The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-18
pRI1AIRE HAPPENINoa.
lEatters d Interest IN the Metropolis
Of Belmont County.


Matters d Interest IN the Metropolis
nf Belmont County.
Rev. r. 8. coftey took for the text
OF his morning sermon IN the First
Presbytefiau church yesterday morn
ing. 'Tbe Parable Of the Trees sug-
gested 70 him d he announced " the
following words Of the mayor Of Wheel
ing 10 the ministers Of the city:
mo law. however wise and just, can
be enforced unless It has the support Of
a healthy public sentiment Ia favor Of
Its enforcement. 70 make such senti-
ment . your province. not ours. In
this city public sentiment Is content
with q 5udlcIous regulation Of the evils
complained Of. We AK Of you that
you bring to our old the good you can
do In the pulpit The existing conditions
i. have been f0Btered and built up
because the very persons who should
have taken an interest In municipal af-
fairs neglected their duty"
Rev. Mr.. Co6sy - q practical sort
OF man. who does not believe In reg
ulating the evils, but In stamping them
out, a law may mot be In accord with
public sentiment to-day and tomorrow
It may be. and no executive ohicer e
censured for executing the law - he
hnds It. There are those opposed to
capital punishment, but they md fault
with the law providing H. not with
those executing It.
Thomas @. Baron, a former Bellaire
boy, now inspector 81 police ct Column
bus, had biR picture printed In the Dis
patch Saturday. He was secretary 20
the chief Of police In that city and made
himself 80 generally useful that this
ONCE was created for him by the C0ls
umbuB council
There was a great trade IN this city
for the local merchants. The, steel
works paid on Friday and the glass
factories on Saturday. The local mer-
chants all had the greatest day they
ever had week before Christmas, and
this week 10 expected to be great one.
The electric railway company occa-
sionally run double headers on this side
to accommodate the people going to
Wheeling for holiday purchases. or
course the merchants here do not like
this, but there Is great deal Of 1t this
season.
A stranger picked up dressed chick
en- In front Of grocery store Saturday
and turned into an adjoining alley
right quickly. but the proprietor was
watching the fellow and recovered the
chicken without causing his arrest.
The BellaIre Gas and Electric Com
pany now has nearly all the business
houses In the central part OF town liz
up with incandeseent lights. and the
new concern is pushing its work Wig.
orously.
One Of the twin children Of Charles
w. Rodefer died from strangllng SAT-
urday morning. The child had the
whoopIng cough, and It IS believed to
have strangled in one OF the severe
spells.
It is reported that the Bellalre Bot
tie works has the plans prepared for
the addition Of tank to their factory
which will double their capacity and
about double the number Of employees.
Daniel D. Doty. postal clerk on the
Cleveland & Pittsburgh, will move his
family to this city after the first OF the
year unless his run Is changed to Sum
day at WellsYille.
There was a row at Hungarian sa-
loon in the Fourth ward Saturday aft
ernoon over one Of the imblherB OF the
amber fluid accusing another OF steal
ing his money.
DR.. D. w. Boone returned from a
hunt at Beallsville Saturday with the
finest bunch OF quail and pheasants
that have been seen here this season.
Mr.. Frank Gill, Of Gill Bros.. OF Mum
Gle, Ind, Is in the city calling upon
old friends and looking after the firms
interests here. ~
Robert Metz, a bright young man,
formerly resident here, died at his
fathers home in Toledo Saturday OF
typhoid fever.
Common pleas court Will be in session
at St ClaIrsvilIe this week again to dis
pose OF lingering cases.
The Buckeye Fishing club has It's an
nual Christmas ball announced for Tur-
ner hall.
There is a lull in police court affairs,
even in the plain drunk line.
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