The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-06
BELLAIRE HAPPENINGS.
of Interest in the Metropolis
ofBeImont County.

OIL belmont County.
City Sollcitory Hunter s. Armstrong
will go to Columbus on the Goth. to ar
que the case of the city against the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, in
the supreme court. In the conduct OF
the case through both the common pleas
and circuit courts Mr.. Armstrong pre-
sented the matterin such form as to at
tract attention and win honors for him
self as well as the case for the city. In
deed the opinion has obtained that the
railroad company was only seeking to
delay settlement In taking the case to
the supreme court.
The recently reported marriage OF
Robert c. Haase, the Baltimore 6 Ohio
travelling passenger agent at st. Paul,
Mimi, as printed In a GAINESVILLE paper,
giving details, has caused that gentle-
man much annoyance, not 10 mention
the trouble 1t may have given the
Wheeling young lady, whose name was
connected with the affair, as one of the
principals. Mr.. Haase is incensed, but
the GAINESVILLE newspaper was perhaps
imposed upon By some wag.
The newly elected council will organ
ize on the evening OF the 18th inst, af-
ter the present council settles up all OF
the old business. There are In fact no
new members. Three OF the present
council were reelected and Messrs.
Boneysteele and Carson, who take the
places of the retiring members-Messrs.
Thurn and Wilson-have both served in
council before, Mr.. Carson being out on
ly one year, while Mr.. Boneysteele has
been out four years.
The city board Of education authorized
n local examination of teachers to be
held as soon as the examiners. can give
tho necessary notice. The board also
paid bills amounting to over $1,000, in
Guiding The teachers payroll. The new
members OF the board will take their
seats on the 18th.
The road supervisors chosen in this
township on Monday, for the various
districts, were as follows: District No.
!. Mark Smith: No. .. Robinson Work
man: No. 3, W. f. UnterZuber; No. 4,
Elijah S. Brown: No. s. n. A. Neff: No
6, Al. Gifren; NOT, William Schafer.
The Baltimore G Obi, Railroad Com
pany Is putting up large derrick in
the freight yard to be used in making
transfers TO the Bellaire, GAINESVILLE &
Cincinnati railroad. This business has
grown to wonderful proportions lately.
The Christian churches OF this section
are arranging for rally at the Bethes-
da church on the 10th. There will be
preaching forenoon, afternoon and
evening, and large gathering is ex-
pected.
Two colored men named Davis and
Maytield paid s. and costs for their part
In the incipient riot at n saloon in the
Fourth ward recently. In all about a
dozen fines have been imposed for that
fracas.
+: Letter Carrier E. Workman, George
T. Moore and Charles E. Ruble will be
the judges In n Demorest medal orator
ical contest at the new church at
Shadys!de. this evening.
R. L. Bowmalp was elected township
trustee In York township Monday. and
Dr. E. N. Riggs was elected mayor OF
Powhatan on Citizens ticket.
The Stewart Enamel Company put OFF
part Of its working force yesterday at
noon. Nothing has been heard OF the
combine lately.
P. II. Thornton will leave tomorrow
for Louisville, KY. TO attend Conven-
ton OF Metropolitan life insurance
agents.
John B. Watt, of the Globe hotel,
went to Pittsburgh yesterday evening,
to attend the funeral Of W. ]. Wright.
The Gravel Hill Literary and Social
club will meet nj, che home Of Mrs. NJ. A.
Sanders this evening.
There will be civil service examina-
ton In this city on the sixth of May for
clerk and carrier.
Wilson S. Marshall hns been appoint
ed postmaster at Fallonia, vice D. W.
Mellott, resigned.
G. T. Moore, esq, has been appointed
administrator Of the estate Of the late J.
b. Smith,, eL