The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-02-19
SEIGuBORHOOD NEWS.
BELLAIRE.

THE Wallace cornet band Is to play
for festival, &c, at enwood tonight.
They can do that thing about as well as
any band that can be scared up in this
section.
A GENTLEEAN from from the Virginia
side drove his team into the river night
before last, near Benson's Ferry, and it
was with difficulty he was saved from a
watery grave.
WE were glad to see the smiling coun-
tenance of our old friend and former
fellow townsman, w. &. Mooney, now
of Woodsfeld, in our city yesterday. MIR.
Mooney is number one young man and
received many u warm hand-shake from
| his numerous friends N this city.
THE Wallace Cornet Band was en-
Iivening the city with sweet music night
before last.
WIN. HARDY, the man who shot and
killed John Binks on last Wednesday
pight, WAS taken from this city to the
St. Clairsville Jail by Officer Drugan yes
terday morning. a witness on the case
was also taken on a commitment from
Coroner Garrett. Bellaire sends up her
share.
GEN. CowES isnow IN the city visiting
friends.
Is THERE no way TO get Belmont
street opened out across the railroad
tracks?
IT is expected that the required amount
of stock subscriptions to the B. Il 5. w.
Railroad for Beilalre will be made up
by to-day.
OUR fellow citizen Mr.. j. D. Baker
and Miss Mary McMechen were
united in the Holy bonds OF mat
rimony by Rev. William Castor, pastor
of the Belmont street Presbyterian
church night before last at s o'clock p.
NJ. and about ten o'clock were serenaded
at the Globe House by the Morris silver
cornet band.
| As down the stream of life they float,
| May skies be olight above them;
| No storms 10 darken over their way,
| But SofteSt DreezeS move them.
MARTINS FERRY.
A young child of Thos. Fitzsimmons
came near bcisg drowned one day this
week, by falling out of back window
into au open cistern near by. Fortu-
nately some of the family noticed it fall
ing, and rescued it from death. Moral
Cover your cisterns if you have children,
unless you want them drowned.
The United Presbyterian and Presby-
terrain churches have been holding Union
services in the two churches, alternately,
: each evening this week, and part of the
time at p. NJ. The services are con-
Quoted by the pastors, Revs. Ross Weir
and Chaliant. The meetings have been
increasing in interest from the Hrst, AS
manifested by an increase in attendance
and interest in the exercises.
LAST evening Thursday Rev. Jas.
Mofatt of the Second Presbyterian
Church. Wheeling, preached an excel
lent gospel sermon full of plain truths, to
a large and solemnly attentive audience
in the United Presbyterian Church.
OUR energetic shoe merchant, Z. c.
Boyd, Esq, last evening by the aid of
Revs Wallace of Bellaire and Weir of
this place, secured himself life partner
in the person of one of the fair dam
seis of Beliare, Miss Mary Mellow.
Glad to see our young men taking the
proper steps according to Timothy Tit
combs theory towards having them
solves finished.
WE understand another Of cur prom.
inent young men intend to do likewise
very sosn. People Will suspect some
thing when young men rent house and
begin to furnish the same.
THE protracted meeting at the VI Z.
church still continues. Some forty have
protested conversion. DR.. Williams. 7.
E. of this district preached toa full house
last night.