The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-02-17
BELLAIRE HAPPENINGS.
Matters ofIntcrcst In the Metropolis
drBclinont County. &

drBclinont County.
The business OF the Stanton Heater
Company here has grown to such pro-
portions that the present plant is in
adequate. and 1t has been decided 10
organize n joint stock company. \
charter has been applied for. authorize
ing n capital stock OF $4,000. and the
application Is signed by Henry stan
ton. Howard Kirk. Eugene II. Rider,
c. W. Dickens and W. c. Warnock.
The three first named are those who
haze been conducting the business, and
Mr.. Stanton. the inventor. heads the
list. No difficulty is anticipated In
elfectlng the larger organization, and
the business 20 supply II seems waiting
to be handled.
The cold snap developed some pecu-
liar incidents. among them this one ut
the elegant new home OF eN-Sheriir
Darby, at st. Clairsvlle. When the
thermometer marked twenty-four de-
grees below zero the pump was all
right, and worked ut the will Of the
family. Yesterday, VIXEN the Their
mometer was twenty degrees above
zero the pump was frozen hard, and
would not bulge with the efforts OF
either the eX-sheriff or James 3. Ryan.
The continued cold had got in its
work.
Bellaire Lodge, i. {; a. ~, will on
next Monday evening have an enter
tainment and luncheon for the wives.
daughters and lady friends OF members
Of the fraternity. There are four cam
didates to receive the Masters degree,
and the lodge viii! convene at o'clock
p. m. for the transaction of business
and the evening will be given up 10 mu-
sic, refreshments, etc. The committee
In charge have made all the necessary
arrangements, and Issued neat invita-
lions.
According to the report OF State Au-
dltor Guilbert. there are this state now
BIOS saloons, az against 9,3l5 last year.
The money received from these last
year amounted to the snug sum OF
Sl695, Isl %. OF which the state got $685.
lis 40. and the balance was distrib-
uted 10 the counties. and divided be-
tween the general and the police funds
of various municipalities.
Albert Bahra is home from New Cas-
tie, Pa, where lie worked in the mill
there the past few months. He says
that that mill is not what 1t has been
represented by long way, compared
with the Bellaire plant.
HN ItlHl sil lIloNt " Dullu hl OI-
era house. much exploited In some of
the papers. seems to have dropped out
Of sight suddenly. but there is hardly
doubt that II substantial movement
will shape up shortly.
Mr.. A. Kern and Mr.. George W. De-
yarmon have at last reached an agree
mer as TO the property recently burned
here. and the first named will be the
owner Mr. II. W. Burrows Is now at
work. making repairs.
The rivermen laid UP here, especially
those of the Queen City, are not find
ing life SO monotonous, as a number
OF young people frequently visit them
in the evening.
Mrs. Henry w. Bahra and daughter
are expected this week from Indiana,
and the family will occupy the house
Just vacated by Mr.. Ellsworth Hibbs
and family.
Columbus now has several cases of
smallpox, and several state conventions
have been fixed for that city. Indeed,
several Belmont county people are now
there.
Mrs. ]. A. Gallaher is home from
Marietta, where she spent some time on
account of the Illness OF her mother,
Mrs. George NJ. Woodbridge. sr.
S. J. Rockershouser. who has been
laid up for three weeks with the grip.
now feels well enough TO get out, but
is too weak TO walk.
Mr.. George w. Yost, Of the Bellaire
Bottle Company. was in Pittsburgh
yesterday. attending meeting OF bot
tie manufacturers.
James Kinney, jr.. and his partners
in the Benwood water plant, have Sc
cured the franchise 10 furnish water
TO Woodslield.
Eastern mail began to roll in yeSter-
day, after having been delayed three
or four days on account OF the snow in
the mountains. 4
r. C. Meyer, the deputy internal rev.
cnue collector, was at Scio yesterday,
10 investigate illegal traffic in liquor.
The Barnard brick plant has been
OF this week. on account OF the pipes
and clay being frozen.