The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-15
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Matters Of Interest IN the Metropolis
Of Belmont County.

Of Belmont county
The Young Mems Club held a delight
fully pleasant social session last night,
70 Which The members took their wives
ana lady friends The entertainment
afforded was in the nature Of sur
Prise, none OF them knowing what kind
OF a contest would be announced until
after they appeared in the club rooms,
though all had been given to under
stand that they would be divided into
two divisions, the blues and the reds.
The contest was In the form Of guess
Ing at pictures words, etc. only a pOr-
ton Of which was given in the list fur
nIshed each participant. The prize was
pair Of boxing gloves or a punching
bag, with consolation prize The so
clal proved highly interesting and the
company remained until late into the
night.
Mayor Freeze collected $40 10 and
turned that amount into the city treas
ury for the past monsh and the water
works trustees reported receipts from
water rents. S3.1Si; expenditures, l,9ss.
]. =. Masters was given contract by
council to build a stone cuivert Under
Franknn street, at thirty cents per
cubic yard for excavation, and y 20 for
stone work, brick work a. 81 per SQUARE
ward. The city council has ordered
severOl additional lights In the city and
accepted the boud Of the new company
for 5000, with Theodore Men, J. A.
Green. j. T. Flynn, T. y. Shelby and q.
T. Moore as sureties.
The slayton Jubilee Singers viii be
at the First Methodist Episcopal
church this evening, under the auspices
of the lecture course committee. This
Is the fourth OF the series Of entertain-
meiits provided and as there is no profit
in these for any one, and the commit
tee Is behind with their oblgatlons
now, the church ought to be filled Els
pecinlly 10 this TRUE since the enter
tainment Is a good one,
city solicitor c. W. Bente will resign
hla once as justice Of the peace ana be
candidate for solicitor before the Re-
publican primaries. He was appolntee
Ia theoffice by council In December upon
tho resignation Of Hunter 8. Arm
strong. the prosecuting attorney elect.
Cook DanfOrd will contest with Mr..
Rente for the nomination as solicitor
A telegram from Columbus yesterday
evening. announced the selection by
Governor Nash. as members OF the
board OF penitentiary managers OF ke-
publlcans as follows: Gilllland, Ports
mouth: Wagner. Summit county Har=
rvs. Griffith, OF Mt. Gilead. There are
Two other members, but they are Dem
ocrats,
The river front Knights Templar will
40 10 ST. ClairsvllIe on the regular
Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling train
this evening, returning at II o'clock,
after work in the cOmmandery.
The funeral Of Mrs, c. O. Williams
wIIi take place this afternoon at 1880.
'HTony" Williams and family came
down from Cleveland and VIII remain
until after the funeral
Ralph, a young son Of T. C. Nlchol-
son. fell while running. and cut gasn
in his head that required several
stitches to close. But the boy was game
and stood 1t well.
n. b. Wilkinson viii build q three,
story brick building on Belmont street
this spring, and has been granted per
mission to use the street for that pur-
pose.
The Second Presbyterian congrega..
tlon have concluded to build $4,000
church. and viii begin the structure
this spring II their plans carry.
The Gravel Hill Literary and socia!
Club will be entertained at the nome OF
Mr., and Mrs. S. o. Cummins tomorrow
evening.
John Kane win erect new building
adjoining his present property on
Guernsey street.
Revival meetings are being held at