Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-11
BELLAIRE.
Live Local News from Orr Belmont
County Neignbor.

NCAS mDOLs
James Clifford, the young lad from
columbus, Ohio, who is being held here
Dy the city until some answer from his
people can be had, in talking to a re-
porter yesterday said he left Columbus
sonue weeks ago with two men, and
.heir nrst stop was at Charleroi, Pa,
ana from there to Cold Bluffs. from this
pace 10 fredericksburg and Washing
ton, "a. Here his partners left him
ana ne boarded a freight On the B. &
", landing in this city, where he ex-
pected to beat his way on to Column
Dus and to have been home by 9:15
last evening. The police put an end
TO his proposed trip. He says that he
formerly worked in a cigarette fac
tory at home and seems to be well
posted on all the interesting points of
MS city and recognized Mr.. Cowen. who
was formerly postmaster of the State
senate. In all probability the young
nan Will be sent home to-day.
Bellaire has another bright outlook
ior a new Industry, which will be an
otner stamping and enamel works.
Inc promoters at present request their
names to be kept from the public.
Iney are men OF capital and of good
business ability and all the citizens of
bellalre should give these new indus
tries a helping hand
Rev. Powell closed a successful re-
vlval at Mt. Zion Church last evening.
Mrs. John Albright died at Pinch
run yesterday morning. Mrs. Albright
was in her SEVENTEEN year and is well
known in this city. The funeral will
De held Tuesday morning at ten o'clock,
lnterment at Wegee cemetery.
At the meeting of Spangler Post last
Saturday night the following officers
We're elected: Post Commander, j. B.
Gibson; Senior Vice Commander. A.
Porterfield; Junior Vice Commander,
H. w. Rolls; Chaplain, J. M. Paul;
Surgeon, Rederer; Quartermaster. w.
ii. Thompson; Officer of the Dav. ].
Il. Lancaster; Officer of Guard. l..
Schram; Trustees, H. w. Rolls, for
three years, A. Porterfeld, for two
years; A. Haas, Delegate, and w. H.
thompson, alternate, Us delegates to
department Encampment of Ohio. The
of11cers will be installed the second Sat
urday of January, 1900.
The police headquarters showed five
plain DRINKS yesterday, one being
woman by the name of Cunningham,
VINO was so drunk she had to be hauled
to the station. One of the police was
defied by a colored man last evening
as being afraid to arrest him, but to
his sorrow he was promptly landed
In Jail.
The funeral of Rosa Coughlan will
be held to-day at st. Johns Church at
o'clock a. M
The schools will have appropriate ex-
ercises on Thursday in commemoration
OF the one hundredth anniversary of
Washingtons death.
Mr.. /. N. Grafton. who has been
suffering from stroke of paralysis
for several months, was reported to be
very low yesterday.
Mrs. Joseph Heatherington, of GRAY
ell Hill, who has just returned from
the Wheeling City hospital, is improv-
ing very rapidly.
Mr.. VIM. Campbell, who recently
had four fine fox terrier dogs stolen,
found three of them in Bridgeport and
located the other one in Canton, and
has also learned who the parties were
that stole them.
Harry Sculler, of Monongahefa City.
has accepted position at the Bellaire
stove works in the nickle plating de-
partment
Ex-Sheriff Cochran, who it was re-
ported had accepted the management
OF Mear's cooperage works at Martins
Ferry, states it is a mistake.
A street car jumped the track at
Heatherington's switch yesterday after
noon No ono was hurt and traffic wac
delayed about one hour.
Mrs. John 7. Heatherington, who is
quite sick, is reported no better.
Mr.. VIM. Kinney, Of Belmont, was
in the city yesterday