The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-26
THE IRON HORSE.
WHAT n HAS DONE FoR wELLssvRa
pforr... of I'll. Old IOWA Sine. tAs Opening of.1,
P,wlty-A Black Flssd at Martins F.rry-k
sensitive Belmont County YOuth-Yar.
Gus EsIghborhOOd News Itams.
The glass factory at well.ville, Ohio. is do,

The glass factory at Wellsyille, Ohio, Is do
ing a fine business.
Mr.. s. Jacob, OF Brooke county, sold 1000
lbs Of wool last week TO Wheeling parties for
40 cents.
Miss Jennie Smith, the evangelist, was In
Oakland last week, making arrangements
far the building OF her cottage ut Mountain
Lake Park this spring.
Cabeli county bad six bridges washed
away by the late flood, and the Huntington
Adgertler estimates that 1t will cost ten
thousand dollars TO replace them.
1t Is understood that Mr.. Pbebus, the new
proprietor OF the Greeubrier White Sulphur
springs, has decided to dispense with horse
racing and the club house at that popular
resort.
The schoolhouse at Cave Branch, sommers
county, was destroyed by lire last week.
This makes the third school building burned
in that county within q month past. Can all
these fires be accidental The existence OF q
ere fend Is suggested.
One day last week Thos. Carnahau, OF
Jefferson county, Ohio, met with . painful
accident lie Isl cooper by trade, and while
working In his shop shaving a barrel hoop he
accidentally gave 1t a sudden jerk, which
caused the end OF the hoop to strike him In
the eye. The sight Of the eye was entirely
destroyed.
1t Is suggested by an exchange that the
shades Of the mastered Moravlan Indians
hover over Mingo, It being there that the ex.
petition that did the butchering was organ
ICED niEety'eight years ago, mi that the pale
faces are now being visited with the venge-
ance OF the murdered Red skins. This rs an
explanation OF the tragedies aud fatalities that
have occurred at that place and In the imme-
diate vicinity 30 frequently during the past
few years.
Daniel Stewart, q notorious colored citizen
OF Martins Ferry, On Friday evening met
two respectable young ladies on Fifth street
In that city and made beAstly assault upon
them. The cries of the girls attracted q NUM-.
Der Of people 10 the spot and the black tend
was forced 10 abandon his purpose. The
police were notified and got on the track OF
The gcoundrel soon Airer the occurrence, but
his f~setness OF foot saved him from arrest for
the time being. Yesterday morning, how
ever, the officers were more successful aud he
was Gagged.
The Grand Army OF the Republic for the
department OF West Virgisia assembled in
Clarksbhrg on Tuesday, the 10Th inst, VIII.
II. Flick, Commander oil the Department,
presiding. The atten, anoe OF delegates was
not very large, but from the reports from sew.
eral subordinate Posts, the order was found
to be in Il very furnishing condition. The
following are the officers elected for the en-.
suing year: W. II. H. Flick, OF Martinsburg,
Commander; |. II. Duval, OF WellsburP,
Senior Vice Commander; u. s. Northcott. OF
Clarksburg, Junior Vice Commander; Rev.
|. @. Miller, OF Fairmont, Chaplain; Dr.. d
P. Morgan, Of Clarksburg, Medical Director;
Lee Raymond. Of Clnksburg. Representative
to National Eucampment; r. q. Dunning.
ton, Of Fairmo1t, Henry Haymond, Of Clatks.
burg, &C. Moore, OF Clarksbnrg. +. A. Elem.
ing, Of Fairmont, aud Geo. v. Rathman, 0f
Msrtinsburg, Council OF Administration, b.
V. Daniels, OF Marlinsburg, was appointed
Adjutant General, and N. Scott Riley, OF
Clarksburg, Aide.de Camp. The Commander,
and Senior ard Junior Vice Commanders, are
ex-oficio representatives TO the National Ell.
campment. The proceedings OF the Encamp-
ment were characterized by the greatest
harmony and good feeling.
wELlsHURd..
The Panhandle Window Glass Works are
now ir first class order, and there Is IN ex-
c~ellent quality Of glass being turned out.
A meeting OF the stockholders was held last
week. A number Of Wheeling folks were
In attendance, among whom were noticed
Messrs. Mcphail, Sterling and G. X. Wheat.
Mrs. Elizabeth Harker, relic OF Ezekiel
Harker, died on Friday, February 2S, in the
ninsly,geyenth year OF her age. Her remains
were laid beside those OF her hutband In the
family vault in Brooke cemetery, on Sunday
afternoon. Mrs. Harker was q member
OF the Presbyterian church and was beloved
and highly esteemed by all who knew her.
Yesterday, Sunday was the fifth annivers-
arg OF the opening OF the Pittsburgh, Wheel
ing 4 Cincinnati Railroad for public traffic.
The first passenger trains from Wheeling ar.
rived on time at Wellsburg station Monday,
February 25, 1878, at G:i0A 4. NJ, A heavy fall
OF rain prevailed at that hour but 1t did not
prevent quite a number Of the citizens from
repairing 10 the station to witness what many
Of them had been a~nIiously and patiently
waiting TO see for nearly a quarter OF q cen.
tury-a railroad in operation through Wells.
burg. Eighty. eight years after Its birth, the
old town was, through the agency Of pluck,
muscle, iron and steam, put upon the high.
way to prosperity and furnished means by
which Its cipssns could have easy
access with other communities. How much
the little town that was scarcely known away
from home, except to travellers oa the Ohio,
has profted In the five years that have past
could be appreciated better by some one who
left here prior to the new birth, by q return
Just now, than by those who have witnessed
the improvement right along. Factories,
dwellings and store.houses have sprung up
as II by magic. New dwellings will go up
now and be occupied before the average citi-
zen Is aware OF what has been transpiring,
while ten years ago the erection OF a new
house was the town talk and attracted the
attention OF everybody. Then everybody
knew everybody, but now new corners
come so frequently that those OF the most In
curing turn OF mind cannot Keep up with
the tide and know the name OF every person
or his business. Nor Is the desire so great In
that line, because everybody Is busy. and
there Is no time 10 exchange yarns as there
was in days gone by. The change has been a
good one, and yet there Is room for more.
Lat the awakening die not. Keep stirring In
the leaven. Truly the iron horse woiketh
wonders.
Both Of the First ward drug stores now
have telephones.
Father Bremen, OF the Martins Ferry
News, was in own Saturday.
L.R. Lockwood offers his house in the
First ward for sale March II.
Mr.. Wood Darrah was here Saturday on
business, staying with his brother, D. H. Oar
rah Esq,
The unloading OF ties from barges for the
G eyeland & Pittsburgh Railroad, that annu-
ally empoyes Q number Of men here, will be
commenced again this week.
The Knights OF Labor Saturday evening
closed q successful three nights festival at
City Hall. Refreshments were served and
there were fancy booths, contests and q post
office that caused much amusement
Saturday afternoon was bad weather for
climbing TO our cemetery. but q very large
plumber Of the triendso Of Edward Fitzpatrick
attended the funeral to the grave. The GER
emonies were in charge Of the Odd Fellows.
MI. Henry Over has given up his place as
mauager Of the Lantern Globe Works. Which
starts OF with It's new furnace under Edward
O'Harra's management. Mr.. Over will be In
the Goblet works, where be was previous 10
the formation Of the Lantern Globe COM