Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-25
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Planning to Relieve h Poor-The Society
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Sp,SaI 10 he Sunday Reyisr.
WAsaISGrey, Pa, January The
nroblem that Is nov demanding most at
tention among the philanthropic people OF
tbiscommunity is what method to pursue
in relieving snd ameliorating the condition
of the poor. This place has no industries,
with their swarms O. laboriug men, nor has
II very much of that abiect population,
needy and destitute, which may be found IN
the outskirts Of a city. Business depression
does not work such havoc here as 1t does
where the above mentioned classes are
found, but there is a certain element which
NAV be styled 1.-The poor We have with US
always" They are the negroes, many OF
whom are on the verge Of starvation.
While some of this class of people here are
refined and intelligent, thus showing what
NAV be accomplished with the race;
by iudicious methods OF raising and
education, the great multitude of them lack
energy, and all disposition TO elevate the
condition in which their fathers before them
have lived for generations. In the part OF
town known as the hill" there is q society
as vile, depraved and impoverished, per
haps, as could be found anywhere In the
| State. The life has been so low, 80 crude
and indecent as to make the very name q
SYNONYM of pollution. Efforts have been
made often TO eradicate the blot thus made
unon thus fair region but with little success.
The latest is the formation OF a society TO
TO arrange for a general and united work
OF charity to relieve want among these PEG.
ME. of this organization Rev. James
|. Brownson, %. ID. is President,
Thomas J. Duncan, Esq, Secretary;
and George NJ. Warrick, Esq, Treasurer.
Messrs. S. NJ. T~empleton, Robert Winters,
Thomas Mexican and J. M. Spriggs, are on
| the Executive Committee to oversee the
distribution. A collection will be taken
M in all the churches next Sunday, and all
persons wishing to contribute may do so
privately if they desire.
Another very commendable enterprise
which has rested on the Christian charity
of this neighborhood for more than a year,
and has proven a blessing to many unfor-
Inmates, is the hospital located on the cor
ner Of Bean and College streets, in a house
given for the purpose by VIM. Smith, ESQ
In view Of the universal cry for aid through
out the country, the example of our people
here is worthy Of imitation BY the philan'
tbropis,s Of other localities
A Fight.
The last thing in the criminal annals Of
| The hill was a fight that occurred there Tues,
dsy afternoon in which Doc Enoch, Joe
| Mcbride and Jack Mcbride were badly cut
about the head and face. He graduated
from W. and J.. College in 1878 The
other Young men were drunk along with
Enoch and the fight grew out Of a quarrel.
Several negroes took a hand, and Enoch
says they were throwing hatchets at him.
They were all arrested.
! The new tank bought by the Citizens
Gas Company has been put up BY them and
next week we are to know whether the
CAN'T oil well is a gusher or not. The
company sank the well under a gas charter.
and are now compelled to get q new one be-
fore they can operate any. They will ap-
ply for It Feb. II.
1t has leaked out hat this company has
been leasing the large tracts Of land to
sub-lease them and make spec.
The oil men are oil here yet and seem to
be making arrangements to stay. They
have rented one Of the finest rooms in town
from VIM. Smith Il Son, and it looks as
| though We would have au oil exchange
soon.
All the land in this vicinity is leased and
wells will be put down by the strangers o
fast as material arrives.
A hutter was caused this morning by the
rumor that a strike had been made on the
| Hough farm. 1t wa true, but the strike
was gas, the flow of which is strengthening
as the drill goes deeper. The well is 1899
feet deep. There seems TO be no end
end to the gas here and it is fortu-
nate, because the wells now furnishing gas
are not near strong enough in their supply
of fuel for the people using it. In this con.
nection il may be stated that Jacob Beck has
employed T. D. Watson, Of Pittsburg, to
prosecute his case against the gas company
Tor damages on account OF the recent ex-
~plosion. The company has secured Judge
A. W. Acheson, and the case will be closely
contested.
The skating fever has taken deep root
here. Besides the ice skating, which is ex.
c~ellent, three Kinks are to be erected. One
will be on the Morgan lot, near the b. 4 o.
| depot, and will measure ~ by l60 feet,
| making the largest audience room in town.
! "l;a QUE will be deliberately fixed up. One
iii be NJ, Maiden street, on the LeMoyne
lot. and the thru silI be situated opposite
the NJ. +. church.
DR.. W. G.. Cotton and his son, Robert,
have gone TO the New Orleans Exposition.
c. N. Butcher is Shipping from here So.
POUNDS 900 Of wool TO the Globe Wooden
Company, Utica, n. Y.
The students are to give a sort Of variety
entertainment on Washington's birthday.
1t will consist Of literary performances. mu-
sic, a short serio-comic drama and a lecture
from Prof. W. c. McClolland on "Impres,
sions Of a trip 10 the New Orleans Expo.
%sition." II will be good.
The C~annonsburg rolling mills resumed
operation on Monday, 18th inst, after Q
shut down Of three weeks.
AT the National Custom Cutters Conyen-
ton at Chicago last week, w. II. Sharr, OF
this place, was elected corresponding secre.
tary, and d. b. Shaler, Of Findlay. O., a
former W~ashingtonisn, recording secretary
and treasurer.
The following persons have been elected
officers of the Burgettstown National bank
for the ensuing year: W. l.. Archer, presi-
dent; A. II. Kerr, vice president; J. L. Pat
a-o1 ,.,l.-. ID KnI.n- ~..A
cashier; directors, W. l.. Archer, A. ii.
Kerr, ]. J. Carothers, J. P. Leecb, DR.. 7.
W. Bradley, j. l.. Patterson.
Rev. II. C. Minton, class of 10, Wash
ington and Jefferson College, Of Prosperity
this county, has accepted call to preach at
San Jose, Cal His health, which had be-
ONE much impaired is greatly improved.
Three Of our churches have held pro-
tracted meetings during the last week. The
harvest was not universally large.