The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-02
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Aii sor,. ar LEGAL News snh Gossip fr""
the Glass city.


thc Glass City.
There are now eight candidates for
mayor I'm this city, and some OF them
have reached the point OF ugly charget.
| This number Is larger thnn was ever
before known In contest for the place.
and il is a certainty that many OF them
are migled rs to the Importance OF tho
Office as n bread winner" II Is not
worth quarrellng over on this score;
It's principal attraction Is honor ana
dignity, and frequently these are very
obscure.
II Ia announced that Superintendent
Il, 4. Jones, OF the city schools, VIII
leave the city at the close OF the present
school year. He has been at the hend
OF the schools for more thnntn dozen
years, and the announcement Is now
made to prevent contest on thus score
OF education at the approaching eiec-
ton.
CITY Solicitor II. s. Armstrong Is
home from sistersville. where the case
| OF r., A. Sutton VS.. the Henry OH Com
pany, being tried before him. was set
tied by agreement. Sutton being
allowed his claim and the Henry on
Company securing their right to one
fourth interest In oil territory.
The Bellaire Steel Company now an
nounces that in addition to manufac.
turing pig iron and Bessemer steel
blooms, billets and slnbs, at an early
date the company Will be prepared TO
furnish sheet bars, tin plate bars.
bridge plates. skelp and other material.
The Prohlbitlonists tried TO hold a
meeting Saturday evening TO talk city
politics. They usually get ticket In
the field at the eleventh hour, but some
OF them are backward about 1t this
year.
Republican candidates must have
their names handed to ]. G. Hoffman.
OF the city committee, by tomorrow
evening to insure that they be printed
on the tickets for the primaries.
w, C. Grim. OF winchester, Va, and
Miss Anna r. Merritt. daughter OF
Hugh Merritt, west OF this city, were
married recently by Rev. W. l.. Alex
ander at the brides home.
Hon. ]. Z. Blackburn was in town
yesterday. He Is an out and out candl-
date for food commissioner but says
that at this time DR.. McSeaf has the
pole In the race.
Editor D. H. Milligan, Of the st.
ClaIrsvllle Gazette, and ex-Recorder
Dreamer are Just home from Washing
ton City, where they spent n week
sightseeing.
Improvements in the front OF Mayer
& DeEroote's dry goods store, on Bel
mont street, are completed and the ap-
pearance is greatly improved.
The steel works will start up this
morning and viii probably make a full
week, as 1t was Idle all of last week.
The ground has been broken for the
foundation OF Jacob Bonnysteele's $685.
900 Ice plant In the First ward.
Homer Martin, OF Moundsvllle. W.
Va, IS the guest OF the family OF DR..
Long, in the Fourht ward.
The steel works went on this morn
ing, and II is said the blast furnace
win go on Wednesday.
Fred Eberle has sold his printing
office to Oscar Mckinley aud will go
back to railroadlng.
Robert Tyler and sister, OF Virginia,
are visiting their brother Ben, in the
Fourth ward.
Miss Blanche Howard, OF wellsburg,
Is the guest OF friends in the Third
ward.
Fred Mercer starts tomorrow to at
tend business college In Wheeling.
The well at the water works has been
newly oemented,
Mrs. r. C. FarIs Is visiting friends at
Findlay.