Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-01-21
BELLAIRE.
Budget of Views from the Metropolis
of Belmont County.

Budget of News from the Metropolis
of Belmont County.
The people of this city will be sur
prlSed to learn of the telegram re-
ceived by Marshal Johnston yesterday
from Chicago. The telegram was as
follows:
Have lady's watch, engraved, e. E.
Heatherington, Bellaire, o. Burglary
or larceny? Answer"
This i the first real clue to any of
the recent burglaries in the city, and
the telegram relates to the robbery of
George Pratt's house on January 10,
Mrs. Pratt being Miss E. E. Heather
ington, and on the night of the thiev-
ing Mrs. Pratt's watch was among the
missing articles, and now it turns up
in Chicago. 1t would be of little use
to bring me man back, as the family
did not see him and could not identify
his as being the guilty party. If he
was brought back he could make the
plea that he bought the watch. Know
ing this, Marshal Johnston notified the
chief of Chicago police to send back
the watch and all charges would be
paid. This goes to show that the rob-
bers in this city must be people that
are not known in this section.
The insurance firm of Hermann &
Linard have bought the insurance
business of A. ]. Reitz.
Politics is becoming quite warm at
this stage of the game, and the Re-
publicans are showing much activity
in the last few days. 1t seems as If
each candidate is ~mistrusting all the
others, each nj agreeing to fight his
own chances. From the present vein
of affairs it looks as If Mayor Freese
would have no opposition for his sec
ond term, although some of his en-
emies are praying for someone to give
them a lift, but small fish are not in
this race. For marshal, Johnston will
have a walkover, as many of the party
think the present marshal is worthy
of a second term. The other Offices
are at a s~tandstill. and little interest
is shown in them but from the present
outlook no one can doubt but that the
Republican party will be badly split
up. The Democrats are not mixing
up in any fight, and will name a ticket
that will be c~ommerdable and will
have much weight with the public and
stand a good chance of election.
The Turner'S will give a grand mas
querad6 Oall at thir hall next Friday
night. This society always makes
their affairs a success. and will have
a large crowd, as each member has
been appointed a committee to sell
tickets.
The Mercantile Club will give a mas
querade ball on March Is, and already
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their tickets. This affair will prob
ably surpass any of the former func-
tons given by this club.
F. A. Riddell is spending Sunday
with his parents at Cleveland.
The derrick on the Myers farm
near Bethel, has been completed and
s%pudding would have been commenced
in a few days but the workmen have
been delayed on account of the non-ar-
rival of the engine and tools. The
managers were in the city yesterday
and sent out a tracer to locate the ma
chinery. The we'll is being put down
by local parties and it is thought will
develop this territory, as a well drill
ed near this place fifteen years age
had a good showing for oil, but was
not shot and at that time a twenty
barrel well was not thought a paying
one. The present operators expect tc
fully develop this territory.
At st. Johns church to-day the
pews will be rented at one o'clock.
The Daisy club had a very enjoyable
meeting at the Globe hotel parlors
Friday evening. The club is composed
of young ladies from the age of twelve
to fourteen and will meet every two
weeks at the different members home
1t promises to be quite an interest
ing club for the young people of this
age.
Heatherington's Band will give a
fair and festival in the near future
day when they will make the future
arrangements.
The Christian church had one Of
the latest church organs placed in
their church yesterday and the congre-
CATION to-day will hear its first
sounds. The church now has one Oh
the best instruments of any church In
the city.
E. J. Steger, who has been suffering
with rheumatism for several days, is
much improved.
E. E. Scatterday, of Kelsey. was in
the city yesterday on business.
j. Henderson,, a motorman on the
street car line, is sick with the grippe
at his home on Gravel Hill.
Jno. l. McCaffery and J.. Bonysteele
are in Cleveland on business.
The police are on the lookout fol
the small boy with the air gun. The
boys have been Of much annoyance oi
late and yesterday one boy in his reck-
less shooting hit a young girl. one
shot penetrating her upper lip and
causing much pain. The Mayor has
ordered the police to stop this prac-
tice by Young America, and the police
will be much relieved for this notice.
, Charles Murphy. a oil driller, i:
home nursing a mashed hand.
Fred Stacker. driver for the Schmul-
bauch Brewing Company, is laid up or
account of a sprained back.
Howard Lichtenberger has return.
ed home from Wellsville.