The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-06
BRI.LAIRE.

D~eaIh-EilIhy streets and ~AllRys-PeT-
aOnAl and OthoF Gossip.
River Watsrmslons are in town.
Ths second child Of Harry Conrad died
Mn. Rev, Brown and son are visiting at
PittSburgL.
Miss Gibbou is Waiting Wm, G., Stewards
Gravel Hill,
Moore Kirkpatrick iI dangerously sick
with diphtherfL.
Aord Nelson's family will spend the r@t Of
August at Bethany.
J. B BaEnhilll family left On Friday fer
Western Pennsylvania,
Miles No7h and family have moved from
Gravel Hill to Wheeling,
Andrew Anderson Is "local" for the
Wheeling Re0ltF these days.
sellAu displays a large Photograph Of the
new bank building, at his gallery.
Bu'r's Mills campers make frequent raids
into town in search VI provisions, etc,
Mis- Laura Grove, who haa been confined
81 home with sickness, Is much better,
John Klse's second child died Thursday,
while the family were buEying the Gnt
Misses Annie and Ella Miller are of on q
trip to Pittsburgh, htSubenVills, Cleveland,
etc,
a barge Is being loaded with heavy girdsn
from cars on the new Baltimore & uhio river
switch.
The Fourth ward school house Is having =
general O~Ver.hAuliny and liking up, made
and out,
James H. Darrah 10 putting up AdWSlling
for himself In Sheets addition, adjoining DA'
Vid DRrrah'S.
The Water Works power house Is to have
y new well, twenty BY Thirty feet, Of irSt'
class masonry.
The old bAuk building Il solid on is fOundA'
ton once more, but considerably above iS
former position.
Rev, Gordon and Mrs. Gordon are back
from their visit. Mr., Gordon will preach on
sunday ut the Presbyterian church, "a usual.
Hermann Roemer has begun the eIcAvA.
ton for q large cellar, ~ DO covered with his
new residence, Of Guernsey and Thirly.siIth
streets,
Misa Annie AskeW 10 staying with her
niece, Miss Marietta ASkew, at the house Of
Mr+ William sharp during the absence Of
Mrs.. Sharp.
A. p. and Charles Tallman are OH Nepigeon
Lake, out OF reach OF Uncle Sans mail bags,
and under the Escort Of seven Indians 10 pad
die their canoes.
MesSrs. Sam. Chambers and VT. Morgan
are about to put into execution . plan that
has been rumUred for some tlme-open q drug
SLo.e 10 South Bellairs,
Mr., 7, Brailly hiss changed bis brick dwell.
ing into q house with all the modern city
convenience. Mr.. Beam, the @. 4 P, super.
Intendent, has occupied 1t.
The Cleveland & Pittsburgh employees dc
serve the thanks OF travellers leaving BellAire
for their Sprinkiing OF the roofs OF the cars
with hose, Juat before the trains leave.
John FELTON, 10 somewhere on Saltwater
fishing His child was dying this morning
with diphtheria and telegram failed 10 reach
the father. Mr.. LaEure has gone In search Of
him.
The South Bellaira Methodist Sunday
School will begin IL sessions again Sunday
afternoon. II has been discontinued for
some time on account Of having no place to
meet.
Penons going out from Bsllaire into distant
parts OF the country can hardly fall " DO
amused, although they are provoked, too, Of
the exaggerated renors OF the disease aud
death prevailing IN Bellaire.
At this time the Council has pssSed an or.
dinAnce prohibiting the running OF large Of
geese, pigs, etc. This question was submitted
10 the people at the last election, and II was
decided to let the hogs run, Now, disease
comes, and what should have been done long
ago Is forced upon the people.
The lower part Of Guernsey street, on Gravel
Hill, Is pretty nearly deserted by liz inhab.
itanis, who are Oft rusticating. That 10 the
last part OF town from which one would
think OF fleeing on account Of sickness. The
people want 10 leave town during the hot
months The scsr re on account Of diphtheria
has made many leave Just now that intend.
ed TO 20 alter q while. One meets almost o.
many Bellalre faces In b. Clairsvillo now as
81 Cla!rSVilIe faces.
The reports that are circulated right In
B0llalre about the prevalence OF diphiheria
are mon tfous. Fourteen and W., nty deaths
In twentY.four hoursl" In The First ward,
where the high water was over every thing In
the ipring, there has lust been one death from
diphlheriA since the announcement that the
disease was epidemic. Other children have
died Of a complication Of that with . weak
constitution and other diseases The citizens
meeting at City Hall Friday evening resulted
In the naming Of committee Of one member
from each ward, to be appointed by the City
Council. There were q number OF The Coun.
cilmen present, and they expressed them.
selves willing 10 do all that could DO Of use in
disinfecting and purifying the city. Lime Is
being scattered about the cutters to-day, 4
force Of men being at work cleaning them
out. It Is reported that some OF the Council.
men talk u re igning- sAy II the people have
To- meet and run things lei them run the
whole concern, etc. Council held a special
meeting Thursday and ordered the s rect
Commissioner 10 devote his whole attention
at present 10 cleaning the streets aud alleys
BeIlAire's street. and alleys are many and
they are long. They can't be cleaned BY half
q dozen diSahled shoVelS In q whole season. It
9 sts no more to put on q large force, do the
cleaning up ms little while In the sp, Ing and
rest during the summer.