Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-03-19
PARKERsBURe.
WORK or the Flood Relief Cemmittes
-Belpre Nos Yet RebuiIt-A Tricky


-Belpre Not Yet Rebuilt-A Tricky
Printer.
Special 10 tie Register.
PARxEEsBURG, March 1S.-During Q con-
versation with the genial Major Shaw,
chairman Of the Citizens Relief Commit
tee, several items of interest were obtained.
While the distribution of provisions, cloth
ing, &C., has been discontinued, there II
G small fund yet in the hands Of the COM
mittee which is being judiciously used for
the purpose of furnishing medicines to the
sick who are not able to buy. The desti.
tute Of Parkersburg probably Jared bettsr
sand are more comfortable now than at any
point in the Ohio Valley. One reason for
this is that the relief work was inaugu.
rated early and the results proved that the
work was placed in good hands. Maj,r
Shaw speaks in glowing terms OF our Park.
ersburg ply sicians, not one OF whom ever
refused to respond to the
Calls Of the Unfortunate Oaes.
and that without pay. Some Of them made
a great many visits Of this kind on request
OF the Relief Committee, and the services,
were always rendered cheerfully, one ply.
fifty visits at the instance OF the commit.
tee. The Major also says that the drug.
gists should come in for share OF praises
many OF them having been very kind In
donations TO the needy ones. These gen.
eIous deeds will be long rememered BY the
recipients.
The many friends OF Charley Swearin-
gen are pleased TO note that he is fairly
launched into the insurance business.
Charley has the agency for the New York
Life, and Q good line OF first class fire com.
psnies, and is pleasantly located at DR..
Kendalfs drug store on Market street.
The Heatherington, Nail City and Mont-
tor all left here Monday with tows OF lum-
Mr. Edgar, of Pennsylvania, b5other.in-
law of our esteemed fellow-oitiZen, Rslph
Cook, will locate here and will have charge
OF Mckinney & Diers new store on Market
street.
Mrs. Townsend, OF Beaver Falls, mother
Of Mrs. Ralph, is expected here soon.
Captain J. f. Rumley has sold the river
erd OF his lot 10 General Jack Horn, who
will remove 10 il the old Beatty & Gerwig
furniture factory from where it was depos.
tied by the flood. The General will have
china store and will have no fear Of any
more ipjunctions, and will also have good
shipping facilities. being right on the line
of the Ohio River Railroad and convenient
TO the Ohio river. The General has also
Conceived n Novel Plan
for bridging Pond Run, and is now open
for bids.
Very little has been done yet towards re.
building the portion OF Belpre which SUI.
fered so much during the flood. Captain
Shaw Is preparing to erect dive ling near
the site OF the former beautiful house, but
not ON the same foundation. DR.. Coombs
has had bis drug store replaced on its for.
mer foun lation. The Buckeye Phmp Com
pany are running again. their machinery
and factory building having been left in
tact.
Lieut. Ayleshire, OF the u. S Army. who
has had charge OF the relief boat Hawk,
made MANY friends while 10 tins vicinity.
They say" there ara preparations here
for a wedding that will Hstolish the natives
when it is generally known.
IL is alleged that ArtrTr Bowie, print
er, formerly OF Clarksburg and late OF the
Sentinel force OF typos, left his boarding
house very suddenly SUNDAY night, leaving
board bills unpaid. rIil.'s Central and
Mrs. b. +. Neale are out in amounts run
ming from s. to $40. Bowie is supposed to
have gone west.
Ex-senator !. II. Enocks. of Writ county,
saws that old Writ is for Joe Miller iJr
Governor as long rs he is in the field and
then r. Willis Wilson is their next choice.