The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-05-18

uhculues.
TIE two engines wrecked on Thnrs-
day were brought in yesterday evening,
and will have to be entirely rebuilt, as
only the boilers remain in any sort Of
preservation.
Mrs.. SARAH MYERS made a misstep
and fell down the stairs at the B. 4 o.
depot this morning. She was pretty
badly stunned, but no bones were
broken.
TIE Rev. SrErHEN FIsk will deliver
course OF lectures at the Christian
Church on Monday, Tuesday aud Wed
nesdsy evenings, May 18th. 10Th and
10Th. Subject, The Holy Land
This promises to be something more
than ordinarily good, aud should be
largely attended.
MRs. SPRINGER addressed . large and
appreclstive audience At the Disciple s
church, Friday evening on the subject
OF temperance.
CHRISTIAN BAsHAR, Of Wheeling, was
arrested yesterday afternoon for ped
ding without license. He bad 3 hear
ing before the Mayor and was fined =
and costs.
Ar last we have found place where
crusaders are not. That place is Ben
wood.
The Mennonites are portion OF
what are called Ans.Bsptists, whose
principal points OF difference from other
Bsptists are that the believe ouly the
New Testament, administer the ordi-
nance OF baptism 10y sprlnk!lng, will
take no oaths OF any description, will
not bear arms in time OF war, are
sverse TO capital punishment, follow
the ancient ordinance OF feet washing,
and are not allowed 10 marry any but
believers in their particular doctrine.
They were louuded BY Simons Memo,
after whom they were named. lie WAS
born st Witmsrsum, in Friesland, one
of the German provinces. in the year
1905. He WAS a Roman Catholic, but
became convert TO the Ana Bsptists
in 1886. He died in llolslen Jan. Is,
1861. The number OF his followers
Increased rapidly, aud suffered great
persecution for many years, being drIy.
en- from one country 10 another TIL
they were scattered all over Europe.
Toward the close OF the sixteenth cen-
tury many ot them obtained Permls-
sion from William V. Prince OF Or
ange, TO settle in the provinces OF the
United States. In 1850 and l649 con-
ferences Of the Ans-Bsptsts OF Ger
many, Flanders, and Friesland were
held at Amsterdam, when the rigorous
laws OF their founder were somewhat
relaxed. In 1853 many came to this
country and settled in Pennsylvania,
and in 1900 others from ltaly settled IN
the Requea valley, Lancaster county.
The Omish or Amish branch OF the
church OF which those emi grants who
passed through the other day we've a
part, were founded by Jacob Omen IN
Switzerland, in the seventeenth cen
turv, ard on account OF persecution
many OF them fled TO Oierne, on lhe
Black Sea, in Russia, whence these
come. There are already in the United
States about 10000.
The Bellaire reading circle seems to
be one OF the principal features OF the
place among the young folk. They
had an unusually enjoyable time At
Mr.. Morgan's the other evening, but
all is not well that does not end well.
So | suppose, thought the young
couple who made q wrong calculation
at the gaze and went down q pretty
steep bank The last heard OF the ger
tleman he was making rapid evoln-
tions, saying to all inquiries as to who
it was, "'Tis |. ell" rolling rapidly"
PAT, who had bis loot badly mashed
the other day. says he wouldn't a
moinded lis iut, but bad cess TO the
brick that spoiled my new boot.
RESwooD.
The Benwood Iron Works il the
largest manufacturing establishment Of
which this town can boast They were
originally founded by the firm Of Gill,
Kelley d Co. about the year 1913, and
have continued in successful operation
under various firms until the present
time. They are now owned by joint
stock company. having a capital Of
100000. They give steady employ
ment to FIVE hundred hands, and pay
out about $4,000 monthly for labor.
They have twenty-one boiling iurnacest
aud three heating furnaces, and average
10000 kegs Of mails per month. SIXTY
thousand bushels 10 the amount OF coal
consumed monthly. The company
OWLS about eighty dwelling houses
here, close to the iron works. tue whole
covering about twenty acres These
works and the Riverside furnace pay
out monthly $4,000 for labor.
AFTER the iron manufacturing interest
OF the place, coal mining is OF fret i'm
portsDce in Benwood, there being i'm.
mense coal deposits in the hills lying
10 the east There are between two
and three million bushels consumed
annually in the place. besides the inn
mense amounts shipped to other places,
still the mines seem inexhsustible.
We notice mary OF the dwellings be-
Jog repaired, and hear Of several persons
who intend building THE summer.
Mr.. LEWIS HARDrS0 il building
new store on Second street, and a new
two story brick scbool house will 20
up on Second street this GUNNER.
THERE are two dry goods, one drug
store, and a number OF grocery and
provision stores, which seem well pat
ronized and do pretty good business.
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