The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-07
MOuNDsyILLE MUTTERINGs,

The 'tlntlnnaoulatlon Is now nearu
on our streets.
Business was good on Saturday.
The rolling mil will resume opera
tions Monday next.
Scarlet fever is disappearing from our
midst, no new cases having been re-
ported for the past few days.
Esquire Evans, of the upper WARD, Is
pecullsrly unfortunate just al this time,
being himsel, confined TO the house from
quincy, and two OF his children having
the scarlet fever.
By the explosion of n carbon oil lamps
on Friday night last CrisweIl Hail, on
b street, hal very narrow escspe from
burning. The town Council had been
in session IN one of the rooms on the
second story OF the building
on that evening. Sergeant Hsnen
claims that he extlnguIshed the
lamp before leaving the room,
but in this he must have been
mistaken, rs an explosion OF the lamp &C.
cured about thirty minutes after Council
had adjourned. Fortunately the Mounds
VILE Literary Society, which meets in an
adjoining room, was in session 1T that
time, and the members in attendance
hearing the report OF the explosion rsn
into the room and succeeded in eXLln-
gushing the flames before any consldera-
bic damage was done. Had the explo.
sion taken place later in the night the
hall buildings, together with the sdjoin-
ing building, would have certainly been
destroyed, Ms there are six or seven
houses Standing so close together thst
it would have been Impossible to have
saved them.
Moses +. Pearson, of this place, has
been awarded the contracts for plasterirg
the sherlti's house and jail Although
Moses is q comparatively young man in
years, he knows all about the plsstering
business.
There is quite diversity Of opinion
entertained by our critics US 10 the merits
of the gentlemen and ladies who repre-
sented the several characters in the musi-
cal drama OF Esther" at School Hail
last week, some OF them holding TO the
opinion that the acting was first class
and Others TO the contrary.
The Psrkersburg packet Courier re-
Ceived large shipments of corn from j.
W Gsilshcr and hoop iron from the
rolling mil here on Saturday. The ship.
ments by river from this point are now
larger than for years past.
The dwelling house occupied by K. ).
Purdy and owned by MS wife, WAS
entirely consumed by fire on Saturday
morning about two o'clock. Notwith-
standing the unfsvorable hour at which
the fire occurred, Mr.. Purdy succeeded in
removing and saving the principal part
OF his household goods. The building
was small frame, and the loss
will not exceed three hundred dol
lars. The fire originated from
defective fue, that very fruitful source
| understand there was no insurance on
the building. IL is y remarkable tact in
the history of Moundsvile fires that there
has never been more than one dwelling
destroyed by any of the numerous fires
that have occurred here since the town
WAS built, and only one house mas ever
burned inside the corporation, rs far as
] can learn, on which there WAS any in
slrarce, although several have burned
shortly after the expiration of policies.
Rev. Mr.. Warden of the M. h. Church,
was surpri ed one evening last week by
delegation of ladies, headed by Mrs.
Richardson Chaddock, all loaded with
soodly supplies OF provisions, articles OF
wearing apparel etc. for al of which the
reverend gentleman is duly thankful.
The young people Of our town appear
to be enjoying themselves more extern
slve'y this winter than usual, in dancing,
social parties, etc.
Rabbits, pheasants and psrtridges are
said to be unusually abundant in this
neighborhood, this winter, and our
sPortsnen are bsggiDg large numbers of
each. &