The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-04
NEIGHBoRHooD NEWS.
BELLAIRE.

The Third Ward Foster Club, having on
the rolls almost every Republican of the
ward, met to complete the organization
Friday night. The Club proposes to form
a mounted marching club, with the assis-
tance of all who will join from other wards
and from the township around.
The Grand United Order of Odd Eel
lows proposes to have festival September
%, and at that time will be decided two
contests; one for silver watch between a
resident of st. Clairsville, one of Wheeling
and John Preston, of Bellaire, and the
other for a. gold headed cane between
Martin johnson and Arthur McClain,
Notices have been posted up requiring
all persons who use water to quit wasting
it by allowing hydrants and hose to run
unnecessarily.
Mrs. Prof. Nelson and children are Wis
iting her mother, Mrs. Jas. Wilson.
Mrs. Westlake, the mother of the West
lake brothers who are all well known
here, and an old resident of Bellaire, died
day forenoon from the Methodist Church,
the funeral services and the church SER
vice being blended.
The CasselI Base Ball Club played Sat
urday with picked nine, coming off VIC
torious by a score of 20 z. This clubs
success this year is said to be owing to the
coolness of the members when exciting
plays are made.
A young lady who came over from Ben
wood to a friends here for change,
thinking it would improve her health,
died Saturday evening.
The body of James Simpson was found
Saturday down at Baresville. His father
went down to be sure that it was his sons
body and had it buried there.
the public square Saturday evening at the
ringing of the fire bell for the Fourth
Ward. The attachments were made to
the plug at Thirty-fifth and Belmont
streets, and water was thrown with differ
ent lengths of hose and different sizes of
nozzle. Water was thrown far over the
southern tower of the school house. We
did not hear the report of the exact dis
tances to which water was thrown under
the various circumstances.
The street cars were well patronized
Saturday. From their appearance in the
evening it was readily seen that there had
been a picnic at Cummins' Grove.
The ceremony of ordination and install
lation of Elders took place Sunday morn
ing at the Presbyterian Church. F. NJ.
Strong, one of the five elected, declined to
serve. DIR. J. G. Mccullough had served
as an Elder before he came to Bellaire,
and therefore was already ordained. DIR.
G. E. Kurz, D. w. Cooper and Henry Over
presented themselves for ordination, which
ceremony consisted of questions and an
swers and a short sermon to the Elders
elect. All the four were then installed
by taking the vows of the office, and the
members of the church accepted them as
ruling Elders. The right hand of fellow
ship was then extended to the new Elders
by Mr.. CASTOR and the other Elders, ]. s..
Crafty, A. Sheets and A. w. Anderson.
Mr.. CASTOR will leave this week to at
tend the Sunday School Convention at
Chautauqua. There will be-no services in
this church on the next two Sundays.
Mr.. Lane preached the evening sermon.
Company D gives gold watch to- the
successful contestant, and intends to.have
contest without the Objectionable fea-
lures of most of such affairs. Two eminent
lY respectable young ladies have agreed to
compete The watch will be presented at
the picnic at Grandyiew Grove, on the B.
4 S. w. next Saturday. r. G. F.