The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-27

uI0 uuu was eutuely CuuAumtu.s In
Messrs. Briggs have since erected q new
and modern mill on the same ground,
In early days there was q cardinf
mill, run by horse power, on the lot on
Fleet street Just north Of the new paper
mill. The building was destroyed by
fire in 1s47 ors. Near this stood the
first paper mill, built in 1896 by Nc,
Cluney, Grimes & Co., il burned down
in 1917 or s. In'1S50, Harvey, Manser
4 Co., built mill for the manufacture
OF straw paper, on the site Of the one
burned down, which was operated until
1861. It has since been torn down. In
1852, Jones, McCrea & Co, built
the straw paper mill now owned
and operated by Wm. II. Harvey, sr,
In 1890 John Garlic, Nathaniel Garlic and
John Miller built the Brooke Cotton Fac
tory In 1S3SN Nathaniel Garlic whiletrying
10 save the life Of d man who was work
ing in the factory yell and who was over
come with gas, Ielf in the well and was
killed. Tho man be tried to save finally
escaped Injury. Not long after that sad
Occurrence, John Perry bought an Interest
ii the concern and he and John earle OPP
Grated II successfully until 1855 when
they failed. The mill was Offered al as.
siEniees sale And purchased finally by
aould'& WelL lately Gould, Pierce 4
Co., Of Cincinnati, Ohio, who run II until
ISIS, when they took the machinery 70
Cincinnati, and sold the property to Har-
yey e Geofpe, who converted Ii into q
paper mill. On May 11th, 1874 he
boilers Of The mill exploded, the mill took
fire and wis destroyed. Thesame season
was rebuilt by Harvey, Chimes &
George, and Is now in.f1ll operation.
The Wellsburg Foundry was built in
1884 or 1885 by Robert yYban & Brother,
and Is at present owned by the, Acme
Mower Company. The Wellsbufg Tan
merry has long been established, and Is still
turning out a good article Of leather. AT
ono time there were two other tanneries,
but they are things 81 the past. On the
bank Of the river, between Fleet and
Walnut streets, stands The old steam grist
and saw mill, We have not the dateof
the building Of the saw mill. A second
story was placed on il which was used as
a wooden mill, In 1888 jas. W. Miller
and g. Il. Gist built In connection with il
n large gristfnill. A large business was
done at It as long as this remained q
wheat growing region. II changed hands
several times, and il now owned by Har-
yey, Crimes 3 Co. E '''1
Sometime Between 1910 and 1910 John
Miller built steam Saw Mill at the foot
OF Fleet street on the bank Of the river.
1t burned down in 1866. id' ~. J..
Those. were busy times in that part 81
the town. A Cotton Factory, two Saw
Mills, and one Grist Mill at work. We
have seen the Grist Mill full o. wheat and
flour and the basement filled With the Of
fal. Its now idle. .ia2 "a
AT ore time there were two Glass
Houses here, but they have been torn
down for some length oftime. ~
,!Agood Planning Mill Is among the mod,
ern Improvements, and does well. s',l'E
The Acme Mower Works occupy he
Female Seminary building on Water
street. The seminary proved success
for several years, but finally II went down.
'''-''- Schools.
The first public buildings erected for
educational purposes were the Brooke
Academy and Jefferson Seminary. The
former, as, heretofore stated, has ,been
turned into dwelling. The ground for
this honse was decided April q, 1908, to,
Charles Wells, VIM. NcKennan, Thomas
Mexican Thompson. Joseph Doddridge,
Bazaleel Wells, John Cornell, Moses
Chapline, james Marshall, and Philip
Doddridge, trustees OF Brooke Academy.
The latter was built about 1885, and has
not been used as school house for sew
eral years. 1t is now being changed into
a dwelling. ,.4. ID /,
In 1865 the public school building in
this town was built. Every school dis
trict in the county has been provided
,with.a new and modeSn school louse.
Away back in the year 1918, Alexander
Campbell established in his own house at
Bethany what was then known as Buffalo
Seminary, andrarried it on, along with
his father, the Rev.sThomas Campbell,
successfully for many years. Several
leading men OF this section were educated
there, in whole or part, among them D.
NJ. Edgington, WV. Shriver, Lewis
Steenrod, NJ. G. Good, one or two OF the
Zane's, and Iknowinot how many others.
In 1910 Mr.. Campbell built Bethany Col.
lege, and was It's President until his
death on the 4th Of March, 1866, since
which time 1t has been under the charge
Of President W. K.Pendleton. When Mr..
Campbell first settled at Bethany il was a
wild nook in the hills, but he lived to see,
it not only the literary center OF this vi
ciniy, but likewise spot widely known
to famesi The College was burned down
on the 10th Of December, 1857, but has
been rebuilt on a4soale4 Of capacity and
beauty far exceeding the
original edifce. Indeed there are not
many more imposing College structures
in tho land than that at Bethany. In the
year 1855 an attempt was made to estab-
lish the free school System inf Brooke
county, but IL failed for lack Of a two.
thirds vote. .Thesyot stood sos for and
200 against. The returns from the pre-
cincts were as follows: .sil7
cd For Free gcloola AEaInst.