Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-20
BRIDGEPORT.

| Association with the Bridgeport Athle-
| tic Club in the present fight being
| made against the club has caused the
| members OF the association a good bit
| Of trouble. The Union Hall Associa-
| tlon and the Bridgeport Athletic Club
! are two separate and distinct OrganiZa-
| tons, and the idea that they were the
same was probably gained by the fact
| that two OF the directors of the aSSo-
| citation are members of the club and
! that the club is trying to aid the asso-
| citation in paying off the debt on their
| building. Z he association is in
! Strengthened circumstances, as will be
! seen from the following. Not long
| ago $4,000 in floating bonds were is
! sued in $500 bonds, two of these have
| been paid. There are loans on the
I! building to the amount Of So 600 The
I association was pushed hard for this
/ latter amount and in order to save the
| building from being sold to satisfy the
| creditors, five of the directors went Sc
| curity for the amount Of $4,000 which
| was borrowed from the First National
| Bank. The Bridgeport Athletic Club,
| which was organized some time ago,
| came to the aid Of the association by
! getting their consent to have glove
| contests in the Union Opera House,
and turning the proceeds above ex-
| penses and a small compensation for
| their work to the credit of the associa-
| ton, thus helping to pay the debt. The
| club, though, has to rent the hall just
| the same as any opera troupe would.
! Now when those circulating the petit
| ton to have these contests prevented,
! they are simply running the only pros
/ poets the association has for paying
| this borrowed money, and should this
| fail to be paid, then the five directors
| who went on the note will have to
reach down into their pockets and pay
| it themselves. Why, then, should
| these men keep quiet when it means a
| loss of $500 a piece to them. Two
| members of the association stated yes
terday that if these people who are
| fighting the present way of paying
/ this $4,000 would take the entire liabil-
! ity upon themselves for the amount
| and pay it off by giving entertainments
| of higher class, that each of the five
men who are now responsible for it
would give $25 to them to start it.
| They also stated that as far as the boy
| colt spoken of was concerned they,
| they did not attempt anything of the
| kind but they had right to pay their
| private debts and deal elsewhere if
| they wished.
| Charles AIcConnaughey is able to be
| out after a couple weeks illness.
! The personal property of the r. j.
| Baggs Lumber Company, consisting Of
| timber, machines, shutters, boxes, etc,
were sold at auction yesterday by the
receiver Hon. Ross Alexander. The
total amount of the sale was $3.50.
The stir caused Thursday and Friday
by the circulating of the petition for
the prevention of the coming boxing
contest, has quieted down some
A French masquerade ball will be
| given at Mentz's hall in West Bridge
port, March 49,
Miss Elsie Deitz, Of the Island, is re-
I covering from a severe attack of ty-
phoid fever
/ Miss Minnie Phillips, Of Washing
| ton, Pa, is the guest of Miss Eva Coss.
S. Lamm and family leave the last of
the month for their future home at
Alliance.
The suit of Joseph Waterman against
| James McConnaughy, Jr, which was
to have been heard before Squire Gle
mems, was compromised out Of court.
| There was an unusual large number
! of people upon the streets
| The coming primary election is not
| receiving much attention now except
! by the candidates. Possibilities are
| that it will warm up considerably be-
| fore long.
| Branum Post, G. a. R., at their meet
! ing Friday evening decided to send for
! two cannon, one for each Of the ceme-
| teries as monuments TO the old soldiers
| buried there. The two they have Or
| dered through Congressman Danford
are twentyfour pound howitzers,
weighing l,4T6 pounds each The can
| non are at Fortress Monroe. and the
! order for them was sent yesterday
! Owing 10 the time it viii require for
/ the order To get To the head of the de-
! partment in charge It viii be some
| time before they are received here
The festival and bazaar in progress
| the past three nights at the Opera
| House under the auspices of St An
1 thongs church. closed last evening
Large crowds nave been present each
night. and the affair has proven the
most successful ever given by them.
| z. Sharp and Hamilton Crawford
have each been granted a pension OF IS
| per month.
| 1t is the report that well known