The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-03-13

benefit to the living. The friends may take
warning and profit thereby, but others at
tend because 1t Is customary, and are fre-
quently engaged In converting on worldly
aHairs, while the Minister Is trying to point
them to the way Of life eternal. The funeral
cortege should consist Of the fam.
lily aud relatives only. Others should
decline to go unless specially invited.
PGll.bearers arc usually given q place out
doors In summer aud IN winter III some OBJ
scure place. When the time arrives for them
to bear the remains from the house they often
have to elbow their way through the people
When the services are over thoss assembled
in the ho1Se should yacAte It TO make room
for the undertaken, family and relatives.
After the minister has performed the services
at the house there seems TO be no necessity OF
having TO 30 10 the cemetery, especially In
cold weather. Some say such ideas are hor.
rible. yet they are held By hundredsoi people
here who would be only Too willing to res
some OF them, at least, adopted. Many say
they would like to be free from the many
useless expenses incurred in putting away
their dead, but they submit 10 custom for
fear Of public opinion.
BELLAtRE.
B. B. Morris will move his family to Fort
Wayne, Indiana.
Everything at the Bellaire Nail Works Is
in operation except the factory.
The polishing and wrapping girls at the
Goblet Works all struck yesterday.
Il. F. Burkhead, who isnow Visiting friends
In Cambridge, will 20 to New York shortly.
to secure artificial limbs
The Republican Convention TO nominate
candidates for the township offices will be
held at City Hall on Saturday, March "a.
Isaiah Col, who has been in Bait mo;e, re-
turned Saturday evening with one eyes
sight entirely restored. He was blind when
he went to Baltimore.
Carl Dorer, a mould maker who has been
working in the mould shop at the Belmont
Glass Works, yesterday took charge OF the
mould shop at the National Glass Works.
Mr.. John A. Wise, OF this township. claims
TO have raised and sold to Mr. J. u. He'll the
best heifer ever produced in the east side Of
the county, considering everything. She
was three years old, weighed alive l,42O
pounds. and dressed, SIS pounds.
Engineer Kenneday, who has been on a
local freight on the Cleveland 4 Pittsburgh
road for long time, has taken a passenger
engine. N. Jourdan takes his place.
Thomas Elliot, OF Gravel Hill, will also
change TO u passenger engine on the main
line between Wellsyille and Cleveland.
Mr. John Archer's wife, OF the Second
ward, had stroke Of palsy last evening at 9
o'clock. She was rendered unconscious, and
up to late hour remained in the same con-
dition A number of friends who had in
tended to celebrate her golden wedding last
evening, were prevented from doiugso on &C.
count OF this visitation.
Yesterday, the two horse team OF Alya
Hopkins became frightened in front OF Mel
sons store, aud dashed up Belmont street,
oyerturning the wagon aud striking the
grocery wagon OF A. Rinker aud starting
that horse to galloping too. The tongue
breaking set the horses free aud they were
stopped at tho Square. Rinker's wagon pass
ed between the steps and goods on the pave
ment unframed and went home safely.
Mr.. Hopkins had been in his wagon but was
forced to jump.