The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-12
VOLUME XxXH."NUMBER l4s,
Matthew'a Episcopal Church. These ladies'
have clothed nnn fed through the Relief
Committee over 300 at the church,

Matthew'S Episcopal Church. These lade
have clothtd nan fed through the Relic
Committee over 300 at the church.
The mills which were u ,der water vii, no
pc able 10 start for several weeks, owipR +
INT. condition Of the machines witch wer
under water. They all lose from 81 600 4
$4,000, to cay nothing OF The loss Of tiaie.
upM Glenn's Run tho water went out will
terrific rush, carrying away several farm
tuifdtues. A large number OF head OF s.ocl
were drowned, aud the new house Of Mr.
Ztlles, at the mouth OF the run wss washe.
away. '-I
Wilson 4 Warrick, of Washington. Pa.
have shipped 10 Joseph sppidel forty barrel
OF bread and cooked meats, which wer,
turned over 10 tho relief committee, MIR
Jacobs and Others, OF Clinton, W, Va, al,t
sent In 10. Of fproylsions.
Q. e. Nichols, who occupied tho Hill,
coHage ut No 81 South Broadway Island,
has lost Ebont all he had. IT falls heavily
on him a, he had two or three dependent on
atnt. His house Vas tipped over and 4 ,ated
aSay about 200 fsst. Then 1t turned over
anu everything was mixed up in tho mud.
at WeRt Wheeling seventeen houses were
swept from the village and thiry.seyen
altogether were carried from the foundation
Or 90 wrecked 81 to render them useless,
rms almost cleans the village ont, bu. ther.
YET remain q number OF houses, and these
Kept some OF the fl,atirg oues from getting
away. Hon DaTid Wagner places his loss III
ubout $l5 000. '''' ~
ID. y. kosrncr. cue Of those who worked 90
hard on the IsArd Wednesday night und
lhaFsday, LOST q lite heavily. lie vas one
who hired i boat and took no pay for land.
ing people: His father, J. David Koern, r,
who occupied cottsge on South Front street
lnund II In a generally demoraIized condi.
uon, with oil The clothing and bed.clo!hes
gone. ~ 'l
One OF the heavles. losers on the Island Ia
JaHEe g. l.. Cranmer. His fine libr,ry OF
over IoO volumes is soaked to almost pulp
anu 80 ars his manuscripts. He has for tht
past ten years been engaged ou q Centennial
History Of Oaio county and the panhsnd' @,
and had devoted To 1t his bsst energies. Il Il
all gone. His household furniture Is rujped.
what little there Is left.
Wednesdays list OF arrivals at the stamm
House was cut short by the 10 lowing: ',rh:s
aouse is closed for ressous best known 10 onr-
serves ina reasons nre apparent when one
!ooxs at tue water ittsrk Gu the waiia. Yes.
terday force OF carpenters was at work on
the dining room II ior, and 1t IS expected that
dinner vii! be served tc-1ay fJr the fits,
time since Wednesday.
ct. Luke's Episcopal and the Thomson NJ,
E. CHURCHES on the Is!aad, ere in a plii.ul
plight Stained g!wS Windows are broken,
walls rninsd, Rnd oarpeta paws and cushions
covered with mud over half foot deep. The
organ ut st. Luke's was well soaked; what
the damsge will b is not known. In tbe
ba'emen.s Of these churches the damage done
by the water Is severe,
a lew ladies' belonging to the Eighth
wa!a branch Of the Womeo's Union Beueyu-
lent Society, have been to that strit ken ward
%hat Florence Nightingale was to the hos.
p'ta'; each Of them doing the work Of
dozen, hsving fed oyec ono thousand tiyp
hundred psopis. Thpir. pamos are Mrs a.
b; Lyis. N.ca President; Mus Stevens. Mr..
W. n: Lynch. Mrs. Mi1, M,sa Florence vii.
son, Miss feile Eyans, Mis- Sue Lynch and
Others. - NN
At least fifty ladies OF the Cathedral con-
stegasson ASSEMBLED in tho basement OF that
church Yesterday 10 hsl the work of making
up MsE'G, women's nnd childrers' wearing
.ppsrsl sEd btacovers for tue sufferers. Mr.
James Maihison does the cutting for boy,,
wear. Among ths ladies arc several dress
mases0. seven or eightsewing machines are
worked. great amount of work was turned
out on Monday. They will continue until
The suffering is over.