The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-17

Hep, and aii.hap, III tile Thrl,ins City
Across tile River,

gt Across tie river,
Yesterday City Solicitor w. D. Francis
filed papers In the county clerks office 10
DUST the Wheeling railway frnm Mar
tins Ferry. the caption or the case being
state OF Ohio ex rel Frank s.. Monnet,
attorney general ys. Wheeling Railway
Company" The petition reads this
company having a place OF doing busl.
ness In this county. elaine. holds, and
exercises in In c%ontrovcntion OF law and
without warrant. grant or charter the
following franchise. privileges and
rights the defendant unlawfully unurps
and intrudes into. Wherefore the said
attorney general prays the advice and
Judgment OF the cour. in the premises
and due process OF law against the de-
fendant TO be made. the same to answer
into the state OF Ohio by what warran.
they claim and exercise the franchise,
privileges and righto aforesaid and for
judgment OF ouscr and all proper relief
in the premises.
This case will be heard AZ ST.. Clnirs-
Vile before Circuit Judges Burrows.
Frazier and Laube In June.
Auditor Aidredge's figures show that
the total tax collected at the December
collection vas s2lG. 23i Sc. In the distri-
button the state will receive $3l, ZIG. The
total amount npportioned to county and
local funds amounts to $3.50. 392. OF which
SS5, 1000 goes to schools. $685. 5 to municl.
pal corporation, sl5.277 ~ the townships,
$27,4S5 to the county debt fund, S5,2H to
the road fund, $3.50 to the poor fund.
s2,911 10 the INDECENT soldiers and 1854
to building fund. Tux has been paid on
1859 dogs, 1873 dogs are delinquent and
still live. There are eighty-seven sa-
looms In the county. which paid $13,-
75l 90. OF which s3,3s7 81, municipal cor
poratipns sG,23S II and the state s4,125 as,
OF the saloons In the county Ballalre
has 81. Bridgeport 10. MARITIME Ferry %,
ST. Clairsville 2, pease township q, Bel
mont /, GAINESVILLE z.
A bill has been introduced by Com
gressmiln Dantord directing the secre-
tary OF the interior TO place upon the
pension rolls the name of John A. Bling
ham, major and Judge advocate OF VOL
unteers at $50 per month. Mr.. Bingham
Is over eighty years old and Is living In
retirement ut Cadiz. and Is said to be In
actual wan OF the n~ecesSarles OF life.
Judge Bingham's name Ia historical.
He was in Congress In one OF the most
Interesting periods Of the history OF the
United States.
At ESQ last evening the fire depart
ment In the first and second districts
was called out by a small fire at the gas
producer at the Laughlln mills. The
alarm was turned In from box II.
DR.. Paul Morrison has returned from
Port Jarvis. N. Y, accompanied by his
wife. DR.. Morrison will open an office
In the room formerly occupied by DR.. A.
W. Diven on ourth street.
The funeral CT John s. Morgan will
take place this afternoon at l o'clock.
The interment will be at Rlvervlew
cemetery.
The ladies' OF St. Cla1rsville Presby-
terrain church have raised $500 toward
paying the debt on the church.
One single railroad Is receiving as high
as thirty-two a loads OF freight In a
single day for Martins Ferry.
Mrs. George W. Reece will entertain
the Ladies' Homo Mission Society this
afternoon at 2:S0.
Charles ". Farley, of Sommerleld has
secured a seventeen dollar pension.
Mrs. R. Barr is convalesclng.