The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-28

has seven chufch DullulnBS Anu eIeNen ~
ligious societies.
THE HISTORY OF TILE SCHOOLS
Of the town keeps even pace with that q
the Churches. The first school was hele
| in a little house on Pultney street, ne1l
door to the first Church. Among the
frat teachers was Thomas hunnell, whe
also occasionally preached to the Discl'
ples. The first move Of the school house
was 10 The corner Of Belmont and Film
now Thirty.fth streets. The building
had been built by the firm Of Russell
Marvin & Richardson, in 1856, for q shoe
factory. The School Board purchased IL
in 1850. and occupied It until the COM
nIstion Of the present Union School Bnlld;
lns Immediately west Of the site.ot the old
i n.Is on ,Le same square. This was built
IL 1s7O AT A cost OF about SS2,OOO.
THE history OF THE TOWN
i,.sIf does not begin until May %, 1860,
a, which time the village Of Bellaire City
was Incorporated, E. c, Morgan and John
Anderson making the survey. John
Kelly was the first Mayor. His oppo.
nent at the election was DR.. Holloway,
who was supported by the whisky ele.
ment. This element, was the stronger,
and their candidate, under ordinary cir.
cumstances, must have been elected. But
some Of the citizens took the matter in
hand, and by piece Of strategy elected
Mr.. Kelly. Red paper was procured,
and the tickets printed upon Il, the Hol-
loway tickets being upon white. Men
who secretly favored the whisky ticket
would approach the polls, look at the
tickets, put on a long face and vote for
MIR. Kelly. Holloway had but l2 votes,
and half OF these were red tickets
scratched. Kelly's surety was for 8 500,
and the names OF John s. Anderson
and E. G. Morgan appear on his bond.
The subsequent Mayors have been A. W.
Anderson, who was elected in 1861; +. d.
Winans, 1868; A. o. MellOtt, 1867, and Jo-
eli StrahI. 1874. David Rankin was the
first Treasurer, and Geo. Criswell, Mar
shall. Instead OF CounSilmen, Trustees
were elected as follows: John Archer,
A. W. Anderson, John X. Robinson, John
Criswell, J. A. Gallaher. N. B. Walker
was Recorder. The change from the vii
lage to the city charter was made in 1873,
since when Z. G.Morgan, D. w. Danford,
and NJ. V. Miller have been the success!
i've Presidents Of the Council. The City
Clerks served III the following order: N.
B. Walker, ], S. Taylor, G. W. Wilson, j.
W. Shannon, C. s s. Baron, @. G. Kelly,
r, r. Du Bots, d. W.. Shields, NJ. d.
King, j. E. Dobler, ]. ]. Powell, W. l..
Bolon, E. B. Winans, james NJ. Rees.
HOTELS.
In 1S47 there were but two hotels
where now there are seven. The Hum
ter House Is the present Bellaire House,
and the 0'Neil House stood across what
is now Union street, between where Mrs.
Johnsons and City Commissioner Shaun.
felt's houses now stand. Few Of the res
idenls OF even that period are now here.
COUNTY SEAT.
In 1857 n notable attempt was made to
recover the county seat from St. Glars.
vile. This az well as the latter attempt
OF 1869, was futile, however. The history
Of the scat Of the County Court is some
what peculiar. When Gen. St. Clair was
Governor Of the North West Territory,
the seat Of the Territorial Court for this
county was at Pultney. The citizens Of
Newellstown made n banquet and invited
the Governor, and while he was there
the citizens changed the name OF the vii.
lage To st. Clairsville, in honor OF the
General, who Immediately declared il the
seat OF Justice for the county.
A MEMORABLE blow.
In 1858 most terrific wind storm
visited the village. Roofs were blown
Of, chimneys demolished, and one house,
the one now occupied by ]. B. Smith,
Esq., who was then building il, was blown
down. Central Block was then being
built. In front Of the building q lot oflarge
shutters were leaned against post. These
the wind played havoc with, and Colonel
Sullivan, who was watching from the
door, ran out TO save them. The com.
bined weight Of the shutters and the Col
onel was not enough resistance for the
wind, and both were lifted from the
ground. John Baggs, the plaSterer Of the
building, ran out, and, catching hold Of
the Colonel's coat tails, exclaimed: "Hold
on, COLONEL you don't go up tillyou
settlep OTHER as laughable authentic
incidents are related, but we have not
space 10 re-tell them here.
THE &P.R.R.
On the last day Of the year 1856 the
river division Of the G. & P. Railroad was
completed to Bellaire. Mr.. Peter Peter
son, the present yard master at this sta
ton, has been upon the branch ever since
that date. The Central Ohio Railroad
had been located previous TO that, and in
1856, Inglefritz white erected for car
shop the building now occupied by the
planning mill OF Carroll, Armstrong & Co.
The bridge over the Ohio was begun in
1865. The saw and planning mill now
owned by James Nicoll & Son was built
by John and Isaac Workman in 1854.
Captain Nicoll purchased 1t in 1856.
MANUFACTURES.
The frat manufacturing establishment
in Bellaire, with the exception Of those
Just mentioned and Aults FIGURING Mill
was the present Belmont Glass Works
This was built by the firm Of Barnes
Faupel & Go: in 1865, with capital Of
$1,000. In 1868, II. Faupel, Levi Cas-
sell, James s. Gill, Henry Over, John
Robinson, John Crimmd and Thomas
Fleming applied for and obtained a char.
ter for the Belmont Glass Works, and the
capital was increased to S2l 900.
In 1866, Thomas Harris, A. L. Weth
eraId, James B. Carroll, j. B. arden,
Geo. Il. Laizure, Herman Hartenstiein.
and Harden L. Beck, chartered, under
the laws Of West Virginia, the Bellaire
Works, for the purposes Of manufacture
ing iron and nails, mining coal and mer.
chandizing in dry goods, groceries etc,
The work OF erecting mill was COM
menced in March 1867 and Il was finish
ed and in active operation by the middle
Of December Of the same year, but after a
brief run Of about six weeks was entirely
consumed by fire, Nothing daunted
however, the company immed lately sci
about rebuilding the works, and in the
short space Of three months they
were again in operation. In 1865
on March Z, the style Of the com
pany was changed, and new charter