre Steel Company has the
largest stock of pig metal now piled up
In It's yards ever seQn there. The new
furnace Is yielding from $50 to 800 tons
per day, and with the steel works idle
II soon piles UP. II IL expected the
steel works will run three days this
week and perhaps all OF next week.
At the meeting Of the ministerial as
ISOLATION yesterday Rev. Mr.. King read
n paper on "Quakerlsm and the Qua
kers," treating the subject historically
and dOctrinally. The matter OF very
young people being allowed TO loiter on
the'Rtreets late at night was also Incl
dentaly talked over.
The telephone subscribers who lead
the move for lower charges for the SER
vice now say they have u rival COM
pany Interested In Bellaire, and de-
clare their intention to push the mat
ter to finish.
Thomas Gillespie, an old man, who
weighs about 200 pounds, Is helpless
from paralysis ut the home of his SON
in-law. John H. Mahley. in the Second
ward.
Rodeter Bros. glass factory did not
shut their entire factory down this
week. orders coming In on Saturday
sufficient to keep part OF the force go
Ing.
The First ward people will try to &C.
cure q representative on the school
board this spring. They have long been
without one on the board.
A number OF the Masonic fraternity
Of this city will join the Wheeling Ma
sons In the excursion TO Pittsburgh on
the Goth.
II. W, Burrows has secured the con-
tract to put up the new residence OF
W. J. Morrison this season.
William Fish is putting In a new front
In one OF the store rooms OF the Globe
hotel for L. c. Morris.
Miss Emma Warnock, one of the
postotlce clerks, Is at her home in the
country. right sick.
Gravel Hill presents four candidates
for city marshal so far, and there are
more TO hear from.
Two bnrges are being loaded with
lumber at the Cleveland & Pittsburgh
railroad landing.
Hon. J. e. Blackburn spent Sunday
at home. returning to Columbus yes
terday