Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-01-21
MORGANTOWN.
The T., w. v. N \. X. Il. incipi-
ent Confiagration Lecture -
HaRaus,

citizens have "gut Il bad" II u feared
that in some instances the malady is he.
coming chronic and incurable. There
was large aud enthusiastic meeting
held Yesterday at CossyIllc, about nine
miles north oi this place, on the line ol
the Pittsburgh West Virginia and
Southern narrow gauge road, which was
addressed 10y Dr. George i. Hays, the
President oi that road Another meet
ing was held at the court house IN this
place Yesterday evening at o'clock, III
| the interest OF the same road, and was
addressed by the same Reverend speak
cr As u narrow gauge speaker, lr.
llays is certainly no SLOW coach.
The court room was well filed With
attentive listeners, aud for about an
hour the speaker interested and pleased
the audience. llo gave some account ot
the origin aud original design of his
road, as we'll as some oi the difficulties
which have brsc, the projectors In the
, nast: how those difficulties had been
overcome, and what they now propose
doing by way Of extending their road
tn Morgautown and Grafton, and on Ia
tlr sunny south" His company will
| construct this road il the people along
the route will contribute the necessary
uuantum ui funds subscribed to the
capital stock Of the company. lie pro-
noses thereby to attach MOrgantown to
line United States of America. And
some ui the good people OF this staid
old village learned for the first time that
this is not the center around which all
the balance ul the world rcvolVes.
The speaker assured our people that
if their money MAS taken the road
wuuld certainly bc built, but the work
vnuld not hc commenced until suiii-
cirnt amount was subscribed tu guaran-
trr its completion. That, II the road il
constructed nj all, il will he completed
hy August or September ni the present
wear. That what his company did they
would do quickly. lie thinks that tho
Slate If West Virginia ~ very thick at
both ends hut very thin IN the middle,
and what We want isa gir,lor ol iron to
bind the two ends together aud prevent
the State from dividing asunder.
Yesterday afternoon the Directors ot
the l.. W. Va Il =. rnaa helda mcctingat
the office ul George &. Sturgis, the a,tur-
ncv and business manager ul the road,
and transacted sundry items oi business
The following directors are present:
pr. Grorpr L. HAYS, President, of Pitts
hurgh Hon. W. I. Wiley, Woo Prrsi-
dent. Col \. Fulrchild and pr. Geo.
W John, ui Murgauiown; Hon. John
Mason, Gen. George W Brown, nr.
Thuycr aud Nr Jarvis, Of Grafton, and
j. II Miller, Secretary, oi Pittsburgh,
IA w. HAYS, IN company with Mr..
SWyiss left here this morning ior
Rccdsyillc, where meeting will be
held at two o'clock to-day, and address.
cd hy nr llayS and others. From
thence the Rev. Doctor will 90 tn Graf.
ton Ia dispursc narrow gauge talk and
broad gauge divinity ON Saturday, and
then continue southwark.
Last night between twelve and one
O'Clock, Mr. + h. Ukcllv, who nad oC.
caSion to be- up m that late hour, no.
ticcd bright light in the old
| livery stable on the corner
~ spruce aud Pleasant streets,
the property oi Mrs. Virginia Warren,
wife oi g. G. Warren, Esq, Of Wheeling,
now held under lease hy the Com.
mcrcia Hotel The light attracted Mr..
O'krlly's attention hv its brightness
and the peculiar manner IN which II
| hickcrcd aud the longer lac looked. t Il
! the more his suspicious were aroused
! He was constrained not to retire with
out seeing the cause So hc dressed him.
| self aud proceeded IN the direction Wi
/ the light, Upon arriving nj the nli
! stable hc WAS perfectly dumb-iuundcd
| when lac discovered iansc fire, male
with pieces oi boards and old lumler ~
! various kinds, built in the middle of thc
| huur ui the stable. cracking and blazing
quite hrisklv. The floor ni the stable
| Mas covered with chat and straw and
| hay and all around was material that
! Was ~ Comhustihlc almost ~ powder.
| Mr.. O'kclly NJ once raised the alarm ut
fire. aud with the all Of the persons
! who were soon called Ia his assistance,
| the irc Was cNtinguishcd without doing
| any damage Fortunately the straw
! and hay ou the hoor ot the stable had
| hrcu rendered damp 10y the snow blow
| lng ia upon H. or the fire would have
! spread like wild.irc to the hay loft and
/ thence tu the adjacent buildings. Ii II
not known whether this was ~ deliberate
| attempt oi some uumitigated sCnundrel
/ H. hurn the town, or whether the tine
was built by an inligcnt little hoy Who,
| IL H. said. sometimes makes hls hcl IN
| the hay in tie old stable.
| John Holt. a half-hruther al the in
/ dumi,ahl, Thomas l.umpkin, ,nav have
/ hal no more sense than t0 build this
great 6rr to grt himself warmed
up before returning b. his
yirtnnu, couch in the hay NOV.
This obi stable is the frequent rcndcz.
vuus of a motley crowd al gamblers and
| disrrputahle persons. IL u perfect
iinder box and II contiguous to a hong
row II Sh,-is and stables that are all at
| highly iuhammahle character. Snd great
! excitement and not little Indignation
| Vas exhibited when the neighbnrs were
brought ~ a knoWlclge 81 how nearly
their property came b. being destroyed.
The Common Council of the Town to-
Iay met and condemned the oil stallc
as a nuisance and directed the Mayor a.
| take the ncccss,Tv action b. have Il n
moved uT repaired.
II j. announced that lion. Frank
! Hereford will deliver a le,tur 81 the
students 0f the University At Chap
Hall. to-muTrow evening. This il one
ni a course oi lectures authorized by the
Regents at their last meeting
MorgaEtoxn is a.ain agitate'l llagans
is reported hyth RDGIsTEE a. one OF the
handsomest men in the Legislature.
MANY ui the fair srX here arr pining
aWay for another peep at the bonny ex-
Congressman, while ~Iune are wondering
Why. with all their cultivation 81
a.sthetics. they dial not --e i sooner,
and others arr not at all surprised, and
declare that they "allerS thot Ian Was
'andsIme." But MrS II. Is iust itching
10 get after the e,litOr Of the RD5IsrER
with broom stick.
The sleighing continues Ia he hrst
rate. though the weather has moderated,
and iears arr entertained by the gay and
festive that tho snow viii soon disappear.
fIL.