The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-21
NE1GHBoRHooD NEWS.
A Small Fire-MeetIng of the Cemetery
Personal and Other Mat.

WELlsBuRo, January 20.
EdIton Intelliggneer.
Last night about eleven o'clock fire wat
discovered issuing from the smokehouse
connected with the butchering establish
ment of Peter Shuey, located just south
OF the mouth OF Buffalo Creek. The
alarm was given aud a large number Of
our citizens repaired to the spot and by
their exertions saved the slaughter house
and the stable, both Of which arc located
only short distance from the consumed
buildings. Mr. shuey's loss will be about
four or FIVE hundred dollars. There was
no insurance. There was no meat OF his
own In the smokehouse. There were some
ten or dozen pieces belonging to neigh
bors which were undergoing the smoking
process, in the smokehouse. The theory
Is that one OF those pieces fell into the fire
below, the flames therefrom setting fire 10
the building. The machinery in the rem
dering house was saved. A shepherd dog
that was tied in the rendering house per.
ished in the flames.
There Is considerable sickness here,
chiefly scarlet fever, and mostly confined
to children.
Mr.. Philip Good buried his little
daughter Alta on Sunday last, who died
from the dread disease. This is the second
child Nr. Good has lost from this disease,
his eldest daughter died during Christmas
week. The entire community sympathize
with Mr.. Good and family in their atllic-
ton.
Wylie, son OF Mr.. John S. Beall is suffer.
ing from very severe attack of scarlet
fever.
Mr.. Thos. Forbes has a little boy quite
low with typhoid fever.
Capt. Ell Green Is no better. There Is
no hopes OF his recovery.
The stockholders OF tho Brooke Gene
terry Company held their annual meeting
the 18th. John Barrett, W. ].
Briggs, w. @. Barclay, ]. D. Lloyd, and
John Blankensop, Sr., whose terms as
trustees had expired, were reelected. The
Board OF Trustees consists OF the foregoing
and the following: Lewis Applegate, G.
W. Moren, Hugh Barth, ]. G. Jacob,
Esbia Wells, W. i. Miller, G. B. Crawford,
]. NJ. Duval, George W. Russell and J. NJ,
Cooper. ]. Barrett, Presidents; j. NJ.
Cooper, Secretary; J. n. Duval, Treasurer,
W. ]. Briggs, Superintendent; W. L. Mil
Ter, W. O. Barclay and G. B. Crawford,
Committee on Cemetery. J. G. Jacob, j.
Barrett, G.. B. Crawford and ]. NJ. Cooper
were appointed to revise and correct the
rules and regulations, the same to be sub.
nitted at some regular meeting OF the
board, also a meeting OF the stockholders.
During the year six lots were sold, aggre.
eating S220. There were thirty.three
OF which fifteen were children
and eighteen adults.
The affairs OF the company are now in
good shape, Unfortunately at. the orga-
nization OF the company in 1857 no pro-
vision was made for sinking fund. As
The sale Of lots decreased the company
found itself without means to keep the
grounds in proper order. A tax OF one
dollar year on each whole lot and fifty
cents on each half lot was assessed 10 meet
The demand. Recently a sinking fund
has been created. Parties desiring can
pay fifteen dollars, which entities them
TO certificate exonerating their lots from
any further assessments in tho future, as |
the money paid for the certificate goes
into the sinking fund, which is TO be ap.
piled only for keeping the grounds and
enclosures in good repair, We have
taken the pains TO make this report con.
cerning our cemetery, as quite number
of your citizens and others in the vici-
nifty are lot owners, who probably may
not have tho means OF learning OF GENE.
cry affairs through any other channel.
Mr.. O. w. Dickinson, OF Addison, N.
Y, representing the Geneva New York
nurseries,, is wintering here in a business
way.
Rev. Fletcher, OF staunton, Va, is the
guest OF his daughter, Mrs. Rev. W. q.
Mackey. Rev. Fletcher preached in the
Presbyterian Church on Saturday Sunday
ind Monday.
Roseman Gardner, Of Steubenyille, was
n town to-day.
Thomas Scott, an old Welsburg boy, is
visiting his brother Robert.
There was u leap year party the other
hight in one OF the principal avenues Of
,ur burg. Look out boys.
In the sir-another leap year party at
he Hudson Home in the close future.
Mr.. Samuel George has contracted with
las. Means, Of Steubenville, 10 build a
team engine for the Phoenix paper mill.
% inch cylender, foot
stroke. g. b. q.