The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-17
MARTINS FERRY.
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Hap, nnd Mi.hapi In ihs rhtitinE city
Atro., the riiyer.
Yesterday City Solicitor W. ID. Francis
flied papers in the county clerks oflcc to
Dust the Wheeling railway from Mar
tin's Ferry. the caption OF the ca5a being
rstate o., Ohio ex rel Frank S. Monnet.
attorney general W. Wheeling Railway
Company The petition reads this
company having a place OF doing bnsl-
ness in this county, clatns, holds, and
exercises in In c~on,roven.ion OF law and
without warrant, grant OF charter the
following franchise. privileges and
rights tho defendant unlawfully usurps
and in.rudes 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-
PENDANT to be made, the samc to answcr
into the state OF Ohio by what warrant.
they claim and exercise the franchise.
privileges and rights aforesaid and for
Judgment OF ouser and all proper relief
In the premises.
This case will be heard a. 81. Glars
vile before Circuit Judges Burrows.
Frazier and Laube In June.
Auditor Aidredge's figures show tina.
the total tax collected at the December
collection was S2l5,23 So. In the distri-
bullion the state will receive $751; ZIG. The
total amount npportioned to county and
local funds amounts to $685. 92, OF which
$4,000 goes to schools. s35,4s3 to munich
pal corporation, S5,277 to the townships.
S2T,fS5 TO the county debt fund. S5.24 to
the road fund, s3,ss9 to the poor fund.
S2,9i1 10 the INDECENT soldiers and 1854
to building fund. Tax has been paid on
1,7ss dogs, 1.7ss dogs are delinquent and
etill live. There are eighty-seven sa-
looms In the county. which paid sls.-
T5l 90, OF which s3,3S7 81, municipal cor
poratiuns s6.2sS II and the state s4.l25 45.
or the saloons In the county Ballaire
has 81. Bridgeport l6. MARITIME Ferry %,
81. Clairsrllle 2, Pease township 6. Bel
mont !. GAINESVILLE Z.
A bill has been introduced by Con.
gressmhn Dantord directing the secre-
tary OF the interior 10 place upon the
pension rolls the lame 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 at Cadiz, and Is said to be in
actual want OF the necessarles OF life.
Judge Blngham's name Is historical.
He was In Congress In one OF the most
Interesting periods OF the history OF the
United States.
At $50 last evening the fire depart
ment In the first and second districts
was called out by a small fire u, 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 Rivervlew
cemetery.
The ladies' OF St. Clairsville Pres5y-
terrain church have raised / 1900 toward
paying the debt on the church.
One single railroad Is receiving as high
as thirty-two a loads OF freight In q
single day for Martins Ferry.
Mrs. George W. Reece will entertain
the Ladies' Home Mission Society this
afternoon at 2:30.
Charles W. Farley, OF sommerfleld has
secured a seventeen dollar pension.
Mrs. r. Barr Is co~nvalescing.