The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-21

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The Bellaire Ledder on Saturday com
pleted It's third year.
The temperance society on Saturday
decided that Col. Bowen should not al.
tempt to hold temperance meetings here
at present, as the evenings were all taken
up, with services at the churches. The
Colonel is TO come back and begin series
OF meetings on Saturday, Feb.
The furnaces started Monday morning
at the nail works. The nailers will give
the boilers one days start with iron, and
then start their machines, Tuesday morn.
ing. The natlers seemed well enough sat
istied Monday morning at. there being no
work. The most OF them were gathered
at the mill; but 1t was TO watch the Ice.
A .yonng lady fell on the Ice, on the
public square, Saturday, and had some dif.
fculty In getting up again. Some gentle
men hurried to her assistance, thinking
she was seriously hurt. She got up all
right, however.
DR.. l. Hoover, who lately left Bellaire TO
live at Columbus, Is dead, Hc Ia the father
OF Mrs. Fl. Z. Waddel, OF this place.
The Presbyterian Church held It's regu.
lar quarterly communion services Sunday.
Mr. CASTOR was assisted by Mr.. Alexan.
der, OF St. ClairsSille, and Mr.. Hattery.
There were twenty.three members ad.
mitted to the communion OF the church.
sixteen on examination and profession OF
their faith, and seven by certificates from
other churches. In addition, four persons
remained after the services to profess their
wish to join the church at the first oppor.
tunity.
At the Disciples Church, President
Pendleton, Of Bethany College, preached
In the forenoon, and Prof. Loos, OF the
same College, preached the evening ser.
mon. There were two elders and four
deacons ordained. Services will be held
at this church every evening this week.
Considerable time was lately spent in |
having an examination made OF the books |
OF the Clerk OF the Water Works Board,
and yet no publication Of the report OF the
examiner has been made. Why notP
Mr.. Galloway, living on the Cemetery
road, back OF Bellaire, was buried at High
Ridge Cemetery on Sunday.
Judge Chambers and Wilson Kennon.
OF st. Clairsville, were in town on Monday.
1t would, perhaps, add force to Mr.
Cows denial Of expecting the office OF
State Librarian, to say that Mr., T. ii, LIT.
ton, Of Gravel Hill, is positive of getting
the appointment himself.
The funeral OF Mrs. E. G. Morgan is to
take place Tuesday afternoon at O'Clock,
Sunday night, about half past eight, the
steamboats, lying here sounded their wills.
ties and drew a great many 10 the river
banks to see the river break. The young
men had just fairly got the young ladies
home from church, and from the numbers
OF them along the river, they must have
adjourned from the parlor to the banks.
Those who ran towards the blast furnace
met something unusual in night freight
train coming down the Cleveland and
Pittsburgh railroad. II made the running
switch that has caused so many accidents
Just BY the engine shops; but man on
the front car managed TO keep the crowd
off the track by swinging lantern and
yelling like an Indian. The Benwood
blast furnace was running out metal and
the ice opposite was plainly seen: but
when that light died out without any sign
OF the ice moving, nearly all went home
again..
Monday morning, about half past eight,
the boats again sounded the alarm, and
daylight brought out the people In in
creased numbers. The ice moved only
little at the upper part OF town, and then
stopped, but ut R0ckcrshousen's the coal
shute was upset and some barges carried
oil. In few minutes the ice began TO
move all along and did not stop again.
The ice was piled very high above the
Benwood blast furnace and the Bellaire
blast furnace. A barge OF Barnard's
was broken loose, but was not carried far.
His coal tipple was somewhat injured bv
the first push, butthe piled up ice protect
ed it after that. The Coal City, at the
mouth OF Indian Run, was showed in TO.
wards the shore and pretty hard soueez-
ed by the fiat from the blast fur
mace, which was tied on the out.
side, but no harm seemed 10 be done.
Tho barges above the G. & p. depot
were not harmed in the least. The Alex.
Swift and Sam Miller, lying below the
railroad bridge, escaped untnjurcd, which
they ascribe to the fact Of their having cut
an open space outside of them and up be.
tween the piers OF the bridge. A large
fleet OF barges was carried away from
Heatherington's. Six bargcs tied below
the Bcnwood blast furnace were all bro.
ken loose. The ropes in breaking made Q
mist like puff OF powder from gun, and
those persons who were near the ropes OF
the boats on this side Of the river got out
OF their neighborLoOd in hurry, for fear
OF similar accident Some OF these
barges were stopped, and some passed
safely on down under the bridge.