The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-01-21
BELMONT COUNTY ITEMS.
nm the 81 CIairsyille Gazette.

From the 81. Clairsville Gazette.
The dwelling houses OF Samuel Mar
tin Somerset township, and jackson
Dreamer, Smith Township, this county,
and OF Hugh 2. Dunlap, Athens town
ship Harrison county, were recently des'
troyed by fire.
AN old lady named Mrs. Rice, of Nor
rlstown, was accidentally burned to death
on last Friday evening. How the acct
dent took place is not known, as there
was no one about the house at the time
that it occurred. A son of the unfortu.
nate woman returned home in the night
and found the dead body of his mother,
which was burned nearly to crisp, lying
on the floor. Mrs Rice was Il widow, her
husband, John Rice, having died nun.
Der of years ago. She was probably 10
years of age.
a SERIOUS accident, which might have
been attended with much more serious
results, occurred last Saturday afternoon
at the "big hill' on the national road be-
tween this place and Wheeling. John
Welty, of Rock Hill, this county, had
been to Wheeling, and on his return,
when about half way up the hill, one OF
his horses baked and, becoming unman
ageatle, the wagon was backed over a
steep bank at the side of the road
where horses, wagon, man and all
tumbled down the bank together
all landing in heap with Wclty at the
bottom. When discovered, which was
soon after the accident occurred, Welty
was laying on his face, with the wagon,
upside down, lying across his back.
When extricated, the man was thought
to be dead, or the next thing to it, but
he soon revived. Welty was removed
to Charles Shoemakcr's, where he re-
NAMED until Sunday morning, when he
returned to his home at Rock Hill.
The NATIONAL RoAD.-A meeting Of
very respectable SIZE was held in this
place last Saturday afternoon for the
purpose of taking into consideration the
present condition Of the National Road,
and for dcvising some measures for the
repair and preservation OF the road. The
meeting, which WAS held in the office of
the National Hotel, was organized by
appointing Judge Cowen, Chairman, and
j. b. Lonely, w. A. Hunt and G. n.
Gaumer Secretaries.
The Chair then stated the object of the
meeting, after which DR.. Henry West, an
ex member Of the Legislature, submitted
his views in relation 10 the question.
From his experience as a member of that
body, he was convinced that it was USE
less to ask an appropriation b. the Leg
islature for the purpose of keeping the
road in repair. Instead of being the
great national thorough are that the road
once was, it Is now only local road
in which only the counties
through which it passes have any
interest. Therefore We cannot expect the
eighty-one counties who have no interest
in the matter to vote money for road
which benefits the people of only seven
counties. The Doctor argued, therefore
that the best thing to be done was to Sc
cure, if possible, the transfer of the road
from the State to the counties through
which it passes, each of said counties tax.
ing charge of so much of the road as lies
within It's limits.
Major Isaac Neiswanger opposed the
views Of DR.. West, and claimed that ac-
cJrding to the terms of the contract by
which the road was coded to the States
through which it passes, the State was
bound to keep it in good state Of re-
pair.
After general interchange OF views
and opinions as to the best method of
procedure, so a. TO accomplish the desired
object, it was, on motion of w. A. liant,
resolved that the Chair should appoint
committee of five to prepare a memorial
to be presented to the Legislature. On
suggestion of DR.. West, Judge Cowen
was made Chairman OF the committee.
The other members of the committee
were then appointed as follows: II. West,
J. +. Charles worth, David Brown ard
Judge Chambers.
On motion of DIR. West the committee
was instructed to prepare their memorial
in favor Of the transfer of the manage
ment and control OF the National Road.
from the State to the several counties
which the road passes or, if that
be found impracticable, then to ask for
the transfer to Belmont county of so much
Of the road rs lies within the limits of
this county.
The meeting then adjourned to meet
again al The same place on next Saturday
afternoon at clock.