The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-01-25
NEIaHBoRHooD NEWS,

oAhhAo< 49, Xxx
AN alarm of 4Are wasgisen on Friday
night last, caused by the explosion of
kerosine lamp in the back room of Mr..
Robert Rays candy store on South Bel
mont street, but the flames were extin-
guished before any serious damage was
done. Mrs. Ray was in the room at the
time and narrowly escaped getting burn.
ed.
. MANY are the conjectares as to the
origin of the fire here on last Sunday |
night. Some hold that it was produced
:byspontaneous CONFUSION, others think
il started in the tailoring, establishment
Of Mellatt & Mento, While others say it
commenced. in Grattoh'e furniture store.
but it is not certainly known where or
how it originated, and in ali probability
the origin of the fire will forever remain
a mystery. Quite large amount of
furniture was saved, although it is
damaged more or less. The upper
room of the furniture store was packed
full of new furniture, which had Just been
received last week, but not one article on
the second floor of the building.
Mellott & Mento succeeded in saving
the most of their goods, although some
of them were greatly damaged. The
building is about total loss. The lower
floors and portion of the shelving Is
about all that is left. The fire depart
ment deserves great praise for their
pI omptness and energy. The hose
of one of the companies busted
twice, or perhaps they might have saved
more of the building And just here we
might say that the city Council deserves
great sensure for their neglect to furnish
the department fire alarm. 1t was
long time before any one knew that there
was fire, and when they had learned
that there was fire they did not know
where it was. Another ground of censure
is that it is disgrace and an outrage to
ask or expect men to wade through mud
on our streets, up to their knees, and
pull that hook and ladder reel, which
weighs, when rugged our ready
for use, over 1900 pounds, and
another ground of censure is al
insufficient amount of hose. There new
| er WAS q Drawer or better set of men
in any fire department than those in
Bellaire but it is very dlscouraging when
they have nothing to work with. We
hope our council will tend to these things
at once 30 that should another fire occur
our fremen will go forth to battle with
the flames, feeling that they are prepar-
ed to do so. As it is they do as we'll as
men could do it is impossible for them
to do rs efficient service as il would be if
they were properly equipped.
MIR. Graftons building and furniture
were insured in the following companies
and for the following amounts: $1,000 IN
the Cooper, of Dayton, Ohio; 5000 in
the Farmers, Merchants and Manufac-
tucers', of Hamilton; $1,000 in the Au-
rora, of Cincinnati; and the Marietta
Chair Company doubtless have more or
less insurance on the same property, and
if so, they will come of better than was
at first expected. Mellott & Mento were
insured as follows: $1,000 on their goods
in the Jefferson, of Steubenville; $500 on
the building in the Peoples, of Newark,
n. j., and $500 in the Pennsylvania
Mutual.
FIFTY-EIGuT converts Joined the NJ.
L. Church, at Centerville, during the
protracted meeting which closed ut that
place last week.
THE time for the meeting Of Barnes
vile District Conference, which. was to
have met at Bellaire February 9Th, has
been changed to February 22d, on ac-
count of protracted meetings iE many of
the churches.
THE Council appointed committee 10
investigate the books of the water WORKS
trustees. The Committee consists of
Messrs. John Butte, A. o. Mellott apd z.
5. Cowen. The investigation was 10 have
taken place Saturday, but the absence
OF p. 5. Cowen prevented its taking
place at that time. We suppose the
work will commence sometime this week.
OUT of the fifty-one bills of indict-
ment found by the grand jury at st.
Clarsville last week, twenty-eight OF
them are against parties in Bel!aire.
PROF. JAMES ADAMS, Of New York,
the champion pedestrian of the world is
now in this city and proposes to perform
the wonderful iete of walking on hun
dred consecutive hours without sleep or
rest during that time. The walking will
be done on plank thirty feet long and
twenty inches wide, and will commence
this evening at o'clock at the rooms of
Mr.. j. ID. Highleyman, in the First
ward, and will continue until Saturday
night ut IL o'clock. We have no doubt
but hundreds Of our citizens, will so to
look upon this man of such wonderful
endurance.
THIS is the regular night for council
to meet. Let them do something towards
getting fire alarm.
MARTINS FERRY.
THE Ohio City Nail Works commenced
on double turn on Monday.
THE Benwood Furnace went into blast
on Friday night at II o'clock, and made
the first run of iron on Sunday night.
Everything went of very smoothly. 1t
is nov one Of the best arranged furnaces
in this part of the country
THOMAS Common, who was so badly
hurt in Hellingo coal bank last week, is
improving slowly and hopes are now en-
tertained Of his recovery,
AN attempt was was made to burglarize
DIR. l. Werich's drug store Sunday night,
but. the Doctor hearing them made
noise which frightened them away.
This the third attempt that has been
msde within a short time to get into this
store.
THE Medill will case that was TO have
been tried at the present term of Court,
has been postponed owing to the alb.
sence of an important witness. 1t will
come up in May.
MEssRs CULBERTsoy & WILEY. the